There Was an Old Woman

Fiction & Literature, Thrillers, Mystery & Suspense
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Author: Howard Engel ISBN: 9781504017015
Publisher: The Overlook Press Publication: August 18, 2015
Imprint: The Overlook Press Language: English
Author: Howard Engel
ISBN: 9781504017015
Publisher: The Overlook Press
Publication: August 18, 2015
Imprint: The Overlook Press
Language: English

A Canadian detective looks into a wealthy lady’s mysterious demise in “an entertaining read” (Library Journal).

Thanks to a noisy toilet, Benny Cooperman is pulled into a new case—when he learns that his janitor’s elderly girlfriend has died of hunger—despite having plenty of money. The question is why she couldn’t get access to it, and Benny will find himself investigating a lot of unsavory characters to find out, in a novel by an Arthur Ellis Award winner “who can bring a character to life in a few lines” (Ruth Rendell).

“Benny Cooperman, the low-key Grantham, Ontario, private eye who has as little success shushing his Jewish mother as getting Kogan, the janitor of his building, to fix the leaky hall toilet, agrees to a trade: If Kogan will deal with the plumbing, Benny will plumb the death of his pal Lizzy Oldridge, who died of starvation . . . Benny’s a charmer.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Benny Cooperman is one of the most enjoyable private eyes in crime fiction.” —The Toronto Star

There Was an Old Woman is the eighth book in the Benny Cooperman Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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A Canadian detective looks into a wealthy lady’s mysterious demise in “an entertaining read” (Library Journal).

Thanks to a noisy toilet, Benny Cooperman is pulled into a new case—when he learns that his janitor’s elderly girlfriend has died of hunger—despite having plenty of money. The question is why she couldn’t get access to it, and Benny will find himself investigating a lot of unsavory characters to find out, in a novel by an Arthur Ellis Award winner “who can bring a character to life in a few lines” (Ruth Rendell).

“Benny Cooperman, the low-key Grantham, Ontario, private eye who has as little success shushing his Jewish mother as getting Kogan, the janitor of his building, to fix the leaky hall toilet, agrees to a trade: If Kogan will deal with the plumbing, Benny will plumb the death of his pal Lizzy Oldridge, who died of starvation . . . Benny’s a charmer.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Benny Cooperman is one of the most enjoyable private eyes in crime fiction.” —The Toronto Star

There Was an Old Woman is the eighth book in the Benny Cooperman Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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