Black widow
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New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016., , ©2016.
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9780802125736, 0802125735
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Published
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016., , ©2016.
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9780802125736, 0802125735

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"First published in Great Britian in 2016 by Little, Brown."--Title page verso.
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"First published by Grove Atlantic, November 2016"--Title page verso.
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"Winner McIlvanney Prize for Scottish crime book of the year"--Cover.
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"Black Widow tells the potent story of a woman who thought she was too late for love, the man who falls for her ambition, and the secret selves that are poised, at any moment, to end everything. Diana Jager is clever, strong, and successful, a skilled surgeon and fierce campaigner via her blog about sexism in medicine. Yet it takes only hours for her life to crumble when her personal details are released on the internet as revenge for her writing. Then she meets Peter. He is kind, generous, and knows nothing about her past-the second chance she's been waiting for. Within six months, they are married. Within six more, Peter is dead in a road accident, a nightmare end to their fairy-tale romance. But Peter's sister Lucy doesn't believe in fairy tales, and tasks rogue reporter Jack Parlabane with discovering the dark truth behind the woman the media is calling the Black Widow. Still on the mend from a turbulent divorce, Jack's investigation into matters of the heart takes him to hidden places no one should ever have to go. lies a cardboard box containing the body of a small boy buried in newspaper cuttings. No one knows his name, and there is no trace of a driver. The last thing an ailing tourist resort needs is a murder, and the police are desperate to close the case. The island is rife with rumours about the reclusive Erhard. Two decades of self-imposed exile from his wife and children have left him alienated and alone, whiling away his days in a drunken haze, driving an old taxi to get by. This unlikeliest of detectives determines to solve the crime himself - and he has nothing to lose. But how can one old man, cut off from the modern world, solve a murder whose dangerous web of deceit stretches far beyond the small island? And what if the killer forces Erhard to confront his own long-buried past?"--Amazon.com.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Brookmyre, C. (2016). Black widow . Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968-. 2016. Black Widow. Atlantic Monthly Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968-. Black Widow Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Brookmyre, Christopher. Black Widow Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016.

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