The Desert Look - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446400092 ISBN 13: 9780446400091

Synopsis

Newswoman Miranda Santee lures former Reno private eye Jack Ross out of retirement with a thirty-year-old mystery--what happened to two Vegas show girls, one of whom is Ross's mother, who embezzled thousands of dollars from a mobster and disappeared

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Review

"The style is as spare as the Nevada landscape, whose desert and mountains are nicely described. For readers who revel in noir mystery (and can match Jack's patience in ferreting out facts), Schopen's latest will satisfy." "Publishers Weekly"
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This is a brave and unusual book, more textured than most mysteries, more concerned with visions and myths than straightforward seek-and-solve. "Booklist""

From the Back Cover

She is convinced she's onto the story that will fast forward her career. Miranda arrives in Jack's camp scared, desperate, and carrying a thirty-year-old photograph of two Las Vegas show girls. One of the women pictured is thought to be dead, and the other one is missing - so are one million dollars. Only one piece of the story can pull Jack out of the desert - the dead showgirl was Jack's mother. Now, the man who always believed his mother's death was an accident must determine if she was murdered.

Edition details

• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0446400092
• ISBN 13: 9780446400091
• Binding: Hardcover