{"product_id":"the-pearl-of-ruby-city-a-mystery-paperback","title":"The Pearl of Ruby City: A Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJana Harris\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1893, and Pearl Ryan, a young woman with a checkered past, arrives in Ruby City, a silver mining town full of scoundrels--one to which no respectable woman would ever travel. Pearl sets up shop as the town laundress, but is clearly no ordinary charwoman: She is courted by many and the local doctor often solicits her assistance as his nurse. Pearl's dream is to attend medical school--not a small feat for a woman alone in the Wild West--and hopes that the proceeds from her newly inherited mining claim \u003cbr\u003e will pay for her education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Meanwhile, laundry is her bread and butter. As laundress, however, Pearl is privy to many secrets she'd rather not know. As a student of the healing arts, she recognizes the symptoms of poisoning when she sees them. And as a woman with a past she'd rather keep hidden, she must solve the murders plaguing Ruby City before US marshals arrive. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJana Harris teaches creative writing at the University of Washington and at the Writer's Workshop in Seattle. She is an editor of \u003ci\u003eSwitched-on Gutenberg: A Global Poetry Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of the memoir \u003ci\u003eHorses Never Lie About Love\u003c\/i\u003e and the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eYou Haven't Asked About My Wedding or What I Wore: Poems of Courtship on the American Frontier\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 322\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771820015904,"sku":"9781504018968","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4a251e7a469de5eb8fee0f9c97a0531.webp?v=1780394424","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-pearl-of-ruby-city-a-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}