| Edition |
First U.S. Edition. |
| Description |
360 pages ; 22 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
A Kate Shackleton mystery ; 6
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| Note |
"A Thomas Dunne Book." |
| Summary |
"The search for a daughter. Lady Coulton gave up the baby that would have ruined her marriage, born when Lord Coulton was abroad. Now that her husband is dying, she asks Kate to find Sophia. A haunted library. It is forty years since the ghost of a dead librarian haunted the old library, yet the stories have begun again. Kate does not believe in ghosts but obligingly takes part in a ceremony to expel the restless spirit. Shockingly, there is a body in the basement, strangled, and covered in dusty volumes from a fallen bookcase. It is Dr. Potter, a mathematician. A killer on the loose. Dr Potter's body is taken away. The police find a sick man sheltering in the basement. He is an Italian, Umberto, an organ grinder and owner of a lively Capuchin monkey. Umberto becomes the prime suspect and will be charged with murder. Kate goes with Umberto to the infirmary. But he is too weak to be a suspect. And now Kate must set out to find the real culprit . . "-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Women private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British.
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths.
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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical.
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| Genre/Form |
Mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781250067395 |
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1250067391 |
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