A Pointed Death Contributor(s): Russell, Kath (Author) |
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ISBN: 1450563090 ISBN-13: 9781450563093 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
Dewey: 813.6 |
Physical Information: 0.74" H x 5.24" W x 7.99" (0.81 lbs) 354 pages |
Themes: - Geographic Orientation - California - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Locality - San Francisco, California - Cultural Region - Northern California - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In A Pointed Death, biotech consultant Nola Billingsley discovers that one of her clients is stealing proprietary information from other startups. When the scion of a prominent Chinese-American family is murdered, Nola is convinced his death stems from his employment at the company pilfering scientific secrets. Nola seeks the identity of the killer and the destination of the purloined genetic data. Lanky fraud investigator Robert Harrison wants her to leave sleuthing to the professionals and leap in bed with him, but hardheaded Nola is convinced she and her band of biotech pals can solve the mystery. When the going gets tough and danger looms, she has her shorthaired pointer Skootch to watch her back as the action accelerates from lab to ocean's edge in San Francisco, the city where biotech was born. A Pointed Death is a funny, sexy who-done-it set in a smart industry, a 'Malice Corporate' unfolding in a town everyone loves but secretly believes is in need of its own twelve-step program. |