Cat's claw

"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a...

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Main Author: Albert, Susan Wittig
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Albert, Susan Wittig. China Bayles mysteries ; 20.
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245 1 0 |a Cat's claw /  |c Susan Wittig Albert. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a New York :  |b Berkley Prime Crime,  |c 2012. 
300 |a xi, 305 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 1 |a China Bayles mysteries ;  |v 20 
500 |a "A Pecan Springs mystery"--Dust jacket. 
520 |a "Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to be suicide, perhaps triggered by his painful divorce. Further investigation reveals that Kirk's death wasn't self-inflicted. And the truth is reinforced by her friend China Bayles' news--Larry recently asked her for legal advice in regards to a stalker. As a police chief in a male-dominated force, Sheila meets many challenges, especially when her theories rock the boat in high-profile cases like that of George Timms. He was caught breaking into Larry's computer shop to steal his own computer back because of dangerous personal information it contained. Now that Larry is dead, she's sure it's connected to the burglary. And she's also sure she'll get plenty of resistance on her assessment... Timms' time to turn himself in to the police comes and goes, and he's nowhere to be found. In her investigation, Sheila uncovers secrets, terrible secrets that would drive anyone to kill. So who then? It's up to Sheila to prove she's got what it takes to hunt down the predator that's loose on the streets of Pecan Springs.."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
600 1 0 |a Bayles, China  |c (Fictitious character)  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women police chiefs  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women detectives  |z Texas  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Detective and mystery fiction.  |2 lcgft 
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