"a roller coaster rider of thrills and chills"
Talba Wallis now has her private detective's license and
works for E.V. Anthony Investigations. When her day job is
finished she writes poetry and reads it in her persona as
the Baroness de Pontalba. One day when she is tailing a
cheating husband she gets into a car accident and feels
pretty banged up. She pays a visit to healer Babalu Moya
who makes Talba feel as good as new. The next time she hears about Babalu is when her boyfriend
invites Talba to investigate his fiancé's supposed
suicide. Since Talba doesn't think her friend was
suicidal, she agrees to take the case. The answers she
needs are in Babalu's hometown of Clayton and the residents
there are engaged in a conspiracy of silence. The deeper
Talba digs, the more feathers she ruffles until it reaches
the point that she either quickly finds out who killed her
friend or can expect a life expectancy of no longer than a
week. Julie Smith has written another exciting private detective
thriller starring a colorful and clever protagonist who
thinks she has all the answers or knows where to find
them. The author is a master at characterizations, so much
so that the audience will pity some of the minor characters
for their weaknesses. The story line is fast paced and
intricately plotted, a roller coaster ride of thrills and
chills. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by PNR Group Member
Posted June 30, 2002
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