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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Belvatown

Belvatown

Koretsky, J. Lea
Koretsky, Judy Lea

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.00

ISBN10: 1587902443
ISBN13: 9781587902444
Publisher: Regent Press
Published: Jun 1 2013
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ABOUT THE BOOK: In the swarthy desert metropolis of San Bernardino a robbery of a diamond drawer and subsequent shooting of three shoppers at the then new J.C. Penny department store leaves two dead and a heist ring on the loose. The year is 1957. A close confidante of one dead takes up the investigation into the sundry behind-the-scenes lifestyles of predominantly teen predators who rob and murder as they go. The glamour of violence with scheming females and spiteful male counterparts who cruise the scene from the burned-out suburb of Canyon Vista all the way across the county to the remote cement city and along Highway 1 to Goleta for reckless intimidation in hotel hideaways and coastal trailer parks. In The Hood, a second novella packaged with Belvatown, San Francisco Appeals Judge Ray Fellow contends with a destructive power hungry wife in a story about the bombings of the 27th police precinct station, Mercy Hospital and the Civic Center Science Hall. Law review takes the stage on proof of the series of crimes. Crooked liaisons square off against the city's best detectives whose reputations excel by the docket. Tawdry sex, taut drama, silky femme fatales and chivalrous cops line up for action packed courtroom trials. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: J. Lea Koretsky worked twelve years in non-profit hospital management under the state health and safety code before she switched careers to investigative social work in the milieu of child abuse and county public welfare. Voir dired as a witness expert she has given testimony for the county and worked with FBI on cases. Belvatown is her twelfth novel of detective fiction.

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