Death and Taxes - Hardcover

Dunlap, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385304439 ISBN 13: 9780385304436

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1992

Synopsis

When Philip Drem, the most feared and hated IRS auditor, is murdered, junk food junkie Jill Smith finds a long list of suspects among Berkeley's eclectic community. 15,000 first printing.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Until someone put a poisoned needle in his bicycle seat, Phil Drem was the meanest, most nit-picking IRS agent in Berkeley, California.

But when Detective Jill Smith began searching Berkeley's backwaters for the tax man's killer, she found a different picture of Drem: a caring Drem, whose once-beautiful wife was "allergic to the world" and whose friends and enemies, old hippies and would-be entrepreneurs, enjoyed a ghoulish pastime called The Death Game. Did the Death Game KO Drem? Was someone's schedule a motive for murder? And what about a CPA who drove a red Lotus ruthlessly and guaranteed his clients they'd never be audited?

Only one thing is for sure--somewhere in Berkeley's colorful backwaters, a killer is still on the loose. And for a detective who loves her city, doubts her lover, and has a knack for solving the toughest of crimes, finding the truth is about as inevitable as...Death And Taxes.

"This poignant, suspenseful puzzler establishes Berkeley, California homicide detective Jill Smith as one of the most interesting female series detectives." -- Publishers Weekly

"Dunlap's sixth Jill Smith mystery is every bit as much fun as its predecessors!" -- Booklist

"Dunlap's police procedurals have the authenticity of telling detail." -- The Washington Post Book World

About the Author:

Susan Dunlap is an award-winning mystery writer. She was employed as a social worker when an Agatha Christie novel inspired her to try her hand at writing mysteries. Six manuscripts and six years later, she published Karma(1981), which began a ten-book series about brash Berkeley cop Jill Smith.
Since then, Dunlap has published more than two dozen novels and several short stories. Her other ongoing characters include Vejay Haskell, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, and Zen student/stunt double Darcy Lott. Dunlap helped found Sisters in Crime. She lives near San Francisco.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0385304439
• ISBN 13: 9780385304436
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 247