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Shell Game

Shell Game

by Carol O'Connell

2002MagiciansPolicePolicewomenKathleen Mallory (Fictitious character)Detective and mystery stories
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SOMETIMES HE WONDERED WHY THE CHILDREN DIDN'T CRY TO see such monsters in the world-a giant blue hedgehog, a huge fat worm, a cat the size of a floating building.

Themes & subjects

MagiciansPolicePolicewomenKathleen Mallory (Fictitious character)Detective and mystery storiesFiction
First published 2002

Setting

New York (State)New York (N.Y.)New York

About the author

Carol O'Connell
Carol O'Connell

26 May 1947

Carol O'Connell is an author of crime fiction, with a large series of crime books focusing around the character Kathy Mallory. The first book of twelve novels about Mallory is *Mallory's Oracle*. O'Connell has two stand-alone novels, *Judas Child* and *Bone by Bone*. O'Connell gained a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from Arizona State University, but was unsuccessful as an artist and began writing novels as a hobby. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_O%27Connell)

Author

Carol O'Connell

First published

2002

Pages

424

Read time

≈ 11h

Editions

20

Languages

English, Italian

Publisher

Penguin Random House

ISBN

9788838487446

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