| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
360 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Series |
Kate Shackleton ; 6 |
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Brody, Frances.
Kate Shackleton mystery ; 6.
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| Note |
"A Thomas Dunne book." |
| Summary |
The irrepressible Kate Shackleton assists a noblewoman who would find the daughter she gave up years earlier, participates in a ceremony to expel a library ghost, and investigates a complicated murder. |
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"The search for a daughter. Lady Coulton gave up the baby that would have ruined her marriage, born when Lord Coulton was abroad. Now that her husband is dying, she asks Kate to find Sophia. A haunted library. It is forty years since the ghost of a dead librarian haunted the old library, yet the stories have begun again. Kate does not believe in ghosts but obligingly takes part in a ceremony to expel the restless spirit. Shockingly, there is a body in the basement, strangled, and covered in dusty volumes from a fallen bookcase. It is Dr. Potter, a mathematician. A killer on the loose. Dr Potter's body is taken away. The police find a sick man sheltering in the basement. He is an Italian, Umberto, an organ grinder and owner of a lively Capuchin monkey. Umberto becomes the prime suspect and will be charged with murder. Kate goes with Umberto to the infirmary. But he is too weak to be a suspect. And now Kate must set out to find the real culprit...."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Shackleton, Kate (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Women private investigators -- England -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- Traditional British.
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FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- Women Sleuths.
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FICTION -- Mystery & Detective -- Historical.
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Murder -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01029788
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Women private investigators. (OCoLC)fst01178427
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England. (OCoLC)fst01219920
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Mystery fiction.
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| ISBN |
9781250067395 (hardback) |
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1250067391 (hardback) |
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