Drowning Barbie: An Ike Schwartz Mystery

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Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2014 - Fiction - 268 pages

"Ramsay skillfully blends wry humor, witty dialogue, and engaging characters with a dark plot that tackles some of society's most unsolvable and tragic faults."--Kings River Life Magazine

Ethyl Smut, everyone agreed, deserved to die. But even a life wasted deserves justice. When a second body is unearthed in Ethyl's shallow grave and the nightmarish George LeBrun finds his way to Ike's desk, things get messy fast.

Then there is Ethyl's missing daughter, Darla, who could testify against some important people if she were found. And as if Ike hadn't enough on his plate, former CIA co-workers Karl Hedrick and Sam arrive to investigate the source of the second body. It's like old home week in Picketsville.

Finally, there is the ongoing saga of Ike and Ruth's engagement that must be settled one way or another. Can Ike solve these cases before his altar date?

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About the author (2014)

Frederick Ramsay's first novel, Artscape, was published July, 2004. Since that time he has published fourteen books which range from historicals (The Jerusalem Mysteries), to Africa, to police procedurals s, (The Ike Schwartz Mysteries.) In addition his Stand alone Impulse was named One of the Best 100 Books of the Year in 2006.He is an iconographer, an accomplished public speaker can be seen occasionaly on Channel 22 (Cox) as a sometime panelist.

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