01981cam a2200301 4500 1013961374 TxAuBib 20231024120000.0 230601s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023024249 9781728258355 ebook 1728258359 ebook TxAuBib De Castrique, Mark,. Dangerous women / Mark de Castrique. Naperville, Illinois : Poisoned Pen Press, 2023. 304 pgs. Secret lives ; 2 "This urgent, cleverly plotted high stakes thriller is set in motion by botched attack on two law clerks leaving one dead and the other in a coma. The ensuing cover up leaves a string of bodies and too many players at cross-purposes. It also leaves Chief Justice Clarissa Baxter with a target on her back. We'll need an off the grid hero with friends in high places: enter retired FBI agent-turned-boardinghouse landlady, Ethel Fiona Crestwater (legend) and her double-first-cousin-twice-removed Jesse Cooper (sidekick). Although in her mid-seventies, Ethel is no bumbling amateur sleuth; she's a seasoned pro with razor-sharp instincts and Bond-worthy skills. College-aged Jesse brings tech savvy and boundless enthusiasm, along with an innate talent for intrigue. Together, the unlikely duo will face malicious back-stabbing political sycophants, conniving lobbyists, and a motivated assassin bent on removing the Chief Justice from the equation-- along with Ethel, who stands defiantly between the hitman and his payday."-- Provided by publisher. 20231024. Murder Investigation Fiction. Older women Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) fast Detective and mystery fiction. fast Political fiction. Secret lives ; 2. TXALB