Snipe Hunt - Hardcover

Sarah R. Shaber

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312253370 ISBN 13: 9780312253370

Publisher: Minotaur Books, 2000

Synopsis

Professor Simon Shaw, a Pulitizer Prizewinning author and amateur sleuth, finds himself embroiled in a new case involving an old crime, when he is asked to examine what appears to be an old diver's outfit, possibly containing a body, that has been found in the ocean off North Carolina. By the author of Simon Says.

About this title

About the Author:

SARAH R. SHABER lives in Raleigh, North Caroline. Her first novel, SIMON SAID, won the 1996 St. Martin's Malice Domestic Award.

From Publishers Weekly:

Forensic historian Simon Shaw, who made his debut in Simon Said, gets an unexpected and unwelcome opportunity to exercise his unique skills during a Thanksgiving vacation on Pearlie Beach--a small island off the North Carolina coast. Simon, a college history professor and winner of a Pulitzer Prize, is joined for the holiday by his friend David Morgan, an archeologist; romantic interest Julia McGloughlin, a police attorney; and the Cleggs--Marcus, who is Simon's colleague, his wife and three young daughters. When a dredger dislodges an old WWII diving suit, with an occupant, Simon and his friends are soon involved in a mystery that seems too old and too difficult to solve. Both the coastal waters and the denizens of Pearlie Beach hide their secrets well, and prizing them loose proves difficult and dangerous. Confederate gold, German U-boats, blockade runners, murders old and new all surface to play their part in this appealing cozy, which pleasingly mixes regional history and lore, a bit of romance and a soup on of suspense. (Mar.)

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About this edition

• Publisher: Minotaur Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312253370
• ISBN 13: 9780312253370
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288