Tamara Hayle
Created by Valerie Wilson Wesley

Another black private eye, but unlike contempories like Easy Rawlins or Aaron Gunner, TAMARA HAYLE "owes more to Waiting to Exhale than to the rage of Richard Wright. They're funny and slight and smart," according to The New York Times. Tamara's a Newark, New Jersey private eye, an ex-cop, trying to keep food on the table for herself and her teenage son, Jamal. An entertaining mixture of humour, colourful characters, and just a little hardboiled touch makes these worth looking for.

Author Wesley is a former editor of Essence, and has also written several books for children and young adults. When Death Comes Stealing was nominated for the Best First P.I. Novel Shamus by the PWA.

UNDER OATH

• "(Tamara Hayle is) a wonderfully believable and independent sleuth who combines intellect and intuition, sexiness and self-contol, tenderness and toughness." (The Denver Post)
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• "The Hayle detective series is one of the best ethnic and female sleuthing mysteries on the market today and fans from both sub-genres will enjoy the books. Every one of the...novels are fabulous tales, filled with great story lines, interesting insight into the African-American community, and wonderful characters, especially Tamara. ... very easy to enjoy and is very highly recommended for fans who take pleasure from reading about a hard boiled detective, who happens to be an African-American female. This reviewer advocates perusing the entire Hayle collection for some of the best literature around." (Harriet Klausner, on Dorothy L.)

NOVELS

• When Death Comes Stealing (1994). Buy this book
• Devil's Gonna Get Him (1995). Buy this book
• Where Evil Sleeps (1996). Buy this book
• No Hiding Place (1997). Buy this book
• Easier To Kill (1998). Buy this book
• The Devil Riding (2000) . Buy this book

Respectfully submitted by Kevin Burton Smith.

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