Buried Stuff: A Mystery

From "a great writer of guilty pleasures," an antiquarian turns amateur sleuth after a garage sale leads to murder in the American midwest (Alice Sebold, #1 National Bestselling author of The Lovely Bones). An avid antique collector, Jane Wheel owns a lot of stuff. In fact, she owns too much stuff. So finally she agrees to do the unthinkable: she holds her very first garage sale. Thankfully the sale ends almost before it begins, interrupted by a hysterical phone call from Jane's mother, Nellie, calling to tell Jane about a mysterious discovery of bone fragments buried in her neighbor Fuzzy Neilson's backyard. Jane volunteers to make the trip to her hometown, Kankakee, Illinois with her geologist husband Charlie to see if they can help sort things out. When they arrive, Jane and Charlie are surprised to find quite a controversy brewing in town, and not just over the mysterious discovery of the bones. There are a couple of slick real estate developers going around town talking a big game about making Kankakee into Hometown, U.S.A. Then Jane's best friend, Tim, gets in on the act, proposing that Kankakee host the World's Largest Garage Sale. But when a man turns up murdered on Fuzzy's field, the spotlight turns back to the mysterious doings on the Neilson farm. While Charlie uncovers what may or may not be an archaelogically significant site, Jane manages to uncover the town's buried secrets. With the help of her family, Tim, and sometime partner P.I. Bruce Oh, Jane must sort rumor and gossip from the true crimes before it's too late. "Quirky characters, intriguing family relationships, antique lore, and the history of Kankakee are all entwined in this entertaining mystery." —Booklist

© 2004 Minotaur Books (Libro electrónico): 9781429956970

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Libro electrónico: 4 de noviembre de 2004