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Death Was the Other Woman: A Mystery
by Richards, Linda L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0312377703
- ISBN 13
- 9780312377700
- Seller
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: Minotaur Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. 272 pages. As the lawlessness of Prohibition pushes against the desperation of the Depression, there are two ways to make a living in Los Angeles: join the criminals or collar them. Kitty Pangborn has chosen the crime-fighters, becoming secretary to Dexter J. Theroux, one of the hard-drinking, tough-talking PIs who pepper the city's stew. But after Dex takes an assignment from Rita Heppelwaite, the mistress of Harrison Dempsey, one of L.A.'s shadiest--and richest--businessmen, Kitty isn't so sure what side of the law she's on. Rita suspects Dempsey has been stepping out and asks Dex to tail him. It's an easy enough task, but Dex's morning stroll with Johnnie Walker would make it tough for him to trail his own shadow. Kitty insists she go along for the ride, keeping her boss--and hopefully her salary--safe. However, she's about to realize that there's something far more unpleasant than a three-timing husband at the end of this trail, and that there's more at risk than her paycheck. Richly satisfying and stylishly gritty, <I>Death Was the Other Woman </I>gives a brand-new twist to the hard-boiled style, revealing that while veteran PIs like Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe spent their time slugging scotch and wooing women, it may well have been the Girl Fridays of the world who really cracked the cases. .
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- Bookseller
- Storbeck's
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 605097
- Title
- Death Was the Other Woman: A Mystery
- Author
- Richards, Linda L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0312377703
- ISBN 13
- 9780312377700
- Publisher
- Minotaur Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY DETECTIVE, WOMEN SLEUTHS, LOS ANGELES, NOIR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective / Women Sleuths;
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About the Seller
Storbeck's
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Georgetown, Texas
About Storbeck's
Storbeck's has a wide selection of genealogy books, maps and supplies for the family historian or genealogist researching in the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the British Isles and Canada.
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- Tail
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