The appealing Atlanta odd couple of redneck gun shop operator Tai Randolph and Trey Seaver, a cop turned Armani-clad corporate security expert, enter the world of high-stakes poetry slams in Whittle’s exuberant second mystery (after 2011’s The Dangerous Edge of Things). It starts innocuously enough when Tai’s best friend since forever, Rico Worthington, asks Trey to work the door during his club debut. But before you can say “Maya Angelou,” there’s smoke, fire, and one very dead rival poet. Worse, the detectives on the case regard Rico as the prime suspect. As Tai hustles to keep Rico out of jail, Trey—erratic since the devastating auto accident that forced him off the force—becomes both her biggest asset and a potentially explosive liability. A passel of colorful characters, more plot twists than the reticulated python who has a key cameo, and plenty of atmosphere make this one a winner. Author tour. (Mar.)
The dog days of summer have arrived, and Tai Randolph is feeling the heat. Running her uncle's gun shop is more demanding than she had ever imagined. Her best friend, Rico, is competing for a national slam poetry title, and Atlanta is overrun with hundreds of fame-hungry performance poets clogging all the good bars.
Tai also has to deal with her new relationship with corporate security agent Trey Seaver. Trey, SWAT trained and rule obsessed, has a brain geared for statistics and flow charts, not romance. And while Tai finds him irresistibly fascinating, dating a human lie detector who can kill with his bare hands is a somewhat precarious endeavor.
Just when she thinks she has a handle on things, one of Rico's fellow poets is murdered-and Rico becomes the prime suspect.
Tai rolls up her sleeves and comes to Rico's defense with every trick in her book, including a little lying here, a little snooping there. Trey wants her off the case immediately. So does Rico. Every poet in Atlanta has a secret, it seems, and one of them is willing to kill to keep their own quiet. But someone else wants her on the job, someone dropping her anonymous clues and clandestine tip offs, someone with an agenda that appears to be either positively heroic or downright deadly.
Will Tai's relationship with Trey survive another foray into amateur sleuthing? And even more importantly, will she?
The dog days of summer have arrived, and Tai Randolph is feeling the heat. Running her uncle's gun shop is more demanding than she had ever imagined. Her best friend, Rico, is competing for a national slam poetry title, and Atlanta is overrun with hundreds of fame-hungry performance poets clogging all the good bars.
Tai also has to deal with her new relationship with corporate security agent Trey Seaver. Trey, SWAT trained and rule obsessed, has a brain geared for statistics and flow charts, not romance. And while Tai finds him irresistibly fascinating, dating a human lie detector who can kill with his bare hands is a somewhat precarious endeavor.
Just when she thinks she has a handle on things, one of Rico's fellow poets is murdered-and Rico becomes the prime suspect.
Tai rolls up her sleeves and comes to Rico's defense with every trick in her book, including a little lying here, a little snooping there. Trey wants her off the case immediately. So does Rico. Every poet in Atlanta has a secret, it seems, and one of them is willing to kill to keep their own quiet. But someone else wants her on the job, someone dropping her anonymous clues and clandestine tip offs, someone with an agenda that appears to be either positively heroic or downright deadly.
Will Tai's relationship with Trey survive another foray into amateur sleuthing? And even more importantly, will she?
Darker Than Any Shadow: A Tai Randolph Mystery
Darker Than Any Shadow: A Tai Randolph Mystery
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169748246 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 03/06/2012 |
| Series: | Tai Randolph Series , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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