Louisiana Hotshot: A New Oeleans Murder Mystery; Talba Wallis #1 (The Talba Wallis PI Series) —by Julie Smith

 Fiction / Detective

353 pages / 3854 KB

4 Stars

 

What a hoot! How refreshing to read of an older PI who gets headaches from computers and hires a young black woman as his assistant. She’s smart as a whip, writes poetry, and is somewhat known in New Orleans as the Baroness de Pontalba. Eddie is an old curmudgeon, and he and his new assistant, clash every so often, like every time they meet face to face. He’s an ex-cop, she a graduate of Harvard. 

 

The book is filled with scenery of NOLA, and some interesting tidbits of actual history. Remember the old Tennessee Williams play/movie, Streetcar Named Desire? (Stellllaaaaaa!!!!!) Well, there WAS a streetcar line called the Desire line. Who knew? I love it when I can learn something from a fun book.

 

I look forward to reading the next in the series to see what else Talba gets into. 

Oh, maybe I should mention the language is street language. If that bothers you, don't bother reading, you won't like the book. Though you might get an education.