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Going undercover as a housekeeper in the home of a corrupt judge, who is suspected of setting up those who would expose his illegal activities, Talba Wallis locates evidence about a network of bribes and kickbacks.Tags
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Julie Smith is becoming one of my all-time favorite mystery writers. Set in New Orleans and centered on the activity of Private Investigator Talba Wallis, AKA The Duchess de Pontalba (nom de plume she took from the historical New Orleans Baroness), this book follows the downfall of a corrupt judge out to destroy an up and coming lawyer who won't bow to his pressure. Wallis cleans up the situation, literally as she poses as a housekeeper to infiltrate the judge's home, then must clean up the aftermath as well, as the judge has a teen-aged daughter who reacts poorly to her father's disgrace. All said, a very well written story, with plenty of plot twists and good characterization to leave the reader wanting to know more about the show more characters. Fortunately, this is book four in a series that, with luck, will continue filling us in on the life and times of Talba Wallis. show less
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Mystery author Julie Smith was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1944. She graduated from the University of Mississippi with a degree in journalism. After graduation, she moved to New Orleans and wrote features for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. After a year, she moved to San Francisco and got a job at the San Francisco Chronicle. Fourteen years show more later, she left to form a freelance writing firm called Invisible Ink with two other women. In 1982, her first novel, Death Turns a Trick, was published. Since becoming a full-time author, she has written over twenty novels including the ones in the Rebecca Schwartz Mystery series, the Paul McDonald Mystery series, the Skip Langdon Mystery series, and the Talba Wallis series. Her novel, New Orleans Mourning, won the 1991 Edgar Allen Poe Award for best novel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof
- Original publication date
- 2005
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- 126
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- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.82)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 3
