Mortal Words: A Calista Jacobs Mystery
New York: Summit Books, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine, fresh, like-new copy in equally fine dust jacket. The 2nd book in this murder mystery set in Cambridge, Massachusetts featuring Calista Jacobs. Hardcover. 316 pp. When an author of a children's book on evolution is murdered in Calastia's hometown Cambridge, Massachusetts, the irrepressible illustrator lays aside her pen to embark on a fast-paced investigation with her 13 year old son, Charley, and the handsome archeologist Archie Baldwin. Their quest takes them from MIT and Harvard to the Lorne Thurston College of Christian Heritage, where they encounter such characters as a powerful fundamentalist preacher and a "biological emperor with Nazi dreams." Mortal Words is a mystery at its best, with the wonderful Calista Jacobs leading the way. Fine / fine. Item #E33131
ISBN: 0671684469
Price: $11.95