Once again, many thanks to Carl Brookins for sharing another book review. He does manage to find some good books to review - and he has penned a few good books, too.
by
Tina Whittle
ISBN:
978-1-4642-0093-9
A
2013 HC release
from Poisoned
Pen
Press. 285
pages
Tai Randolph is an unusual character. She’s a
southern gun-shop
owner with her own set of tattoos and a questionable background.
She also
sports intimate contacts in her past with some seriously evil
people, people
like KKK members, like gun and booze runners. She’s also one of
the go-to merchandisers
of authentic costuming and equipment for Civil War re-enactors.
This novel is
Randolph’s third adventure.
There are big re-enactment doings coming up and
Randolph has
to pack up merchandise to set up at the Southeast Civil War Expo
in Savannah. The
first problem is her history. Savannah is her home town, seat of
her family and
scene of some of Tai’s most notorious escapades.
Complications arise almost immediately when her
ex-lover a
scallywag biker-cum-independent entrepreneur enlists her aid in
retrieving a
long-sought Bible, once thought to have been in the possession of
both
President Lincoln and General Sherman. Is it real or just a
Maguffin? If it’s
real, it’s worth a ton of money. According to John, Tai’s
ex-boyfriend, the
bible has been purloined by Tai’s ex-roommate, Hope. Hope and John
were a heavy
item some time ago but that relationship seems to have cooled.
Enter Tai’s current main squeeze, a seriously
hot but damaged
ex-cop, now a security expert for an upscale security firm in
Atlanta. He
obviously is highly suspicious of anything Tai’s ex boyfriend
touches,
especially Tai. Now add some layers of interesting active honest
and criminally
inclined citizens, some with too much money at hand and you have
as rich a
gumbo as any reader could ask for.
The story is fast-paced, clean and highly
evocative of the
place. Whether you’ve been to Savannah or not readers will revel
in the city
scenes and waterfront activity. Whittle knows her characters, her
setting and
how to tell a fine story. This one is an excellent novel.
A copy of the novel was supplied free of charge
by the
publisher.
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Carl Brookins www.carlbrookins.com BLOG: http://agora2.blogspot.com -BOOKS: Case of the Great Train Robbery, Reunion, Red Sky
2 comments:
Great review!
Sounds like a lot of fun, love the intrigue! On the TBR list, oh dear, another one! :)
I know what you mean, Yolanda. I almost hate to read the new reviews Carl shares. LOL
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