Devil's Gonna Get Him (Tamara Hayle Mysteries) [Mass Market Paperback]

Valerie W. Wesley (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tamara Hayle Mysteries | Publication Date: June 1, 1996

Cop-turned-struggling p.i., Tamara Hoyle is a hardworking sisterWith bills to pay and a teenage son to raise. So when LincolnStorey -- the richest, rudest black man in the county-offers herbig bucks to dig up the dirt on his stepdaughter's lover, Tamaragladly agrees, even though said lover once broke her heart. Butthen Storey drops dead at his own fancy fundraiser -- right beforeTamara's very eyes. And before she knows it, ties of loyalty andfriendship have dragged her deep into a lethal world of treacheryand dangerous ambitions, where everybody has a nasty littlesecret and is better off With Lincoln Storey dead.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this continuation of the Tamara Hayle series, the African American ex-cop, now a PI, is hired by a powerful client who shortly thereafter drops dead.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author

Valerie Wilson Wesley is an editor-at-large for Essence magazine and the author of the nationally bestselling Tamara Hayle mystery series and Always True to You in My Fashion. She was a 1993 recipient of the Griot Award from the New York Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists. Wesley has two daughters and is married to noted screenwriter and playwright Richard Wesley.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Avon (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380724928
• ISBN-13: 978-0380724925
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,966,820 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What is all the fuss about?, July 22, 1998

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Charmonda Hatcher - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil's Gonna Get Him (Tamara Hayle Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

I really don't understand why she has been compared to serious mystery writers. The only mystery is that I was gullible enough to buy this book for my birthday. Wesley brand named dropped throughout the entire book. The language was mediocre, plot below average, the characters barely one dimensional- the most exciting character in the book was her son Jamal. Hopefully her other books are better.than this

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Death By Peanut Butter, February 3, 2001

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James Paris "Tarnmoor" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devil's Gonna Get Him (Tamara Hayle Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

Long after I've forgotten mysteries based on ornate plots, I still remember the ones based on interesting characters -- and this one by Valerie Wilson Wesley is a pip! In addition to Tamara Haynes' hard-working private investigator, we have a wealthy and philandering street boy made good (Lincoln Storey) and a whole fascinating crew of people who stood to gain from his death under suspicious circumstances: his smooth but untrustworthy wife Daphne; her daughter Alexa from another marriage; Alexa's friend Tasha (who is arrested for murdering him); the restaurateur Tate -- an old family friend of Tamara's; aspiring politician and attorney Stella Pharr; and Brandon Pike, who is squiring Daphne and Alexa around a couple of years after having broken up with Tamara.

Incidentally, the murder weapon is -- peanut butter. Someone laced Storey's bean dip; and Storey was notorious for his allergy to peanuts.

So kick off your shoes, relax, and let Tamara show you what happened.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Devil's Gonna Get Him, October 10, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Devil's Gonna Get Him (Tamara Hayle Mysteries) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Doesn't the devil always get his due?" The purpose of Valerie Wilson Wesley's "Devil's Gonna Get Him", is to keep the reader in suspense and make the reader always want to know what will happen next. This book entertains the reader and keeps the reader in suspense, and makes the reader think about that one question in every good book; "who did it."
"Devil's Gonna Get Him" by Wesley, deals with a private investigator by the name of Tamara Hayle. She takes a job from a wealthy Lincoln Storey to try to find out how his daughter's fiance really is. Well all of a sudden Lincoln is murdered. So now Tamara the Private Investigator is trying to find out who did it. Now the only way to find out who did it is to read it.
The setting is in ritzy parts of New Jersey. The settings make this book in parts a really great book. The parties that are thrown and the places where they are at make the reader wonder why people are being killed.
Language is what really makes this book something to read. It's a very upbeat book for the most part. It's an up down pattern. It does have fulgar words in it but what book doesn't.
In every book characterization is important. In the novel "Devil's Gonna Get Him", there are the characters the reader knows are good and the ones the reader just can't figure out. Tamara Hayle, a Private Investigator, plays a key role in this book. She's always around the scene when a muder happens. So it makes the book even more interesting. Lincoln Storey is a wealthy man and the reader just doesn't know if he is a good character or a bad character. There's so much more that i could tell but I'm going to leave it upu to everyone to find out.
If there isn't a plot in a story basically there really isn't a story. In Valerie Wilson Wesley's "Devil's Gonna Get Him" the plot is very conflicting. Ther are a lot of conflicts such as Tamara Hayle vs. Brandon Pike. Brandon and Tamara were a thing three years ago then they saw each other at a party. The weird thing is, well Tamara has to investigate on Brandon Pike for Lincoln Storey. There are so many other conflicts but the only way to find out is to read the book.
This novel is a keeper. I give it a four. It has a full package. All these things make this book complete. But the only way to find out is to pick this excellent book up and read it!