Description: Rebecca Schwartz, nice Jewish lawyer with a few too many fantasies, is happily playing the piano in a whorehouse when she suddenly finds herself assigned to make sure a near-naked state senator escapes a police raid. Picked up by the cops, she spends the night at the Hall of Justice, and comes home to find a dead hooker on her living room floor.
Review Quotes:
"If you haven't discovered Smith yet, now is the time to do so... Move over, Sara Paretsky."
--KPFA-FM (Berkeley, CA)
"Funny and witty, with a clever, outspoken heroine."
--Library Journal
"Smith's crisp storytelling, her easy knowledge of local practices, and her likable, unpredictable heroine will make readers look forward to more of sleuth Schwartz's adventures."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"Nobody gets inside her characters like Julie Smith."
--Linda Barnes, author of the Carlotta Carlyle series
"Smith is a very funny writer with a nice feel for the absurdities of urban life."
-- San Francisco Examiner
"A delightfully modern sleuth."
--Minneapolis Tribune
"Rebecca's lively first-person narration brands her a new detective to watch."
--Wilson Library Bulletin
"An attractive and amusing heroine."
--The San Diego Union