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Murder, She Wrote: Manhattans & Murder
Donald Bain, Jessica Fletcher
Manhattan is Murder at Christmastime Promoting her latest book brings bestselling mystery writer
Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule
includes book signings, Larry King Live, restaurants,
department stores… and murder? It all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with
fear and recognition. Behing the beard is Waldo Morse,
former drug smuggler and the most notorious citizen of
Cabot Cave, Maine. Jessica hasn’t a clue as to how he
ended up as a street corner Saint Nick, but she agrees to
meet him at two o’clock the next day. Jessica shows up
with her camera, but in no time at all Santa is dead – a
totally unexpected murder in progress. While the police
are strangely slow on their feet, and the dead man’s wife
uncommonly fast on the run, Jessica, in her no-nonsense
way, decides to do what she does best: strategically snoop
around and graciously outwit the pros on both sides of the
law…doing whatever it takes to stop a murderer from
striking again.
Signet (Mystery), December 1994
272 pages ISBN: 0451181425 Paperback (reprint) $6.50
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