| Author: | Jane Haddam | ISBN: | 9781453293072 |
| Publisher: | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road | Publication: | March 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jane Haddam |
| ISBN: | 9781453293072 |
| Publisher: | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road |
| Publication: | March 5, 2013 |
| Imprint: | MysteriousPress.com/Open Road |
| Language: | English |
McKenna investigates the first casualty in a New York literary war
The romance boom has ended, and the women who made fortunes writing bodice-rippers are now scribbling mysteries instead. When the genre’s “true” authors fight back, a battle breaks out in every high-class gin joint in Manhattan. It is take-no-prisoners fighting, and Patience McKenna is caught in the middle.
This ex-romance author has just turned to true crime writing when Sarah English comes to visit. A would-be romance writer from the Great Plains, English is dowdy, wide-eyed, and naïve—but she is about to toughen up. When a fading romance writer gets pushed in front of a subway train, English is among the suspects. To prove her new friend innocent, McKenna will need the skills gleaned in both her literary genres.
McKenna investigates the first casualty in a New York literary war
The romance boom has ended, and the women who made fortunes writing bodice-rippers are now scribbling mysteries instead. When the genre’s “true” authors fight back, a battle breaks out in every high-class gin joint in Manhattan. It is take-no-prisoners fighting, and Patience McKenna is caught in the middle.
This ex-romance author has just turned to true crime writing when Sarah English comes to visit. A would-be romance writer from the Great Plains, English is dowdy, wide-eyed, and naïve—but she is about to toughen up. When a fading romance writer gets pushed in front of a subway train, English is among the suspects. To prove her new friend innocent, McKenna will need the skills gleaned in both her literary genres.
