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A Case of Imagination: A Madeline Maclin Mystery
Contributor(s): Tesh, Jane (Author)
ISBN: 1590582209     ISBN-13: 9781590582206
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
OUR PRICE:   $20.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2006
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Annotation: "On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well have been an Egyptian tomb: hot, dusty, and dead." It doesn't help that her landlord Reid Kent, does a brisk businessand briskly hits on Mac to rejoin his agency. He maintains no one will hire a former Miss Parkland as a serious PI.


Mac has been friends forever with Jerry Fairweather. Jerry claims to be psychic and is, unlike his two brothers, somewhat screwy. And he refuses to claim a share in the Fairweather fortune. But he shares some good news with Mac -- his Uncle Val has died and left him a house. The two friends drive out to Celosia, a half hour away, where they discover a local beauty pageant in trouble and a house just perfect for setting up shop. A Psychic Shop. The arrival of lawyer Olivia, Jerry's shark-like girlfriend, rouses both Mac's interest in the mystery at the pageant and the one in her own heart. And then comes the first murder.


A Case of Imagination is Jane Tesh's playful first mystery, the start of a series by an author who admires Terry Pratchett, Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaasen, and P.G. Wodehouse.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths
Dewey: FIC
Series: Maddy Maclin (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.17 lbs) 368 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
 
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Publisher Description:
On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well have been an Egyptian tomb: hot, dusty, and dead. It doesn't help that her landlord Reid Kent, does a brisk businessand briskly hits on Mac to rejoin his agency. He maintains no one will hire a former Miss Parkland as a serious PI.


Mac has been friends forever with Jerry Fairweather. Jerry claims to be psychic and is, unlike his two brothers, somewhat screwy. And he refuses to claim a share in the Fairweather fortune. But he shares some good news with Mac -- his Uncle Val has died and left him a house. The two friends drive out to Celosia, a half hour away, where they discover a local beauty pageant in trouble and a house just perfect for setting up shop. A Psychic Shop. The arrival of lawyer Olivia, Jerry's shark-like girlfriend, rouses both Mac's interest in the mystery at the pageant and the one in her own heart. And then comes the first murder.


A Case of Imagination is Jane Tesh's playful first mystery, the start of a series by an author who admires Terry Pratchett, Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaasen, and P.G. Wodehouse.

Contributor Bio(s): Tesh, Jane: - Jane Tesh lives and writes in Mt. Airy, North Carolina. A media specialist/librarian for grades K-6 for 30 years, she retired to write and exercise her creative side. A rehearsal pianist and sometime orchestra conductor for community theater, she also plays the violin, and is a certified kick-boxing instructor.