Simon Said |
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Author:
| Shaber, Sarah R. |
Series title: | Simon Shaw Mysteries Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-96555-6 |
Publication Date: | May 1998 |
Publisher: | St. Martin's Press
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Imprint: | Saint Martin's Paperbacks |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $5.99 |
Book Description:
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She had a cameo choker around her neck and a bullet in her skull... The heiress had been dead for over seventy years.Eyebrows are raised as yellow crime-scene tape drapes across the once-distinguished Colonial Bloodworth House. For the mansion, nestled cozily amidst the tranquil academia of Kenan College, may have once been the scene of a brutal murder.The decayed body was found when archeologist David Morgan conducted a dig beneath the original three rooms of the 1785 house - he was...
More DescriptionShe had a cameo choker around her neck and a bullet in her skull... The heiress had been dead for over seventy years.Eyebrows are raised as yellow crime-scene tape drapes across the once-distinguished Colonial Bloodworth House. For the mansion, nestled cozily amidst the tranquil academia of Kenan College, may have once been the scene of a brutal murder.The decayed body was found when archeologist David Morgan conducted a dig beneath the original three rooms of the 1785 house - he was only hoping to unearth some Colonial-era artifacts.Professor Simon Shaw, Kenan College's youngest full-time professor, knows more about the house than anyone - he even wrote a book about the historic building - so naturally, Morgan enlists his professional friend for a little detective work. What Morgan has found, it seems, are the remains of the estate's heiress - an unsolved missing persons case since 1926. As Simon digs deeper into this decades-old murder, he finds that someone still very much alive wants to put a permanent stop to his investigating...