MURDER MANUAL (Harry James Denton Mysteries Ser.) ***AWARD WINNER***

Womack, Steven

ISBN 10: 0345414470 / ISBN 13: 9780345414472

Published by Ballantine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1998

1st ed. A very light reading crease with very light wear along edges else near fine copy of this Paperback Original. A Harry James Denton Mystery novel set in Nashville. A SHAMUS AWARD WINNER and an EDGAR AWARD NOMNEE. The bestselling toast of Tennessee, author Robert Jefferson Reed has made big bucks with his little book of folksy homilies like "Never go to bed angry" and "Eat your vegetables." He should have included "Don't commit murder." For when Reed's wife hires P.I. Harry James Denton to catch her hubby in a tryst with a sexy secretary, Harry finds the author of Life's Little Maintenance Manual strangled and drowned in his own hot tub. Caught at the scene of the crime, Harry is pegged as the prime suspect and must work double duty to avoid the specter of prison--and to pluck a murderer out of a dead man's tangled past. . . Seller Inventory # 012422

Synopsis:

In the fifth whodunit in the Edgar Award-winning series, Nashville private investigator Harry James Denton is hired to spy on a folksy author by the man's jealous wife and ends up being accused of murder. Original.

About the Author: Steven Womack lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the author of the Edgar Award-winning mystery Dead Folks' Blues, as well as Torch Town Boogie, Way Past Dead, and Chain of Fools. Mr. Womack is also the screenwriter for two made-for-TV movies: the Cable Ace-nominated Proudheart and Volcano: Fire on the Mountain.

Bibliographic Details

Title: MURDER MANUAL (Harry James Denton Mysteries ...
Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition.
Book Type: Paperback Original