Martin Talbot is stunned to learn that his 72-year-old
mother, Judy, was some type of costumed vigilante back in
the 1960s. After placing Alzheimer-suffering Judy in a
nursing home, Martin is contacted by her lawyer and long-
time friend about some things she wanted her son to have.
Martin is shocked when he reads the confession letter she
left him, along with a strongbox containing a basement
floor plan of their house, several keys and some odd
trinkets. These items lead him to a discovery that boggles
his mind -- his mother's diaries of how she became The
Black
Stiletto, a woman who took on the Mafia, Communist spies
and the occasional nasty criminal.
While Martin is engrossed in reading about his mother's
exploits, an incarcerated criminal from her past is being
released from prison after 52 years. To say he is resolute
to locate the woman who put him behind bars and killed his
brother would be an understatement. He is out for vengeance
at any cost. And his determination to find and kill The
Black Stiletto means he'll do away with anyone who stands
in his way -- and he does.
Told in chapters rotating from Judy's fascinating diary to
the present-day activities of Martin to the criminal's
thoughts and actions, this is a completely captivating and
exciting suspense novel. Though it's brought to a
satisfying conclusion, there are still enough unanswered
questions for subsequent books, which is good since THE
BLACK STILETTO is the start of a thrilling new series.
Could Martin Talbot's elderly, Alzheimer-stricken mother,
Judy, really have been the Black Stiletto? When Martin
discovers several volumes of her diaries hidden by his
mother, he is stunned beyond all imagination. His mother,
the underground heroine of yesteryear? The famed ,still
unidentified woman who battled Communist spies, took on the
Mafia, and preyed on common crooks? The woman who exacted
punishment on evildoers without mercy?But it is all
described, in great detail, in the diaries. What caused her
to begin her quest for justice. Her decision to act outside
the law. Her feats as the famed and feared vigilante. How
her reputation exploded. In short, how it all played out.
Could it be true? Talbot is filled with doubt and disbelief.
But the reappearance of one of the Stiletto's old enemies
with a thirst for merciless revenge makes the story more
than real and could imperil the life of not only the
Stiletto, but her son and granddaughter as well.
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