The Wrong Side of Memphis

By Claire Applewhite

Second Edition, This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1603181164
• ISBN13: 9781603181167
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: L & L Dreamspell
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

The Wrong Side of Memphis

Not many books allow for the kind of cultural flavor that this book offers. It lets us experience the "hidden" crime in St. Louis, MO that other states simply don't know about. When you read this book, you'll feel like you know St. Louis a little bit better--so you'll remember to bring your gun.

Reviewed for Midwest Book Review

Dimond Redding, former Vietnam War field nurse, moves to St. Louis for some peace and quiet, thinking to retire there. But that's not to be. Two weeks later, a man is murdered in the apartment across the hall from Di. Di suspects the investigating detective is focusing on the wrong person when he arrests a friend of one of the tenants in Di's building. Elvin Suggs, Green Beret during the Vietnam War, is reeling from his wife's demands for a divorce. Suggs takes his dog and heads to St. Louis to visit Di, his best friend's widow. Suggs, a private investigator, suspects something afoul when more people are murdered in Di's apartment building, including his wife. When Suggs is accused of his wife's murder, he decides to investigate on his own and soon finds his own life in danger. Applewhite brings focus to Vietnam vets via the characters in this book, stressing their outlook on the war and the role they played in it as well as the lives they lead and the friendships they cherish from that time period. This whodunit has plenty of suspects with several shifty characters, all with secrets of their own, occupying the apartment building. Suggs is an appealing character with a warm heart and zest for life. His dog Vanna adds an appealing dimension to the read, as does Cobra, the homeless Vietnam vet Suggs helps.

Wrong Side of Memphis

Great read. I couldn't put it down. Ms. Applewhite breathed true life into her characters.

Connie's Review

Just finished reading the book which kept me on the edge for a day and a half. Never knew that so much could happen on Hampton Avenue which only a St. Louisan would bring this city to life for me. It held my interest throughout, as I couldn't solve all those murders. It was a book that once you start you can't put it down. Absolutely loved it!