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Title: Sorry, but we have to give up on this series.
Review: My husband and I have bought all the Skip Langdon novels because we love to reminisce about New Orleans. However, with this book, Smith's negative stereotyping of African Americans has gone too far. Smith's African American characters are caricatures. Their deepest relationships are shallow, grossly sexual, and clownish. In this book, Smith informs the reader that macho Italian men do not date African American women. My husband is Italian, and I am an African American woman. I've known at least six African American women who agreed to become involved with at least one of the Italian men who pursued them. Too bad Smith does not stick to writing about Euro-American (white) emotional and criminal interactions, which she seems more willing to develop beyond stereotyping. It's a disappointing end to a promising series.
