Stolen Words: A Detective Novel of 1929 (The Cyrus Skeen

Stolen Words: A Detective Novel of 1929 (The Cyrus Skeen Mysteries)

It is June, 1929. The Roaring Twenties are still â€œroaringâ€ but the period is doomed. San Franciscoâ€™s celebrated Cyrus Skeen, private detective, and scion of Eastern wealth, is secure in his solvency; he has never bought stock on margin. He is as finicky about what stocks to invest in as he is in the kind of client he is willing to accept and work for. Soon after his case in The Head of Athena, he is approached by Susan Harker, wife of Hosanna Harker, a noted local novelist accused of murdering his publisher, Marc Pearson, who has apparently pirated many of Harkerâ€™s novels and sold them under other titles and names. Mrs. Harker wants Skeen to prove that her husband did not murder the publisher. But soon after that visit, another woman, Anya Spearitt, demands that Skeen to prove that Hosanna Harker did indeed murder her ex-husband. Skeen does not balk at the challenge; he senses that something is terribly amiss. A third woman calls on Skeen, and asks him not to get involved at all. Skeen visits the jailed novelist and is almost sorry that he took on the case; Hosanna Harker is a very nasty person. Skeen rifles through a catalogue of miscreants, malcontents, and suspects, and by the end of Stolen Words, isolates the true murderer. Plagiarism isnâ€™t the only wrongdoing Skeen encounters, but thieves exploiting each otherâ€™s thieving, and a crew of philandering pragmatists. Itâ€™s a conundrum only Cyrus Skeen can resolve in his own inimitable way.
Country USA
Brand CREATESPACE
Manufacturer CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781514248706
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781514248706
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	CREATESPACE
Manufacturer	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781514248706
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781514248706
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Stolen Words: A Detective Novel of 1929 (The Cyrus Skeen Mysteries)

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