With fascinating characters and pungent dialogue, this spirited, rollicking mystery crackles with danger and excitement when Atlanta journalist/detective Samantha Adams accepts an invitation to visit the Big Easy--New Orleans at the height of Mardi Gras.
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Shankman's witty mystery is the second to feature ace investigative reporter Samantha (Sam) Adams, last encountered in Then Hang All the Liars , which appeared under the pseudonym Alice Storey. Sam is visiting from Atlanta when she witnesses a car with a masked driver run down a member of an aristocratic New Orleans family during Mardi Gras. The victim's relatives, motivated by a lucrative insurance policy, hire Sam to determine whether there was foul play. She discovers that the victim, an alcoholic ophthalmologist, had blinded one patient and botched numerous operations. When the family has second thoughts about Sam's sleuthing, she enlists the help of a sexy insurance investigator and a voodoo priestess in locating enemies of the deceased. The trio make some enemies themselves as they uncover sordid details about the victim's life. Sam finds that the Big Easy is neither, and that Mardi Gras is not the only time its citizens conceal themselves behind masks. Shankman's engaging characters speak in authentic Southern dialogue and engage in swift repartee, and if her heroine is endowed with a few too many perfect attributes, readers will be charmed by her spunky style.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Beauteous Samantha Adams, Atlanta journalist, visits New Orleans school chum Kitty for Mardi Gras. Sam gains entree to all the privileged parties, but uses her status to question family members about the hit-and-run death of Kitty's brother. She vies for information with handsome (younger) insurance investigator Harry Zack, nephew of Kitty's brother, so an interesting contest--heightened by mutual attraction--develops between the two. As they sort through mismatched people and illogical clues, the author pokes fun at Southern traditions and mannerisms, while at the same time steeping the reader in New Orleans atmosphere. A little bit corny and coy, but generally amusing and fun.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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My favorite Sam Adams book.,
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This review is from: Now Let's Talk of Graves (Paperback)
Sam Adams is back,and in New Orleans to help her friend and pr,Kitty Lee. The basis of the book without giving away any specific plot details,is that Sam runs into will be flame Harry,Harry is having problems of his own(you'll have to read the book to find out what they are),and in the middle of it all is Mardi Gras complete with gangsters galore and bulima. Got that? Oh,and don't forget that wonderful,moss dripping,hush your mouth New Orleans,Ann Rice,Old World snobbery,great food,scenery
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