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Authors: Nancy Bell
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his book would not exist without the ever-so-tactful comments from the Shoal Creek Writers: Karen Fitzjerrall, Dena Garcia, Eileen Joyce, Sharon Kahn, and Judy Austin Mills, who have been with me every step of the way. It is their keen instincts and unwavering insistence on excellence that send me back to the keyboard again and again until what I produce meets their strict standards.
his book would not exist without the ever-so-tactful comments from the Shoal Creek Writers: Karen Fitzjerrall, Dena Garcia, Eileen Joyce, Sharon Kahn, and Judy Austin Mills, who have been with me every step of the way. It is their keen instincts and unwavering insistence on excellence that send me back to the keyboard again and again until what I produce meets their strict standards.
I would like to thank Elissa R. Ballesteros of the Austin Public Library for taking the time to locate a recipe for Willie Mae’s Lane cake, the original having been lost. It was a great help, although it must be admitted that Willie Mae insisted on adding a few touches of her own before she would permit it to be printed.
I would especially like to acknowledge my wonderful agent, Vicky Bijur, who goes not only the second mile, but the third, fourth, and as far as it takes to get the job done.
Also, and this is long past due, I thank Ruth Cavin, my editor at St. Martin’s Press, who has taught me more than she will ever know.
Also, and this is long past due, I thank Ruth Cavin, my editor at St. Martin’s Press, who has taught me more than she will ever know.
Finally, thanks to the citizens of Jefferson, Texas, from whose town and its history I have borrowed freely in the creation of the fictional town of Quincy. However, I hasten to add that the characters in this story were born in my mind and exist only on the pages of this book.
Biggie and the Meddlesome Mailman
Biggie and the Fricasseed Fat Man
Biggie and the Mangled Mortician
Biggie and the Poisoned Politician
Biggie and the Fricasseed Fat Man
Biggie and the Mangled Mortician
Biggie and the Poisoned Politician
BIGGIE AND THE QUINCY GHOST. Copyright © 2001 by Nancy Bell. All rights reserved. . No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
An imprint of St. Martin’s Press.
eISBN 9781429970778
First eBook Edition : March 2011
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bell, Nancy.
Biggie and the Quincy ghost / Nancy Bell.—1st ed. p. cm.
1. Biggie (Fictitious character : Bell)—Fiction. 2. Women detectives—Fiction. 3. Grandmothers—Fiction. 4. Texas—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3552.E5219 B57 2001
813’.54—dc21
2001037193
First Edition: September 2001
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