Murder in the telephone exchange / June Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, June, 1919-2012, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Murder--Investigation--Fiction.

Murder.

Women detectives--Fiction.

Women detectives.

Melbourne (Vic.)--Fiction.

Melbourne (Vic.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (330 p.)

Place of Publication:

Portland, Oregon : Dark Passage, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1948, when it was the best-selling mystery of the year in the author's native Australia, Murder in the Telephone Exchange stars feisty young operator Maggie Byrnes. When one of her more unpopular colleagues is murdered ? her head bashed in with a ?buttinski," a piece of equipment used to listen in on phone calls ? Maggie resolves to turn sleuth. Some of her coworkers are acting strangely, and Maggie is convinced she has a better chance of figuring out who is responsible for the killing than the rather stolid police team assigned to the case, who seem to think she

Contents:

PREFACE; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-891241-96-6