The Resource The spook lights affair : a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
The spook lights affair : a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
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- Summary
- "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrée to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money, and Quincannon loves the almighty dollar. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells, Fargo office of $35,000. Working their separate cases (while Sabina holds John off with one light hand), the detectives give readers a tour of The City the way it was. From the infamous Barbary Coast to the expensive Tenderloin gaming houses and brothels frequented by wealthy men, Quincannon follows a danger-laden trail to unmask the murderous perpetrators of the Wells, Fargo robbery. Meanwhile, Sabina works her wiles on friends and relatives of the vanished debutante until the pieces of her puzzle start falling into place. But it's an oddly disguised gent appearing out of nowhere who provides the final clue to both cases--the shrewd "crackbrain" who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Fans of Marcia's Muller's bestselling Sharon McCone novels and Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series will applaud The Spook Lights Affair and future exploits from the annals of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Note
- "A Forge book"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Label
- The spook lights affair : a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Title
- The spook lights affair
- Title remainder
- a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Statement of responsibility
- Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Subject
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- Carpenter, Sabina
- Carpenter, Sabina -- Fiction
- trueDebutantes
- Detective and mystery stories
- Eighteen nineties
- Eighteen nineties -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Private investigators
- truePrivate investigators
- Private investigators -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- Quincannon, John
- Quincannon, John -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSuicide investigation
- trueThieves
- Women detectives
- Women detectives -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- trueWomen private investigators
- Detective and mystery fiction
- 1800-1899
- trueBank robberies
- trueCalifornia
- California -- San Francisco
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet in a shimmer of ghostly light. The seemingly impossible disappearance of her body creates an even more serious problem for the firm of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services. Sabina hadn't wanted to take the assignment, but her partner John Quincannon insisted it would serve as entrée to the city's ultra rich and powerful. That means money, and Quincannon loves the almighty dollar. Which is why he is hunting the bandit who robbed the Wells, Fargo office of $35,000. Working their separate cases (while Sabina holds John off with one light hand), the detectives give readers a tour of The City the way it was. From the infamous Barbary Coast to the expensive Tenderloin gaming houses and brothels frequented by wealthy men, Quincannon follows a danger-laden trail to unmask the murderous perpetrators of the Wells, Fargo robbery. Meanwhile, Sabina works her wiles on friends and relatives of the vanished debutante until the pieces of her puzzle start falling into place. But it's an oddly disguised gent appearing out of nowhere who provides the final clue to both cases--the shrewd "crackbrain" who believes himself to be Sherlock Holmes. Fans of Marcia's Muller's bestselling Sharon McCone novels and Bill Pronzini's Nameless Detective series will applaud The Spook Lights Affair and future exploits from the annals of Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services"--
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- 10231824
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Muller, Marcia
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.U397
- LC item number
- S66 2013
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Pronzini, Bill
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- True
- Series statement
- A Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Series volume
- [2]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Carpenter, Sabina
- Quincannon, John
- Carpenter, Sabina
- Quincannon, John
- Private investigators
- Women detectives
- Murder
- Eighteen nineties
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Eighteen nineties
- Murder
- Private investigators
- Women detectives
- California
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery
- Label
- The spook lights affair : a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Note
- "A Forge book"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Control code
- ocn854512583
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Lccn
- 2013024045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854512583
- Label
- The spook lights affair : a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery, Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini
- Note
- "A Forge book"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn854512583
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 251 pages
- Isbn
- 9780765331755
- Lccn
- 2013024045
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)854512583
Subject
- Carpenter, Sabina
- Carpenter, Sabina -- Fiction
- trueDebutantes
- Detective and mystery stories
- Eighteen nineties
- Eighteen nineties -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Private investigators
- truePrivate investigators
- Private investigators -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- Quincannon, John
- Quincannon, John -- Fiction
- San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- trueSan Francisco, California
- trueSuicide investigation
- trueThieves
- Women detectives
- Women detectives -- California | San Francisco -- Fiction
- trueWomen private investigators
- Detective and mystery fiction
- 1800-1899
- trueBank robberies
- trueCalifornia
- California -- San Francisco
Genre
- trueHistory
- Mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
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