- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (May 6 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 031231387X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312313876
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14.6 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 449 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,265,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Set in South Carolina's low country, Wall's cozy series featuring widowed accountant Bay Tanner gets better with each book. In her fourth outing (after 2003's Perdition House), Bay returns home from an extended stay in Paris to find that her father, the Simpson part of Simpson & Tanner, Inquiry Agents, is making regular and significant payments to a mysterious visitor. When Judge Simpson refuses to answer Bay's questions about what's going on, Bay is stumped. How could her father be a blackmailer's target? Meanwhile, an old college friend of computer expert Eric Whiteside, with whom Bay started Simpson & Tanner, is killed in a freak boating accident, leaving a not-so-grieving father and a girlfriend who insists the death was murder. Wall manages to keep several seemingly unconnected story lines in play, building suspense gradually until things fall neatly into place. Her greatest strength, however, is her heroine, who exudes self-confidence whether auditing the books of a shrimping company or consulting a forensics expert. Bay's wry observation on how middle-aged women are invisible to waitresses if an attractive man is nearby cuts to the bone, but is made without rancor. Wall should continue to build a following among fans of older female sleuths.
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
Former accountant Bay Tanner returns to Hilton Head, South Carolina, from Paris when her boyfriend, Alain Darnay, rejoins Interpol, despite her objections. Tanner and colleagues in her fledgling detective agency--including her father (a retired judge) and computer expert Erik Whiteside--become involved in investigating the death of Erik's college friend Gray Palmer, an archaeologist who died after finding a skeleton on an island off the South Carolina coast. Gray's death is ruled an accident, but Erik and Gray's friend Mindy are convinced that it was murder and that Mindy has reason to fear for her own life. A vividly described setting and a likable, believable heroine, who is trying to come to terms with losing her lover, add appeal to the mystery plot, which hinges on that genre staple, the long-buried secret. Sue O'Brien
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5.0 out of 5 stars
exciting amateur sleuth,
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This review is from: Judas Island: A Bay Tanner Mystery (Hardcover)
Bay Tanner enjoys being with her lover in France as he recuperates from an injury he got while helping her on a case. Their idyllic time together ends when Interpol recruits him for another assignment so Bay returns home to South Carolina, unwilling to put up with the fact that he might die on the job like her husband did. At home, Eric informs her that his friend, archeologist Gray Palmer, is working on uninhabited islands off the southeast coast and has found the remains of a dead body.He wants them to discover who the deceased is. Before they get deep into their investigation, Gray dies, supposedly in a boating accident. His girlfriend insists that Gray was murdered and the same people who killed him are after her. When a bone is Fed-Exed to Eric, they take it to an archeologist who tells them that it belonged to a black man buried for five decades. Gray's father hires them to find out if his son was murdered and then fires them in the same week. Bay and Erik refuse to stop as they are determined to find the island where the bones are burned, risking their life in the process. A Bay Tanner mystery is always fun to read because it is an exciting action thriller as well as a cerebral mystery. Readers will understand why Bay hides her heartache so no one can pity her. The plot is basically straight line but that doesn't mean the answers to the mystery are easy to solve because there are quite a few people who seek to stop Bay and Erik any way they can in Kathryn R. Wall's exciting amateur sleuth tale. Harriet Klausner
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Was Gray killed to cover up a murder?,
By Dawn Dowdle "Mystery reviewer" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Judas Island: A Bay Tanner Mystery (Hardcover)
Bay Tanner and her friend Erik Whiteside have started an investigation agency. Bay's background is in accounting and financial consulting. These skills still come in handy in investigations. Erik is great on the computer. Bay's father, The Judge, although confined to a wheelchair, often assists them.Bay returns home from Paris after the apparent collapse of her short-lived affair with Interpol agent Alain Darnay. Not long after returning, she discovers a rift has been wedged between The Judge and his housekeeper, Lavinia. With some information from Lavinia, Bay is trying to discover the truth about what has happened. In the meantime, her partner Erik calls about a new case. His old college drinking buddy, archaeologist Gray Palmer, has uncovered a grave and taken a bone. After hinting the bone may belong to a murder victim, Gray is found dead. Bay and Erik start investigating to find out whether his death is related and who the murder victim is. They hit lots of roadblocks along the way, especially from Gray's father. Gray Jr.'s girlfriend spurs them along, but Bay can't decide if she is telling them the complete truth. Before they uncover the truth, they put themselves in grave danger. This is the first Bay Tanner book I've read. It definitely won't be the last. It was terrific. I found myself constantly picking it up to read more! Bay has a lot of personal baggage and it is intertwined into the story in just the right way to keep you wanting more. I really like Bay. She is a believable protagonist. The relationships between characters are very well written, too. I love books set in the south. Set in South Carolina, this book is steeped in the south. Bay's knowledge of the area and people really comes to play in the solving of this mystery. This series is definitely a new favorite of mine. I highly recommend this book! 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
exciting amateur sleuth,
By Harriet Klausner - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Judas Island: A Bay Tanner Mystery (Hardcover)
Bay Tanner enjoys being with her lover in France as he recuperates from an injury he got while helping her on a case. Their idyllic time together ends when Interpol recruits him for another assignment so Bay returns home to South Carolina, unwilling to put up with the fact that he might die on the job like her husband did. At home, Eric informs her that his friend, archeologist Gray Palmer, is working on uninhabited islands off the southeast coast and has found the remains of a dead body.He wants them to discover who the deceased is. Before they get deep into their investigation, Gray dies, supposedly in a boating accident. His girlfriend insists that Gray was murdered and the same people who killed him are after her. When a bone is Fed-Exed to Eric, they take it to an archeologist who tells them that it belonged to a black man buried for five decades. Gray's father hires them to find out if his son was murdered and then fires them in the same week. Bay and Erik refuse to stop as they are determined to find the island where the bones are burned, risking their life in the process. A Bay Tanner mystery is always fun to read because it is an exciting action thriller as well as a cerebral mystery. Readers will understand why Bay hides her heartache so no one can pity her. The plot is basically straight line but that doesn't mean the answers to the mystery are easy to solve because there are quite a few people who seek to stop Bay and Erik any way they can in Kathryn R. Wall's exciting amateur sleuth tale. Harriet Klausner 0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
Waste of my time,
By Western Lady - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Judas Island: A Bay Tanner Mystery (Mass Market Paperback)
This was so slow, it took 20 chapters to get to the crime and the solving of that crime. This book wasted the first 20 chapters on the simpering feelings of poor Bay Tanner and her sad memories of her dead husband and having to leave her new special man, who is still recovering from his poor wounds but goes off in service to Interpol. This endless exploration of Bay Tanner's (so tender and confused) feelings is not what I look for in a crime novel.
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