Washington Territory, 1888. With contacts on the docks and in the railroad, and with a buyers' market funneling product their way, Alma Rosales and her opium-smuggling crew are making a fortune. They spend their days moving product and their nights at the Monte Carlo, the center of Tacoma's queer sc
Rough Trade
β Scribed by Hartzmark, Gini
- Book ID
- 110156181
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 192 KB
- Series
- Millholland 5
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
KICKOFF TIME FOR MURDER
Pro football is new business for Chicago attorney and deal-maker Kate Millholland, but one meeting with the Milwaukee Monarchs convinces her that the team is in deep trouble: bad management, lackluster coaching, and insubordinate players. The move that could save the once-great teamοΏ½ a transfer to L.A.οΏ½is vehemendy rejected by owner Beau Rendell.
But soon Beau is out of the gameοΏ½ murdered, the police say, by his own son and heir.
So whoοΏ½s calling the signals in this high-ticket disaster? While the press and the fans go wild, tough-minded Kate goes hunting and collides with an opposition that plays to kill.
οΏ½Hartzmark is an excellent writer...
"Especially good at catching the vibrations of tension which encircle complex business dealings."
οΏ½Mystery News
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