| Description |
207 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Jack Foxx is a pseudonym of Bill Pronzini. |
| Summary |
"Set in San Francisco and environs during the Civil War, [Freebooty] introduces Fergus O'Hara, the most roguish new detective in years, and his equally engaging wife Hattie. Their first case is a complicated and wacky one. Among other people, places and things, it involves a corpulent financial speculator named Horace T. Goatleg, an insane parrot, a one-eyed man addicted to hoarhound drops, a suave gambler addicted to women, a boisterous Irish militia company known as the Mulrooney Guards, the San Francisco Volunteer Fire Department, a keg of beer, a careless footpad, the crew of the riverboat Freebooty, the Freebooty herself, two murders, a gold robbery, several assorted chases, what may literally be termed a bang-up finale on St. Patrick's Day morning, and, for good measure, a couple of bonus surprises." -- From dust jacket. |
| Subject |
Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.
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Husband and wife -- Fiction.
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San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Mystery fiction.
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Detective and mystery fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Historical fiction.
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| ISBN |
0672522136 |
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9780672522130 |
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