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A peculiar combination : an Electra McDonnell novel / Ashley Weaver.
Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more. So when he receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can't resist. All goes as planned-until the pair are caught red-handed. Ellie expects them to be taken straight to prison, but instead they are delivered to a large townhouse, where government official Major Ramsey is waiting with an offer: either Ellie agrees to help him break into a safe and retrieve blueprints that will be critical to the British war effort, or he turns her over to the police. When she and the Major break into the house in question, they find instead the purported German spy dead on the floor, the safe already open and empty.
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- ISBN: 9781250780485
- ISBN: 1250780489
- ISBN: 9781250847621
- Physical Description: 296 pages ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2021.
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| Subject: | Thieves > Fiction. Murder > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Fiction. England > Fiction. |
| Genre: | War stories. Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Quincy Branch | FIC WEA ELECTRA #1 (Text) | 35404424282203 | Fiction | Available | - |
A Peculiar Combination : An Electra Mcdonnell Novel
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A Peculiar Combination : An Electra Mcdonnell Novel
ASHLEY WEAVER is the technical services coordinator at the Allen Parish Libraries in Oberlin, Louisiana. Weaver has worked in libraries since she was fourteen; she was a page and then a clerk before obtaining her MLIS from Louisiana State University. Her Amory Ames series includes Murder at the Brightwell , which was shortlisted for the Edgar Award. A Peculiar Combination is the first in the Electra McDonnell series.
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