02550cam a2200313 4500 614225874 TxAuBib 20221220120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781501956805 1501956809 7411d2a3-5af5-4ce5-8f15-b7196a09396a OverDrive (Reserve ID) 6379691 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Smiley, Jane. A Dangerous Business [Libby]. Recorded Books, Inc., 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 214MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 214MB. Fiction. Mystery. Western. Historical Fiction. "Mrs. Parks was often paid in gold dust, but she paid her girls in dollars ..." From the beloved Pulitzer Prize–winning and best-selling author: a rollicking murder mystery set in Gold Rush California, as two young prostitutes follow a trail of missing girls Monterey, 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight, Eliza Ripple has been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life, at least at first. The madam, Mrs. Parks, is kind, the men are (relatively) well behaved, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But when the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town, a darkness descends that she can't resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean, and inspired by her reading, especially by Edgar Allan Poe's detective, Dupin, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer, all the while juggling clients who begin to seem more and more suspicious. Eliza and Jean are determined not just to survive, but to find their way in a nascent town on the fringes of the Wild West—a bewitching combination of beauty and danger—as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Parks says, "Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business, but between you and me, being a woman is a dangerous business, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.". Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-12-19 20:00:03. Plummer, Thérèse. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7411d2a3-5af5-4ce5-8f15-b7196a09396a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=7411d2a3-5af5-4ce5-8f15-b7196a09396a&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)