Dark paradise

Format:

Book (regular print)

Title:

Dark paradise

Author:

Hoag, Tami.

ISBN:

9780786264858

Publication Information:

Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2004.

Physical Description:

803 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Series title(s):

Thorndike Press large print famous authors series.

Summary:

In New Eden, Montana, for a much-needed vacation, Marilee Jennings arrives to find her best friend, Lucy, dead, and her investigation of the crime is soon hampered by J.D. Rafferty, a rancher with a grudge against outsiders.

Subject(s):

Women -- Crimes against -- Fiction.

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Women detectives -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery fiction.

Detective and mystery stories.

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Summary

New Eden, Montana, is a piece of heaven on earth where one woman died in her own private hell. Now it's up to ex-court reporter Marilee Jennings to decipher the puzzle of her best friend's death. But someone has a stake in silencing her suspicion. Someone with secrets worth killing for--and the power to turn this beautiful haven into a dark paradise. And as Mari digs deeper beneath New Eden's picture-perfect exterior, finding the truth is suddenly no longer a matter of justice. It's her only hope of staying alive. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author Notes

Tami Hoag was born on January 20, 1959, in Cresco, Iowa. Her first novel, The Trouble with J. J., was published in 1988. Her other works include Night Sins, Guilty as Sin, The Alibi Man, Prior Bad Acts, Dark Horse, Kill the Messenger, Deeper Than the Dead, Secrets to the Grave, Down the Darkest Road, Cold Cold Heart, the Bitter Season, and The Boy. She is a past recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Romantic Times.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

Mari Beth leaves her job as a court reporter and her latest failed love affair, jumps in the car, and goes, unannounced, to New Eden, MT, to join her best pal for a few weeks of R&R. When she arrives, she finds the house trashed, her friend dead, and the natives less than friendly. Something about her friend's death is not right, and Mari keeps probing for information. She gets bopped, bashed, and generally mistreated by everyone in New Eden, and this makes her more suspicious. In discovering what really happened to her friend, she also uncovers the deepest secrets of a most unsavory bunch of immoral and unlawful interlopers from Hollywood. Hoag's book is a true romance novel, complete with foolhardy feats of daring, passions simmering just below the surface, and rescue from the brink of death by the strong, handsome hero. Although it is well read by Joyce Bean, the story is less than compelling. Recommended only for comprehensive audio collections. Joanna M. Burkhardt, Coll. of Continuing Education Lib., Univ. of Rhode Island, Providence (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.