School of Hard Knocks

by Donna Huston Murray

Ginger Barnes (3)

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A daylight burglary turns to murder when Ginger Barnes's neighborhood friend returns home at the worst possible time. Thefts and threats and wild accusations swiftly follow, tightening tensions on previously peaceful Beech Tree Lane. When elderly eccentric Letty MacNair is mugged on her doorstep, the message is clear-anyone could be next. Gin's discreet inquiries sped investigations along in the past, but now crime is targeting the amateur sleuth's safe haven. Does she have something more show more daring in mind? Writer's Digest Award Winning Author show less

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At first this book was boring, but I kept reading and I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome! Ginger had solved one mystery and she was back at it again and refused to heed her husband's or the police to not get involved, but of course she didn't listen. First there had been robberies in their neighborhood, then one woman had been attacked, and then another. Her neighbors were concerned about whether they should move especially when an old woman recluse refused to take control of the very high weeds. I liked that Ginger took care of the old woman as no one else had bother to show up, then Letty's money was stolen and the two hundred dollars was what she lived on. I never read the first two books, but I was not disappointed with book show more three. show less

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Canonical title
School of Hard Knocks
Original publication date
1997
People/Characters
Ginger Barnes; Rip Barnes; Chelsea Barnes; Gregory Burack; Garry Barnes; Letty McNair
Important places
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Dedication
To Robynne Daine (How do you spell that, Diane?) Murray, daughter extraordinaire
First words
"Today, a burglary on the 6000 block of Argonne Avenue in Bryn Mawr went horribly wrong," said the slender woman on my twelve-inch kitchen TV.

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English
LCC
PS3563 .U7653 .S36Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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