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01817aam a2200277Ki 4500 001 B27C87584F2311EB8AF6F65026ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210105010022 008 200508s2020 onc e 000 1 eng 020 $a 1770415556 020 $a 9781770415553 035 $a (OCoLC)1153571239 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c NLC $d NLC $d OPW $d TOH $d OCLCF $d LE# $d SILO 100 1 $a Dorsey, Candas Jane, $e author. 245 14 $a The adventures of Isabel : $b a postmodern mystery, by the numbers / $c Candas Jane Dorsey. 264 1 $a Toronto : $b ECW Press, $c 2020. 300 $a 278 pages ; $c 21 cm 490 0 $a An Epitome Apartments mystery ; $v 1 520 $a "Book one in a mystery series featuring a queer, nameless amateur detective is ambisexual Kinsey Millhone meets Canadian Lisbeth Salander. Rescued from torpor and poverty by the need to help a good friend deal with the murder of her beloved granddaughter, our downsized-social-worker protagonist and her cat, Bunnywit, are jolted into a harsh, street-wise world of sex, lies, and betrayal, to which they respond with irony, wit, intelligence (except for the cat), and tenacity. With judicious use of the Oxford comma, pop culture trivia, common mystery tropes, and a keen eye for deceit, our protagonist swaggers through the mean streets of -- yes, a Canadian city! -- and discovers that what seems at first to be just a grotty little street killing is actually the surface of a grandiose and glittering set of criminal schemes."-- $c Provided by publisher. 941 $a 5 952 $l SIPD314 $d 20230201022943.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909062522.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20211203011936.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20210602011409.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20210105010918.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B27C87584F2311EB8AF6F65026ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search