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 . . .
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.
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "This is a Borzoi book."
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- Prostitutes > California > 19th century > Fiction.
Brothels > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Widows > Fiction.
Young women > Crimes against > Fiction.
Brothels.
California > History > 19th century > Fiction. - Genre:
- Thrillers (Fiction)
Historical fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Western fiction.
Novels.
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- 95 of 95 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville Main Library | FIC SMILEY (Text) | 36015001879093 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Swansboro Branch Library | FIC SMILEY (Text) | 36015001879101 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC Smiley (Text) | 31010000802266 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | F SMILEY (Text) | 39493110068592 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Main Library | F Smiley (Text) | 34269001378307 | Adult New Fiction | Available | - |
| Andrews Public Library | F SMI (Text) | 80605003651923 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F SMI (Text) | 50503011219948 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Barco Library | F SMI (Text) | 39488201003854 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | F SMILE (Text) | 34208900163659 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F SMI (Text) | 0020660017276 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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