The Lucky Stiff
Wrongly convicted of murder, a death-row chorus girl lives for revenge, in this novel from the grand dame of mystery mixed with screwball comedy (Ed Gorman). Anna Marie St. Clair was a normal Wisconsin-farm-girl-turned-mistress when she was framed for the murder of her racketeer boyfriend, one of Chicago's sleaziest politicians. Sentenced to death, and only hours from getting fried, a lucky hitch sets Anna Marie free, but she blackmails the corrupt warden into informing the tabloids that she took her volts like a real trouper. What better payback than to haunt the lives of those who tried to steal hers? As the shapeliest ghost in the Windy…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78954-012-3
- EAN: 9781789540123
- Produktnummer: 29080244
- Verlag: Head of Zeus
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'383 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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