When death comes stealing

Description:

A tough and savvy Newark cop-turned-P.I., Tamara Hoyleis a sister with a mission: to raise her kid right in a mean town. But now the post has come knocking -- bringing trouble to her door in the person of her "dog" of a former husband, DeWayne. Suspicious "accidents" have claimed the lives of two ofDeWayne's sons from different marriages. And though goodsense warns Tamara to steer clear of her charming, lowdown ex, she has little choice but to offer him her investigative expertise -- because a killer may now be drawing fatally close to home -- to Tamara's only son.

subjects: African American women,  Fiction,  Tamara Hayle (Fictitious character),  Women private investigators,  Private investigators,  Women detectives,  Hayle, tamara (fictitious character), fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled,  Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural,  New jersey, fiction,  African americans, fiction,  Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths,  Private investigators, fiction

Places: New Jersey,  Newark,  Newark (N.J.)