Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan novels
Author
Author
Series
Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan novels volume 1
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"1959. Delpha Wade killed a man who was raping her. Wanted to kill the other one too, but he got away. Now, after fourteen years in prison, she's out. It's 1973, and nobody's rushing to hire a parolee. Persistence and smarts land her a secretarial job with Tom Phelan, an ex-roughneck turned neophyte private eye. Together these two pry into the dark corners of Beaumont, a blue-collar, Cajun-influenced town dominated by Big Oil. A mysterious client...
Author
Series
Delpha Wade and Tom Phelan novels volume 2
Publisher
Cinco Puntos Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"After a serial killer almost murdered Delpha Wade (The Do-Right, 2015), the hospital releases her into the rough hands of the Beaumont police for questioning. She doesn't deny she killed the man--in self-defense. Problem is, she's an ex-con. Self-defense was also her plea in 1959, when a knife changed hands and she buried it in the chest of a man who was raping her. Self-defense didn't keep her out of prison. Now it's 1973, and cops are still the...
.png)