A dangerous business
Smiley, Jane2023
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From a brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe's detective Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious. Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West - a bewitching combination of beauty and danger - as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, 'Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise . . .'
Main title:
A dangerous business / Jane Smiley.
Author:
Smiley, Jane, author
Imprint:
London : Abacus Books, 2023.©2022
Collation:
205 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2022."Pulitzer prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres" -- Cover.
ISBN:
978034914544097803491454409780349145440
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
525811
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Fiction - Crime | SMIL | On Reserve Shelf - Awaiting collection within 10 days of this date. (Set: 15 May 2024) |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Fiction - General | SMIL | Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024 |