num_pages: 246
description: Julie Hayes is looking for excitement when she sets herself up as a tarot-reader in Manhattan's seamier side. But she hasn't gambled for murder, which thrusts her into a role she isn't ready for - playing between the Mafia and the NYPD in a show-stopper whose climax is terror.
language: English
title: A death in the life
titlecomplete: A death in the life
characters: Sweets Romano, Mary Weems, Tony Alexander, Philip Bourke, John Maccarelllo, Katherine Richards, Mary Ryan (Julie Hayes mysteries), Juanita Rodriguez, Rose Rodriguez, Rita Morgan (A Death in the Life), Detective Dominic Russo, Geoffrey Hayes, Goldie the pimp, Sheila Brennan, Doctor Callahan, Julie Hayes, Pete Mallory, Father Doyle
genres: Mystery, Fiction
ratings_count: 109
series: Julie Hayes Mysteries
publisher: Scribner