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I am so glad that Ennis gives a better and more meaner and more colder Punisher.

Second, the way the book is done makes it extremely versatile. On your first look through, you can read the names of all the objects pictured. In your subsequent use, you can ask your child to find the objects pictured in the margins in the picture itself. ie: "Donde esta la mariposa?". We use this book not only for learning Spanish, but also for sharpening observation skills [like a "search" book or "I spy" book]. And my child has to know the meaning of the word I'm using [ie: Mariposa] to know what to find in the photo - it makes the whole process extremely interesting to her and she really, really enjoys our Spanish lessons!

I can't recommend this book highly enough!

This jam-packed HTML and more guide is the most useful HTML guide ever. It comes with a companion CD-ROM that not only has stuff used in the book but also other software thaty can be used for other purposes.

Also, I have used this as a guideline when I consulted a small group that needed help with internal controls.

In this episode, Barnett and company cast about for the necessary evidence to determine who killed Fab Weaver, the infamous head honchous of Hit Time Records. Her search leads her down Chicago's Record Row where the R&B hitmakers used to abound. Georgia's Sista-twin Peaches even gets involved in this dangerous mission to find Weaver's killer.

This story is fast paced. Every chapter ended in such a tease that you had to keep reading. I appreciate the "lessons of the newsroom" throughout the book. However, some of the overused metophors were dispensible. It almost made the story seem like a teen read than an adult mystery.

I've enjoyed some of Yolanda Joe's (Ardella Garland is her nom de plume) past works of fiction. This is the first mystery I've read and thought it was fun. I'm interested to see what other situations Georgia Barnett gets herself involved with in the future.

Always out to be first with the scoop of the day, Georgia begins her own unofficial investigation of this case. When one of the prime suspects is a childhood family friend, Georgia goes into high gear to solve this case with help from her cameraman, her twin sister and friends around and about the neighborhood.

In the like of some of my other favorite female detectives, Georgia methodically elimates suspect after suspect. Having a cop for a boyfriend helps as she tends to stay a step ahead of them, but leans heavily on them for backup when she gets herself in dire situations.

This was an enjoyable read with lots of characters with motives to make this a good mystery.

Georgia becomes personally involved in the case when a family friend, guitarist Jimmy Flamingo, becomes the number one suspect in the murder. Jimmy, like so many other people, had a grudge against the record producer because Fab cheated him out of money. Georgia decides to do some investigating, not realizing that she is putting herself in the line of fire.

HIT TIME is a fascinating amateur sleuth tale starring an in your face heroine who endears herself to the reader with her wit, cleverness and bravado. The first person narrative allows the audience to feel close to Georgia and hope she can solve the case without getting herself killed in the process. Ardella Garland has constructed a complex mystery that takes so many twists and turns that the reader will never see who the real villain is.

Harriet Klausner