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The eighth fast-paced, witty mystery starring Seattle sleuth Thomas Black finds Black at the angry center of a ring of ex-cons, prostitutes, other detectives, and a mysterious assailant with a baseball bat, all linked by an evil thread. By the author of The Portland Laugher.
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, author of The Portland Laugher and other novels featuring Seattle private eye Thomas Black, has been hailed by Aaron Elkins as "a writer's writer--a master of witty dialogue; clever, complex plotting; and lucid, meaty prose in the best tradition of American crime fiction." Now, in The Vanishing Smile, a fateful, fatal encounter on a rain-swept highway throws Black into a deadly investigation.
Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers. Spry and seventyish, Marian has all the resourcefulness of a professional gumshoe, and the relentlessness of a woman with a score of her own to settle. When Marian's investigation ends abruptly and ferociously--with Thomas Black and his estranged friend Kathy Birchfield as eyewitnesses--Thomas has a new case on his hands.
Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rogue boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of people--from ex-cons to pros
Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers. Spry and seventyish, Marian has all the resourcefulness of a professional gumshoe, and the relentlessness of a woman with a score of her own to settle. When Marian's investigation ends abruptly and ferociously--with Thomas Black and his estranged friend Kathy Birchfield as eyewitnesses--Thomas has a new case on his hands.
Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rogue boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of people--from ex-cons to pros
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- PublisherBallantine Books
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0345384865
- ISBN 13 9780345384867
- BindingHardcover
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Book Description hardcover. Condition: new. First Edition. Earl Emerson author of The Portland Laugher and other novels featuring Seattle private eye Thomas Black has been hailed by Aaron Elkins as a writers writera master of witty dialogue clever complex plotting and lucid meaty prose in the best tradition of American crime fiction Now in The Vanishing Smile a fateful fatal encounter on a rainswept highway throws Black into a deadly investigationMarian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their noaccount exlovers Spry and seventyish Marian has all the resourcefulness of a professional gumshoe and the relentlessness of a woman with a score of her own to settle When Marians investigation ends abruptly and ferociouslywith Thomas Black and his estranged friend Kathy Birchfield as eyewitnessesThomas has a new case on his handsPicking up the pieces of Marian Wrights search for her clients rogue boyfriends Thomas encounters a network of peoplefrom excons to prostitutes to other private investigatorsall webbed together by a chilling common thread Its a discovery that speaks volumes about the zealousness of Marians manhunt and even suggests a monstrous reason for her sudden deathEqually monstrous is an unknown baseballwielding assailant who seems hellbent to ensure that the investigation stays closed But Black doesnt need a headbashing to grasp the violent virulent implications behind Marian Wrights death And readers dont need to look further than The Vanishing Smile for the redhot action and whiteknuckle suspense that have become Earl Emersons trademarks. Seller Inventory # DADAX0345384865
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