By Evil Means : A Phoebe Siegal Mystery - Hardcover

Sandra West Prowell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802712487 ISBN 13: 9780802712486

Publisher: Walker and Company, 1993

Synopsis

Investigating some strange goings-on at Whispering Pines, a Billings, Montana, rehab center, ex-cop-turned-private eye Phoebe Seigal finds out some frightening things about the center's owners and about her own family

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Gritty realism and a modern sensibility permeate this promising debut set in Billings, Mont. Half-Jewish, half-Irish Catholic, PI Phoebe Siegel is hired by farm wife Mary Kuntz to investigate the extreme personality change that has transformed her formerly drug-abusing teenage daughter Jennifer since she began treatment with Dr. Victor Stroud at the Whispering Pines sanatorium. Initially reluctant, Phoebe takes the case when Mary discloses that a Stroud-induced complaint by Jennifer may have led to the suicide of Phoebe's beloved policeman brother, Ben, a few years earlier. Phoebe, who discovers Mary is the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the state, sneaks into Whispering Pines and finds disturbing evidence of coercion and blackmail. Another young Whispering Pines patient dies under questionable circumstances after begging for help, further galvanizing Phoebe, who has been dogged by a mysterious police car and warned off the case by her cop uncle. Siegel, a tough and charming heroine with angst, unresolved conflicts and extensive family ties, is a welcome addition to swelling ranks of female PIs.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

As Phoebe Siegel (in her debut mystery) investigates a drug treatment center near Billings, Montana, she is pushed to the limit both mentally and physically. Standard elements soon pile up: the foreboding medical facility, the malevolent director with his icy female assistant and terrified patients, evidence of a potential conspiracy and cover-up, and connections to the recent questionable death of Phoebe's policeman brother. As she nears the truth, Phoebe experiences the usual break-ins, threats, and sudden realizations. A routine effort, perhaps of interest to larger collections.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Walker and Company
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0802712487
• ISBN 13: 9780802712486
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216