| Freebooty Contributor(s): Pronzini, Bill (Author) |
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ISBN: 1628151951 ISBN-13: 9781628151954 Publisher: Speaking Volumes, LLC OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: 813.54 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.72 lbs) 218 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set in San Francisco and environs during the Civil War, it introduces Fergus O'Hara, the most roguish new detective in years, and his equally-engaging wife Hattie. Their first case is a complicated and wacky one. Among other people, places and things, it involves a corpulent financial speculator named Horace T. Goatleg, an insane parrot, a one-eyed man addicted to hoarhound drops, a suave gambler addicted to women, a boisterous Irish militia company known as the Mulrooney Guards, the San Francisco Volunteer Fire Department, a keg of beer, a careless footpad, the crew of the riverboat Freebooty, the Freebooty herself, two murders, a gold robbery, several assorted chases, what may literally be termed a bang-up finale on St. Patrick's Day morning, and, for good measure, a couple of bonus surprises. |