The NIMBY Factor: A Hackshaw Mystery - Couverture souple

Wilcox, Stephen

 
9780595212927: The NIMBY Factor: A Hackshaw Mystery
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ISBN 10 : 0595212921 ISBN 13 : 9780595212927
Editeur : iUniverse, 2002

Synopsis

Small town newspaper editor Elias Hackshaw is his usual irascible self when he becomes embroiled in Kirkvilles fight to keep the county from building its new landfill within town limits. The NIMBY forcesNot In My Back Yardare united against the proposal, and against Hackshaw when, in an editorial in the Triton Advertiser, he comes out in favor of the project. It doesnt help matters when it gets out that Hack has an ulterior motive for his support; a chance to move and rehabilitateat a tidy profitan historic house that sits on the proposed landfill property. In an attempt to appease the NIMBY crowd, Hack agrees to interview crotchety Elton Venable, the head honcho of a group calling itself KRUDDKirkville Residents United to Defeat the Dump. Alas, Hack shows up for the interview only to find Venable as stiff as the floorboards hes sprawled out on. Murdered, naturally. And, naturally, Hackshaw immediately becomes everybodys favorite suspect.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Small town newspaper editor Elias Hackshaw is his usual irascible self when he becomes embroiled in Kirkvilles fight to keep the county from building its new landfill within town limits. The NIMBY forcesNot In My Back Yardare united against the proposal, and against Hackshaw when, in an editorial in the Triton Advertiser, he comes out in favor of the project. It doesnt help matters when it gets out that Hack has an ulterior motive for his support; a chance to move and rehabilitateat a tidy profitan historic house that sits on the proposed landfill property. In an attempt to appease the NIMBY crowd, Hack agrees to interview crotchety Elton Venable, the head honcho of a group calling itself KRUDDKirkville Residents United to Defeat the Dump. Alas, Hack shows up for the interview only to find Venable as stiff as the floorboards hes sprawled out on. Murdered, naturally. And, naturally, Hackshaw immediately becomes everybodys favorite suspect.

Biographie de l'auteur

Stephen F. Wilcox, a former newspaper reporter, lives with his wife and son in a small, idyllic Erie Canal village near Rochester, New York. To learn more, visit his online newspaper, The Wilcox Gazette, at stephenfwilcox.com.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595212921
ISBN 13 
9780595212927
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
256
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0312082703 ISBN 13 :  9780312082703
Editeur : St Martins Pr, 1992
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