The Resource The spook lights affair, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
The spook lights affair, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
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- Summary
- "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrée to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money, and Quincannon loves the almighty dollar. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells, Fargo office of $35,000.Working their separate cases (while Sabina holds John off with one light hand), the detectives give readers a tour of The City the way it was. From the infamous Barbary Coast to the expensive Tenderloin gaming houses and brothels frequented by wealthy men, Quincannon follows a danger-laden trail to unmask the murderous perpetrators of the Wells, Fargo robbery. Meanwhile, Sabina works her wiles on friends and relatives of the vanished debutante until the pieces of her puzzle start falling into place. But it's an oddly disguised gent appearing out of nowhere who provides the final clue to both cases--the shrewd "crackbrain" who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Fans of Marcia's Muller's bestselling Sharon McCone novels and Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series will applaud The Spook Lights Affair and future exploits from the annals of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Label
- The spook lights affair
- Title
- The spook lights affair
- Statement of responsibility
- Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Subject
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- trueDebutantes
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueGilded Age (1865-1898) -- 1865 -- 1898
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueBank robberies
- trueCalifornia
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Large type books
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- truePrivate investigators
- Private investigators -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSuicide investigation
- trueThieves
- Women detectives -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- trueWomen private investigators
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrée to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money, and Quincannon loves the almighty dollar. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells, Fargo office of $35,000.Working their separate cases (while Sabina holds John off with one light hand), the detectives give readers a tour of The City the way it was. From the infamous Barbary Coast to the expensive Tenderloin gaming houses and brothels frequented by wealthy men, Quincannon follows a danger-laden trail to unmask the murderous perpetrators of the Wells, Fargo robbery. Meanwhile, Sabina works her wiles on friends and relatives of the vanished debutante until the pieces of her puzzle start falling into place. But it's an oddly disguised gent appearing out of nowhere who provides the final clue to both cases--the shrewd "crackbrain" who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Fans of Marcia's Muller's bestselling Sharon McCone novels and Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series will applaud The Spook Lights Affair and future exploits from the annals of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services"--
- Summary
- "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services.Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrâee to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money, and Quincannon loves the almighty dollar. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells, Fargo office of $35,000.Working their separate cases (while Sabina holds John off with one light hand), the detectives give readers a tour of The City the way it was. From the infamous Barbary Coast to the expensive Tenderloin gaming houses and brothels frequented by wealthy men, Quincannon follows a danger-laden trail to unmask the murderous perpetrators of the Wells, Fargo robbery. Meanwhile, Sabina works her wiles on friends and relatives of the vanished debutante until the pieces of her puzzle start falling into place. But it's an oddly disguised gent appearing out of nowhere who provides the finalclue to both cases--the shrewd "crackbrain" who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Fans of Marcia's Muller's bestselling Sharon McCone novels and Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series will applaud The Spook Lights Affair and future exploits fromthe annals of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10231824
- Cataloging source
- VTL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Muller, Marcia
- Dewey number
- 813.54
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1859-1930
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Pronzini, Bill
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- A Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Series volume
- 0006
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Private investigators
- Women detectives
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Label
- The spook lights affair, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 20242096
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013024045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)863423647
- (OCoLC)z1lcls b1555800
- 94319
- Label
- The spook lights affair, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 20242096
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2013024045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)863423647
- (OCoLC)z1lcls b1555800
- 94319
Subject
- trueDebutantes
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueGilded Age (1865-1898) -- 1865 -- 1898
- true1890s -- 1890 -- 1899
- trueBank robberies
- trueCalifornia
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
- Large type books
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- truePrivate investigators
- Private investigators -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSuicide investigation
- trueThieves
- Women detectives -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- trueWomen private investigators
Genre
- Large type books
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical mysteries
Member of
- Thorndike Press large print mystery series
- Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Carpenter and Quincannon mystery, 02
- trueCarpenter and Quincannon novels
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