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Bloodlines : Irene Kelly #9 / Jan Burke.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Irene Kelly ; 9Publisher: New York : Simon & SchusterCopyright date: ©2005Description: 465 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Audience:
  • General
  • Adult
ISBN:
  • 074322390X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.54 22
LOC classification:
  • PS3552.U72326 B58 2005
Online resources: Summary: This engrossing mystery begins in 1958, when two hired punks drag Las Piernas newspaper journalist Jack Corrigan from a ritzy birthday party and beat him. Other events occur that night as well: a car is wrecked and buried, a family lost, a baby kidnapped, and a murder committed. Jack's friend and protégé, Conn O'Connor, investigates but uncovers nothing. Then, in 1978, when the buried car is discoveredcomplete with corpseand a man turns up claiming to be the kidnapped baby, reporter Irene Kelly, O'Connor's mentee, investigates. Only after a subsequent 20 years, when Irene is married to a homicide detective, is the case finally resolved. In-depth characterization, dynastic storytelling, and wonderful prose makes this essential for most mystery collections.
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This engrossing mystery begins in 1958, when two hired punks drag Las Piernas newspaper journalist Jack Corrigan from a ritzy birthday party and beat him. Other events occur that night as well: a car is wrecked and buried, a family lost, a baby kidnapped, and a murder committed. Jack's friend and protégé, Conn O'Connor, investigates but uncovers nothing. Then, in 1978, when the buried car is discoveredcomplete with corpseand a man turns up claiming to be the kidnapped baby, reporter Irene Kelly, O'Connor's mentee, investigates. Only after a subsequent 20 years, when Irene is married to a homicide detective, is the case finally resolved. In-depth characterization, dynastic storytelling, and wonderful prose makes this essential for most mystery collections.

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