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In Seattle, PI Thomas Black is hired by a rich woman to find her blackmailer. She is paying $2,000 a week, but she won't say why. A tale of murder by the author of The Million Dollar Tattoo.Tags
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Earl Emerson was born July 8, 1948 in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of the very popular Mac Fontana series as well as the Thomas Black detective series. He won the Shamus Award in 1985 for Poverty Bay, his second novel in the Thomas Black series. He was again nominated for a Shamus for his novel The Vanishing Smile in 1996 (another in the show more Thomas Black series). Emerson's writing is described as vivid with witty dialog and complex but impeccably credible plots. Emerson remains a lieutenant with the Seattle Fire Department (his Mac Fontana character is a small town fire chief) and lives in North Bend, Washington. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Deception Pass
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Thomas Black; Lainie Smith; Kathy Birchfield; Corliss Dootson
- Important places
- Seattle, Washington, USA; Deception Pass, Washington, USA
- First words
- Finished with my biceps, I was wrapping the tape measure around my skull when Kathy stepped into my office with a client.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 2
