Bad Intent: A Maggie MacGowen Mystery - Hardcover

Hornsby, Wendy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525938176 ISBN 13: 9780525938170

Publisher: E. P. Dutton, 1994

Synopsis

Investigating allegations against her boyfriend, Maggie MacGowen is completely baffled when he will not talk about the case in question, the witnesses she interviews start turning up dead, and a cover-up of immense proportions begins to unfold

About this title

About the Author:

Wendy Hornsby is a professor of history at Long Beach City College.

From Publishers Weekly:

While settling into L.A. life with her lover, homicide detective Mike Flint, independent filmmaker Maggie McGowen, seen last in Midnight Baby , continues to compile an impressive portfolio as an amateur sleuth. For Maggie's film on growing up in the housing projects, Mike suggests she interview librarian LaShonda DeBevis and prostitute Hanna Rhodes. He omits telling her that both women were key witnesses 14 years ago, when they were children, in the conviction of Charles Conklin for the murder of an L.A. cop--and Mike was on the case. Now, as elections loom, the incumbent DA is trying for political points by requesting the release of Conklin, saying that police pressured the witnesses into lying. While Maggie, who feels ill-used by Mike, pursues her film and some sideline queries on the case, Mike is told by his superiors to take time off until things cool down. In the midst of confusion about the past, the old murder leads to a new death. In this compelling tale, issues personal and professional, good and bad, past and present all contaminate each other, leaving no character in a position to cast stones. Maggie, a divorced mother whose unabashed sexual attraction to Mike accompanies a deep reluctance to remarry, is a complex and highly likable heroine whose cases test and prove her mettle. Hornsby gets better and better at her craft.
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About this edition

• Publisher: E. P. Dutton
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0525938176
• ISBN 13: 9780525938170
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 304