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001 2009053835
003 DLC
005 20150203081719.0
008 091228s2010 nyu 000 f eng
010 $a 2009053835
020 $a9780451229892 (hc)
020 $a0451229894
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn462899425
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBTCTA$dIEB$dYDXCP$dFLP$dVP@$dDLC
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050 00 $aPS3572.I325$bH35 2010
082 00 $a813/.6$222
100 1 $aViets, Elaine,$d1950-
245 10 $aHalf-price homicide :$ba dead-end job mystery /$cElaine Viets.
260 $aNew York :$bObsidian/New American Library,$cc2010.
300 $aviii, 261 p. ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aThe dead-end job series
500 $a"An Obsidian mystery."
520 $aTired of living life on the lam, Helen Hawthorne goes back to St. Louis to clear her name of alimony evasion so she can finally marry the man she loves. But she still has to pay the bills, even if it means working at a consignment shop where the designer duds are to die for--literally. Secondhand clothes. First-degree murder. At Snapdragon, the high-end designer consignment shop, Helen is at the beck and call of snobby--yet frugal--customers. That alone is a deadly combination, but the sellers of the drool-worthy fashions can be even more high maintenance. Especially Chrissy, who comes in with a purse to sell and ends up screaming it out with her own husband and another customer. If Helen didn't have a greedy ex-husband demanding more money and a mother in a Florida nursing home, she'd be hanging up her cash register. But when Chrissy is found dead in a dressing room with a hand-painted scarf around her neck, Helen goes from being low on society's totem pole to high on the police's suspect list.
650 0 $aHawthorne, Helen (Fictitious character)$vFiction.
650 0 $aFugitives from justice$vFiction.
650 0 $aWomen detectives$zFlorida$zFort Lauderdale$vFiction.
650 0 $aConsignment sale shops$zMissouri$zSaint Louis$vFiction.
651 0 $aSaint Louis (Mo.)$vFiction.
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
800 1 $aViets, Elaine,$d1950-$tDead-end job mystery series.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009053835-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2009053835-d.html