Not Exactly a Brahmin: A Jill Smith Mystery - Hardcover

Dunlap, Susan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312579470 ISBN 13: 9780312579470

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1985

Synopsis

When the car accident that kills wealthy Ralph Palmerson proves to be foul play, Berkeley cop Jill Smith uncovers a variety of suspects, including Palmerson's much younger wife, a secretive Vietnamese mechanic, and the mysterious Shareholders-5

About this title

About the Author:

Susan Dunlap is an award-winning mystery writer. She was employed as a social worker when an Agatha Christie novel inspired her to try her hand at writing mysteries. Six manuscripts and six years later, she published Karma(1981), which began a ten-book series about brash Berkeley cop Jill Smith.
Since then, Dunlap has published more than two dozen novels and several short stories. Her other ongoing characters include Vejay Haskell, Kiernan O'Shaughnessy, and Zen student/stunt double Darcy Lott. Dunlap helped found Sisters in Crime. She lives near San Francisco.

From Publishers Weekly:

Berkeley cop Jill Smith, newly promoted to homicide detective, has a puzzle on her hands. Wealthy Ralph Palmerston, an influential member of Berkeley high society, was killed when his Cadillac's brakes failed on the city's steepest hill on the stormiest night of the year. Examination of the car shows that the brake lines had been skillfully cut only a few hours after the car had been serviced by Berkeley's best mechanic. But who would want to kill the philanthropic Palmerston, who seemed to have had no enemies? Jill's only clue is a scribbled note bearing the name of a mysterious group: Shareholders-5. Before finally bringing the killer to justice, she must deal with a cop-hating private detective, the dead man's wife and her mysterious past, and a strange Halloween party. Dunlap's sense of wry humor and authentic Berkeley locations provide a suspenseful, fast-paced mystery. December 26
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0312579470
• ISBN 13: 9780312579470
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 211