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A dangerous business, Jane Smiley

Label
A dangerous business
Title
A dangerous business
Statement of responsibility
Jane Smiley
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"From the beloved 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 . . . '"--
Assigning source
Provided by publisher
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Smiley, Jane
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3569.M39
LC item number
D36 2022
Literary form
fiction
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Widows
  • Prostitutes
  • Murder
  • Brothels
  • Young women
  • California
Target audience
adult
Label
A dangerous business, Jane Smiley
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1300755226
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
207 pages
Isbn
9780525520337
Lccn
2022007952
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1300755226
Label
A dangerous business, Jane Smiley
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
on1300755226
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
207 pages
Isbn
9780525520337
Lccn
2022007952
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
(OCoLC)1300755226

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