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02280aam a2200277 4500 001 36035CC618FC11E7B19740C9DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170404010136 008 091127s2010 azu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2009942211 020 $a 159058757X 020 $a 9781590587577 040 $d SILO 100 $a Webb, Betty 245 $a The Koala of death $c Betty Webb 250 $a Large print edition. 264 1 $a Scottsdale, AZ $b Poisoned Pen Press $c c2010 300 $a 414 p. 490 $a A Gunn Zoo Mystery $v bk. 2 520 $a When zoo keeper Theodora “Teddy” Bentley fishes the body of Koala Kate out of Gunn Landing Harbor, she discovers that her fellow zoo keeper didn’t drown; she was strangled. The clues to Koala Kate’s killer implicate other animal keepers at the Gunn Zoo, including Outback Bill, marsupial keeper and Kate’s Aussie ex-boyfriend; and Robin Chase, the big cat keeper who’s got it in for Teddy. Also displaying suspicious behavior are several “liveaboarders” at the harbor; Speaks-To-Souls, a shady “animal psychic”; and even Caro, Teddy’s much-married, ex-beauty queen mother. But murderers aren’t all Teddy has to worry about. Her embezzling father is still on the run from the Feds, and the motor on the Merilee, her beloved houseboat is failing. To pay for the repairs, Teddy agrees to appear on a weekly live television broadcast featuring misbehaving animals that range from Wanchu, a cuddly koala, to Abim, a panicky wallaby – and all hell breaks loose in the TV studio. To add to Teddy’s woes, the killer zeroes in on her with near-fatal results. The Koala of Death brings a return to Gunn Zoo and the social-climbing humans and eccentric animals that made the prize-winning The Anteater of Death so popular. Readers will enjoy this behind-the-scenes peek at zoo life, and learn that poor little rich girls like Teddy lead much more complicated lives that they’d ever imagine – especially when they’re tracking killers. 650 $a Zoo $x Fiction 650 $a Animal care $x Fiction 655 $a Cozy mystery 941 $a 1 952 $l WAPD715 $d 20210924013737.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=36035CC618FC11E7B19740C9DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search