Murder, She Encountered
β Scribed by Peg Cochran
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group;Alibi
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 202 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A gutsy Manhattan socialite encounters murder and corruption at the World's Fair in this captivating historical cozy mystery for readers of Victoria Thompson, Susan Elia MacNeal, and Rhys Bowen.
New York City, 1939. A rising star at the Daily Trumpet, Elizabeth "Biz" Adams has been sent to the World's Fairβbilled as the "World of Tomorrow," a look toward a brighter future even as the drumbeats of war grow louderβto cover a robbery. What she stumbles upon instead is a dead woman, strangled with a nylon stocking and dumped into the Aquacade's pool.
Elizabeth snaps a photo as the police arrest Joey Dorman, a gentle young hot dog vendor who made no secret of his obsession with the murder victim. Even though she's thrilled that her photo makes the front page, the fear and confusion evident on Joey's face are haunting. So Elizabeth vows to prove his innocenceβor his guiltβwith her partner at the Daily Trumpet, Ralph...
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