Also by Christine Kling, Sujata Massey, Zoë Sharp and Julie SmithThis book is a collection of short stories and a snippet into their upcoming book. I am not a big fan of this style of presentation I am usually left unsatisfied.The short stories are good, some very captivating and other less but in w...
CASE: Babalu Clayton Maya Patterson (Talba's friend, healer, and poet) is murdered and most of the story takes place in Clayton, Louisiana which is very different than New Orleans. FIRST: You get Talba's side of the story from her unique perspective. SECOND: You get Eddie's in his no nonsense wa...
Let me be honest here, I don't read a lot of mysteries, but I'm really glad I gave this one a try. Talba Wallis is my kind of girl! She's super smart, good at computers, just got her PI license, and just landed herself a pretty decent job working for Eddie Valantino (an old school, renowned PI). T...
New Orleans has always seemed to me to have an atmosphere all its own that feels foreign and exotic even though it’s part of the United States. Julie Smith does a good job of recreating that atmosphere in New Orleans Mourning, the first book in the Skip Langdon series and the 1991 Edgar Award Winner...
Hard to resist an opening like this one - "Nerd wanted. Nerdette wouldn't be too bad. Young hotshot, under thirty, 5 yrs. computer, 10 yrs, investigative exp., Harvard ed., no visible piercings. Must play the computer like Horowitz played piano. Slave wages." Such is the classified ad answered by...
Nope. This was not my thing.
Ah, New Orleans. The drug that is the heat and scents, the music and moans, life and death and destiny. The heart of a world both magical and profane. Where “church ladies” still wear hats and movements in the dark often presage the advent of violence and death.Julie Smith knows New Orleans. She kno...
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