Supernatural reporter Alexandria Vikas launches a feature on the Crystal Skull, but is skeptical of its metaphysical powers -- until the Chicago mayor dies in her arms. Now the prime suspect in the mayor's murder, Alex needs to clear her name, fast. Along the way she begins to suspect her own mother, discovers a cigarette selling scam that's making some city aldermen rich, stumbles into some bad shenanigans in a tortilla factory, and gets attacked by a lovelorn astrologer. Meanwhile a knockout brawl among the town's fifty ...
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Supernatural reporter Alexandria Vikas launches a feature on the Crystal Skull, but is skeptical of its metaphysical powers -- until the Chicago mayor dies in her arms. Now the prime suspect in the mayor's murder, Alex needs to clear her name, fast. Along the way she begins to suspect her own mother, discovers a cigarette selling scam that's making some city aldermen rich, stumbles into some bad shenanigans in a tortilla factory, and gets attacked by a lovelorn astrologer. Meanwhile a knockout brawl among the town's fifty aldermen erupts in downtown City Hall and Alex desperately wonders if she'll be alive for the next mayoral election. Can she unearth the connection between the Crystal Skull and the murder before it's too late?
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8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. 239pp. Very good. Mild bit of wear to wrappers. First edition, tight and nice, of this murder mystery set in Chicago and involving a dead Chicago mayor. Nicely inscribed and signed by the author in black fineline on the title page: "Dear Joan--/ Thanks for coming! / Best wishes, / Silvia Foti."
