Smith and Wetzon Mystery Series by Annette Meyers
Smith and Wetzon Mystery #1
The Big Killing
Annette Meyers
Product DescriptionHeadhunters, Leslie Wetzon and Xenia Smith, go after the top guns in the financial world- Wall Street, where everyone is looking to make the big killing. A slick, successful stockbroker that Wetzon is interviewing. at the Four Seasons, leaves her to make an urgent phone call and doesn't come back. When Wetzon goes to check on him, his dead body tumbles out of the phone booth.“Ingratiating first novel featuring the soft-boiled amateur detecting team of Smith and Wetzon, who are actually high-powered Wall St. headhunters.”—Kirkus Reviews“A novel of suspense on Wall Street. A supremely likeable whodunit.”—Publishers Weekly“ ... the characters are also sharp enough to make you want to dump your broker - quick.”—New York Times Book Review“Meyer’s storytelling is wonderful.... she evokes the feel, smell, atmosphere of the city so well that I got homesick. Not only that but her portrayal of the life of a headhunter is masterful. Read the book, make up your own mind about it, but read it, please.”—Mystery Scene.
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Smith and Wetzon Mystery #3
The Deadliest Option
Annette Meyers
Product DescriptionFormer dancer Leslie Wetzon and her business partner Xenia Smith, Wall Street headhunters, attend the festive retirement dinner for Goldie Barnes, head of the respected financial firm Luwisher Brothers. But Goldie is not ready to retire. When he takes a sip of his bourbon and rises to make his farewell speech, he never gets to finish it. Is it a heart attack? Asthma? No, it's murder. Xenia Smith, to Wetzon's protests, accepts a commission from the acting CEO for Smith and Wetzon to find the murderer before the police do, which immediately puts them in danger. Wetzon's live-in boyfriend, NYPDdetective Silvestri is on the case. The NYPD wants her help as Wetzon knows all the suspects, but she is worried about professional ethics. As the bodies begin to pile up, and the endemic greed and scandals on Wall Street, and she and Smith seem at odds about everything from their men to their work, Wetzon has to wonder if she's in the right profession.“Ms. Meyers clearly knows whereof she rips to shreds. In between theatrically executed murders, she imparts solid inside information about the business of brokering, as well as acidic commentary on the personal ethics of all the players.”The New York Times Book Review“Ms. Meyers, a Wall Street insider, fills her books with irresistible details about life among the big-money movers and shakers. The Deadliest Option is the most suspenseful and engaging effort yet in this series.”The Baltimore Sun“Wall Street headhunters and occasional sleuths Smith and Wetzon are back in this splendid, entertaining mystery.”Publishers Weekly
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