The flimflam affair / Bill Pronzini.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780765394378
- ISBN: 0765394375
- Physical Description: 239 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Forge, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
Summary, etc.: | Carpenter and Quincannon Professional Detective Services is a fixture in San Francisco at the dawn of a new century. Sabina and John will protect their clients, doing what is necessary to run the dregs of society into the arms of the law. Sometimes that involves brute force. Other times, a more subtle touch is needed. Professor A. Vargas, medium extraordinaire, and his partner, Annabelle, don't use picks to open locked doors, and most certainly don't use violence to get what they want. Instead they prey upon hopes and fears to swindle bereaved patrons. Soon John and Sabina find themselves in a dusky room, preparing to take the lying duo down. Then a knife flashes ... and our detectives must discover who is conning whom. Before they themselves are dispatched. |
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Subject: | Carpenter, Sabina > Fiction. Quincannon, John > Fiction. Private investigators > Fiction. |
Genre: | Detective and mystery fiction. Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. Fiction. |
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Available copies
- 17 of 17 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 4 of 4 copies available at Bridgeport Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | MYS PRONZINI (Text) | 34000081432593 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | MYS PRONZINI (Text) | 34000081432601 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
East Side Branch - Bridgeport | MYS PRONZINI (Text) | 34000081432627 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | MYS PRONZINI (Text) | 34000081432619 | Adult Mystery | Available | - |
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The Flimflam Affair : A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery
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Summary
The Flimflam Affair : A Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery
The Flimflam Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini's detective series. Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services is a fixture in San Francisco at the dawn of a new century. While the future is unclear, Sabina and John know one thing for certain; they will protect their clients from flimflammers, thieves, and murderers, and do whatever it takes to run these dregs of society into the arms of the law. Sometimes, that requires a subtle touch. Professor A. Vargas, self-styled medium extraordinaire, and his partner Annabelle, use guile and trickery to swindle bereaved men and women eager to contact the spirits of deceased loved ones. John and Sabina must not only unmask these charlatans, but also solve the riddle of an impossible murder in the midst of a séance. Other cases involve brute force and personal danger. Such as the theft of a burglarproof safe mysteriously emptied of gold bullion. And John's pursuit of a ruthless gang of counterfeiters, whose leader appears to be a man from John's past in the Secret Service--a man thought long dead. Adding spice to these exploits is Sabina and John's personal relationship, which is rapidly progressing to an exciting new level. The Carpenter and Quincannon Mysteries: #1 The Bughouse Affair #2 The Spook Lights Affair #3 The Body Snatchers Affair #4 The Plague of Thieves Affair #5 The Dangerous Ladies Affair #6 The Bags of Tricks Affair #7 The Flimflam Affair