Dire Happenings at Scratch Ankle (A Kate Mulcay Mystery) de Sibley, Celestine - 1993

Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: HarperCollins Publishers, 1993. Book. Illus. by Merritt Deckle (Jacket Illustration). Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ; 176 pages, First printing; Textblock is tight with unmarked, undamaged pages. Fore-edge is rough trimmed as published; Boards are lilac with a cream spine and title in metallic purple ; Bright pictorial dust-jacket with no tears and modest shelf and edge wear; We have placed the dust-jacket in a protective, removable, clear mylar cover; . (The third book in the popular series featuring the inquisitive Atlanta reporter-sleuth Kate Mulcay. On a newspaper assignment at the Georgia State House of Representatives, Kate is stirred from her boredom by an impassioned speech to contest Tennessee's jurisdiction over former Cherokee lands on the Georgia border. On a hunch, Kate arranges a trip to meet Representative Pickett for a tour of the disputed territory, which is near some of the most spectacular caves in the United States. It later turns into a deadly adventure where there is a murderer on the loose in this gorgeous, tranquil landscape.).