They�re the new Odd Couple of mystery fiction--she�s Queen Latifah and he�s Danny DeVito. Or they would be if this were a movie--in print, they�re Talba Wallis and Eddie Valentino, the hottest detective duo in New Orleans. Talba�s got the beauty, the brains, the computer savvy, the poetic soul, the
Louisiana Lament : A Humorous New Orleans Mystery; Talba Wallis PI Series #3 (The Talba Wallis PI Series)
✍ Scribed by Smith, Julie
- Book ID
- 109264499
- Publisher
- booksBnimble
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 191 KB
- Series
- Talba Wallis PI Series 3
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781617504471
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
African-American Poet /P.I. Talba Wallis gets an emergency call from Janessa, the sister she barely knows, and arrives to find a body floating in a swimming pool--Allyson Brown, known in New Orleans literary circles as the Girl Gatsby. Like Gatsby, Allyson was one of those mysterious rich people who move to town, give amazing parties, and seem made of moonbeams. Investigating, Talba finds the reality behind the Gatsby glamour. Allyson was a con artist who neglected her children, ignored her bills, and lied like a rug. But she wasn�t the only bad actor on the local literary scene. Fellow poet Rashad leads Talba a merry chase, leaving a trail of clues in the form of poetry, while professors and novelists engage in fisticuffs, unseemly preening, and unforgivable arrogance. Before it�s all over, Talba finds out just how seamy, petty, and downright murderous her fellow literati can be.
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