title: Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery
author:  Valerie Wilson Wesley 
description: The desperate search for a missing child makes Newark PI Tamara Hayle's eighth outing (after 2005's <i>Dying in the Dark</i>) a chilling, thought-provoking read. Gold-digging Lilah Love gave Tamara $30,000 years earlier after some shady doings in Jamaica. Now Lilah's sister, Thelma Lee, has Lilah's daughter, Baby Dal, and refuses to give her back. Lilah threatens harm to Tamara's son, Jamal, unless Tamara takes on her case. Tamara doesn't want to help Lilah, who sees Baby Dal as a bargaining chip, so she lets Treyman Barnes II, the child's wealthy, powerful grandfather, hire her instead. Then Thelma Lee disappears with the baby, and Lilah is found murdered in her car with Jamal's backpack in the rear seat. Tamara realizes she must find Lilah's child in order to protect her own. Wesley recounts Tamara's struggles with equal parts irony, compassion and insight. <i>(Jan.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  Title Page
  
  Chapter 1
  
  Chapter 2
  
  Chapter 3
  
  Chapter 4
  
  Chapter 5
  
  Chapter 6
  
  Chapter 7
  
  Chapter 8
  
  Chapter 9
  
  Chapter 10
  
  Chapter 11
  
  Chapter 12
  
  Chapter 13
  
  Chapter 14
  
  Chapter 15
  
  Chapter 16
  
  About The Author
  
  > > >  **Chapter 1**
  
  Larissa Coming glared into the eyes of her new foster mom and scowled. “I
  already hate this place!” The girl spat on the dirt path that led to a two-
  story cottage.
  
  “But, honey,” Mrs. Wilson protested, “you haven’t seen the inside of the house
  yet or the barn and horses.” She gestured toward a beautiful red barn with a
  pasture full of horses beside it.
  
  “Do _not_ call me ‘honey’,” Larissa growled in a low tone.
  
  “Larissa!” Mr. Wilson exclaimed sharply. “Watch the tone of your voice.” He
  was a muscular man with dark hair and a cowboy hat that shaded his brown eyes.
  He looked almost the exact opposite of Mrs. Wilson, who had pale blue eyes,
  light blonde hair, and a thin frame.
  
  Larissa was about to fi