"Josie is approached at her shop to appraise a very rare item--a complete charm string. In Victorian times, girls strung buttons on long strings to make the charms. Once the string reached 1,000 buttons--no two alike--the legend was that the owner would meet her beloved. But the owner of this charm string is not looking for love--she's desperate to donate the piece to a museum and be rid of it. She believes the string is far from charmed--it's cursed. When Josie finds the woman strangled with the charm string, she doesn't know whether the curse is real ... but the killer certainly is."--p. [4] of cover.
Record details
ISBN:9780425251836 (mass market) :
Physical Description:291 p. ; 18 cm.
Edition:Berkley Prime Crime mass market ed.
Publisher:New York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2013, c2012.
‡aNew York :
‡bBerkley Prime Crime,
‡c2013, c2012.
300
.
‡a291 p. ;
‡c18 cm.
490
0
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‡aA button box mystery ;
‡v3
520
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‡a"Josie is approached at her shop to appraise a very rare item--a complete charm string. In Victorian times, girls strung buttons on long strings to make the charms. Once the string reached 1,000 buttons--no two alike--the legend was that the owner would meet her beloved. But the owner of this charm string is not looking for love--she's desperate to donate the piece to a museum and be rid of it. She believes the string is far from charmed--it's cursed. When Josie finds the woman strangled with the charm string, she doesn't know whether the curse is real ... but the killer certainly is."--p. [4] of cover.
590
.
‡aAug2013AdultFiction
‡5BSQ
650
0.
‡aButtons
‡vFiction.
650
0.
‡aMurder
‡xInvestigation
‡vFiction.
651
0.
‡aChicago (Ill.)
‡vFiction.
655
7.
‡aMystery fiction.
‡2gsafd
901
.
‡a108220128
‡bSystem Local
‡c108220128
‡tbiblio
‡sSystem Local