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The Heat of the Moment
by Carmilla Deane
Language: English
Categories: Fiction » Mystery » Detective Fiction
Content Rating: All Ages
THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT
Denver, June 1966. The hot chinook wind is blowing, and the temperature’s climbing toward murder. Private investigator Honey Lintz left the Denver Police Department three years ago, trading the badge for a license and a bottle of bourbon in the Trinity Building. She’s built a living on cheating spouses, bad divorces, and an occasional interesting case. Until Vera Monroe walks through her door.
Vera’s a black actress with a white husband, a studio executive with mob connections, and a secret that’s already killed one man. She says she’s being followed. She’s lying.
As the heat wave breaks against the Rockies, Honey’s caught between crooked cops, violent studio heads, and a femme fatale who’s spent her whole life performing for men who underestimate her. The only person Honey trusts is Hilde Berliner, her secretary, who claims she’s not a lesbian but keeps ending up in Honey’s bed anyway.
The Heat of the Moment is a hardboiled noir for readers who like their detectives damaged, their cities hot, and their endings earned. For fans of The Maltese Falcon, L.A. Confidential, and The Last Good Kiss—with a heroine who’s tough enough to take a punch and smart enough to know when to throw one back.