Publishers
Weekly
(starred
review)
April,
24,
2006
Iron
Ties
Poisoned
Pen,
$24.95
(369p)
ISBN:
1590582624 |
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Set
in the
summer
of 1880,
Parker's
outstanding
second
Silver
Rush mystery
(after
2003's
Silver
Lies
) finds
her heroine,
Inez Stannert,
corset-deep
in the
intrigues
of Leadville,
Colo.
Inez's
secret
courtship
with the
Rev. Justice
B. Sands
is as
heated
as the
conflict
over the
incoming
railroad.
When the
local
authorities
question
the reliability
of Inez's
friend,
photographer
Susan
Carothers,
who witnesses
a shooting
and explosion
along
the rail
line,
it's up
to Inez
to discover
the truth.
In one
of the
many nice
twists
in this
appealing
adventure,
the attractive
railroad
man Inez
meets
during
her investigation
turns
out to
be one
of the
good reverend's
Civil
War comrades.
In an
effort
to increase
business
at the
Silver
Queen
saloon,
Inez's
business
partner,
Abe Jackson,
engages
an acting
couple
to perform.
None too
happily,
Inez realizes
why the
beautiful
actress
seems
so familiar.
A ragged
piece
of cloth
becomes
a major
clue as
the clock
ticks
and the
town readies
for a
visit
from former
U.S. president
Ulysses
S. Grant.
Plenty
of convincing
action
bodes
well for
a long
and successful
series.(June)
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1997-2005
Reed
Business
Information,
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of Reed
Elsevier
Inc.
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