Dearly Departed

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781453239582

<DIV><B>From an Edgar Award&ndash;winning author: &ldquo;An enjoyable mystery with a corker of an ending&rdquo; featuring a Minnesota cop-turned-PI (<I>Booklist</I>).</B><BR /> &#160;</DIV><DIV>The woman&rsquo;s words send an icy chill through Minneapolis private investigator Holland Taylor: &ldquo;If you are listening to this now,&rdquo; she says, &ldquo;it is because I am dead.&rdquo; Speaking calmly, Alison Emerton explains that if she is missing, it is because Raymond Fleck killed her. Fleck, a convicted rapist, lost his job at a humane kennel after Alison accused him of sexual harassment and stalking. The threats began soon after, prompting Alison to buy a gun and record the tape. She vanished soon after, leaving behind her wallet, coat, and boots, on a night when twenty-three inches of snow fell on Minneapolis.</DIV><DIV>&#160;</DIV><DIV>Seven months later, her lawyer hires Taylor to find the missing woman. As Taylor digs into Alison&rsquo;s past, he learns that Raymond Fleck was not the only person who wanted her dead.</DIV>