Death Climbs a Tree

Frommer, Sara Hoskinson

ISBN 10: 0373266324 / ISBN 13: 9780373266326

Published by Worldwide Mystery, Toronto, 2008

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No spine crease. 250 pages. A Joan Spencer Mystery, No. 6. Just before a big concert, Joan Spencer, manager of the Civic Symphony in Oliver, Indiana, learns that she will be minus her first violinist, Sylvia Purcell. The young woman, an environmental activist, has taken up protest against a large construction project by sitting high up in a tree. Adding to Joan's problems, her college-student son, Andrew, is supporting Sylvia's cause and providing food and water. But the protest turns deadly-when Sylvia plunges to her death. It's soon clear that her fall was no accident. Sleuthing for answers, Joan is caught between the hard-nosed developer and local militant activists. Worse, Andrew resumes Sylvia's spot in the tree and becomes the police's prime suspect.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Death Climbs a Tree
• Publisher: Worldwide Mystery, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0373266324
• ISBN 13: 9780373266326
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction::Mystery/Detective-MassMarketPB

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Synopsis

Just before a big concert, Joan Spencer, manager of the Civic Symphony in Oliver, Indiana, learns that she will be minus her first violinist, Sylvia Purcell. The young woman, an environmental activist, has taken up protest against a large construction project by sitting high up in a tree. Adding to Joan's problems, her college-student son, Andrew, is supporting Sylvia's cause and providing food and water. But the protest turns deadly-when Sylvia plunges to her death. It's soon clear that her fall was no accident. Sleuthing for answers, Joan is caught between the hard-nosed developer and local militant activists. Worse, Andrew resumes Sylvia's spot in the tree and becomes the police's prime suspect.