Tender Death

Smith & Wetzon #2

by Annette Meyers

When a seventy-year-old wealthy woman is found on the sidewalk far below the window of her Park Avenue apartment, amateur sleuth Leslie Wetzon is certain her fall was no accident.

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

276 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Annette Meyers spent sixteen years on Wall Street as an executive search consultant, and is currently an arbitrator with the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). She is a past president of Sisters in Crime and is secretary of the International Association of Crime Writers.

With her husband Martin Meyers, using the pseudonym Maan Meyers, she writes historical mysteries set in New York in the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries.

--from her website

Series:
* Smith and Wetzon Mystery
* Olivia Brown Mystery

Reviews

[Bill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Tender Death by Annette Meyers is the second mystery by her I've read. It is the 2nd book in the Smith & Wetzon mystery series and the book has been on my book shelf for 5+ years. I enjoyed the first book, Free Love, an Olivia Brown mystery, much more.
Smith and Wetzon are head-hunters, finding opportunities for stock market salesmen with other companies. Wetzon is a past dancer, having worked on Broadway before she moved into the head-hunting gig. (Meyers is using a setting which she is very familiar with, as she worked on Broadway and then moved into the head-hunting business)
Smith is an imperious, not very likable partner, whose role is much smaller, at least in this story. I kept having the feeling that her purpose is to make up for the neat play on words business title, Smith & Wetzon. *shrug*
Wetzon is a likable character and finds herself embroiled in a mystery when an acquaintance of an elderly companion of Wetzon's dies and maybe is murdered. Wetzon begins to investigate with the help of an old friend, a TV news reporter who is looking for a big story. It seems as though wealthy elderly people are being preyed upon by their care-workers, robbing them of their monies. But who might be involved? That's the big question. Wetzon keeps finding herself in precarious situations, she faints a lot. Her boyfriend, police investigator, Silvestri, is frustrated and worried about her. Smith is... well, what is Smith? It's a bit convoluted, but entertaining. Just not the best story I've read in awhile. I want to give it 3 stars, but let's say 2.5.

[Paul Close · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not bad, boring in the middle

[Ray · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not enjoy this one bit. I hated and wished for most of the main characters to die, harsh I know. The only character I really liked was called a slur by one of the main characters. Even the plot was slow, and just not very good. It had so much potential, and I did like the mystery that it offered, but it was easy to predict.

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

the book gets good at the end, though was very hard for me to get right into and enjoy the book right away.
Wasnt to impressed with the finishing of it as it seems a little rushed to me and could have had the story tie up a few strings they left loose.
But all in all was a ok read and kept me busy and mind active.