num_pages: 320
description: 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.
language: English
title: When Death Comes Stealing
titlecomplete: When Death Comes Stealing (Tamara Hayle, #1)
characters: Tamara Hayle
genres: Fiction, Cultural, American, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Mystery Thriller, Adult, Crime, African American
ratings_count: 1016
places: Newark, New Jersey
series: Tamara Hayle
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best First PI Novel
publisher: Avon