Book
The best bad things / Katrina Carrasco.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374123697
- ISBN: 0374123691
- ISBN: 9781250238146
- ISBN: 1250238145
- Physical Description: 386 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | "A period novel about a female detective who goes undercover (occasionally as a man), to infiltrate a smuggling ring, and navigates shifting allegiances once on the inside" -- Provided by publisher. 1887. Alma Rosales was trained in espionage by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, but dismissed for bad behavior and a penchant for going undercover as a man. She now works for Delphine Beaumond, the mastermind of a West Coast smuggling ring. When product goes missing at their Washington Territory outpost, Alma-- in disguise as dockworker Jack Camp-- muscles her way into the local organization while sending coded dispatches to Pinkerton agents to keep them from closing in. But it's getting harder to keep her cover stories straight and to know whom to trust.... -- adapted from jacket |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Women detectives > Fiction. Undercover operations > Fiction. Opium trade > Fiction. Smuggling > Fiction. Eighteen eighties > Fiction. Washington (State) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Detective and mystery stories. Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 16 of 16 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rowayton Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rowayton Library | F CAR (Text) | 33625122850006 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
