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Damn Straight

Lillian Byrd Crime Series, Book 2

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After her narrow brush with death in Holy Hell, you'd think Lillian Byrd would have learned to keep her head down, but when a friend in crisis calls from California, Lillian jumps on a plane and wings her way from Detroit to Palm Springs—and danger.

It's the long weekend of the Dinah Shore golf tournament, one of the top women's sporting events in the world, when thousands of women descend on the desert and take over. At a pre-championship party, Lillian leaps into a romance with a top LPGA star.

But her superstar athlete has a secret: Someone is quietly terrorizing her. Lillian, eager to help, goes undercover as a high-profile reporter, an unhinged nun, and a professional caddie while uncovering layer after disturbing layer of the golfer's past.

Finally, with violence erupting at every turn, Lillian uncovers her lover's ultimate horrifying secret—and it is not at all what she had guessed. With this book, Elizabeth Sims presents another nail-biting thriller featuring her oh-so-human amateur detective. Damn Straight crackles and zings and will have you laughing through your shivers.

©2003 Elizabeth Sims (P)2023 Tantor Amateur Sleuths Detective Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Fiction Suspense
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Super PI character stays honest and true and makes a basic living supplemented by occasional busking on her banjo, as much for the love of music and to nourish her soul as to keep the body together. A trip to LA to support her college friend and ex flatmate explore her sexual identity after a run of failed hetero relationships, she gets entangled with a leading golf pro on the womens tour.

It's not sterotypical glamour and wealth romance. The sleuthing and drama is well woven in with sharp personal observation and humour despite the deadly seriousness and risks as events unfold. There are very funny sub plot lines wryly observed.

This is a great story, well narrated with mature spice. you care for the characters and I am going for the next book in the series


There is a tough theme at the heart of the story of heartfelt tragedy. There is also great kindness and caring.

Losing is the right thing to do

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