Dead Easy [Audio CD]

Phillip DePoy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 2005

Ona dark street outside a nightclub called Easy, a man is gunned down by a handsome killer everyone thought was dead. Now, someone is stalking the club owner, Dalliance Oglethorpe. A someone she thought she had left in her past. But with threatening notes and grisly packages promising worse to come, Dalliance needs help, but she doesn't want her good friend Flap Tucker, a psychic P.I. anywhere near the case. Flap, Dally's usual knight in not-so-shining armor, prides himself on seeing through reality's illusions. But what he discovers about his longtime love will catch him blind. Flap has reason to suspect Dally may have had a hand in the murder, and she thinks HE was somehow involved. Read by Rusty Nelson. 7 CD's 7.8 Hrs.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Magical."
-- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


Don't miss Phillip Depoy's acclaimed Flap Tucker mystery series

"Sit back and spend some smooth, sly Southern time with one of the coolest P.I.'s ever to open a bottle of Château Cantenac-Brown."
-- Charles Mathes, author of The Girl at the End of the Line

Dancing made easy, easy as one, two, three too easy...... easy

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From the Inside Flap

She lied. He knows. Sometimes the truth can kill.

Dead Easy
Threatening notes. Grisly packages promising worse to come. On a dark street outside a nightclub called Easy, a man is gunned down--by a handsome killer everyone thought was dead. Someone is stalking club owner Dalliance Oglethorpe, someone from a past she thought she had left behind. Flap Tucker, Dally's knight in not-so-shining armor, prides himself on seeing through reality's illusions. But what he discovers about his longtime love will catch him blind.

There is a lot Flap doesn't know--and a lot he has to find out, soon, about himself and the woman he thought he knew best. But Dally wants Flap to keep his distance. She thinks he may have had a hand in murder. And Flap has reason to suspect Dally herself. If they are to make it through the long, dark night, Flap must find the real killer, a real motive, and the real truth behind Dally's lost years--and the secrets she has never been able to reveal--before it's too late. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Books In Motion (November 15, 2005)
• ISBN-10: 1596072806
• ISBN-13: 978-1596072800
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,643,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Phillip DePoy is an Edgar Award winning playwright, and author of more than a dozen published books. His play Lamb on Fire was produced in New York. He has been called "a master Southern storyteller" by Kirkus Reviews and "adept at clever word play" by Publisher's Weekly. THE KING JAMES CONSPIRACY has been compared, in BookList, to Umberto Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE. In a recent review, Kirkus said of his new novel A CORPSE'S NIGHTMARE, "Nobody writes Southern better than DePoy." In addition to his other pursuits, the author is currently Director of Theatre at Clayton State University.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Southern "Thin Man" a Joy to Read, February 19, 2001

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Marki Shalloe (Atlanta) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Easy (Mass Market Paperback)

What happens when Nick Charles drops his martini, pours himself a glass of Cotes de Rhone and starts studying Zen? He becomes Flap Tucker, one of the most engaging detectives it has been my pleasure to find. Replacing urbane zingers with southern-fried wit, in this 5th of the delightful series, Flap learns as much about his galpal Dalliance as about a murder-by-body-parts. Disembodied hands, great "perps" like Jersey Jakes, and past lives keep you from putting this book down except to refill your wineglass.

I've loved all this series and this was one of the best. Dalliance still walks into a bar like she was on ball bearings and Flap...well...he still manages to make detecting look Zen-Easy. Pick up a great bottle of red, buy this book, and turn your phone off. It won't disappoint.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Easy, November 24, 2000

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L. Higgins (Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Easy (Mass Market Paperback)

Phillip De Poy brings Flap Tucker back with a complex plot and entertaining characterization. Flap is stuck between a rock and hard place as many signs point to Dalliance (his love interest) as being intimately involved in murder. As Flap discovers more about Dally's 'past lives' he becomes more troubled. The locale (Atlanta, Georgia) is brought alive as Flap tries to make sense of the nonsensical.

Great characterization and plot creation. The best Flap Tucker yet. Don't miss it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A droll Zen mystery-fun read, October 13, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Easy (Mass Market Paperback)

At four in the morning, Atlanta's Easy nightclub owner Dalliance Oglethorpe calls her on-and-off lover Flap Tucker to rush over immediately. One of his three rules of life is to come when Dally calls. He quickly arrives and takes a strange looking package from Dally. Flap opens it to see a severed hand with a note about this being the first installment. A stunned Dally tells Flap it means nothing and to stay out of it.

Instead of having Flap, a renowned investigator, make inquiries, Dally hires Jersey Jakes, a risky proposition to say the least. Meanwhile, an obnoxious patron harangues Dally at her club. Unable to stay away or leave as he has done numerous times when the commitment level seemed imminent, Flap begins his own investigation, which takes him to their mutual hometown of Invisible, Georgia in the southern side of the state. He begins to piece together her years when he fled her for the safety of the Army, not quite understanding the danger of the final installment.

The Flap Tucker novels are becoming recognized as great stories with the latest entry bound to be considered one of the best regional mysteries of the year. Flap remains a zany Zen master filled with intelligence, humor, but also frustration this time. Dally shows the cracks in her past. The introduction of a teenage girl who appears to be a perfect intern for Flap augments the tale by further humanizing the hero. Phillip DePoy makes reading so EASY to enjoy that fans that devour DEAD EASY will seek the earlier works of a superb author.

Harriet Klausner