The foulest things / Amy Tector.
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Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Mystery | TECTOR, AMY | DA 1 | Available | 33111010969422 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Get ready for a thrilling new mystery series from the author of The Honeybee Emeralds . Ottawa, January 2010. Canada's historic Dominion Archives.Junior archivist Jess Novak is struggling to find her footing in her new role. Her colleagues undermine her, her boss hates her, and her only romantic prospect hides a whiskey bottle in his desk. Desperate to make a good impression, Jess's luck begins to change when she discovers a series of mysterious letters chronicling life in Paris at the start of the Great War. Thinking she has landed her ticket to career advancement, Jess dives into research in Dominion's art vault, where she stumbles upon the body of one of her colleagues.As if finding a corpse isn't frightening enough, Jess soon notices she is being stalked by a menacing figure. It's only when Jess makes the connection between the letters, the murder, and a priceless Rembrandt that she realizes just how high the stakes are. Can Jess salvage her career, unravel a World War I-era mystery, shake off her ominous stalker, solve a murder, and--oh yeah--save her own life before it's too late?
"The Foulest Thing is an adult mystery novel featuring a smart young archivist. Jess Kendall is desperate to make a good impression on her new boss at the Canadian Archives and thinks she's hit the jackpot when she finds some mysterious letters from the First World War. Setting out to unravel their story, Jess stumbles across a body in the archives' vaults. It's only when Jess makes the connection between the letters, the murder and a priceless Rembrandt, that she realises just how high the stakes are. Her knowledge makes her the murderer's next target and suddenly it's not her career she's worried about, but her life"-- Provided by publisher