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      Cover-Up Story

      by Marian Babson
      Published
      Jan 1971
      Main Genre
      Amateur Sleuth Amateur Sleuth
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      Pages
      224
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      Series
      Douglas Perkins Book 1

      About This Book

      It's curtains for an interfering stage mother in this "frothy, funny" mystery from an Agatha Award–winning author (Kirkus Reviews).

       


      London public relations firm Perkins & Tate has a potentially lucrative new client: the American country singer known as Black Bart. Unfortunately, the Nashville sensation comes with a reputation for chasing underage groupies—and an entourage that includes both his comedienne wife and her driven, controlling stage mother . . . who soon dies under highly suspicious circumstances.


       


      Now Douglas Perkins and his partner, Gerry Tate, need to put the best face on the chaos—but it's hard to focus on PR when you've got to play PI . . .


       


      "Rollicking . . . Babson has a coolly amused, ironic voice . . . [A] fast-paced mystery." —Publishers Weekly

       


      "A vivid cast of characters." —Kirkus Reviews

      Series Placement

      Book 1
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      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      Suspense

      Subgenres

      Amateur Sleuth Cozy Mystery

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      Oct 1991 Crimeline (Bantam) ISBN13 9780553293302 ISBN10 0553293303
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      Oct 1988 St. Martin's ISBN13 9780312021801 ISBN10 0312021801
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      May 1991 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN13 9780816149261 ISBN10 0816149267
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