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The Vanishing Smile

"EMERSON AGAIN DELIVERS THE GOODS, dishing out humor, suspense, and heart-pounding action in heaping portions."

— Booklist

Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers. But when Marian's investigation ends abruptly and ferociously, Seattle private eye Thomas Black has a new case on his hands.

Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rogue boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of people — from ex-cons and prostitutes to other private investigators — all webbed together by a chilling common thread. It's a discovery that speaks volumes about the zealousness of Marian's manhunt, and even suggests a monstrous reason for her sudden death. Yet equally monstrous is an unknown, baseball bat-wielding assailant who seems hell-bent on making sure Thomas Black's investigation stays closed... .

"Emerson adds another smoothly written book to his popular series."

— The Seattle Times

"GRITTY."

— Publishers Weekly

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 320
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780345404534
  • Genres
  • mystery, fiction, detective
  • Release date
  • 1996