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|pages=400
|publisher=Arrow
|date=January 2007
|isbn=978-0099469407
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Annie McHugh's lover and business partner is summoned to Arizona by his ex-wife, leaving Annie in charge of their Dublin-based private investigation agency. It's what she's wanted for a long time, but the reality is more frightening than she expected. The investigation into a suspect insurance claim made by a popular local character means that she's saddled with the enigmatic Sizemore (who might or might not be what he seems) from the Insurance Company. Add to this some dirty phone calls from a pervert who seems able to find her wherever she is and some difficult colleagues with problems of their own and it's easy to see that Annie has her work cut out.
If this type of rather light-hearted crime story appeals to you then you might also enjoy Alexander McCall Smith's [[The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency]], or Sara Banerji's [[Blood Precious]]. If you're looking for women's fiction set in Ireland we can recommend Maeve Binchy's [[Evening Class]], but for a meaty detective story set in Dublin then you really couldn't do better than Benjamin Black's [[Christine Falls]].
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