The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings [Paperback]

New York TimesandUSA Todaybest-selling author

Black Stiletto faces a showdown with destiny

Raymond Benson'sThe Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginningsis the startling, climactic finale to the five-book, critically-acclaimed saga of The Black Stiletto. It's 1962. Judy Cooper, the Black Stiletto, is devastated at the betrayal by her nemesis and former lover, mobster Leo Kelly. Additionally, Leo and his psychotically dangerous sister, Christina, have set out to ruin the Stiletto's reputation in L.A. with a series of crimes that are made to appear as if the crime-fighter is responsible. The very pregnant Judy must fight back only with her wits and cunninguntil disaster strikes and she is forced to flee to her old hometown in Texas for the final showdown with destiny. Meanwhile, in the present, the Alzheimer's that afflicts elderly Judy is in its last stage, but her son and granddaughter, Martin and Gina, must continue to protect her from the past's last remaining assault, culminating in a cathartic and explosive conclusion.

If theBlack Stilettoseries is under your radar, there's something wrong with your radar. This is a five-book sequence of the highest quality, full of thrills and suspense, and fun and humanity too.Lee Child,New York Timesbest-selling author

Benson wraps up this five-book series in grand style with a satisfying climax, but as the title and final pages suggest, this may not be the end of the Black Stiletto. Escapist entertainment tinged with melancholy.Booklist

Old grudges and fresh starts set the tone in Bensons engaging fifth and finalBlack Stilettonovel (afterThe Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies) as Judy Coopers son, Martin Talbot, reads her last diary from her hidden ll{