Nameless Dame: Murder on the Russian River

di Bart Schneider (Autore)

Soft Skull Press, 2012

The Russian River Valleylaid-back, marijuana-steeped, and off-the-gridis the backdrop for Bart Schneider s new mystery featuring the tough and dogged detective Augie Boyer. Augie takes a break from the bite of another Minnesota winter by visiting the California homestead of his longtime friend Bobby Sabbatini, who is celebrating the opening of his poetry-infused tavern, Ginsberg s Galley. But Augie s notoriety precedes him, and his arrival is met with a trip to a murder scene. Ruthie Rosenberg, a local who has fallen into a life of drugs and dependence, has been found at The Last Judgment Campground, shot twice in the head. At the request of the Deputy Jesse Coolican, who s loved Ruthie for years, Augie promises to investigate the case himself. No sooner than he starts to ask questions, Augie discovers the trail leading to Ruthie s killeror killersis tangled with politics, religion, bold-faced lies, and suspicious double-lives. Even his closest friends are part of the fray. Is Ruthie s murder the work of a copycat? An escalated statement by the religious right? Only an outsider can discover the painful truthand Augie must work quickly before the insular community buries the truth deep among its ever-growing secrets."

• Autore: Bart Schneider
• Editore: Soft Skull Press
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 304 p.
• Dimensioni: 228 x 152 mm
• EAN: 9781593764357

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