STORMY WEATHER: A Charlotte Justice Novel
Paula L. Woods, . . Norton, $24.95 (320pp) ISBN 978-0-393-02021-2
The suspicious death of respected black film director Maynard Duncan, a pioneer in his field, stirs up passions throughout the minority community's upper-middle-class enclaves in Woods's intriguing take on Old Hollywood from the African-American perspective. Detective Charlotte Justice finds herself more involved than she might like when the LAPD's elite Robbery-Homicide division gets the call. Having grown up in a family connected to the movie business, she feels that the investigation should receive the attention the victim's position and accomplishments deserve. Discovering the darker side of Tinseltown as she sorts through the events involving Duncan's wife and sister, the caregivers, the help, associates and even her own people, Charlotte is consumed with breaking down the reserve she senses in his family and friends to get at the truth. In the process, she confronts some of her own demons, coming to terms with the deaths of her husband and daughter (1999's Edgar-nominated
Reviewed on: 07/16/2001
Genre: Fiction
Mass Market Paperbound - 304 pages - 978-0-449-00724-2
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