Innocent Bystander
The best carnival barker in the business couldn't have drawn a crowd like the one now gathered around the Ferris wheel on the pier. In one of the cabs, still rocking with the ocean breeze, is a dead man-a bloody knife protruding from his back. Why the notorious gambling boss Jerry McGurn was killed is no mystery. Who did it is. And there's only one probable witness to the crime. As bystanders go, Ellen Haven comes across as innocent: pretty enough, plus her blue eyes well up with tears at the mere mention of something as awful as murder. Homicide detective Art Smith wants to believe she didn't see a thing. Why would she lie? Then again, why…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78954-013-0
- EAN: 9781789540130
- Produktnummer: 29080234
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 196 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'673 KB
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Craig Rice (1908-1957), born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, was an American author of mystery novels and short stories described as the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction. In 1946, she became the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Best known for her character John J. Malone, a rumpled Chicago lawyer, Rice's writing style was both gritty and humorous. She also collaborated with mystery writer Stuart Palmer on screenplays and short stories, as well as with Ed McBain on the novel The April Robin Murders.
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