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Closely Akin to Murder

Published
May 1996
Main Genre
Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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272

About This Book

A chilling phone call from a cousin thought dead for thirty years sends bookseller and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy off on what may be a wild goose chase--or a hunt that may make her a sitting duck for a killer. Veronica "Ronnie" Landonwood is phoning from Chicago to ask Claire for help in tracking down a blackmailer who threatens to expose her past. Once in jail for murder, Ronnie has rehabilitated herself into a prestigious scientist with a shot at a Nobel prize--unless her sordid past hits the tabloids.

Claire begins her investigation in Acapulco, where, as a teenager, Ronnie killed a famous Hollywood producer who tried to rape her. The winding road into the past leads Claire toward a truth about the murder night. In fact, its reverberations are still being felt--as body after dead body pops up wherever Claire asks a few leading questions.

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🟡 Mostly Standalone

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Jun 1997 Onyx ISBN 0451405617
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Oct 2009 Minotaur Books ISBN 0312384637
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Jul 2014 Policy Press ISBN 1447279166
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First Edition May 1996 Dutton ISBN 0525939113
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Oct 2009 St. Martin's ISBN 1429958154
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Aug 1996 Sunset Productions ISBN 1564311945
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