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The Kidnapping of Rosie Dawn

(2000)
(The first book in the Joe Barley series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
2001 Anthony Award for Best Paperback original (nominee)
2001 Barry Award for Best Paperback original
2001 Edgar Award for Best Paperback original (nominee)

Joe Barley, a part-time lecturer in English Literature and part-time security guard, is alerted by his maid to the disappearance of another of her employers, Rosie Dawn, a student of classics who is working her way through school by being an exotic dancer and the mistress of a fast-food entrepreneur. The novel also involves campus politics--a student tries to exploit the nervous administration over its minority policies.


Genre: Mystery

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