Returning home from a long day at work, Wanda Nell
Culpepper isn't happy to find her no-good ex-husband Bobby
Ray in her home, flashing a wad of cash Wanda Nell knows he
didn't come by honestly. After exchanging insults, she
orders him out and leaves for her second job, which she
wouldn't have if Bobby Ray made any effort to live up to
his obligations to his children. Coming home early the next
morning, she's aggravated to discover her yard art - a pink
flamingo -- missing. After a brief search, Wanda Nell finds
it -- in the neck of the now very dead Bobby Ray.
As far as local deputy and longtime friend of Bobby Ray's
is concerned, Wanda Nell is the only suspect in Bobby Ray's
death, and he's determined to see her behind bars. Wanda
Nell is more concerned about the two men who broke into her
trailer and terrorized her daughters. Missing, too, is the
money Bobby Ray was so proud of, and someone is determined
to get it back from Wanda Nell. When a second murder occurs
and suspicion turns to Wanda Nell's son, she's determined
to prove her boy innocent by finding the real killers.
Steeped in the traditions of the south, FLAMINGO FATALE is
an enjoyable read. Wanda Nell is a sympathetic character;
her devotion to her children, despite their behaviors, is
admirable and believable, and her shotgun-toting best
friend is a real hoot. However, I was left with a few
unanswered questions by the end of the story.
After a full day slinging hash at Kountry Kitchen and then
surviving the graveyard shift at Budget Mart, the last
thing Wanda Nell Culpepper needs is to to find her no-
account ex-husband, Bobby Ray, flashing cash and stirring
up trouble. Things can't get much worse--until the next day
when she finds her missing pink flamingo stuck in his very
dead body.
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