A murder in Rat Alley
(Book)

Book Cover
Your Rating: 0 stars
Star rating for

Average user rating: 2 stars
User ratings:
5 star
 
(0)
4 star
 
(0)
3 star
 
(0)
2 star
 
(2)
1 star
 
(0)
NoveList Series:
Status:
Green Road Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
Holly Springs Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
North Regional - Mystery
DECASTRI

Also in This Series

Copies

Location
Call Number
Status
Duraleigh Road - Mystery
DECASTRI
Checked out
Green Road Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
On Shelf
Holly Springs Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
On Shelf
North Regional - Mystery
DECASTRI
Checked out
North Regional - Mystery
DECASTRI
On Shelf
Oberlin Regional - Mystery
DECASTRI
On Shelf
Southeast Regional - Mystery
DECASTRI
Checked out
Wake Forest Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
Checked out
Wake Forest Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
On Shelf
Zebulon Community - Mystery
DECASTRI
Checked out

More Details

Published:
Naperville, IL : Poisoned Pen Press, [2020].
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
252 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781492699385, 1492699381, 9781492699385

Notes

Description
Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
Description
Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....

Reviews from GoodReads

Loading GoodReads Reviews.

Citations

APA Citation (style guide)

De Castrique, M. (2020). A murder in Rat Alley. Poisoned Pen Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

De Castrique, Mark. 2020. A Murder in Rat Alley. Poisoned Pen Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

De Castrique, Mark, A Murder in Rat Alley. Poisoned Pen Press, 2020.

MLA Citation (style guide)

De Castrique, Mark. A Murder in Rat Alley. Poisoned Pen Press, 2020.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.

Staff View

Grouped Work ID:
852ef195-fd7b-6364-dbd5-3768a8e450b3
Go To Grouped Work

Record Information

Last Horizon Extract TimeAug 04, 2025 03:38:11 PM
Last File Modification TimeAug 05, 2025 05:10:43 AM
Last Grouped Work Modification TimeAug 05, 2025 05:08:37 AM

MARC Record

LEADER04636cam a2200565 i 4500
001  2019021336
003DLC
00520250607080000.0
008190429s2019    ilu           000 1 eng  
010 |a  2019021336
020 |a 9781492699385 |c $26.99
020 |a 1492699381 |c $26.99
020 |a 9781492699385 |q (hardcover ; |q acid-free paper)
035 |a (OCoLC)1090906586
040 |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d TnLvILS |d UtOrBLW
042 |a pcc
043 |a n-us-nc
05000 |a PS3604.E124 |b M87 2019
08200 |a 813/.6 |2 23
092 |a DECASTRI
1001 |a De Castrique, Mark |e author. |4 aut
24512 |a A murder in Rat Alley / |c Mark de Castrique.
2641 |a Naperville, IL : |b Poisoned Pen Press, |c [2020]
300 |a 252 pages ; |c 23 cm.
336 |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent
337 |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia
338 |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier
4900 |a Sam Blackman mysteries |v 7
4900 |a Blackman Agency Investigations |v 7
5200 |a Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
5200 |a Iraq War veteran Sam Blackman with his prosthetic leg and his no-nonsense private eye partner Nakayla Robertson love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past--and they love each other. An interracial couple in the new South, the Asheville, NC, pair has surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop. They deploy humor both to bind them together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers. Such a tragedy interrupts a meeting between the PIs and the neighboring law office when a body is unearthed from the grounds of the nearby Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute. During the Cold War it monitored developing space programs. Today it plays a vital role gathering weather and climate data. The body has been in the ground a long time. Why would its discovery spark off a new murder in Asheville's mountain music scene, the victim found amid the garbage of dark, dank Rat Alley? She was the fiancée of the man murdered long ago. But surely this case is more than a domestic drama playing out over time....
6500 |a Murder |x Investigation |v Fiction
6500 |a Private investigators |z North Carolina |z Ashville |v Fiction.
6510 |a Asheville (N.C.) |v Fiction.
6557 |a Detective and mystery fiction |2 lcgft
8001 |a De Castrique, Mark. |t Sam Blackman series
950 |a NC STICKER
949 |b 32046819445649 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l DUR |n 7193373 |o 0 |s o |w 09/20/2019 |x 10 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445581 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l GRE |n 7193367 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 18 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445680 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l GRE |n 7193377 |o 1 |s l |w 09/20/2019 |x 11 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445664 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l HSP |n 7193375 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 20 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445607 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l NOR |n 7193369 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 22 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445656 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l NOR |n 7193374 |o 0 |s o |w 09/20/2019 |x 24 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445540 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l OBR |n 7193363 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 17 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445623 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l SER |n 7193371 |o 0 |s o |w 09/20/2019 |x 11 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445599 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l WAK |n 7193368 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 19 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445557 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l WAK |n 7193364 |o 0 |s o |w 09/20/2019 |x 18 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445565 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l WRL |n 7193365 |o 0 |s i |w 09/20/2019 |x 17 |y BK
949 |b 32046819445615 |c SYSMYST |d DECASTRI |l ZEB |n 7193370 |o 0 |s o |w 09/20/2019 |x 16 |y BK
999 |a 740693