A dangerous business / Jane Smiley.
"From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls. Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe's detective, Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious. Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive but to find their way in a lawless town on the fringes of the Wild West-a bewitching combination of beauty and danger-as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, 'Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise . . . '"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593664018
- ISBN: 0593664019
- Physical Description: 290 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, ©2022.
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Subject: | Widows > Fiction. Prostitutes > Fiction. Murder > Investigation > Fiction. Brothels > California > Fiction. Young women > Crimes against > Fiction. Prostitutes > California > 19th century > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Brothels > Fiction. California > History > 19th century > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Large print books. |
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Annie Halenbake Ross Library | McN LP F Smi (Text) | 00156648 | ADULT McNaughton Large Print | Available | - |
Carbondale Public Library | LARGE TYPE MYS SMILEY (Text) | 50688010852714 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Carrolltown Public Library | LP SMI (Text) | 31814200555818 | CARM Large Print | Available | - |
Gallitzin Public Library | LP FIC SMI (Text) | 31814300667174 | GALM Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Guthrie Memorial Library: Hanover's Public Library | Adults SMI Large Print (Text) | 34007002487176 | Hormel Reading Room | Available | - |
Hastings Public Library | FIC SMI (Text) | 31814400707862 | HSTM Fiction | Available | - |
Huntingdon County Library | LPF SMI (Text) | 30298100606031 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Juniata County Library | LT F SMI (Text) | 39640100650595 | JUNM Large Type Fiction | Available | - |
Lower Macungie Library | LP SMI (Text) | 33400001429425 | Adult Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Martin Library | Adults SMI Large Print (Text) | 33454005918628 | Reading Room | Available | - |