| Edition |
Berkley Prime Crime mass-market edition. |
| Description |
328 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
A fairy tale fatal mystery |
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Chance, Maia.
Fairy tale fatal mystery.
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| Summary |
"Miss Ophelia Flax is a Victorian actress who knows all about making quick changes and even quicker exits. But to solve a fairy-tale crime in the haunted Black Forest, she'll need more than a bit of charm. 1867 : After being fired from her latest variety hall engagement, Ophelia acts her way into a lady's maid position for a crass American millionaire. But when her new job whisks her off to a foreboding castle straight out of a Grimm tale, she begins to wonder if her fast-talking ways might have been too hasty. The vast grounds contain the suspected remains of Snow White's cottage, along with a disturbing dwarf skeleton. And when her millionaire boss turns up dead--poisoned by an apple--the fantastic setting turns into a once upon a crime scene. To keep from rising to the top of the suspect list, Ophelia fights through a bramble of elegant lies, sinister folklore, and priceless treasure, with only a dashing but mysterious scholar as her ally. And as the clock ticks towards midnight, she'll have to break a cunning killer's spell before her own time runs out"--Page [4] of cover. |
| Note |
Includes excerpt from: Cinderella six feet under (pages [319]-328). |
| Subject |
Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Fairy tales -- Fiction.
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Castles -- Fiction.
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Women household employees -- Fiction.
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Millionaires -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Detective and mystery stories.
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| ISBN |
9780425271629 (paperback) |
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0425271625 (paperback) |
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