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After a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian Art Museum, eleven-year-old Grace is the only witness to a deadly art heist in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
She journeys through the alleys of Chinatown and ends up in the right place, at the right time, where she receives the help of trained assassin Sally Mei and private detective Cape Weathers.
As they embark on their mission to catch the thieves before they strike again, they must find their way through grief, do their best to dodge bullets, and trap a ghost.
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November 14, 2023
Sourcebooks/Poisoned Pen Press
PRAISE FOR HANGING THE DEVIL:
"Smart, sassy, and sizzling with action, Hanging the Devil is an art heist with a big heart and characters you will root for all the way through. I couldn't put this one down!" —Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author
“A caper stuffed with comedy and crime, Hanging the Devil is classic Tim Maleeny—charming, tough to put down, equal parts adrenaline and heart. A completely delightful read.” —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author
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ABOUT HANGING THE DEVIL:
It was supposed to be a simple job: steal the paintings, leave the forgeries.
But when a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian Art Museum, an audacious heist turns into a tragedy.
The only witness to the crash is eleven-year-old Grace, who watches in horror as people are killed and a priceless statue stolen by two men and a—ghost?
At least that's how the eerie, smoke-like figure with parchment skin and floating hair appears to Grace.
Grace flees and seeks refuge in the back alleys of San Francisco’s Chinatown, where Sally Mei–self-appointed guardian of Chinatown–finds Grace and helps her.
As the clock winds down on finding the mysterious crew behind the robbery before they strike the museum a second time, private detective Cape Weathers enlists aid from some unlikely allies to lay a trap for a ghost who has no intention of being caught—nor of leaving any witnesses alive to tell the tale.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tim Maleeny is the author of the award-winning Cape Weathers series of mysteries and the bestselling comedic thriller JUMP, which The Boston Globe called “hilarious” and Publishers Weekly described as “a perfectly blended cocktail of escapism.”
His short fiction appears in several major anthologies and has won the prestigious Macavity Award for best story of the year. Booklist says, “The Cape Weathers mysteries are smart, snappily written, energetic mysteries starring an engaging hero.”
The second son of an organic chemist and a registered nurse, Tim grew up in New Jersey surrounded by his parents’ books, shelves crowded with pulp adventures and paperback mysteries from the thirties and forties.
He started writing crime fiction when he moved to San Francisco near Chinatown, a city with a great noir tradition and a neighborhood that inspired many of his early stories.
Tim currently lives at an undisclosed location in New York City with his remarkable wife, Kathryn, and their two daughters, Clare and Helen.
When he’s not procrastinating by doing excessive research on exotic poisons, famous art heists or deadly sea creatures, Tim is working on his next novel, a screenplay, and a book for young readers.
Read more at https://timmaleeny.com/
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