Social Graces

By Malinda M. Hall

Social worker Louisa Daniel is in her sixties, recently divorced, harried, and always late to work, to the consternation of Charles, her boss at the Contra Costa County social service agency where she is employed. The fatal accident of Letitia, a co-worker, changes Louisa's life and turns her into an amateur sleuth. She discovers that Letitia had been moonlighting as a call girl, and that she had information on the Strengs, a family connected to the agency, which sealed her fate. Zoe Streng is trying to adopt a baby through the agency, and her brother, Percival, is Louisa's boss' lover, resulting in a complicated list of suspects. Will Louisa find the murderer in time? Or will she too fall victim to the plots surrounding the social service agency?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088739289X
• ISBN13: 9780887392894
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Creative Arts Book Co
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Social Graces is a good read.

Sixtyish social worker Louisa Daniel's wisdom and unexpected strength make her a sleuth to be reckened with. Her world is populated with appealing and unappealing characters, whose possible motives take the reader on an adventurous course to the final unexpected resolution. Along the way the reader is entertained by an appealing subplot about an "unadoptable baby." This is a book to pick up to read for escape and pleasure.