A murder in Rat Alley / Mark de Castrique.
Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past-and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
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- ISBN: 9781492699385
- ISBN: 9781492699392
- ISBN: 1492699381
- ISBN: 149269939X
- ISBN: 1492699403
- ISBN: 9781492699408
- Physical Description: 252 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Naperville, IL : Poisoned Pen Press, [2019].
- Copyright: ©2020
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Springs Library | FIC DEC SB7 (Text) | 30229101465036 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albemarle Main Library | FIC De Castrique (Text) | 31010000701534 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | F DEC (Text) | 50503300444942 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beaufort Main | NC F DECAS (Text) | 34208203971642 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F DEC (Text) | 0020512475490 | Adult Fiction Display | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC DeCastri (Text) | 37807000016436 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | F DE CASTRIQUE (Text) | 22281500143324 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Edneyville Branch | DEC (Text) | 33258008931128 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | DEC (Text) | 33258008931094 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
| Fletcher Branch | DEC (Text) | 33258008931102 | Adult Fiction Mystery | Available | - |
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Summary:
Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past-and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
