Skulduggery (Five Star First Edition Mystery) [Library Binding]

Carolyn G. Hart (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This title marks the debut of anthropologist Ellen Christie, who lets an unknown man into her San Francisco apartment. His story of treasure leads them into Chinatown"despite Ellen!s misgivings. From the author of the Death on Demand and the Henrie O series.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Feline-loving mystery fans will find much to enjoy among these 12 tales, 9 of which have never been published. Fans of Carole Nelson Douglas' Midnight Louie series will appreciate "Sax and the Single Cat" in which Socks, the presidential cat, goes missing, and Midnight Louie, Douglas' feline protagonist, is called upon to find him. Readers who love cats but don't think they should talk will be relieved to find Nancy Pickard's "Dr. Couch Saves a Cat." In this charming tale, a retired veterinarian tells his 10-year-old granddaughter a story set during World War II in which cats play a big role in solving a mystery. Another clever story without talking cats is "The Maggody Files: Hillbilly Cat" by Joan Hess, author of the popular series set in Maggody, Arkansas, and starring police chief Arly Hanks. Here Arly must figure out why the nephew of two elderly citizens wants to force them out of their home--and away from their beloved old tomcat, Eppy. A collection varied enough to suit finicky readers. Jenny McLarin
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Product Details

• Library Binding: 187 pages
• Publisher: Five Star (ME) (August 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786226722
• ISBN-13: 978-0786226726
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,208,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn Hart talks about mysteries and writing in a new interview on Oklahoma public tv. Please visit www.CarolynHart.com and click on the link in the upper right hand column.

In April Berkley Prime Crime will publish DEATH COMES SILENTLY, the 22nd Death on Demand title. Coming in October is WHAT THE CAT SAW, a novel of suspense.

Carolyn writes the Death on Demand series set in a mystery bookstore on a South Carolina sea island and the Bailey Ruth Raeburn series featuring a lively redheaded ghost.

Carolyn is also the author of several WWII novels, including ESCAPE FROM PARIS which is now available for the first time in its complete uncut version. Escape from Paris is the story of two sisters who defy the Gestapo to help British fliers avoid capture.

In Ghost at Work, Bailey Ruth returns to earth to help someone in trouble. She moves a body, investigates a murder, saves a marriage, prevents a suicide, and--in a fiery finale--rescues a child who knows too much. In Merry, Merry Ghost, Bailey Ruth protects a little boy from danger. In Ghost in Trouble, Bailey Ruth tries to corral a wilful woman determined to play hunt-the-killer. Coming in 2013 is HIJACKED GHOST which puts Bailey Ruth at risk of ever returning to Heaven.

Letter from Home, a WWII novel set on the home front, received the Agatha Award for Best Mystery of 2003. It was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize by the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers. Thirteen-year-old Gretchen Gilman is working for the small-town newspaper during the hot summer of 1944. Murder occurs on the street where she lives, forever changing her life and the lives of those involved.

Hart was one of 10 mystery authors featured at the National Book Festival on the Mall in Washington, DC, in 2003 for Letter from Home and again in 2007 for Set Sail for Murder, 7th in the Henrie O series. In Set Sail for Murder (new in paperback March 2008), Henrie O joins a troubled family on a Baltic cruise and death is an unwelcome passenger.

Hart has been nominated 9 times for the Agatha Award for Best Novel and has won 3 times. In 2007 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at Malice Domestic. She will be the International Guest of Honor at Bloody Words in Toronto on June 6-8, 2008.

Hart is a native of Oklahoma City, a journalism graduate of the University of Oklahoma, and a former president of Sisters in Crime. She is also a member of Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, the International Association of Crime Writers, and American Crime Writers League.