Iced Diamonds - Haven, Heather

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Résumé :
In late December, 1942, Persephone (Percy) Cole, one of Manhattan's first female PIs, has been hired to find out who killed a Santa Land elf and left the body in the storefront window of a swank 5th Avenue jewelry store. Was it the spoiled heiress whose big buck handbag was found on the scene? Or was it the rat who broke out of the big house to settle a score? Shortly after, the corpse of the Christmas Angel is discovered stuffed in Mrs. Santa's workshop. Will Santa Claus be next? With a penchant for Marlene Dietrich suits, pistachio nuts and fedora hats, a 5'11 full-figured gal finds diamonds to the left of her, diamonds to the right, and skullduggery aplenty. As other vintage gumshoes of her era - Sam Spade, Lew Archer, and Phillip Marlowe - this shamus has a hard-boiled, take-no-prisoners attitude, but with a difference. She has a wicked sense of humor and is the mother of an eight-year old son. Blazing a trail for all other lady dicks to follow, Percy Cole is determined to solve these crimes or else it just might be the 'kiss off' for Christmas.

Biographie:
Multi-award winning author Heather Haven writes humorous and noir mysteries, short stories, and plays. San Francisco Book Review calls her modern-day Silicon Valley based Alvarez Family Mysteries strong work in the genre of the mystery/thriller. Dan Poyntner's Global Ebook Awards says The Persephone Cole Vintage Mystery Series set in Manhattan circa 1942 is the perfect mystery. As daughter of real-life Ringling Brothers Circus folk, her proudest achievement was winning the 2014 Silver IPPY for Best Mystery/thriller for Death of a Clown. Heather brings the daily existence of the Big Top to life embellished, of course, by her own murderous imagination.