Southern Ghost
Published on 1. July 1993
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-553-56275-0 (ISBN)
Description
Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand bookstore, is shocked to hear talk about her husband, Max, and a beautiful blonde. By the time she's faced down a hostile police chief and bailed Max out of the Chastain, South Carolina, jail, the lady has vanished and Max is the prime suspect in an unspecified crime. The baffling, bloodstained trail leads straight to the doorstep of Tarrant House, home of the venerable Southern family with a violent history dating back to the Revolution-and ghosts of a far more recent vintage.
Annie and Max find that the dignified façade of Tarrant House hides a hotbed of deadly passions as the family turns on itself in a mayhem of murderous motives and angry accusations. But in the end Annie must summon all her sleuthing skills to stop a desperate killer who is ready to strike again to keep the secrets that haunt the Tarrants from the light of day. . . .
Praise for Southern Ghost
"Tantalizing . . . keep[s] the reader guessing all the way."-The Denver Post
"Pleasing . . . chillingly effective…remarkably satisfying."-Publishers Weekly
"[Annie and Max] make one of the most attractive pairs of sleuths since Dashiell Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles."-Chicago Sun-Times
Annie and Max find that the dignified façade of Tarrant House hides a hotbed of deadly passions as the family turns on itself in a mayhem of murderous motives and angry accusations. But in the end Annie must summon all her sleuthing skills to stop a desperate killer who is ready to strike again to keep the secrets that haunt the Tarrants from the light of day. . . .
Praise for Southern Ghost
"Tantalizing . . . keep[s] the reader guessing all the way."-The Denver Post
"Pleasing . . . chillingly effective…remarkably satisfying."-Publishers Weekly
"[Annie and Max] make one of the most attractive pairs of sleuths since Dashiell Hammett's Nick and Nora Charles."-Chicago Sun-Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Dimensions
Height: 175 mm
Width: 106 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
209 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-553-56275-0 (9780553562750)
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An accomplished master of mystery, Carolyn Hart is the New York Times bestselling author of more than fifty-five novels of mystery and suspense including the Bailey Ruth Ghost Novels and the Death on Demand Mysteries. Her books have won multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. She has also been honored with the Amelia Award for significant contributions to the traditional mystery from Malice Domestic and was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America. One of the founders of Sisters in Crime, Hart lives in Oklahoma City, where she enjoys mysteries, walking in the park, and cats. She and her husband, Phil, serve as staff—cat owners will understand—to brother and sister brown tabbies.