St. Martin's Press
Featuring: Tara Holloway; Eddie Bardin
368 pages ISBN: 0312551274 EAN: 9780312551278 Kindle: B005N8Y6D6 Mass Market Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Shooting gun wielding tax crooks, not a problem! Keeping
the weight off her butt while on stakeout duty; this is
getting to be a serious issue. Agent Tara Holloway just
might have to bite the bullet and give up her favourite:
large caramel latte with extra whipped cream, lots of
drizzle and cinnamon on top for skinny no-whip lattes!
Tara is bound and determined that she and her senior
partner, Eddie Bardin, a straight arrow and highly
intelligent agent, would get the notorious Marcos Mendoza
infamous for having his business associates disappear when
they were no longer deemed necessary. They knew he would
not be an easy pick-up. Each of them were aware of how
the dismembered body parts of Mendoza's latest associate,
Andrew Sheffield, showed up in various Dumpsters and now
this coldhearted beating at the bakery showed ever more of
the violence that Mendoza meted out via his thugs. Could
they really bring him in when so many others had failed?
With their boss Lu on their case to find some solid
evidence pronto, everything in her life was getting messed
up. Would Brett, her new found love, turn to others when
she had to work almost non-stop? Could she really trust
the whispered calls from a turncoat agent previously in the
criminal Investigations Division? What would happen to them
if Mendoza found out they were tailing him?
DEATH, TAXES, AND A SKINNY NO WHIP LATTE is the second book
in Diane Kelly's "Death and Taxes"
romantic mysteries series and is a winner! DEATH, TAXES, AND
A SKINNY NO WHIP LATTE is a
terrific read on its own, Kelly fans will delight in the
reappearance of a number of the secondary characters,
especially Christina Marquez, the sexy DEA rookie agent.
There is wonderful plot and character development as Tara
takes on new and nail-biting challenges while further
developing Tara's life from the first book. Given that, I
can't believe she barely got more than one manicure in this
adventure! A witty and wily read you won't want to miss!
Enjoy!
IRS Special Agent Tara Holloway is at work again. This time,
she and her partner, Eddie, are after Marcos Mendoza, a
financial expert and suspected loan shark with cross-border
ties to questionable businesses and people in Mexico.
Mendoza hasn’t just cheated the U.S and Mexican governments,
he may have left a trail of bodies, too. Neither the Texas
Rangers nor the FBI could prove a link between Mendoza and
the suspicious deaths of his employees and associates, but
the sheer number of bodies indicates the deaths aren’t mere
coincidence. What’s more, Mendoza bought off Special Agent
Nick Pratt, who’d earlier been assigned to the
investigation, and set the traitor up in a luxury
condominium in Cancún, Mexico.
He must be stopped.
Unfortunately, Mendoza is as elusive as his activities are
illegal. Tracking down this tax cheat proves much more
difficult, and more dangerous, than Tara anticipated. Given
the highly sensitive nature of the case, Tara is forbidden
to disclose the details to anyone, including her boyfriend,
Brett Ellington. Secrets nearly tore the two apart in the
past and history seems destined to repeat itself.
As Tara and Eddie delve deeper into Mendoza’s business
enterprises, they realize his illegal activities extend far
beyond high-interest finance. They also learn Mendoza will
do anything to protect the profitable illegal empire he has
created.
When Tara receives an unexpected call from a surprising
source, she must decide whether to follow orders or follow
through. Tara must risk it all—her relationship with Brett,
her job, and her life itself—to put Mendoza out of business
for good.
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