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A dangerous engagement
- Title
- A dangerous engagement / Ashley Weaver.
- Author
- Weaver, Ashley
- Publication
- New York, NY : Minotaur Books, 2019.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-11175 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 307 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "A Dangerous Engagement is the stylish, charming sixth novel in the Edgar-nominated Amory Ames mystery series by Ashley Weaver, set in 1930s New York. As they travel by ship to New York for her childhood friend Tabitha's wedding, Amory Ames gazes out at the city's iconic skyline, excited by the prospect of being a bridesmaid. Her husband Milo, however, is convinced their trip will be deadly dull, since Prohibition is in full swing. But when a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the bride's home, the happy plans take a darker twist. Amory discovers that the dead groomsman has links to the notorious-and notoriously handsome-gangster Leon De Lora, and soon she and Milo find themselves drawn into another mystery. While the police seem to think that New York's criminal underworld is at play, Amory feels they can't ignore the wedding party either. Tabitha's fiance Tom Smith appears to be a good man, but he has secrets of his own, and the others in the group seem strangely unaffected by the death of their friend . . . In an unfamiliar city, not knowing who they can trust, Milo and Amory are drawn into the glamorous, dangerous world of nightclubs and bootleggers. But as they draw closer to unraveling the web of lies and half-truths the murdered man has left in his wake, the killer is weaving a web of his own"--
- New York. Amory Ames is excited by the prospect of being a bridesmaid at the wedding of her friend Tabatha. Her husband Milo, however, is convinced their trip will be deadly dull, since Prohibition is in full swing. When a member of the wedding party is found murdered on the front steps of the bride's home, Amory discovers that he had links to the notorious gangster Leon De Lora. The police seem to think that New York's criminal underworld is involved, but Amory learns the wedding party have secrets of their own, and seem strangely unaffected by the death of their friend. -- adapted from jacket
- Series Statement
- Amory Ames mystery ; 6
- Weaver, Ashley. Amory Ames mystery ; 6.
- Subjects
- Women private investigators
- Murder > Investigation
- Novels
- Women private investigators > Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951 > Fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Historical fiction
- Murder > Investigation > Fiction
- New York (State) > New York
- Prohibition > Fiction
- Fiction
- Rich people > Fiction
- History
- 1898-1951
- Genre/Form
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- History.
- Novels.
- Note
- "By the author of Edgar Finalist Murder at the Brightwell"--Dust jacket.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-11175
- ISBN
- 9781250159779
- 1250159776
- 9781250159786 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019029072
- OCLC
- 1101660393
- Author
- Weaver, Ashley, author.
- Title
- A dangerous engagement / Ashley Weaver.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Minotaur Books, 2019.
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Amory Ames mystery ; 6Weaver, Ashley. Amory Ames mystery ; 6.
- Chronological Term
- 1898-1951
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-11175