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Newly promoted detective Jill Smith confronts a traffic circle homicideAfter six months of perfect weather, the people of Berkeley, California, have forgotten how to drive during a thunderstorm. Newly christened homicide detective Jill Smith is on her way home to a chocolate ice cream dinner when she gets caught in a traffic jam at the city's only roundabout. At the front of the line, she sees the trouble: a flipped-over Cadillac and one dead driver.The man behind the wheel was one of the show more city's leading citizens, a philanthropist in a town that puts charity first. He was coming down Berkeley's steepest hill when his brakes failed, flipping his car and ending his charity work forever. Two things trouble Jill. First, the car's brakes had been inspected that afternoon. Second, the driver was nearly blind, and unfit to ever take the wheel. Finding the killer will lead her from Berkeley's upper echelon all the way into the depths of the community's underbelly.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Dunlap including rare images from the author's personal collection. show lessTags
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Jill Smith, San Francisco Police Department, becomes involved in a murder when she ventures out to get one of her four basic food groups, chocolate chocolate shower ice cream. She stops to help another female officer handle what, at first glance is a tragic automobile accident. Upon closer investigation, it is no accident. Jill must follow a convoluted path to the truth.
A lite, enjoyable mystery. The story is a bit choppy, but the mystery itself is pretty good.
Julie Smith Berkeley police, death of a rich man leads to plot in wife's background
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- Canonical title
- Not Exactly a Brahmin
- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Jill Smith; Seth Howard; Connie Pereira; Lois Palmerston; Sam Nguyen; Cap Danziger (show all 13); Jeffrey Munson; Nina Munson; Carol Grogan; Adam Thede; Herman Ott; Detective Inspector Frederick Doyle; Clayton Jackson
- Important places
- Berkeley, California, USA
- Dedication
- For Karen Shepherd
- First words
- "How about a gorilla?"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"But we don't start till
after dinner." - Blurbers
- Muller, Marcia
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.20)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 7
- ASINs
- 3
