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: 9780525520337
- ISBN: 0525520333
- ISBN: 9780525436089
- ISBN: 0525436081
- Physical Description: 207 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2022]
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Subject: | Gold mines and mining > Fiction. Prostitutes > Fiction. Missing persons > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. Brothels > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. |
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- 49 of 52 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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- 2 current holds with 52 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Camden County Library District - Osage Beach | FIC SMILEY (Text) | 31320003895633 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Camden County Library District - Sunrise Beach | FIC SMILEY (Text) | 31320003895641 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cape Girardeau Public Library | SMI (Text) | 33042004877208 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Carthage Public Library | FIC Smiley, Jane (Text) | 34MO2001814417 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Caruthersville Public Library | F SMI (Text) | 38417100638784 | Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F SMI 2022 (Text) | 0002206014819 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F SMI 2022 (Text) | 0002206014827 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Cedar County - El Dorado Springs | FIC SMI MYSTERY (Text) | 3482700081931 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Crawford County Library-Bourbon | F SMI (Text) | 33431000707545 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Douglas County Public Library | F Smi (Text) | 35633000349263 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 06/01/2023 |