A Tamara Hayle Mystery
One World/Ballantine
February 2008
On Sale: January 29, 2008
240 pages ISBN: 0345492714 EAN: 9780345492715 Hardcover Add to Wish List
Valerie Wilson Wesleyโs private investigator, Tamara Hayle, whom the Houston Chronicle calls โsmart, sexy, tough but tender,โ has earned enthusiastic acclaim from reviewers and readers alike. Now Newark, New Jerseyโs savviest detective confronts the one case she never saw comingโand discovers how ties that bind can easily become a noose.
Tamara Hayle canโt believe that her life is this good. New Yorkโs most powerful businessman wants her to work for him, her new lover seems caring and supportive, and her son, Jamal, is thriving. But as Tamara sardonically observes, โWhen things stir that easy, thereโs always something lumpy at the bottom of the pot.โ
Enter Lilah Love, an old acquaintance who begs Tamara to find her missing child. Tamara, however, is wary of Lilah, who attracts mayhem and murder like an alley cat attracts fleas. Next up is Basil Dupre, Tamaraโs outlaw ex-lover, who always brings passionโand chaosโwhen he strolls into Tamaraโs life. Suddenly Tamaraโs safe world isnโt so secure, especially when Jamal witnesses a brutal murder and becomes the prime suspect.
As the body count rises, Tamara and Jamal will follow a long-forgotten secret into a terrifying confrontation with love gone bad, trust turned lethal, and a past hungry to claim more lives.
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