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Short Cut (Ruby Crane Mystery) [Mass Market Paperback]

Jo Dereske (Author)


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June 8, 1998
They were sisters separated by distance, hurt and secrets.  Now murder is bringing them together....

It was a long way from northern Michigan to the mountains above Albuquerque.  But the distance between Ruby Crane and her glamorous, successful sister, Phyllis, was even greater.  Until Phyllis trekked through the Michigan snow in her designer boots to beg Ruby for help.  And while Ruby knew there were some things she couldn't help her sister with--like her drinking--she couldn't say no to a matter of life and death.

A boy had died on a construction site, and Phyllis, the engineer on the project, was being blamed--for a design she claimed someone had altered.  While Ruby, an expert in handwriting analysis, tries to find out if the designs are forgeries, a sudden, vicious murder changes everything.  Now a stalker is lurking around Phyllis's once-elegant life.  And for the two sisters, the time has come for unspoken words--and a fight for both of their lives....


Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Ruby Crane is Michigan's newest Detecting Woman and she's a jewel."
--Willetta L. Heising, author of the award-winning Detecting Women

From the Inside Flap

They were sisters separated by distance, hurt and secrets.  Now murder is bringing them together....

It was a long way from northern Michigan to the mountains above Albuquerque.  But the distance between Ruby Crane and her glamorous, successful sister, Phyllis, was even greater.  Until Phyllis trekked through the Michigan snow in her designer boots to beg Ruby for help.  And while Ruby knew there were some things she couldn't help her sister with--like her drinking--she couldn't say no to a matter of life and death.

A boy had died on a construction site, and Phyllis, the engineer on the project, was being blamed--for a design she claimed someone had altered.  While Ruby, an expert in handwriting analysis, tries to find out if the designs are forgeries, a sudden, vicious murder changes everything.  Now a stalker is lurking around Phyllis's once-elegant life.  And for the two sisters, the time has come for unspoken words--and a fight for both of their lives....

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Dell (June 8, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0440222230
  • ISBN-13: 978-0440222231
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #575,532 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jo Dereske grew up in western Michigan and now lives in the foothills of Mount Baker near Bellingham, Washington. She draws on her Michigan background and Lithuanian heritage for her books, especially in the Miss Zukas and Ruby Crane mysteries. She's a former librarian who believes that libraries are one of our last truly public institutions, where the entire world can mix and mingle amid the written word - what could be better! Jo's website: www.jodereske.com

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