- Hardcover: 301 pages
- Publisher: Forge (July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765305534
- ISBN-13: 978-0765305534
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.3 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,414,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The Only Lament is it Ends
7 July 2004
Format:Hardcover
Julie Smith is one of those writers you can ALWAYS count on for an enjoyable read. Her writing is like a comfortable sweater--you can't wait to put it on, you enjoy wearing it, and you hate to take it off.
This, the third Talba Wallis mystery, is the best so far, and probably the best book Smith has done since the brilliant KINDNESS OF STRANGERS. The earlier Wallis books were enjoyable, but with this one Smith has really hit her stride; Talba comes through even stronger than Smith's more famous Skip Langdon.
The mystery itself is interesting, with more twists and turns than most, and it also provides a sly look inside the backbiting New Orleans literary scene. Smith's trademark wit is evident from beginning to end...the only drawback to reading one of her books is that it indeed must end...and then we have to wait for another year for the next one.
Write faster, Julie!!!
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
great private detective tale
30 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
By day, she is Talba Wallis, ace private detective and junior partner in the E.V. Anthony Investigations Agency; by night, she is the Baroness de Pontalba. Dining Hurricane Carol, Talba receives a call from her hysterical half-sister Janessa, whom she met only once. Janessa wants Talba to meet her at her employer's house. When she arrives there, Talba sees a dead woman in the swimming pool with a head wound and Janessa holding the gun.
Janessa swears she did not kill Allyson Browser, the "Gatsby Girl" who loved to throw parties and a socialite with the literary greats of New Orleans. Earlier in the evening Janessa witnessed a fight between Allyson and her son Austin over money. Austin has disappeared and so has Rashid, Allyson's other employee who Janessa has a crush on. The police believe Janessa is the best suspect, forcing Talba to mobilize her troops to clear her sister's name and find out who the real killer is before her sibling is arrested.
Julie Smith is brilliant at creating characters that are easy to identify with so that readers become absorbed in the storyline, following the antics of the quirky cast. Like many of Ms. Smith's victims, Allyson is not a nice person so there are many suspects who had a motive to kill her. Guessing who it is makes for fun and exciting reading.
Harriet Klausner
murder, poetry, The Big Easy who could want more
8 April 2011
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I love Julie Smith's work. Her characters are fascinating, as fascinating as the location for these mysteries and the Skip Langdon series. Get and read all of both sets, you will love them!
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