A Crazy Little Thing Called Death (Blackbird Sisters Mysteries, No. 6) - Hardcover

Martin, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0451220412 ISBN 13: 9780451220417

Publisher: NAL Hardcover, 2007

Synopsis

After agreeing to marry Mick Abruzzo, the son of New Jersey's most notorious gangster, impoverished Philadelphia heiress Nora Blackbird and her sisters launch an investigation into the disappearance of Sweet Penny Devine, a former Hollywood starlet and daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family, a case complicated by her family's desire to have the missing woman declared dead. 35,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Like her heroines in the Blackbird sisters, Nancy Martin comes from a distinguished Pennsylvania family whose ancestors include Betsy Ross, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence.

From Publishers Weekly:

The Blackbird sisters—Nora, Libby and Emma—tackle their sixth arch mystery (after 2006's Have Your Cake and Kill Him Too) set among Philadelphia's contemporary blue-blooded (and red-handed) set. When former child star Sweet Penny Devine goes missing and is presumed dead, her brother, Porter "Potty" Devine, opts for a memorial party and polo match instead of a funeral, which Nora, a society reporter, covers for a Philadelphia paper. The festivities falter after Nora discovers a severed hand that could be Penny's. Nora, Libby and Emma aid detective Ben Bloom in an investigation whose suspects include Potty; Vivian, Penny's cat-crazy sister; the Devines' former housekeeper's daughter, Julie Huckabee; Julie's missing father, Kell Huckabee; and Crewe Dearborne, a food critic. Sleuthing provides a welcome distraction for Nora, still grieving over a miscarriage and a little nervous about her engagement to Michael Abruzzo, son of a notorious New Jersey mobster. Martin's wicked observations about the horsy set enhance another fine-feathered mystery. (Mar.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: NAL Hardcover
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0451220412
• ISBN 13: 9780451220417
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288