Rachel Howzell Hall
Author of These Toxic Things
About the Author
Rachel Howzell Hall is the assistant director of development for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and has written articles for Black Radio Entertainment magazine. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
Image credit: Photograph by David W. Hall
Series
Works by Rachel Howzell Hall
The Family Lawyer 3 copies
Scorpions (Never Tell collection) 3 copies
What Fire Brings: A Thriller 2 copies
Associated Works
Private Investigations: Mystery Writers on the Secrets, Riddles, and Wonders in Their Lives (2020) — Contributor — 25 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Other names
- Howzell, Rachel
- Birthdate
- 1970-04-25
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Santa Cruz, California, USA - Education
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- Occupations
- writer
fundraiser - Organizations
- Alpha Kappa Alpha, Inc.
Mystery Writers of America (board member) - Awards and honors
- Eleanor Taylor Bland Award, Sisters in Crime: Judge (2020)
- Agent
- Jill Marsal (Marsal Lyon Literary)
Members
Reviews
Lists
READ IN 2022 (1)
Awards
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Statistics
- Works
- 21
- Also by
- 3
- Members
- 1,520
- Popularity
- #16,916
- Rating
- 3.5
- Reviews
- 87
- ISBNs
- 68
- Favorited
- 2
Review of the Amazon Original Stories eBook (March 19, 2024), released simultaneously with the Audible Original audiobook.
The title of this one made me immediately think of the fable rel="nofollow" target="_top">The Scorpion and the Frog and it did live up to that precedent. Francesca (Frankie) has made her living as a caregiver to a cantankerous senior named Ruben, after losing her college scholarship and becoming a petty thief. When she is turfed out by the uncaring current wife at the time of Ruben's passing, Frankie finds a note and a treasure map to stolen loot buried down an abandoned mine shaft by Ruben and the gang of his youth. But Frankie isn't the only one on the hunt.
The tension here is well done as the suspense builds while the reader wonders which of the current band of treasure seekers will betray the others and when. Or will the Death Valley desert and its scorpions get them first? An ironic ending is tacked on to close things off.
Scorpions is the fourth of six Amazon Original Stories eBooks/Audible Audio audiobooks released on March 19, 2024 as part of the Never Tell Collection of short stories which are promoted with the collective description:
Trivia and Links
Rachel Howzell Hall is the author of several novels, the most popular of which is What Never Happened (2023). Her most recent novel is What Fire Brings (expected publication June 11, 2024).
You can watch for current and past Amazon Original Stories which are usually paired with their Audible Original narrations at an Amazon page here (link goes to Amazon US, adjust for your own country or region).… (more)