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Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul : Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty
Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul : Three Cases Featuring Shadwell Rafferty
Larry Millett
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Tales of murder and revenge: the early exploits of detective Shadwell Rafferty Shadwell Rafferty's last case may have led to his murder, but naturally—and fortunately, for followers of the indefatigable St. Paul detective—there's more to the story. Mysterious Tales of Old St. Paul gathers three novellas from Larry Millett, casting back to Rafferty's beginnings to recount a trio of intriguing cases that honed his skills before he joined forces with Sherlock Holmes. In "Death in the News," St. Paul citizens wake one morning to find that the sign on downtown's tallest building that reads PIONEER PRESS has been altered—at considerable effort—to LIARS. An elaborate prank, yes, but it foreshadows a far worse crime, and Rafferty is on the case. In "The Birdman of Summit Avenue," cats are turning up dead in the yards of St. Paul's prominent citizens, and suspicion swiftly falls on the wealthy avian enthusiast Ambrose...
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Year:
2024
Publisher:
University of Minnesota Press
Language:
English
ISBN 13:
9781517918002
ISBN:
9781452971803, 9781517917838, 9781517918002
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