QUAKER INDICTMENT

Allen, Irene (Elsa Kirsten Peters)

ISBN 10: 0312169701 / ISBN 13: 9780312169701

Published by St. Martin's Press, N.Y., 1998

About this Item

First edition, so stated, February 1998 with complete number line beginning with 1. Small stain at foredge else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Set Seattle. 4th in the Elizabeth Elliot series. "A fourth episode in this series of low-keyed mysteries starring Elizabeth Elliot, an elderly Quaker widow from Cambridge, Mass. (Quaker Testimony, 1996, etc.). Here, Elizabeth has flown to Seattle to meet Reba Nichols, her lifelong friend from college days. The two are staying at the house of Reba's deceased parents in Richland, on land bordering the old Hanford nuclear site, which produced plutonium during WW II and still employs some locals. Reba is reluctant to sell her inherited property, convinced that people in the area are suffering from radioactive poisoning. She plans to take soil and water samples for expert analysis before confronting government authorities. With the help of Elizabeth, Reba gathers her samples, moving at one point onto the Hanford sitewhere she's stopped by security guards and taken away in a jeep. Elizabeth drives back to the town, expecting to meet Reba there after her release. Instead, her friend's body is found shot to death outside her house, and Al Cartwright, one of the guards, denies ever seeing her. Elizabeth gets little assistance from Sheriff Tomlinson but strong support from Reba's young friend Dr. Meghan Zillainas determined as Elizabeth is to find Reba's killer . . . a mission finally accomplished with a little help from Meghan's trusty dog Panda. A straightforward look at a hardscrabble community with a real-life problems." -- Kirkus Review.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: QUAKER INDICTMENT
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press, N.Y.
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312169701
• ISBN 13: 9780312169701
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: O'Leary, Christopher
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and Crime
  • Seattle
  • Female
  • Store 2

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Synopsis

When her dearest friend disappears, Elizabeth Elliot teams up with Meghan, a young doctor, and they are shocked to learn not only that Reba has been viciously murdered but that the killers may be after them as well

Review

"One of the most endearing detectives of recent years." --"San Francisco Chronicle""Quietly affecting...[this] Quaker has the strength of her beliefs-and a good head on her shoulders." --"The New York Times Book Review""Allen delivers a thoughtful and suspenseful story that examines issues of personal morality and social responsibility." --"Publishers Weekly on Quaker Witness"