P.M. Carlson: Renowned Be Thy Grave. The Murderous Miss Mooney (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
Being an actress in the late nineteenth century can be fraught with peril. For one thing, there are the lecherous theatre-goers -- but Bridget Mooney can avoid them, except of course when she doesn't want to. "Hang it," Bridget explains, "what's a poor girl to do when she's offered riches, and fame, and sweet frolics with a man who thrills her blood?" More bothersome are the crimes and mysteries she encounters involving Ulysses S. Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Thomas Alva Edison, Ida Wells, Jesse James, and Mack Sennett -- some of which she resolves in a direct manner such as dumping a murderer down a well. "I know, I know, but what do you expect a poor cowardly girl to do? Challenge him to a duel?"

Full of color, humor, and suspense, the ten Bridget Mooney stories are marvelous historical recreations by one of the modern masters of the mystery. A past president of Sisters in Crime, the national oganization of woman mystery writers, P. M. Carlson is the author of the Maggie Ryan and the Marty Hopkins novels. Her books and stories have received Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity nominations and two of the stories in Renowned by the Grave were finalists for the Agatha Christie Award.

P.M. Carlson: Renowned Be Thy Grave. The Murderous Miss Mooney. Crippen and Landru, ISBN: 1885941234 (April, 1998), Paperback, 230 p., $16.00.

P.M. Carlson: Renowned Be Thy Grave. The Murderous Miss Mooney (USA 1998)

From the Publisher:
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Being an actress in the late nineteenth century can be fraught with peril. For one thing, there are the lecherous theatre-goers -- but Bridget Mooney can avoid them, except of course when she doesn't want to. "Hang it," Bridget explains, "what's a poor girl to do when she's offered riches, and fame, and sweet frolics with a man who thrills her blood?"

More bothersome are the crimes and mysteries she encounters involving Ulysses S. Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, Lillie Langtry, Thomas Alva Edison, Ida Wells, Jesse James, and Mack Sennett -- some of which she resolves in a direct manner such as dumping a murderer down a well. "I know, I know, but what do you expect a poor cowardly girl to do? Challenge him to a duel?"

Full of color, humor, and suspense, the ten Bridget Mooney stories are marvelous historical recreations by one of the modern masters of the mystery. A past president of Sisters in Crime, the national oganization of woman mystery writers, P. M. Carlson is the author of the Maggie Ryan and the Marty Hopkins novels. Her books and stories have received Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity nominations and two of the stories in Renowned by the Grave were finalists for the Agatha Christie Award.

P.M. Carlson: Renowned Be Thy Grave. The Murderous Miss Mooney. Crippen and Landru, ISBN: 1885941226 (April, 1998), Signed, Limited Edition (200 copies sewn in cloth), With additional Pamphlet, 265 p., $40.00.