Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure

Name: Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Author: Diane Kelly
ISBN: 9781541488915

Author: Diane Kelly

Series: Tara Holloway #1

Narrator: C.S.E. Cooney

Unabridged: 11 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/28/2017

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Police Procedural, Cozy

Synopsis

Tax cheats, beware: The Treasury Department's Criminal Investigations Division has a new special agent on its payroll. A recovering tomboy with a head for numbers, Tara's fast becoming the Annie Oakley of the IRS—kicking ass, taking social security numbers, and keeping the world safe for honest taxpayers. Or else.

Tara's latest mission finds her in hot pursuit of ice-cream vendor Joseph "Joe Cool" Cullen. Along with frozen treats he's selling narcotics—and failing to report his ill-gotten gains on his tax returns. Over Tara's dead body. Then there's Michael Gryder, who appears to be operating a Ponzi scheme . . . with banker Stan Shelton . . . whose lake house is being landscaped by Brett Ellington . . . who happens to be dating Tara. If following that money trail isn't tough enough, now Tara must face a new conundrum: Should she invest her trust in Brett—or put him behind bars? New love always comes at a cost, but justice? Priceless.

About Diane Kelly

Diane Kelly is a former state assistant attorney general and tax advisor who spent much of her career fighting, or inadvertently working for, white-collar criminals. She is also a proud graduate of the Citizens Police Academy of Mansfield, Texas. Diane combines her fascination with crime and her love of animals in her stories, which include the Paw Enforcement series, the House-Flipper Mysteries, and the Mountain Lodge Mysteries. Diane now lives in North Carolina, where she spends her days catering to her demanding cats or walking her dogs in the region's beautiful woods.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle G. Reads

Release Date: November 2011 Genre: Cozy Mystery. Chick Lit. I enjoyed this book. Really, I did. But it took me an entire week to read it! This has nothing to do with the books length either as it's under 350 pages, and nothing to do with the plot or characters- both were great. I just had no desi......more

Goodreads review by Robert

From the first page to the last this was pure white trash. Not the kind that involves lawn implements, although a pink flamingo made a cameo appearance, but the kind that involves Kid Rock concerts, sucking on Buds, with half-naked women prancing around on stage and gyrating in cages with red thongs......more

Goodreads review by Krissy

Up until the very end of the book I would have just given it one star. The action scene at the end with the teaser for the next book (Death, Taxes, and a Skinny Latte) saved this one. I was amused by some parts of the book, but that amusement was wiped away by her writing style. Essentially this sto......more

Goodreads review by Chanta

This book had me from the first sentence: "When I was nine, I formed a Silly Putty pecker for my Ken doll, knowing he'd have no chance of fufilling Barbie's needs given the current state of erectile dysfunction with which the toy designers at Mattel had cursed him." That first sentence set the tone fo......more