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Missing Mysteries #01: Penny Black

by Susan Moody

Missing Mysteries #01: Penny Black Cover

ISBN13: 9781890208011
ISBN10: 1890208019
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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

If you like elegant, exotic, and exuberant sleuths, meet Britain's Penny Wanawake . . . <BR>Funny, free-spirited Penny, the knockout daughter of an African diplomat father and an aristocratic English mother, is dismayed to arrive in Big Sur from London and discover her vacation mate is missing. Penny's even more dismayed when Martha's body is found at LAX, clothed in a bright white orchid and multiple stab wounds. In a turnabout of the James Bond model, suave, sexy, smart-mouthed Penny descends upon Washington, DC, where, with the inevitable dashing male counterpart, and distracted by black orchid breeding, she pursues her quest for a remarkably black-hearted killer . . .

Review:

"A romp through the world of orchid growers . . . And the heroine is an exotic hothouse specimen, too: a tall, wealthy, extremely sexy black girl who makes a fine detective figure.

--Sunday Telegraph"

Review:

"Debuts do not come more exotic and exuberant. . . . Not a wasted minute, for heroine or reader.""

--The London Times"

Review:

"With her first detective novel, Susan Moody has created a protagonist who strides right into the gallery of memorable amateur sleuths to occupy a position of distinction.

--Financial Times"

Review:

"She is the most exciting detective to appear for quite a long time . . . . This is Mrs. Moody's first crime novel, but with Penny at her fingertips, it is unlikely to be her last.

--The Citizen"

Product Details

ISBN:
9781890208011
Author:
Moody, Susan
Publisher:
Poisoned Pen Press
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - General
Subject:
Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Subject:
Mystery & detective
Subject:
Wanawake, penny (fictitious character)
Copyright:
Series:
Missing Mysteries
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
January 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
273
Dimensions:
6.90x4.14x.59 in. .45 lbs.

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