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Mercury's Rise

Ann Parker

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English
Poisoned Pen Press
03 September 2011
It is summer 1880, and Inez Stannert, one of the partners in the Silver Queen Saloon in Leadville, Colorado, travels with her photographer friend Susan to the fashionable summer retreat of Manitou for a reunion with her son, now a toddler in the care of her sister. On the way, fellow stagecoach passenger Edward Pace suddenly grows faint, swigs some medicine, and dies under their horrified gaze. Pace's widow rejects a weak heart theory and begs Inez to investigate. As Inez digs deeper, she uncovers the shady side of spa tourism including spurious claims, profiteering from the coming bonanza in medicinal waters and miracle cures, and medical practitioners who kindle false hopes in the desperate and the dying. Then Inez's husband Mark reappears after a year and a half's unexplained absence. Now she must fight to hold on to her child and the life she has built for herself in an era where ""independent woman"" is an oxymoron.
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Imprint:   Poisoned Pen Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 24mm
Weight:   408g
ISBN:   9781590589632
ISBN 10:   1590589637
Series:   Silver Rush Mysteries
Pages:   384
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

ANN PARKER is the author of the award-winning Silver Rush historical mystery series set in the 1880s, featuring music store owner and nineteenth-century angel investor Inez Stannert. A science writer by day, Ann lives in the San Francisco Bay area and is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and Women Writing the West.

Reviews for Mercury's Rise

An un-put-down-able read.... --Sophie Littlefield, author of A Bad Day for Pretty Mercury is poison, but Inez Stannert's latest adventure is pure gold. --Sarah Smith, Agatha-winning author of The Other Side of Dark


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