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Description:Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words; it is not the full book. It's 1907 Los Angeles. Tongue-tied Holmesian genius, Gibson Girl, and amateur liar, Anna Blanc has two big dreams— to trap criminals and to escape her tyrannical French father, a walking earthquake that hits 10 on the Richter scale. After a foiled elopement, Anna's under guard. So, she does what any girl would do. She buys off her cranky, klepto chaperone and lies, lies, lies.Anna uses an alias to get a job as a matron with the LAPD and stumbles onto a string of brothel murders. When corrupt cops sweep the murders under the table, it's up to Anna to solve the crimes. If her new fiancé Edgar finds out, he'll cancel the wedding and the money he's been pouring into her father's collapsing bank. If her father finds out . . . oh mon dieu! The bodies are heaping up. Anna must choose. Enter Joe Singer, a crooning cop who cross-dresses on the job; but when he takes off his bonnet, he looks a lot like America's sweetheart— the Arrow Collar man. Joe learns Anna's true identity and she learns about blackmail. The stakes go up.Anna descends into the demimonde. Now the killer is on her tail. She must evade three hairy chaperones, keep Joe mum, and trap the villain before she gets to the altar and has to give up her secret life or die trying. With every misstep, her father's leash gets shorter, her fiancé more suspicious, her lies more elaborate, and the consequences of being discovered more calamitous for everyone.Jupiter! It's Anna Blanc.The Secret Life of Anna Blanc pays homage to the crime-solving police matrons of 1900s Los Angeles, and all their sisters who wanted more. It will appeal to lovers of mystery, history, old-time spooning, and silliness.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secret Life of Anna Blanc [Excerpt only]. To get started finding The Secret Life of Anna Blanc [Excerpt only], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) Entry - this eBook is a sample of the first 3,000-5,000 words; it is not the full book. It's 1907 Los Angeles. Tongue-tied Holmesian genius, Gibson Girl, and amateur liar, Anna Blanc has two big dreams— to trap criminals and to escape her tyrannical French father, a walking earthquake that hits 10 on the Richter scale. After a foiled elopement, Anna's under guard. So, she does what any girl would do. She buys off her cranky, klepto chaperone and lies, lies, lies.Anna uses an alias to get a job as a matron with the LAPD and stumbles onto a string of brothel murders. When corrupt cops sweep the murders under the table, it's up to Anna to solve the crimes. If her new fiancé Edgar finds out, he'll cancel the wedding and the money he's been pouring into her father's collapsing bank. If her father finds out . . . oh mon dieu! The bodies are heaping up. Anna must choose. Enter Joe Singer, a crooning cop who cross-dresses on the job; but when he takes off his bonnet, he looks a lot like America's sweetheart— the Arrow Collar man. Joe learns Anna's true identity and she learns about blackmail. The stakes go up.Anna descends into the demimonde. Now the killer is on her tail. She must evade three hairy chaperones, keep Joe mum, and trap the villain before she gets to the altar and has to give up her secret life or die trying. With every misstep, her father's leash gets shorter, her fiancé more suspicious, her lies more elaborate, and the consequences of being discovered more calamitous for everyone.Jupiter! It's Anna Blanc.The Secret Life of Anna Blanc pays homage to the crime-solving police matrons of 1900s Los Angeles, and all their sisters who wanted more. It will appeal to lovers of mystery, history, old-time spooning, and silliness.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Secret Life of Anna Blanc [Excerpt only]. To get started finding The Secret Life of Anna Blanc [Excerpt only], you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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