Havill, Steven
Convenient disposal Steven Havill. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. - 260 p. - Posadas County Mysteries Series Book 13 .
To most people, hat pins are vestiges of the past, used now only by elderly ladies who don't leave home without a hat. But recently the notion store in Posadas county has been doing a good business selling hat pins to teenaged girls.
There had been a fight--over a boy--and the other girl, Carmen Acosta, had been suspended. But her friends were still around, and Deena wanted something to defend herself with.
Not long afterward Estelle is called to Carmen Acosta's home. When she arrives, Carmen's father, Freddie, is in police custody and an unconscious Carmen is on the way to the hospital "beat to a pulp." It is, of course, hard to believe that young Deena is responsible. Estelle has many other suspects to choose from, since the Acosta family holds the record for the number of domestic violence calls the police have received. The question is, which of the other four children or which parent is responsible? Or is it someone else entirely?
0312324049
2004048698
Reyes-Guzman, Estelle (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
High school students--Crimes against--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Sheriffs--Fiction.
New Mexico--Fiction.
PS3558.A785 / C66 2004
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Convenient disposal Steven Havill. - 1st ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2004. - 260 p. - Posadas County Mysteries Series Book 13 .
To most people, hat pins are vestiges of the past, used now only by elderly ladies who don't leave home without a hat. But recently the notion store in Posadas county has been doing a good business selling hat pins to teenaged girls.
There had been a fight--over a boy--and the other girl, Carmen Acosta, had been suspended. But her friends were still around, and Deena wanted something to defend herself with.
Not long afterward Estelle is called to Carmen Acosta's home. When she arrives, Carmen's father, Freddie, is in police custody and an unconscious Carmen is on the way to the hospital "beat to a pulp." It is, of course, hard to believe that young Deena is responsible. Estelle has many other suspects to choose from, since the Acosta family holds the record for the number of domestic violence calls the police have received. The question is, which of the other four children or which parent is responsible? Or is it someone else entirely?
0312324049
2004048698
Reyes-Guzman, Estelle (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
High school students--Crimes against--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Sheriffs--Fiction.
New Mexico--Fiction.
PS3558.A785 / C66 2004
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