The Do-Right

Name: The Do-Right
Brand: HighBridge Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Lisa Sandlin
ISBN: 9781684572151

Author: Lisa Sandlin

Series: Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan Mystery #1

Narrator: Rebecca Gibel

Unabridged: 8 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Highbridge Audio

Published: 08/13/2019

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Historical Fiction, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Winner of the 2015 Dashiell Hammett Prize and 2016 Shamus Award

1959. Delpha Wade killed a man who was raping her. Wanted to kill the other one too, but he got away. Now, after fourteen years in prison, she's out. It's 1973, and nobody's rushing to hire a parolee. Persistence and smarts land her a secretarial job with Tom Phelan, an ex-roughneck turned neophyte private eye. Together these two pry into the dark corners of Beaumont, a blue-collar, Cajun-influenced town dominated by Big Oil. A mysterious client plots mayhem against a small petrochemical company—why? Searching for a teenage boy, Phelan uncovers the weird lair of a serial killer. And Delpha—on a weekend outing—looks into the eyes of her rapist, the one who got away. The novel's conclusion is classic noir, full of surprise, excitement, and karmic justice. Sandlin's elegant prose, twisting through the dark thickets of human passion, allows Delpha to open her heart again to friendship, compassion, and sexuality.

About Lisa Sandlin

Lisa Sandlin was born in Beaumont, Texas, and grew up in oil-refinery air, sixty miles from the Gulf of Mexico. She raised a son in Santa Fe, New Mexico, then taught writing at the University of Nebraska for twenty years. She has since returned to Santa Fe. The Do-Right-her first novel-won the 2015 Hammett Award from the IACW/NA and the Best First Private Eye Prize from the Shamus Awards.

Reviews

Goodreads review by L.A.

Wow! All should read this perfect literary mystery, set in Beaumont in the 1970s. Sandlin has won numerous awards for her short stories; The Do-Right is her debut novel. The Do-Right was recommended by professional book reviewer Shawna Seed as an unrecognized stand-out among the numerous titles she'......more

Goodreads review by Diamond

This was a good book. I shall give a full review on a later date.......more

Goodreads review by Miss

Beaumont Noir, 1973. How can you go wrong? And Lisa Sandlin doesn't. There's not a false note in this "debut" novel by a wonderful and seasoned writer of short fiction and nonfiction. The East Texas dialogue is pitch perfect, the hapless P.I. formula is fresh, Phelan and Delpha are characters you wi......more

Goodreads review by Susanne

Strong characters and spare, terse dialogue mark this terrific tale about Delpha Wade, newly released from prison ("The Do-Right") after killing a man who raped her, as she lands a job as secretary to a novice private investigator back in 1970's Beaumont, Texas. Delpha is a terrific character -- and......more

Goodreads review by Michelle

This book was tough to get into and not at all what I expected. I stuck with it only for the mere fact that I wanted to see if it would impress me in the end. It was pretty anti-climactic overall with a two star ending. I'm shocked at the high reviews for this book thus far. Not sure why I feel dras......more