Killer Market Deborah Knott Mystery [5] Margaret Maron Mysterious Press (1997) Tags: Cozy Mystery, Contemporary
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North Carolina district court judge Deborah Knott unintentionally 'crashes' several manufacturer's receptions at the internationally known Southeastern Furniture Market in High Point, where she becomes involved in murder. Initially befriended by a mysterious and elusive woman with bogus name tags, series protagonist Knott soon runs into an old woman friend from law school as well as a hunky ex-beau now in the furniture business. When Deborah later discovers the man dead, she and police begin investigating. Maron (Up Jumps the Devil, LJ 8/96) continues her usual warm-hearted, family-oriented approach, tempered with observant detail, infectious enthusiasm, and light humor. Highly recommended.
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In this fifth entry in the widely praised, increasingly popular Deborah Knott series (following Up Jumps the Devil ), the judge must travel to High Point, North Carolina, to fill in for a vacationing colleague. Unbeknownst to her, the usually sleepy, little town is playing host to the International Home Furnishings Market, attracting companies from all over the world, and Deborah is practically laughed out of every hotel in town when she shows up without reservations. After losing her purse in one of a dozen cocktail-party feeding frenzies, Deborah finally finds a place to stay with an old law-school chum. When her purse is found at the scene of a murder--cutthroat furniture-company executive Chan Nolan is found dead in a pricey wicker porch swing--Deborah is brought in for questioning. Attempting to solve the case by tracking the whereabouts of Nolan's legion of enemies (and also shop for some bedroom furniture), Deborah comes into contact with some real characters, including a onetime legendary designer who has gone off her meds; a pesky, persistent free-lance reporter; and a southern belle with a homicidal streak. All the furniture shoptalk will keep decorating aficionados happy; the rest of us will be more than willing to settle for Deborah's feisty humor and sharp deductive skills. Joanne Wilkinson
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By Margaret Maron Deborah Knott novels: KILLER MARKETUP JUMPS THE DEVILSHOOTING AT LOONSSOUTHERN DISCOMFORTBOOTLEGGERS’S DAUGHTER Sigrid Harald novels: FUGITIVE COLORSPAST IMPERFECTCORPUS CHRISTMASBABY DOLL GAMESTHE RIGHT JACKBLOODY KINDEATH IN BLUE FOLDERSDEATH OF A BUTTERFLYONE COFFEE WITH ATTENTION: SCHOOLS AND CORPORATIONSWARNER books are available at quantity discounts with bulk purchase for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please write to: SPECIAL SALES DEPARTMENT, WARNER BOOKS, 1271 AVENUE OFTHE AMERICAS, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10020
Publisher’s Note: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.If you purchase this book without a cover you should be aware that this book may have been stolen property and reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher. In such case neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”WARNER BOOKS EDITIONCopyright © 1997 by Margaret MaronAll rights reserved.Cover design by Rachel McClainCover illustration by Donna DiamondHand lettering by Michael SabanoshWarner Books, Inc.1271 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10020Visit our Web site athttp:warnerbooks.comA Time Warner CompanyPrinted in the United States of AmericaOriginally published in hardcover by Warner Books.First Paperback Printing: January, 199910 987654321
For Dorothy, Sarah, Sue, Joan, Charlotte, Sharyn, Barbara, Penny and Sandy— nine of the grouchiest women I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing!
All chapter captions are taken from The Great Industries of the United States, Hartford: J.B. Burr & Hude, 1872.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTSSpecial thanks to Mary Ellen Hiatt, Executive Director of the Southern Home Furnishings Association, who first suggested that Deborah come to High Point and showed me a whole new world. Thanks also to all the men and women of High Point who graciously answered questions and let me look behind the scenes, especially Ann A. Pickering, Director of Operations at Market Square, and her assistant, Ginger Hicks; Susan M. Andrews, formerly of Furniture/Today; Yolanda Jackson of The Father’s Table; Detective J.L. Grubb of the High Point Police Department; and Dawn Brinson, Executive Director of the Furniture Discovery Center and former proprietor of the sorely missed bookstore, One for the Books.
