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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100451415256

ISBN-139780451415257

eBay Product ID (ePID)117224610

Product Key Features

Book TitleLittle Black Book of Murder

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Cozy, Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths, Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2013

GenreFiction

AuthorNancy Martin

Book SeriesBlackbird Sisters Mystery Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight21 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.2 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsPraise for Nancy Martin's Blackbird Sisters Mysteries "Hilarious repartee and zany characters."- Library Journal (Starred Review) "Smart intrigue dressed in cool couture."- New York Times Bestselling Author Susan Andersen "Nancy Martin knows the inner workings of blue-blooded Philadelphia and she lets us in on the fun with style and panache."- New York Times Bestselling Author Margaret Maron "Great clothes, great mystery, great fun!"- New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer Crusie "Thoroughly entertaining." - New York Times Bestselling Author Jane Heller "Highly entertainingâ€¦.What a hoot! What a treat!"-Rhys Bowen, Author of the Royal Spyness Mystery Series "A delicious mix of murder, sex, and cupcakes on the Philadelphia Main Line."- Pittsburgh Magazine "A fizzy, entertaining adventure."- Publishers Weekly

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Series Volume Number9

SynopsisSomeone's getting crossed off the register. Nora Blackbird may have been to the manor borne, but these days money is so tight, she can't afford to lose her job as a society columnist. So when her new boss at the Philadelphia Intelligencer -Australian tabloid editor Gus Hardwicke-tells her to work the celebrity gossip beat or start checking the want ads, the choice is easy. Now Nora's writing a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high-tech organic farm with his new wife, Zephyr, a former supermodel. But before Nora can get the story, the mogul is murdered. And now Gus wants her to snap up an exclusive on who killed Starr before the cops do. But solving a celebrity murder isn't easy with a home life as colorful as Nora's. Her sort-of-husband, Mick, a former mobster, is associating once again with unsavory characters. Her sister Libby is on a mission to get her diabolical twins on stage or screen with the help of an unscrupulous former child star. And the youngest Blackbird sister, Emma, just got kicked out of the house by Mick-who refuses to explain why. If anything can bring the blue-blooded Blackbird sisters together, it's a murder investigation involving high-society events, glamorous people, and the disappearance of a genetically perfect pig that may or may not be basking in the sun at Blackbird Farm. They'll all have to pull together this time, because if Nora can't bring home the bacon, she might have to exchange her bucolic estate for a cramped walk-up. , Someone s getting crossed off the register. Nora Blackbird may have been to the manor borne, but these days money is so tight, she can t afford to lose her job as a society columnist. So when her new boss at the "Philadelphia Intelligencer" Australian tabloid editor Gus Hardwicke tells her to work the celebrity gossip beat or start checking the want ads, the choice is easy. Now Nora s writing a profile on billionaire fashion designer Swain Starr, who recently retired to build a high-tech organic farm with his new wife, Zephyr, a former supermodel. But before Nora can get the story, the mogul is murdered. And now Gus wants her to snap up an exclusive on who killed Starr before the cops do. But solving a celebrity murder isn t easy with a home life as colorful as Nora s. Her sort-of-husband, Mick, a former mobster, is associating once again with unsavory characters. Her sister Libby is on a mission to get her diabolical twins on stage or screen with the help ofan unscrupulous former child star. And the youngest Blackbird sister, Emma, just got kicked out of the house by Mick who refuses to explain why. If anything can bring the blue-blooded Blackbird sisters together, it s a murder investigation involving high-society events, glamorous people, and the disappearance of a genetically perfect pig that may or may not be basking in the sun at Blackbird Farm. They ll all have to pull together this time, because if Nora can t bring home the bacon, she might have to exchange her bucolic estate for a cramped walk-up."

LC Classification NumberPS3563.A7267L58 2013