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City of Sharks
A Mystery Novel by Kelli Stanley
Book 4 of the Miranda Corbie Mysteries Series
Subgenres:
- Historical Mystery,
- Private Investigator,
- 1940 San Francisco
This book is for you if you're into...
- San Francisco noir steeped in 1940s publishing intrigue
- Private eyes tangled up with real-life literary legends
- Vivid city explorations from Playland to Alcatraz
The blonde secretary was scared when she visited Miranda Corbie's office. A shove into a streetcar track, a box of poisoned chocolates…hateful, violent letters. Someone was trying to kill her.
Miranda isn't sure of anything at first except that Louise Crowley, the blonde who works as an assistant to Niles Alexander, San Francisco publisher, is in trouble. Despite her own preparations for an imminent voyage to a blitzkrieged Britain and a painful farewell to the city she loves, Miranda decides to help Louise and takes on her last case as a private detective in San Francisco…investigating her client, surveying the publishing world of 1940, and stumbling into murder with a trail that leads straight to Alcatraz…an island city of sharks.
Along the way, Miranda explores her beloved San Francisco once more, from Playland-at-the-Beach to Chinatown to Nob Hill and Treasure Island. She encounters John Steinbeck and C.S. Forester, and is aided and abetted by the charming and dapper San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen. And she also discovers personal truths she's long denied…
With her characteristic luxurious, lyrical prose and insightful eye for character, Kelli Stanley paints a rich, authentic portrait of 1940 San Francisco.
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