Was bringt eine Mutter dazu, ihre Kinder zu verlassen? Und was für Spuren hinterlässt das bei den Töchtern? Ein berührender Roman über die Sehnsucht nach Liebe, über Selbstbestimmung, Verrat und Vergebung.
Valerie Wilson Wesley Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
Valerie Wilson Wesley è celebrata per i suoi avvincenti romanzi gialli, i suoi coinvolgenti romanzi per adulti e la sua deliziosa letteratura per bambini. Ex caporedattrice della rivista Essence, la sua scrittura è contrassegnata da una profonda comprensione narrativa e da un occhio attento per la narrazione d'impatto. Le sue opere di finzione, in particolare la serie gialla Tamara Hayle, sono note per la loro abile trama e i personaggi memorabili. Il versatile talento di Wesley si estende anche alla saggistica, con i suoi contributi acuti che appaiono in numerose pubblicazioni prestigiose.






Tamara kann ihr Glück kaum fassen: Geld auf der Bank, ein Mann im Bett. Doch wie sie mit Mutterwitz bemerkt: Du denkst, es läuft wie am Schnürchen, schon hat die Sache einen Haken. Als Jamal zum Hauptverdächtigen in einem Mordfall wird, ist Tamara mehr gefordert denn je.
Remember Celia Jones
Ein Fall für Tamara Hayle
Valerie Wilson Wesley, 1947 geboren, wuchs, da ihr Vater bei der amerikanischen Army war, auf Stützpunkten in Spanien und Deutschland auf. Sie studierte Philosophie und Journalistik und arbeitete später als Chefredaktorin des afroamerikanischen Magazins 'Essence'. Heute lebt sie als freie Schriftstellerin in New York. Ihre Heldin Tamara Hayle ist die erste schwarze Privatdetektivin der Literaturgeschichte, die in den Vorstadtquartieren von Newark, einer Stadt in New Jersey, ermittelt
Randall Hollis hat Probleme mit den Frauen - er hat zu viele: seine Jugendliebe Medora, mit der er immer noch angenehme Stunden verbringt, die Studentin Taylor, die von ihm nicht nur in die Kunstwelt eingeführt werden will, und die reifere Ana. Bis der Lover in Schwierigkeiten gerät.
Tamara Hayle Mystery: The Devil Riding
- 304pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Tamara Hayle is never going to be as rich as the Desmonds, one of Newark, New Jersey's most affluent and influential black families. But the struggling p.i. wouldn't want their troubles either, now that their rebellious daughter Gabriella has run off to Atlantic City, where a serial killer is prowling the streets. For a substantial fee, however, Tamara's willing to join the hunt for the missing African-American heiress -- expecially after Gabriella's last known roommate joins the ranks of the murdered. Somwhere in the twilight zone that separates the poor and the wealthy of color -- in the terrifying shadow of a deadly criminal kingpin -- are shocking secrets that Tamara needs to uncover. And suddenly the Desmonds' woes -- lethal and devastating -- have become Tamara's own.
Auf dem Weg nach oben. Ein Fall für Tamara Hayle
- 267pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Die Radiomoderatorin Mandy Magic ist in Panik, nachdem ein Bekannter ermordet wurde und sie einen Drohbrief erhält. Sie bittet Tamara Hayle um Hilfe, doch Mandy gibt ausweichende Antworten und scheint mehr Angst vor ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit zu haben als vor der aktuellen Bedrohung.
Shawn Raymond war auf der schiefen Bahn, jetzt ist er tot. Die Polizei legt den Fall des toten Drogendealers schnell zu den Akten, seine Mutter möchte jedoch, daß der Mord aufgeklärt wird, und Tamara Hayle soll es tun. Tamara weiß, daß Gangster damit rechnen können, das zu bekommen, was sie verdienen. Und muß feststellen, daß es dabei nicht immer um Geld geht.
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
- 384pagine
- 14 ore di lettura
When it comes to living life to the fullest, it ain't nobody's business how one goes about it. At the age of forty, artist-turned-librarian Eva Hutchinson isn't looking for a change. But on a hot Friday the 13th in June, Hutch, her husband of ten years, picks up his suitcase and walks into the night searching for the "joy" that he feels is missing from their marriage. Suddenly, playing by the old rules doesn't make much sense to a not-quite-young sister whose stable world has turned upside down. Now Eva is alone with an empty heart in a big, empty house. Hutch fears he is falling in love with the neglected wife of his wealthy, philandering best friend. Charley, Eva's law school-bound daughter, wants to chuck it all and become a stand-up comedian -- while Steven, Hutch's son, harbors a secret that will rock his father's world. And into the mix strolls Isaiah Lonesome, a handsome hunk of a twenty-eight-year-old jazz musician who will teach Eva to play some lusty new riffs on love's oldest song.
Tamara Hayle Mystery: Devil's Gonna Get Him
- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
Cop-turned-struggling p.i., Tamara Hoyle is a hardworking sisterWith bills to pay and a teenage son to raise. So when LincolnStorey -- the richest, rudest black man in the county-offers herbig bucks to dig up the dirt on his stepdaughter's lover, Tamaragladly agrees, even though said lover once broke her heart. Butthen Storey drops dead at his own fancy fundraiser -- right beforeTamara's very eyes. And before she knows it, ties of loyalty andfriendship have dragged her deep into a lethal world of treacheryand dangerous ambitions, where everybody has a nasty littlesecret and is better off With Lincoln Storey dead.
A tough and savvy Newark cop-turned-P.I., Tamara Hoyleis a sister with a mission: to raise her kid right in a mean town. But now the post has come knocking -- bringing trouble to her door in the person of her "dog" of a former husband, DeWayne.Suspicious "accidents" have claimed the lives of two ofDeWayne's sons from different marriages. And though goodsense warns Tamara to steer clear of her charming, lowdown ex, she has little choice but to offer him her investigative expertise -- because a killer may now be drawing fatally close to home -- to Tamara's only son.




