What a Womans Gotta Do: A Novel of Suspense - Hardcover

Coleman, Evelyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684831759 ISBN 13: 9780684831756

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1998

Synopsis

Atlanta journalist Patricia Conley's take on men has always been in reaction to a childhood of neglect: "There is an old saying that if you love a man, let him go, and if he loves you, he'll come back to you. I say hunt him down and kill him." Just when she'd thought she found someone who accepted her for the intelligent, fiercely independent martial artist that she is, her fiance disappears. But before Patricia can get her hands on him, someone else does - or so it seems. As she sets out to uncover just why Kenneth Lawson did her wrong (and who did him in), she encounters more than what she bargained for and finds herself on a treacherous path that leads to death for anyone who dares take it.
In What a Woman's Gotta Do, Patricia, stumbles upon a plot that could devastate humanity. And if that isn't enough, she's hunted by the police for murder, by a crazed geneticist who thinks she knows too much, and by undercover cop Jeff Samuels, who claims to love her. Torn between his affection and the memory of Kenneth, Patricia awakens to realizations about what it means to be alone, and what it means to be independent.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

Trying to find out why her man did her wrong and who did him in, this woman isn't waiting to exhale--she's ready to fight back.

Patricia Conley considers herself to be a brother's worst nightmare. A lifetime of hurt has made her fierce. A lifetime of victories has made her proud. And a whole lot of hope keeps her going. Now Patricia's most daring stab at happiness has come up bad: The man she was supposed to marry has stood her up. Last seen holding hands with another woman, Kenneth Lawson has vanished.

Still reeling from Kenneth's disappearance, Patricia is stunned by a series of macabre discoveries. Her car is found bathed in blood. A woman is found dead. And another too-good-to-be-true brother is offering his services. Suddenly the tough-talking Atlanta journalist doesn't know who to trust. Because in a collision of murder, religion, love, and race, Patricia has learned some extraordinary secrets--some about Kenneth Lawson, a few about herself, and one that the whole world needs to know....

From the Back Cover:

"A thrilling, suspenseful journey."
--Chicago Tribune

"You'll keep turning the pages!"
--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Always entertaining...provokes us to examine gender and race, love and betrayal, and much, much more."
--Black Media News

"A white knuckler...A new and bold heroine who always does what a woman's gotta do. James Patterson and Patricia Cornwell, move over."
--Rosalyn McMillan, author of Knowing and One Better

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0684831759
• ISBN 13: 9780684831756
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320