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Dying in the Dark.


Dying in the Dark

Valerie Wilson The name Valerie Wilson may refer to:
  • Valerie Plame, CIA operative whose identity was disclosed in a 2003 newspaper column, resulting in a political scandal and criminal investigation
 Wesley

One World Book/Ballantine Books

New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
, N.Y.

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 0345468066 $22.95 222 pages

Dying in the Dark is the latest in a series of Tamara Hayle Mysteries by author Valerie Wilson Wesley. If you are a fan of Wesley and her private investigator character, Tamara Hayle, then we both have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of her newest novel.

This time around Tamara has been hired to find the killer of her used-to-be-best friend, Celia Jones, who has been in contact with Tamara through her dreams, begging for help. But as Tamara gets closer to the truth she discovers a little more than she bargained for. In addition to Celia having several lovers who held lethal grudges, Tamara also stumbles across some ugly secrets that some people would literary kill to keep them from getting out. But going against her better judgment, Tamara continues to push forward with her investigation. As always, Wesley does a fantastic job of intertwining information from her previous novels into her latest story. Walking away with a feeling of familiarity, Wesley keeps the reader well connected to Tamara, thus giving the impression that she is a part of our lives. Tamara could be your sister, mother or even a best friend. Her character continues to be very believable be·liev·a·ble  
adj.
Capable of eliciting belief or trust. See Synonyms at plausible.



be·lieva·bil
 which makes this novel easy to relate to. The rhythm of Wesley's writing style was slow in the beginning, but as you continued through the novel, the nonstop action appears to pick up the speed and it quick becomes difficult to put down. Dying in the Dark is another great piece of work that should be well received by both young adults and mature readers.

Valerie Wilson Wesley is the Blackboard best-selling best·sell·er also best seller  
n.
A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers.



best
 author of six Tamara Hayle mysteries. She is also the author of Always True to You in My Fashion "Always True to You in My Fashion" is a 1948 show-tune by Cole Porter, written for the musical Kiss Me, Kate. In the lyrics, the singer protests that she is always faithful to her main love in her own way, despite seeing, and accepting gifts from, wealthy older men.  and Ain't Nobody's Business "Ain't Nobody's Business" is a blues standard, an eight-bar blues written in the 1920s by pianist Porter Grainger, who had been Bessie Smith's accompanist, and Everett Robbins[1].  If I Do. A former executive editor at Essence magazine, she lives in New Jersey. For additional information on the author please visit www.tamarahayle.com.
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