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Spotswood, Stephen,

Fortune favours the dead / Stephen Spotswood. - London, England : Wildfire, 2020. - 321 pages ; 20 cm - Pentecost and Parker 1 .

New York, 1946. Lillian Pentecost is the most successful private detective in the city, but her health is failing. She hires an assistant to help with the investigative legwork. Willowjean Parker is a circus runaway. Quick-witted and street-smart, she's a jack-of-all-trades with a unique skill-set. She can pick locks blindfolded, wrestle men twice her size, and throw knives with deadly precision - all of which come in handy working for Ms P. When wealthy young widow Abigail Collins is murdered and the police are making no progress, Pentecost and Parker are hired by the family to track down the culprit. On Halloween night, there was a costume party at the Collins' mansion, where a fortune teller performed a seance which greatly disturbed Abigail.

ISBN: 1472274814 9781472274816

Nat. Bib. No.: GBC168616 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 020180732 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Police--Fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Sexual minorities--Fiction.
People with disabilities--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (N.Y.)--History--1898-1951--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Detective and mystery stories.
Detective and mystery fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6