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Title details for The Body Snatchers Affair by Marcia Muller - Available

The Body Snatchers Affair

#3 in series

by Marcia Muller
Bill Pronzini
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Drug lords, missing millionaires, corrupt cops. It's just another day for the Carpenter and Quincannon Detective Services.

Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take the detectives from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of Chinatown's opium dens.

John Quincannon must search a Chinatown opium den for his client's husband, missing in the middle of a brewing tong war set to ignite over the stolen corpse of Bing Ah Kee. Meanwhile, his partner, Sabina Carpenter, searches for the corpse of a millionaire, stolen from a sealed family crypt and currently being held for ransom.

Is there a connection between the two body snatchings? Or is it simply greed? And why is the enigmatic Englishman who calls himself Sherlock Holmes watching so carefully from the shadows?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Carpenter and Quincannon Mystery

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    January 6, 2015

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781481502245
      • File size: 194975 KB
      • Duration: 06:46:11

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 17, 2014
      MWA grand masters Muller and Pronzini’s solid third mystery set in 1890s San Francisco (after 2013’s The Spook Lights Affair) finds the relationship between PIs Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon at a delicate juncture. Carson Montgomery, a metallurgist, is seriously wooing Sabrina, forcing her to deal with John’s unrequited crush on her. Much to Sabina’s dismay, a man posing as Sherlock Holmes is investigating Carson. Meanwhile, John goes in search of a missing attorney who works for the Chinese tongs, and almost gets shot during a visit to an opium den in Chinatown. Both investigators end up dealing with cases involving snatched corpses, though these plot lines aren’t as strong as the authors’ best. Fans of Shirley Tallman’s Sarah Woolson books (Murder on Nob Hill, etc.) will enjoy this different perspective on the series’ shared setting. Agent: Dominick Abel, Dominick Abel Literary Agency.

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  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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  • English

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