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Among the moss-covered trees and wrought-iron balustrades of southern Louisiana, Detective Michele Knight (Micky to her friends) takes on the seemingly simple job of shooting a few photos for a client, but the going gets rough as Micky finds herself slugging through thugs and slogging through swamps in an attempt to expose a dangerous drug ring. The trail leads to the Hundred Oaks Plantation, a transvestite named Eddie, a beautiful doctor named Cordelia, and memories Micky thought she had buried twenty years ago.

Hard-hitting prose in the style of Sam Spade and Mike Hammer with a lesbian twist.

The First Micky Knight Mystery

 

Book Review

This first 'Micky Knight Mystery' book is magnificent. It firmly establishes New Orleans as the energy and heart surrounding our introduction to Micky Knight, born as Michele Antigone Robedeaux. That bit of data gently fell into my lap after I had read three quarters of the book. I treasured it. Micky is a classic tough nut and rarely gets too close to anyone. Is she a private investigator because or in spite of her prickly nature? Getting to know Micky from the start was even more of a delight in addition to this a very fine and exciting story. I definitely recommend reading this before 'The Shoal of Time' as some important foundation data comes along with the great mystery!

Micky is a private investigator and her home and office share the same space. She has a most interesting roommate named Hepplewhite, a very resourceful cat that knows how to make her eating requirements known. I liked the cat! Along with Micky's investigative jobs, some very crucial background history about Mickey unfolds revealing some harsh times in her early years and a pivotal event that happened to her and her father when she was only ten years old. Micky has a refined and practiced irascible nature that for the most part seems to be designed to keep folks at arm's length. Her reputation for generally not staying with any one woman for very long also finds her having a really difficult time expressing her intimate feelings. She is a fascinating and tough gal who uses her bayou upbringing, her private eye skills, her imposing stature plus disarming good looks to keep one step ahead of the bad dudes...one step ahead of everyone. I loved Micky!

There are several gals who have and are willing to go toe-to-toe with Micky and they pop in and out of the action right down to the near heart stomping conclusion. Danny is the only one I know of who spent a summer partnered with Micky. They had gone to college together and linked up afterward although not too successful and mainly because of Micky. Nevertheless Danny, Danielle Clayton, as an active lawyer with the D.A.'s office still has a soft spot for Micky even though she is currently with a woman who is much more stable and definitely less prone to sleeping around. Detective Sergeant Joanne Ranson and Dr. Cordelia James float in and out of Micky's inner circle and there are some extremely interesting interactions and potential linkages that add to the sexually interesting goings-on that are never far from Micky's mind even when battling the really bad jokers that place her and a number of her acquaintances in serious trouble. There are several more totally engaging characters who certainly make this book a cornucopia of quite original folks who take the stage front and center and I completely enjoyed them all!

This is an involving and completely satisfying story of a complex and sometimes self-defeating woman who needs to sort out and put some of her ghosts to pasture. The intense and ongoing battle to not only uncover but completely stop an insidious drug operation becomes the central action event while multiple personal and sometimes intimate interactions keep Micky and her friends and associates in deliciously complex and sexually involving postures that simply elevate the enjoyment of this book to marvelous peaks. The hospital scenes make for downright fascinating interludes. The various neighbors and subsidiary characters are simply marvelous and crafted with unusual care. This was a top-notch introduction that was a profoundly sound and an enjoyably commencement into the amazing world of Micky Knight. Oh by the way, there is one central and charming character who does actually die by the riverside and was a great loss and additional incentive for Micky to prevail. Please don't miss this complete package!

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Novel, 308 pages/113419 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-January-2009
Price	$4.99 ebook
Buy Link	http://amzn.to/2bcucl7