The Hounding - Couverture souple

De Helen, Sandra

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0991079213 ISBN 13 : 9780991079216

Editeur : McCorkle Ink, 2013

Synopsis

Book One of the Shirley Combs and Dr. Mary Watson series, THE HOUNDING, introduces the private investigator and her sidekick as they meet each other, and Mary begins to chronicle the cases. Shirley is hired to solve the murder of Priscilla Vandeleur, who is hounded to her death by what she has felt cursed by her entire life. A rich heiress, she leaves plenty of suspects. As Shirley Combs investigates, Mary tags along and learns a few things. Set in Portland, Oregon where the trees provide so much: beauty, lumber, paper, fuel, and fodder for a murder mystery.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Tall, thin, androgynous Shirley Combs considers herself the world's greatest living detective because she uses the methods and casebook of Sherlock Holmes to solve crimes of the gentry of the American city most closely resembling London, England -- in terms of the weather, at least. Sidekick/narrator Dr. Mary Watson both delights in and is frustrated by her partner's behavioral resemblance to Sherlock. Combs is unemotional, analytical, and given to pacing through the night in the streets of the almost perfectly livable city of Portland, Oregon. Her ability to observe details and understand their relationship to a case is unmatched; her demands on Watson's time are too.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sandra de Helen lives and writes in Portland, Oregon. See more of her work at SandradeHelen.com. de Helen is a member of the Golden Crown Literary Society, Sisters in Crime, Dramatists Guild, and International Centre for Women Playwrights. She sometimes writes poetry, and has a fondness for Twitter poems, such as this one: Flag my grave and/headstone with your/elegant purple gowns/Every April I will/gaze up at your/yellow tongues dripping/nectar and rest easy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McCorkle Ink
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0991079213
• ISBN 13: 9780991079216
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 182
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible