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Murder, She Encountered

✍ Scribed by Peg Cochran


Publisher
Random House Publishing Group;Alibi
Year
2019
Tongue
en-US
Weight
202 KB
Category
Fiction

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✦ 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 Fairβ€”billed as the "World of Tomorrow," a look toward a brighter future even as the drumbeats of war grow louderβ€”to 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 innocenceβ€”or his guiltβ€”with her partner at the Daily Trumpet, Ralph...


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