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      Beat Until Stiff

      by Claire M. Johnson
      Published
      Apr 2008
      Main Genre
      Mystery Mystery
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      203
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      Mary Ryan Book 1

      About This Book

      Cranky Mary Ryan has sunk a lot of time and talent into the American Fare, San Francisco's hottest spot, while grieving over her broken marriage. At work very early, she steps on a laundry bag stuffed with the dead body of one of her employees. The investigation soon exposes all the dirty secrets that the food business would like to keep secret: the philandering chefs, the silly whims of the dining public, the hiring of illegal aliens, and the subsistence-living pay scale. Events begin to spiral that in time take out the restaurant's celebrity chef and force Mary to use her unique skills to uncover a poisonous scheme. Beat Until Stiff is the first book in the Mary Ryan series.

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      Suspense

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      Mystery

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      Women Sleuths

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