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"In The Bughouse Affair, former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, undertake what initially appear to be two unrelated investigations. Sabina's case involves the hunt for a ruthless lady ""dip"" who uses fiendish means to relieve her victims of their valuables at Chutes Amusement Park and other crowded places. Quincannon, meanwhile, is after a slippery housebreaker who targets the homes of wealthy residents, following a trail that leads him from the infamous Barbary Coast to an oyster pirate's lair to a Tenderloin parlor house known as the Fiddle Dee Dee. The two cases eventually connect in surprising fashion, but not before two murders and assorted other felonies complicate matters even further. And not before the two sleuths are hindered, assisted, and exasperated by the infamous Sherlock Holmes."

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"""A doubly impossible crime only adds to the enjoyable plot."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Muller and Pronzini make beautiful mystery music together."" -- ""Atlanta Journal Constitution, praise for the series"" ""Of course you'll order multiples; we're talking Muller and Pronzini here! The locked-room dilemma is familiar territory for Pronzini, and this series launch is sure to delight his readers in particular. The easy and amusing read flows beautifully...[with] the authors' gift for dialog and good storytelling...A treat for Rhys Bowen and Laurie R. King readers."" -- ""Library Journal"""

Muller and Pronzini make beautiful mystery music together. -- Atlanta Journal Constitution, praise for the series Of course you'll order multiples; we're talking Muller and Pronzini here! The locked-room dilemma is familiar territory for Pronzini, and this series launch is sure to delight his readers in particular. The easy and amusing read flows beautifully...[with] the authors' gift for dialog and good storytelling...A treat for Rhys Bowen and Laurie R. King readers. -- Library Journal A doubly impossible crime only adds to the enjoyable plot. -- Publishers Weekly

A doubly impossible crime only adds to the enjoyable plot. -- Publishers Weekly Of course you'll order multiples; we're talking Muller and Pronzini here! The locked-room dilemma is familiar territory for Pronzini, and this series launch is sure to delight his readers in particular. The easy and amusing read flows beautifully...[with] the authors' gift for dialog and good storytelling...A treat for Rhys Bowen and Laurie R. King readers. -- Library Journal Muller and Pronzini make beautiful mystery music together. -- Atlanta Journal Constitution, praise for the series

A doubly impossible crime only adds to the enjoyable plot. -- Publishers Weekly Muller and Pronzini make beautiful mystery music together. -- Atlanta Journal Constitution, praise for the series Of course you'll order multiples; we're talking Muller and Pronzini here! The locked-room dilemma is familiar territory for Pronzini, and this series launch is sure to delight his readers in particular. The easy and amusing read flows beautifully...[with] the authors' gift for dialog and good storytelling...A treat for Rhys Bowen and Laurie R. King readers. -- Library Journal

Author Information

Bill Pronzini has won numerous awards, including the 2008 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America and the Hammer Award from the Private Eye Writers of America. Marcia Muller has written many novels and short stories. She has won six Anthony Awards, a Shamus Award, and is also the recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America's Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award (their highest accolade). She lives in northern California with her husband, mystery writer Bill Pronzini. Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life. Meredith Mitchell is an actress who has performed in such films as Mona Lisa Smile and The Reunion, on stage with Shakespeare & Company and the New Repertory Theatre, and on television on Good Morning America. She received her BA in psychology from Emory University and her MFA in acting from Brandeis University.

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