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The flimflam affair / Bill Pronzini.

Pronzini, Bill, (author.).

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Carpenter and Quincannon Professional Detective Services is a fixture in San Francisco at the dawn of a new century. Sabina and John will protect their clients, doing what is necessary to run the dregs of society into the arms of the law. Sometimes that involves brute force. Other times, a more subtle touch is needed. Professor A. Vargas, medium extraordinaire, and his partner, Annabelle, don't use picks to open locked doors, and most certainly don't use violence to get what they want. Instead they prey upon hopes and fears to swindle bereaved patrons. Soon John and Sabina find themselves in a dusky room, preparing to take the lying duo down. Then a knife flashes...and our detectives must discover who is conning whom. Before they themselves are dispatched.

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  • ISBN: 9780765394378
  • Physical Description: 239 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Forge, 2019.

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"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

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Subject: Carpenter, Sabina > Fiction.
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Private investigators > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Mystery fiction.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.

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  • PW Annex Reviews : Publishers Weekly Annex Reviews

    MWA Grand Master Pronzini smoothly juggles several story lines in the rollicking seventh mystery featuring late-19th-century San Francisco detectives Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon (after 2018's The Bags of Tricks Affair), each of whom is tasked with solving an impossible crime. John heads out to a mining town to discover how a burglarproof safe containing $10,000 in gold dust and bullion was breached, while Sabine must unmask a charlatan who preys on the desperate relatives of those who have "passed over." These cases are sophisticated brain-teasers: all the clues are clearly presented for any reader who wishes to try to beat the detectives to the solutions. Both detectives then tackle a counterfeiting scheme involving an old nemesis of John's, one he thought long dead. Add to that the delicately balanced romance/non-romance of the main characters (spiced up with the age-old battle of the sexes), and there's more than enough to satisfy readers looking for a fast, fun escape from their daily cares. Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary. (Jan.)

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