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Loading... The Black Stiletto: The First Diary - 1958by Raymond Benson
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HTML: Could Martin Talbot's elderly, Alzheimer-stricken mother, Judy, really have been the Black Stiletto? When Martin discovers several volumes of her diaries hidden by his mother, he is stunned beyond all imagination. His mother, the underground heroine of yesteryear? The famed, still unidentified woman who battled Communist spies, took on the Mafia, and preyed on common crooks? The woman who exacted punishment on evildoers without mercy? But it is all described, in great detail, in the diaries. What caused her to begin her quest for justice. Her decision to act outside the law. Her feats as the famed and feared vigilante. How her reputation exploded. In short, how it all played out. Could it be true? Talbot is filled with doubt and disbelief. But the reappearance of one of the Stiletto's old enemies with a thirst for merciless revenge makes the story more than real and could imperil the life of not only the Stiletto, but her son and granddaughter as well. .No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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A fast-paced read with action interspersed throughout the pages. Mystery and suspense are in the pages as you learn of Judy's life in the late 1950's. Raymond Benson moves back and forth from the past to now, seamlessly. The son comes off as a little bit of everything that Judy most disliked in men; but engagingly by the end he is willing to learn to be more open and encouraging of his family., his Mom's first diary has helped that come about. ( )