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It is the mid-1930s and, in Boston, something not quite kosher is going on at the Classic Clothing Company. Belle Appleman, the young widow recently hired for the Pants department and a long-time devotee of True Detective magazine, jumps at the chance to put her acquired knowledge into practice when the Pants shop steward is murdered. Belle soon learns that "detectiving" can be dangerous, but that doesn't stop her from shooting her questions at everyone from the boss's son's fiancee to the victim's mother.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0897334507
ISBN13:9780897334501
Release Date:August 2005
Publisher:Academy Chicago Publishers
Length:180 Pages
Weight:0.64 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"
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Fiction Historical Literature & Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense ThrillersCustomer Reviews
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Welcome to the Family, Mrs. Appleman
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
As the husband and father of two of your authors (Alicia Appleman-Jurman and Daniel Appleman), I welcome the addition of the first fictional character to our family. Belle Appleman reads like the kind of person who would fit right in with the rest of us Jewish Applemans. She thinks for herself, has an inquiring mind and a lot of Khutzpah. I couldn't put the book down...as a purely mystery story it is good, but there are better. As a character study, more typical of her generation than many might admit, Belle seems to me typical of the great majority of the wave of Jewish immigration preceeding and immediately after the first World War who threw aside their European traditions..she wanted to become an American and lead a normal life, even if, in her case, this included becoming an amateur detective. Gabriel Appleman
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