02689cam a2200289 4500 344200304 TxAuBib 20180404120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781504048460 1504048466 B076PYSVMT Amazon 0238ea1f-24a5-4c29-bd2f-0549d906a30b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3619078 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rice, Craig. The Corpse Steps Out [Libby eBook]. MysteriousPress.com/Open Road, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1464kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 1464kB. HTML:<p><b>A Chicago cad blackmails a torch singer in this thriller: "Why can't all murders be as funny as those concocted by Craig Rice?" (<i>The New York Times</i>)</b><br /> <br /> Radio star Nelle Brown is known coast-to-coast for her sweet and sultry voice. But her press agent and manager, Jake Justus, is familiar with another side of the darling of the airwaves: her crackpot marriage to a penniless tycoon, disastrous string of lovers, and propensity for flying into spectacular fits of rage. Now, it appears she's being burned by an ex-flame who's holding her scandalous love letters for ransom. The missives could ruin Nelle's career, but so could the scoundrel's murder. For Nelle and Jake, reporting the crime is out of the question—not to mention pointless, as the corpse has vanished along with the incriminating evidence.<br /> <br /> John J. Malone, Chicago's rumpled yet resourceful legal beagle is tasked with finding both. But as every new unscrupulous lead turns up dead, Malone isn't sure whether Nelle is orchestrating a killer cover-up to save her pretty neck or if she's about to belt out her own swan song.<br /> <br /> The first writer of detective fiction to appear on the cover of <i>Time</i> magazine, former crime reporter "Craig Rice was a funny lady, [and] a good writer undeservedly forgotten . . . She's worth remembering" (Jon L. Breen, Edgar Award–winning author).<br /> <br /> The Corpse Steps Out <i>is the 1st book in the John J. Malone Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</i></p>. Fiction. Mystery. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2018-04-04 22:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0238ea1f-24a5-4c29-bd2f-0549d906a30b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0238ea1f-24a5-4c29-bd2f-0549d906a30b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)