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The Blues were born out of need, anger and pride. Murder comes from those same dark places. Memphis has both. One of Memphis' most seductive and notorious socialites has vanished. Either she's off on another drunken escapade or the disappearance is something much more frightening. What... read more
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Characters edit
- Billy Able: Detective
- Mercy Snow: Award winning pastry chef and bakery owner
- Lou Nevers: Detective; Billy's partner
- Lamar "Buck" Overton: Criminal court judge
- Gary Parson: Buck's horse trainer
- Paul Anderson: A psychologist for the police force
- Dwight Rad: A patrolman
- Byhalia Washington: A patrolman; Dwight's partner
- Walter Tuggle: A murder victim
- Miz Lady Tuggle: Walter's wife
- Ida Smith: A neighbor of the Tuggles
- Sophia: Mercy's sister; an alcoholic
- Patsy Dwyer: Collects evidence for the Crime Scene Unit
- Kline Hollerith: Lieutenant on the police force
- Ruby: Lou's ex-wife
- T. Wayne: Sophia's husband
- Terri Cozi: Billy's ex-girlfriend; investigative journalist for The Memphis Flyer
- Harvey Trask: East division's patrol squad lieutenant
- Wheezer Trit: An officer on the police force
- Rob Carey: The assistant attorney general assigned to the homicide squad
- Dr. Jimmy Dale Dexter: Arkansas's Henderson County coroner
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The elderly black man lay crumpled and dead in the marigolds boarding his clapboard house.
Table of Contents edit
Detective Billy Able
Chapter 1 - 58
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1935661906
Page Count: 298
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1935661906
Page Count: 298
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- Library of Congress: n/a
- Dewey: 813.54
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