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999			_c45983 _d45983
001			on1250647312
003			OCoLC
005			20230926155340.0
008			210517s2021 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2020053225
020			_a9781250780485 _q(hardcover)
020			_a1250780489 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1250647312
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cFMG _dFMG _dOCLCO _dTXSCH
043			_ae-uk-en
050	0	0	_aPS3623.E3828 _bP43 2021
082	0	0	_a813/.6 _223
100			_aWeaver, Ashley, _eauthor. _949024
245	1	2	_aA peculiar combination : _ban Electra McDonnell novel / _cAshley Weaver.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aNew York : _bMinotaur Books, _c2021.
300			_a296 pages ; _c25 cm.
440			_949025 _aElectra McDonnell _v1
490	0		_aElectra McDonnell series ; _v1
520			_a"The first in the Electra McDonnell series from Edgar-nominated author Ashley Weaver, set in England during World War II, A Peculiar Combination is a delightful mystery filled with spies, murder, romance, and the author's signature wit. Electra McDonnell has always known that the way she and her family earn their living is slightly outside of the law. Breaking into the homes of the rich and picking the locks on their safes may not be condoned by British law enforcement, but World War II is in full swing, Ellie's cousins Colm and Toby are off fighting against Hitler, and Uncle Mick's more honorable business as a locksmith can't pay the bills any more. So when Uncle Mick receives a tip about a safe full of jewels in the empty house of a wealthy family, he and Ellie can't resist. All goes as planned-until the pair are caught redhanded. Ellie expects them to be taken straight to prison, but instead they are delivered to a large townhouse, where government official Major Ramsey is waiting with an offer: either Ellie agrees to help him break into a safe and retrieve blueprints that will be critical to the British war effort, before they can be delivered to a German spy, or he turns her over to the police. Ellie doesn't care for the Major's imperious manner, but she has no choice, and besides, she's eager to do her bit for king and country. She may be a thief, but she's no coward. When she and the Major break into the house in question, they find instead the purported German spy dead on the floor, the safe already open and empty. Soon, Ellie and Major Ramsey are forced to put aside their differences to unmask the double-agent, as they try to stop allied plans falling into German hands"--
650		0	_aThieves _vFiction. _914909
650		0	_aMurder _vFiction. _9768
650		0	_aWorld War, 1939-1945 _vFiction. _9580
650		0	_aHomicide investigation _vFiction. _2sears _93635
651		0	_aEngland _vFiction. _914113
655		0	_aWar stories. _2gsafd _9418
655		0	_aHistorical fiction. _2lcgft _943610
655		0	_aDetective and mystery fiction. _2lcgft _921598
942			_2ddc _cFIC
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