The Body Snatchers Affair

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Drug lords, missing millionaires, corrupt cops. It’s just another day for the Carpenter and Quincannon Detective Services.

Two missing bodies and two separate investigations take the detectives from the heights above San Francisco Bay to the depths of Chinatown's opium dens.

John Quincannon must search a Chinatown opium den for his client's husband, missing in the middle of a brewing tong war set to ignite over the stolen corpse of Bing Ah Kee. Meanwhile, his partner, Sabina Carpenter, searches for the corpse of a millionaire, stolen from a sealed family crypt and currently being held for ransom.

Is there a connection between the two body snatchings? Or is it simply greed? And why is the enigmatic Englishman who calls himself Sherlock Holmes watching so carefully from the shadows?

Critics Review

“The
husband-and-wife team of Muller and Pronzini provide sharp wit and an
intriguing setting for their third book in this series.”

RT Book Reviews

“MWA grand masters Muller and Pronzini’s solid third mystery set in 1890s San Francisco finds the relationship between PIs Sabina Carpenter and John Quincannon
at a delicate juncture…Fans of Shirley Tallman’s Sarah Woolson
books will enjoy this different perspective on the series’ shared setting.”

Publishers Weekly

“Muller and Pronzini, crime fiction’s First Couple,
return with new cases for San Francisco PIs John Quincannon and Sabina
Carpenter…Readers will enjoy the historical details as they
ponder the cases and wonder about the Carpenter-Quincannon
relationship.”

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