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Shoveling Smoke

Shoveling Smoke: Selected Mystery Stories

Penned By Margaret Maron
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Shoveling Smoke

Shoveling Smoke: Selected Mystery Stories

Penned By Margaret Maron
4.85 56,232 Ratings
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The creator of Judge Deborah Knott and Lt. Sigrid Harald and the winner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, Margaret Maron writes with sensitivity about how time and place influence people and events, and how the domestic situation can breed both warmth and quiet despair. Shoveling Smoke contains 22 of Margaret Maron's best short stories, including all of the short cases of Sigrid Harald and Deborah Knott. The book concludes with a new story about Deborah Knott and a checklist of Margaret Maron's mystery novels and short stories. Introduction and prefaces to each story by the author.

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Imprint Crippen & Landru Publishers
Released April 1, 1997
Identifier (ISBN) 880439
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After spending years working in the corporate world, Margaret Maron finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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