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P.I. on a hot tin roof : a Talba Wallis novel / Julie Smith.

Summary:

When PI Talba Wallis gets a frantic phone call from Orleans Parish Prison, the last person she expects to hear from is her boss's lawyer daughter, Angie. Popped for drug possession, Angie insists the drugs were planted. She's a target for representing a neighborhood group protesting the illegal commercial use of a marina by its owner, Judge Buddy Champagne. According to Angie, the judge is dirty---and he's the one who had her set up.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0765312557
  • ISBN: 9780765312556
  • Physical Description: 304 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Forge, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Formatted Contents Note:
a Talba Wallis novel
Subject:
African American women > Fiction.
Judges > Crimes against > Fiction.
Justice, Administration of > Corrupt practices > Fiction.
Wallis, Talba (Fictitious character)
Wallis, Talba (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Women poets > Fiction.
Women private investigators > Louisiana > New Orleans > Fiction.
New Orleans (La.) > Fiction.
Genre:
Detective and mystery fiction.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Caswell County Public Library.

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