Nanette Hayes enjoys earning her living playing the saxophone for spare change on New York's funky, mean streets, until an undercover cop is killed in her apartment, and she becomes the prime suspect.
Rebecca H. (amichai) from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote on 9/15/2005...
"RHODE ISLAND RED is a poet's invention, and her fabulous detective, Nanette, a contemporary Nora Charles - black, single, smart, restless. RHODE ISLAND RED is an elegant, intelligent mystery, a pleasure to read." --Lynne Tillman