The Black Stiletto: The First Diary
About this ebook
Suppose you found out—just too late—that your mother had been a superhero crime fighter
Could Martin Talbot's mother, Judy, really have been the Black Stiletto? When Martin discovers several volumes of diaries hidden by his mother, he is stunned beyond all imagination. His mother, the underground heroine of yesteryear? The famed, still-unidentified woman who battled Communist spies, took on the Mafia, and preyed on common crooks? The woman who exacted punishment on evildoers without mercy?
But it is all described, in great detail, in the diaries. What caused her to begin her quest for justice. Her decision to act outside the law. Her feats as the famed and feared vigilante. How her reputation exploded. In short, how it all played out.
Could it be true? Talbot is filled with doubt and disbelief. But the reappearance of one of the Stiletto's old enemies with a thirst for merciless revenge makes the story more than real and could imperil the life of not only the Stiletto, but her son and granddaughter as well.
Perfect for fans of vigilante justice
While all of the novels in The Black Stiletto Series stand on their own and can be read in any order, the publication sequence is:
The Black Stiletto
The Black Stiletto: Black & White
The Black Stiletto: Stars & Stripes
The Black Stiletto: Secrets & Lies
The Black Stiletto: Endings & Beginnings
About the author
Raymond Benson is the highly acclaimed author of numerous works including six original James bond 007 novels. Benson wrote these under a commission from the James Bond literary copyright holders between 1996 and 2002. He also penned three film novelizations and three short stories on this topic and two anthologies: The Union Trilogy and Choice of Weapons.
Benson is a New York Times best-selling author, writing as David Michaels; an Edgar Alan Poe Award nominee, Mystery Writers of America; a Readers' Choice Award winner for Best Thriller; and the recipient of many other awards. He has been honored in Naoshima, Japan, with the erections of a permanent museum dedicated to one of his novels, and he is an Ambassador for Japan's Kagawa Prefecture.
Benson is a member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers, and numerous other organizations and serves on the Board of Directors of the Ian Fleming Foundation. He lives in the Chicago area.
