Death, Taxes, and a French Manicure

Tara Holloway Series, Book 1

By: Diane Kelly

Narrated by: C.S.E. Cooney

Tax cheats, beware: The Treasury Department's Criminal Investigations Division has a new special agent on its payroll. A recovering tomboy with a head for numbers, Tara's fast becoming the Annie Oakley of the IRS-kicking ass, taking social security numbers, and keeping the world safe for honest taxpayers. Or else.

Tara's latest mission finds her in hot pursuit of ice-cream vendor Joseph "Joe Cool" Cullen. Along with frozen treats he's selling narcotics-and failing to report his ill-gotten gains on his tax returns. Over Tara's dead body. Then there's Michael Gryder, who appears to be operating a Ponzi scheme...with banker Stan Shelton...whose lake house is being landscaped by Brett Ellington...who happens to be dating Tara. If following that money trail isn't tough enough, now Tara must face a new conundrum: Should she invest her trust in Brett-or put him behind bars? New love always comes at a cost, but justice? Priceless.

©2011 Diane Kelly (P)2017 Tantor

Great story!

I enjoyed this audiobook. There aren’t many stories about accountants that aren’t a bore. I say that as an accountant. This one keeps you hooked. I’ll be finishing this series.

Narrator

Like all of Kelly’s books the story is engaging and cleverly revealing. Having said that this narrator is horrible. I am so sorry to say that, I listen to a lot of books she is without a doubt the worst I have heard. I will skip to book 4

Needs Better Editor and Producer

As an accountant and huge fan of Ms. Kelly's Paw Enforcement series, I had high expectations for this book.

Unfortunately, the narrator sounded like a vapid, immature girl rather than an intelligent professional woman. I don't blame Ms. Cooney who has a pleasant voice; whoever produced or directed this novel is responsible.

Also, an editor should have eliminated many of the unnecessary, boring details that added nothing to the story. How many times did we need to hear how Tara likes her lattes?

On the positive side, Tara was an interesting character who didn't expect to be rescued by a man.

Not my favorite

The story got better about half way through. I did not care for the narrator. Lack of expression really took away from the story itself. Some humor.

Hilarious!

This high quality humourous mystery is loaded with excitement, romance, and lots of twists and turns. I'll definitely read more books in this series!