Easier to Kill (Tamara Hayle Mystery)

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Summary: Not the best side of Tamara Hayle
Review: Easier to Kill is not the best showcasing of Valerie Wilson Wesley's tough-yet-tender character, PI Tamara Hayle. This latest volume in the life of this Jersey girl lacks the punch of previous works featuring this character.

The hiring of Tamara to trace some crank notes that are delivered to a prominent radio show host is a change from the upfront murders that Tamara is normally called in to look into. The description of the subsequent investigative process is flat, as are some of the characters that are eventually identified and interviewed by Tamara. Actually, some of the characters are just plain weird (i.e. Tasha's father and the parking garage guy).

The saving grace is due to both the book's funky ending (I loved that twist!), and the fallibility of Jake, Tamara's off-limits fantasy. I would have liked to have seen more of Jake's struggles to deal with his personal shortcomings, and not through the jealous eyes of Tamara. Overall, I would have been better off checking it out from the library.

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Summary: EASIER TO read, not to guess who.
Review: EASIER TO KILL, was another feather in the cap for Ms. Wesley. Mandy Magic, the subject of the stories, had more secrets than Samsonite had luggage. How she thought that none would show the light of day proved what a egotistical subject she would be. When her veneer did finally crack, it was Tamara to the rescue! I enjoyed every bit of the book, and have even started to pick out who is the killer was. However, all my choices were killed instead, and the true killer was someone I almost forgot was in the story! I'm now ready for THE DEVIL RIDING. Keep up the good work.

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Summary: Mystery Solved, But NOT By Tamara!
Review: I always Njoy Tamara Hayle's PI work, however, this time, she stumbled into discovering who the the killer was, rather than the use of her keen instincts, that I've grown accustomed to.

I've had the book for months, and picked it up and sat it down, so it wasn't the immediate page-turners the other Hayle series have been. However, Ms. Wilson-Wesley DID keep the readers guessing.

Overall...

It's a very decent mystery!

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Summary: Watch out world cause Mr.s Hayle just walked in the room!
Review: I just want to say... Go get this book! Mrs. Wesley has done it again! I really enjoyed reading "Easier To Kill." I feel like I know Tamara, Jamal and Jake on a personal level. And Just thinking about Jan's Beauty Bisquit reminds me of a shop that I get my hair done at. Mrs. Wesley definitely keeps it real. I have read all of her novels and loved each and every one of them. The ending was a pure shock to me. I'm sure it was to many others also.

"Movin On Up" LoL

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Summary: This book is a Must Read!!!
Review: I just want to say... Go get this book! Mrs. Wesley has done it again! I really enjoyed reading "Easier To Kill." I feel like I know Tamara, Jamal and Jake on a personal level. And Just thinking about Jan's Beauty Bisquit reminds me of a shop that I get my hair done at. Mrs. Wesley definitely keeps it real. I have read all of her novels and loved each and every one of them. The ending was a pure shock to me. I'm sure it was to many others also.

"Movin On Up" LoL

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Summary: Another great Tamara Hayle Mystery
Review: I thought that this was another well-written book by Ms. Wilson-Wesley. I finished this book in a day, and I'm wondering when she will be putting Tamara back on the trail of someone else?

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Summary: Easier to Read¿.
Review: I was a little disappointed in the outcome of this book. Yet, I'm aware that mysteries are always with a suspect way from the lift, this one was way out there. The killer was even boring and didn't live up to the suspense of the book. I have read all of Ms. Wesley's Tamara Hayle's mysteries and this one was strictly for fans only. If you didn't read the others first you would not have an idea of other characters. I was also disappointed in Basil Dupre's absence from the novel. Yet I understand Tamara Hayle's love affair with Jake, which isn't going anywhere and should, however Basil gives her love life a spice to Tamara character until Jake sorts out his love for her. My advice to Ms. Wesley is to hurry up and revamp Tamara mysteries with more interest in her love life and also more exciting killers.

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Summary: Angels with Devilish sides
Review: This is the first book I've read by Valerie Wilson Wesley; I'd gotten it from my mom, and I wasn't that intrigued by the cover. Finally I'd come across it again and decided to at least read the first chapter, which lead to the second, the third, and then I was finished. It was a fast, mysterious read, and I mostly liked it! All of the mystery, the suspects, the mother in her, as well as the secret love she held in her heart, however I didn't love the ending! I was shocked by who the killer turned out to be, but I'd thought of different angles--OH WELL... I will be giving Tamara Hayle another try, to see if maybe this was clumsy as one of the previous reviewers said.

Rating:
Summary: Angels with Devilish sides
Review: This is the first book I've read by Valerie Wilson Wesley; I'd gotten it from my mom, and I wasn't that intrigued by the cover. Finally I'd come across it again and decided to at least read the first chapter, which lead to the second, the third, and then I was finished. It was a fast, mysterious read, and I mostly liked it! All of the mystery, the suspects, the mother in her, as well as the secret love she held in her heart, however I didn't love the ending! I was shocked by who the killer turned out to be, but I'd thought of different angles--OH WELL... I will be giving Tamara Hayle another try, to see if maybe this was clumsy as one of the previous reviewers said.