
A Measure of Blood
Kathleen George(Author)
Mysteriouspress.Com/Open Road
Will be published approx. on 27. February 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-4804-4560-4 (ISBN)
Description
· Readers of Lynda La Plante, Laura Lippman, Kate Atkinson, George Pelecanos, and Richard Price · Natives, residents, and admirers of "America's most livable city"-Pittsburgh
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Open Road Media
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 203 mm
Width: 135 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4804-4560-4 (9781480445604)
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Kathleen George is an author of thrillers and a professor of theatre. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, she completed a doctorate of theatre at the University of Pittsburgh, where she has taught for many years. In 1999, she published The Man in the Buick, a collection of short stories that she followed up with Taken (2001), a well-received thriller about a child’s disappearance. She continued writing police procedurals starring Pittsburgh homicide detective Richard Christie, including Fallen (2004), Afterimage (2007), and Hideout (2011).
In 2009, she published The Odds, a thriller about the drug trade in Pittsburgh, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Besides writing thrillers, George is the editor of Pittsburgh Noir (2011), an anthology of crime stories set in the Steel City, and several books about theatre, including Rhythm in Drama (1980), Playwriting: The First Workshop (1994), and Winter’s Tales (2005). She is married to writer Hilary Masters.
In 2009, she published The Odds, a thriller about the drug trade in Pittsburgh, which was nominated for an Edgar Award. Besides writing thrillers, George is the editor of Pittsburgh Noir (2011), an anthology of crime stories set in the Steel City, and several books about theatre, including Rhythm in Drama (1980), Playwriting: The First Workshop (1994), and Winter’s Tales (2005). She is married to writer Hilary Masters.