The Complete Talba Wallis Series: Vol. 1-4 (The Talba Wallis

The Complete Talba Wallis Series: Vol. 1-4 (The Talba Wallis PI Series Book 5)

<h2>MYSTERY FICTION'S MOST DYNAMIC DETECTIVE DUO--IN A BOXED SET!</h2>Now you can get <b>the entire 4-book Talba Wallis series by Edgar-Award winning author Julie Smith (plus bonus short story) at an irresistible price.</b> Talba, aka poetess Baroness de Pontalba, has the beauty, the brains, the computer savvy, the poetic soul, the youth, the right demographic, and the sass. Eddie Valentinoâ€™s got the detective agency. Also a short fuse and yes, wisdom. Not only do they make it work, theyâ€™ve got chemistry. <br /><br />â€œThe quirky pleasure of watching the Baroness strut her stuff is worth the price of admission.â€ <i>â€”Houston Chronicle </i><br /><br /><h3>Vol. 1: LOUISIANA HOTSHOT</h3><br /><br />In Louisiana Hotshot, their job is to hunt down a sociopath and pedophile whoâ€™s molested the fourteen-year-old daughter of their client, hangs out on the ragged edges of the rap and recording industries, and has more powerful allies than a Cabinet member. <br /><br />But both detectives have unfinished business from the pastâ€”in Eddieâ€™s case, something he deeply regrets; in Talbaâ€™s, a personal mystery, one so frightening no one will help her investigate. But she knows she wonâ€™t sleep till she solves itâ€”and the truth will change her forever. <br /><br /><h3>Vol. 2: LOUISIANA BIGSHOT</h3><br /><br />The hottest detective duo in New Orleans is going to need every skill and ounce of courage they can summon in this intricate tale of a decades-old conspiracy only now coming home to roost, with the murder of Talbaâ€™s friend Babalu Maya. Babalu is actually Clayton Robineau, daughter of the local banker in a small Louisiana town that bears her name, a town buried under the weight of its own malevolent past. <br /><br /> As Talba and Eddie investigate, they find that something terrible happened to Clayton as a child, an injuryâ€”both pscyhic and physical--so bizarre, so shameful and damning that almost anyone in town would kill to cover it up. <br /><br /><h3>Vol. 3: LOUISIANA LAMENT</h3><br /><br />One stormy day Talba gets an emergency call from Janessa, the sister she barely knows, and arrives to find a body floating in a swimming poolâ€”the mortal husk of Allyson Brown, known in New Orleans literary circles as the Girl Gatsby. Like Gatsby, Allyson was one of those mysterious rich people who move to town, give amazing parties, and seem made of moonbeams. <br /><br />Investigating, Talba finds the reality behind the Gatsby glamour. Allyson was a con artist who neglected her children, ignored her bills, and lied like a Ponzi schemer. But she wasnâ€™t the only bad actor on the local literary scene. Fellow poet Rashad leads Talba a merry chase, leaving a trail of clues in the form of poetry, while novelists engage in fisticuffs, unseemly preening, and unforgivable arrogance. <br /><br /><b>The Baroness discovers just how seamy, petty, and downright murderous her fellow literati can be.</b><br /><br /><br /><h3>Vol. 4: P.I. ON A HOT TIN ROOF</h3><br /><br /><b>YOUR <i>LAWYER</i> NEEDS YOU TO BAIL HER OUT? ISN'T THAT KIND OF BACKWARDS?</b> <br /><br />So thinks PI Talba Wallis, on her way to Parish Prisonâ€”and indeed somethingâ€™s badly amiss. <br />New Orleansâ€™ most dynamic detective duo have a personal interest in this oneâ€”Eddieâ€™s lawyer daughter Angieâ€™s been set up for a drug bust. <br /><br />Talba embeds herself in the house of prominent Judge Buddy Champagne as a spy, and uncovers plenty of evidence the judge is dirtyâ€”but she doesn't count on how involved she was going to getâ€”especially with Buddyâ€™s 14-year-old daughter Lucy. <br /><br />There are plenty of mysterious twists and turns on the way to <b>an ending guaranteed to surpriseâ€”but the real joy here is in the relationships. </b><br /><br /><h3>BONUS Talba Wallis Mystery Short Story-- KID TROMBONE!</h3><br /><br />The Big Easyâ€™s premier jazz singer, Queenie Feran, thinks thereâ€™s more to her ex-husbandâ€™s death than an accidental overdose, and she hires PI and poet Talba Wallis--AKA the Baroness de Pontalba--to uncover the truth.
Country USA
Manufacturer booksBnimble Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-04-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	booksBnimble Mystery, Thriller, and Suspense
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-04-19
Format	Kindle eBook

The Complete Talba Wallis Series: Vol. 1-4 (The Talba Wallis PI Series Book 5)

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