| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
[Mags Rogers Series] ; [2] |
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Brown, Rita Mae.
Mags Rogers Series ; 2.
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| Summary |
Unscrupulous bankers, abandoned homes, and a cold-blooded killer on the loose: Mags Rogers and her wire-haired dachshund, Baxter, dig up the dirt in this novel. Settling into ranch life outside Reno, Nevada, with her gregarious great-aunt Jeep Reed and Jeep's German Shepherd, King, former Wall Street trader Mags doesn't miss the cutthroat world of investment banking- because its destructive tentacles have reached westward to the Silver State. The foreclosure crisis has taken a huge bite out of the local real estate market, where rows of homes sit unsold and forsaken- but not empty. A group of squatters, including desperate single mothers with children, are living under the radar in the houses on Reno's Yolanda Street, without water or electricity. Big-hearted real estate broker Babs Gallagher enlists Jeep and Mags to start a community outreach program, but that means going up against uncaring utility companies, corrupt officials, ruthless politicians- and a merciless murderer. When a former banker is found brutally slain in one of the abandoned homes, the notion of "cutthroat business practices" takes on a whole new meaning.--From front book jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Dogs -- Fiction.
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Ranch life -- Nevada -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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Real estate business -- Fiction.
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Reno (Nev.) -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Hartman, Laura.
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| ISBN |
9780345511836 hardback |
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0345511832 hardback |
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