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LocationOakland
Call NoW PRO
TitleA Gentleman Detective / Richard Prosch
AuthorProsch, Richard
Barcode528659
CollectionLarge Print Western
SummaryCon Men and Carved Birds! Lawmen and artists! Aebelskivers and cabbage. Spur-Award winner Richard Prosch has roped together an exciting new collection of stories with themes as vast as the wide open frontier and as close as the human heart. Waking Face - A sleepless man is tortured by the lost face of his wife's killer-a visage he can't remember, but at the same time, will never forget. Hard Times for the Vanilla Cream Kid - a would-be bank robber invents the perfect heist, but does he have the stomach for it? The Magic of Summerland - Nine year-old enemies of a long gone war forge a culinary feast in Nebraska hill country. The Testament of Eve - A girl comes to grips with her strange affinity for snakes and a heinous crime couched in shadows. The Gentleman Detective - A boarding house guest deciphers a robbery from the perspective of past experience. Fifteen explorations in short western fiction carry readers to the edge of the literary frontier and beyond, charting new trails in suspense, romance, andadventure
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LocationStatusBarcodeCall NoCollectionShelf LocCirc Status
Oakland 528659W PROLarge Print Western Available

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9798885790192 26.99
Personal Name Prosch, Richard
Title Statement A Gentleman Detective / Richard Prosch
Edition Statement Large Print edition
Imprint USA Gale with Cengage; Thorndike Press 2023
Physical Description 315 p. (lg. print) softcover 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. Con Men and Carved Birds! Lawmen and artists! Aebelskivers and cabbage. Spur-Award winner Richard Prosch has roped together an exciting new collection of stories with themes as vast as the wide open frontier and as close as the human heart. Waking Face - A sleepless man is tortured by the lost face of his wife's killer-a visage he can't remember, but at the same time, will never forget. Hard Times for the Vanilla Cream Kid - a would-be bank robber invents the perfect heist, but does he have the stomach for it? The Magic of Summerland - Nine year-old enemies of a long gone war forge a culinary feast in Nebraska hill country. The Testament of Eve - A girl comes to grips with her strange affinity for snakes and a heinous crime couched in shadows. The Gentleman Detective - A boarding house guest deciphers a robbery from the perspective of past experience. Fifteen explorations in short western fiction carry readers to the edge of the literary frontier and beyond, charting new trails in suspense, romance, andadventure
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Large type book. Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Western stories. Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Short stories. Fiction
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Novels.