by Julie Smith
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...
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...
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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