- Hardcover: 255 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday; First Edition edition (Sep 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385488599
- ISBN-13: 978-0385488594
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16 x 1.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,704,645 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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If Susan Isaacs had lived in the American West as an American WASP, she would have created Lilly Bennett.
By turns sassy and tough, tender and vulnerable, Lilly, a no-longer-so-young Wyoming belle with degrees in criminology and toxicology, is a private investigator and the marshal of Bennett's Fort, a town owned literally lock, stock, and barrel by her cousin. Shod by Chanel, clad in designer suits, and wearing ladylike white gloves, Lilly is an unlikely but highly efficient detective--as she proves when confronted with solving the murder by poisoning of Cyrus Vaile, the incredibly rich, disgustingly lecherous old patron of the local repertory theater.
It happens on the night of his birthday celebration, in full view of Lilly and most of his repertory "family," any one of whom might have a pretty good motive for wanting Cyrus dead. And with so much flamboyant emotion obscuring the facts like a theatrical fog, it isn't easy for Lilly to cut through the glycerin tears and get at the unvarnished truth.
In Lilly, her eccentric extended family (who made their money in two black crops--oil and Angus cattle), and her dashing suitor Richard Jerome (an ex-Morgan banker turned opera impresario and professional team-roper), Marne Davis Kellogg has invented a fascinating cast of ongoing characters. In Tramp she has created a witty, twisty mystery that shows off each of their talents to perfection.
By turns sassy and tough, tender and vulnerable, Lilly, a no-longer-so-young Wyoming belle with degrees in criminology and toxicology, is a private investigator and the marshal of Bennett's Fort, a town owned literally lock, stock, and barrel by her cousin. Shod by Chanel, clad in designer suits, and wearing ladylike white gloves, Lilly is an unlikely but highly efficient detective--as she proves when confronted with solving the murder by poisoning of Cyrus Vaile, the incredibly rich, disgustingly lecherous old patron of the local repertory theater.
It happens on the night of his birthday celebration, in full view of Lilly and most of his repertory "family," any one of whom might have a pretty good motive for wanting Cyrus dead. And with so much flamboyant emotion obscuring the facts like a theatrical fog, it isn't easy for Lilly to cut through the glycerin tears and get at the unvarnished truth.
In Lilly, her eccentric extended family (who made their money in two black crops--oil and Angus cattle), and her dashing suitor Richard Jerome (an ex-Morgan banker turned opera impresario and professional team-roper), Marne Davis Kellogg has invented a fascinating cast of ongoing characters. In Tramp she has created a witty, twisty mystery that shows off each of their talents to perfection.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Charming Down Home Mystery
21 July 1997
Format:Hardcover
Lilly Bennett was born to wealth and privilege. However, the vibrant
Lilly is too intelligent of an individual to settle for a jet set lifestyle.
Instead she has spent two decades working for the Santa Biancan police
force. To avert a potentially nasty scandal, she resigns from her job as
Chief of Detectives when she is caught in a compromising position with a
married State Supreme Court Justice. Lilly returns to her home town of
Round-Up, Texas to accept the position of U.S. Marshal. She also opens up a
private investigation firm.
Lilly is too intelligent of an individual to settle for a jet set lifestyle.
Instead she has spent two decades working for the Santa Biancan police
force. To avert a potentially nasty scandal, she resigns from her job as
Chief of Detectives when she is caught in a compromising position with a
married State Supreme Court Justice. Lilly returns to her home town of
Round-Up, Texas to accept the position of U.S. Marshal. She also opens up a
private investigation firm.
Her current case evolves around the death of Cyrus Vaile, a wealthy
business-person, who bought and financed the local repertory theatre. Before
the wealthy individual overdosed from excess digitalis added to his specially
blended tea, he hired Lilly to learn what happened to the $20 million
endowment he bestowed on the theatre that mysteriously disappeared. Not soon
after Cyrus' death, an attempt is made on Lilly. That incident is followed
by the death of an individual who ate poisoned mushrooms at a theatre party.
A sabotaged catwalk falls onto the stage, injuring many of the performers and
killing one person. It would be obvious to even the most obtuse person
living inside the Beltway that someone is after individuals associated with
the theatre group. Unless Lilly can find the culprit from a host of
potential murderers, more death will follow.
The protagonist speaks with a brutal honesty that, though a bit brash
and colloquial, perfectly fits the character. This makes the novel ring true.
The cleverly constructed storyline is populated with an eccentric and
colorful cast of scoundrels. Each one of them could easily be the villain.
Tramp is a witty who-done-it that makes for fun reading.
Harriet Klausner
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Great, Easy Read...
3 Feb 1999
Format:Hardcover
Tramp is a great addition to the Lilly Bennett series. This is the kind of book you can easily read on a rainy day. It holds your attention until the very end.
Good job, Amazon and dealer!
30 Jan 2010
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I received the book just as described. I love being able to get books I want so quickly and at such a good price.
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