Poppy Harmon investigates / Lee Hollis.
Unexpectedly finding herself a penniless widow with no real skills, Poppy Harmon opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris, and takes on a burglary investigation that quickly becomes a dangerous case of murder.
Going from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, Poppy Harmon has no real skills. With nothing left to lose she opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris. And she convinces her daughter's handsome boyfriend, Matt, to pose as the face of the agency. Working for a client desperate to retrieve priceless jewelry burglarized from an aging actress at the Palm Leaf Retirement Village, Poppy stumbles upon the bloodied body of the victim's arch rival. Now Poppy must confront the secrets about her late husband's past, and catch a killer lurking around the retirement community. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781496713889
- ISBN: 1496713885
- Physical Description: 282 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First Kensington Books edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Kensington Books, 2018.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC HOLLIS (Text) | 36015000292645 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC HOLLIS (Text) | 36015001103288 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Hollis (Text) | 540191002314720 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Clemmons Branch | FIC Hollis, Lee [MYS] (Text) | 0112522149028 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F HOLLIS (Text) | 22281500138206 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Franklinton Branch | F/Hollis (Text) | 72350000034812 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Harnett County Main Library | F Hol (Text) | 33630004571977 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | HOL (Text) | 33258008856960 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| High Point Library | FIC Hollis Lee (Text) | 30519010360033 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| J.C. Holliday Library | F Hollis (Text) | 810191001883766 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
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Summary:
Unexpectedly finding herself a penniless widow with no real skills, Poppy Harmon opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris, and takes on a burglary investigation that quickly becomes a dangerous case of murder.
Going from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, Poppy Harmon has no real skills. With nothing left to lose she opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris. And she convinces her daughter's handsome boyfriend, Matt, to pose as the face of the agency. Working for a client desperate to retrieve priceless jewelry burglarized from an aging actress at the Palm Leaf Retirement Village, Poppy stumbles upon the bloodied body of the victim's arch rival. Now Poppy must confront the secrets about her late husband's past, and catch a killer lurking around the retirement community. -- adapted from jacket
Going from complacent retiree to penniless widow in a matter of weeks, Poppy Harmon has no real skills. With nothing left to lose she opens the Desert Flowers Detective Agency with her two best friends, Violet and Iris. And she convinces her daughter's handsome boyfriend, Matt, to pose as the face of the agency. Working for a client desperate to retrieve priceless jewelry burglarized from an aging actress at the Palm Leaf Retirement Village, Poppy stumbles upon the bloodied body of the victim's arch rival. Now Poppy must confront the secrets about her late husband's past, and catch a killer lurking around the retirement community. -- adapted from jacket
