Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure
A Tara Holloway Novel
By Diane Kelly
(St. Martin's Paperbacks, Mass Market Paperback, 9780312551261, 368pp.)
Publication Date: November 1, 2011
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook
Categories: Romance - General
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Tara Holloway has got your number. A special agent on the IRS’s payroll, she’s dead-set on making sure that money crimes don’t pay…
Tax cheats, beware: The Treasury Department’s Criminal Investigations Division has a new special agent on its payroll. A recovering tomboy with a head for numbers, Tara’s fast becoming the Annie Oakley of the IRS—kicking ass, taking social security numbers, and keeping the world safe for honest taxpayers. Or else.
Tara’s latest mission finds her in hot pursuit of ice-cream vendor Joseph “Joe Cool” Cullen. Along with frozen treats he’s selling narcotics—and failing to report his ill-gotten gains on his tax returns. Over Tara’s dead body. Then there’s Michael Gryder, who appears to be operating a Ponzi scheme…with banker Stan Shelton…whose lake house is being landscaped by Brett Ellington…who happens to be dating Tara. If following that money trail isn’t tough enough, now Tara must face a new conundrum: Should she invest her trust in Brett—or put him behind bars? New love always comes at a cost but justice? Priceless.
Diane Kelly is a tax attorney by day, writer by night. A recipient of the 2009 Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award for Best Novel with Strong Romantic Elements, she has received more than two dozen RWA chapter awards. Diane’s fiction, tax and humor pieces have appeared in True Love Magazine, Writer’s Digest Yearbook, Romance Writers Report, Byline Magazine, and other publications. Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure is her first mystery novel, with more in the series to come.
For more information, visit her web site at www.dianekelly.com.
"Looking for a fun new read? Check out Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure by Diane Kelly. Part romance, part thriller, and part comedic mysery, it's just the thing to help keep you warm on a chilly autumn night."--The Maine Suspect
"In DEATH, TAXES AND A FRENCH MANICURE Diane Kelly takes us on a wild ride as IRS very Special Agent Tara Holloway tackles white-collar criminals and some...not quite so white. With a quirky cast of characters, snappy dialogue, and a Bernie Madoff style pyramid scheme--hunting down tax cheats has never added up to so much fun!" --Robin Kaye award-winning author of The Domestic Gods series.
"Quirky, sexy, and downright fabulous. Zany characters you can't help but love, and a plot that will knock your socks off. This is the most fun I've had reading in forever!" - Christie Craig, award-winning author of the Hotter In Texas series.
“Tara Holloway is Gin Bombay’s BFF, or would be if they knew each other. Kelly’s novel is smart, sexy and funny enough to make little girls want to be IRS agents when they grow up!” – Leslie Langtry, author of the hilarious Bombay Assassins mystery series
“DEATH, TAXES, AND A FRENCH MANICURE is a hilarious, sexy, heart-pounding ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Tara Holloway is the IRS’s answer to Stephanie Plum – smart, sassy, and so much fun. Kelly’s debut has definitely earned her a spot on my keeper shelf!”- National Readers Choice Award Winner and three-time Rita nominee Gemma Halliday
“The subject of taxation usually makes people cry, but prepare to laugh your assets off with Diane Kelly’s hilarious debut DEATH, TAXES, AND A FRENCH MANICURE.” – Mystery/Romance Author Jana DeLeon
"Mystery, intrigue, romance . . . and accounting. Diane Kelly, a seasoned accountant and former state assistant attorney general, believes these things go together. Her wacky romp pits accountant Tara Holloway, the "Annie Oakley of the IRS," against an ice-cream vendor who not only deals drugs but also - the horror! - cheats on his taxes. A Ponzi schemer and a hunky landscaper boyfriend are in the picture as well. Who knew the IRS was so sexy?" --The Alcalde
"Kelly imbues her writing with an addictive sense of wit, and Tara’s adventures in detection are laugh-out-loud funny. Not only does Kelly deliver a wonderfully quirky yet completely believable cast of characters including Tara’s boss Lu Lobozinski, who threatens to steal the whole show, but the book’s exceptionally entertaining plot strikes the perfect balance between high-stakes danger and sexy romance. This totally terrific debut is better than a refund check from the IRS!"--Reader to Reader Reviews
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