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Short Change

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by Patricia Smiley
Allyson Ryan
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Savvy management consultant Tucker Sinclair is trying to get her own firm off the ground in Los Angeles. But when you’re mixed up in a private investigator’s business, trouble is always a prospect. . . .

Tucker Sinclair is a free woman. She’s finally escaped corporate life to run her own consulting firm. But with freedom comes unpredictability. What was supposed to be a short stint helping private investigator Charley Tate get his practice established turns into a full-time job. Charley pushes her to go beyond the call of duty–to try to save not only his business, but possibly his life.
It all starts when Eve Lawson stumbles into the Tate Investigations office to find out who is following her. But who would want to follow a bland writer with a wardrobe hopelessly stuck in the eighties? But Tucker and Charley soon learn that they’ve struck gold when this far-fetched case explodes into murder–and Eve Lawson, who’s gone missing, is the prime suspect. The troubled daughter of a real estate tycoon, Eve’s memoir may have rattled a few skeletons in the family closet. Tucker is on the case–and not even LA traffic can stop her. . . .

  • Creators

  • Series

    Tucker Sinclair

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    July 3, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781415941638
      • File size: 200969 KB
      • Duration: 06:58:41

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Smiley's well-paced mystery, set in L.A., is the third featuring management consultant Tucker Sinclair, who finds herself sorting out murder and theft when she attempts to organize the marketing and accounting of her friend's detective agency. A client who seems off-kilter to Tucker soon leads to identity theft, a real estate scam, and murder. When Tucker's PI friend is laid up, Tucker must investigate, or there may not be a business to consult on. Allyson Ryan does a terrific job with the villain's changing persona and with the plethora of witnesses and family members. Best of all, Ryan's sassy Tucker is irresistible. D.P.D. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 21, 2007
      At the start of Smiley's diverting third Tucker Sinclair mystery (after 2005's Cover Your Assets
      ), the self-employed Los Angeles business consultant is sorting out the financial problems of her friend PI Charley Tate when distraught and disheveled Eve Lawson walks into Tate's office with complaints of being followed. When Lawson disappears, her boyfriend is killed and Tate is run off the road, Tucker turns detective. She retraces Lawson's erratic recent history, interviewing family members and former boyfriends, but something doesn't add up. At the center of the mystery is a small piece of property, owned by Lawson, that stands in the way of a major luxury development. That the murder occurred in the jurisdiction of LAPD detective Joe Deegan, Tucker's boyfriend, creates a conflict of interest. Meanwhile, Tucker is fighting her aunt for ownership of the cozy beach house she inherited from her grandmother. Satisfied fans will enjoy the forays and foibles of this charming heroine.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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