Isbn: 9781590582039 - dig: a morgue mama mystery (5 risultati)

Hardback. Condizione: Good. Maddy Sprowls gets to The Hannawa Herald-Union right at nine. She makes her first mug of Darjeeling tea and settles down at her desk to read the obituaries. The obits are the best part of her day, she admits. But not today. First she reads that her old college friend Gordon Sweet is dead. Then she learns he was murderedat the abandoned landfill where the eccentric archaeology professor was conducting his latest dig.And just like that, the cranky 68-year-old newspaper librarian finds herself investigating another murder. No, two murders Gordon's death just might be linked to the grisly bludgeoning of state wrestling champ David Delarosa fifty years earlier.And so begins a harrowing, and hilarious, trek back to Maddy's old beatnik days, when she was a member of the Meriwether Square Baked Bean Existentialist Society. There's a coffee house full of quirky suspects to consider: Poet Chick Glass, saxophonist Shaka Bop, free-thinking Effie Fredmansky, snooty Gwen Moffitt-Stumpf, and toxic waste dumper Kenneth Kingzette, just to name a few. And, oh yes, the legendary beat writer Jack Kerouac figures into this satisfying caper, too.There's a reason why reporters call Maddy Morgue Mama behind her back. And why cops and criminals alike get the jitters when she pulls up in her old Dodge Shadow. She is tough, tenacious, and as readers of C.R. Corwin's Morgue Mama: The Cross Kisses Back discovered, tricky as the dickens.…

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New. First Edition, First Printing. Nice, unsold, unread first edition, first printing of this mystery featuring newspaper librarian Dolly Madison Sprowls ("Morgue Mama") with cub reporter Aubrey McGinty in Ohio. Ships in a box, fast service from a real bricks and mortar independent bookstore open since 1998. No remainder marks.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.