Falling from Grace

by Patricia Brooks

At five feet tall and ninety-seven pounds. Molly Piper is easily dismissed at first glance. But the former Chicago cop is the toughest (and least expensive) private investigator on Washington's Prince Island. Molly jumps at the S500-fee case brought to her by a shy young woman who is searching for her lost sister, Mary Alice Abbott, In a matter of hours, Molly realizes that Mary Alice's disappearance has a sinister edge. A serial arsonist pays a horrifying...

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440226074
• ISBN13: 9780440226079
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.3" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Great find!

I am always on the lookout for new authors, and I am pleased to have found Patricia Brooks. I simply could not put this book down. Highly recommended!

Talented newcomer to the mystery fiction genre

Patricia Brooks and her delightful heroine Molly Piper are welcome additions to the mystery fiction genre. Molly is smart, sassy, and 4' 9" tall. She's a former gymnast, a former big-city police officer, and now setting up her own business as a private investigator on rural Grace Island in Puget Sound WA. Molly's idol is Kinsey Milhone (of the Sue Grafton alphabet series) but she's inventive and daring enough to teach Kinsey a thing or two. "Falling From Grace" deals with the appearance of a serial killer on Grace Island. With the island as backdrop, and a carefully wrought cast of characters to assist her, Molly Piper snoops, sleuths, and brings all to a surprising and satisfactory conclusion. Don't be put off by the cover (a speeding tractor trailer). This is fine mystery fiction and I hope we see more of Molly and Grace Island soon!