While out walking Sarge, her sister's bichon frise, bookshop owner Tricia Miles is led by the agitated dog to a man lying in a gazebo. She's startled when she recognizes Pete Renquist, the president of the Stoneham Historical Society, who appears to be suffering from cardiac arrest. When Pete later dies at the hospital, the discovery of a suspicious bruise and a puncture mark on his arm suggests he may have been murdered.
Haunted by Pete's enigmatic last words to her, Tricia begins to consider who had a motive to kill her friend. Did Pete take his flirting too far, only to have a jealous husband teach him a lesson? Or did he discover something in the town's historical records that his killer wanted kept secret? Tricia is determined to get to the bottom of things before someone else becomes history
By:
Lorna Barrett Imprint: Berkley Country of Publication: United States Volume: 9 Dimensions:
Height: 169mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 164g ISBN:9780425262153 ISBN 10: 0425262154 Series:A Booktown Mystery Pages: 304 Publication Date:15 January 2017 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for A Fatal Chapter: Booktown #9
Engrossing...credible characters. Publishers Weekly Barrett, as always, balances her tale between the murder and the ever-changing lives of Stoneham s residents. And the result is another winner. Richmond Times-Dispatch