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A Toast Before Dying

By Grace F. Edwards

By Grace F. Edwards

By Grace F. Edwards

By Grace F. Edwards

Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

Category: Crime Mysteries | Suspense & Thriller

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Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Mar 02, 1999 | 304 Pages

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    About A Toast Before Dying

    Murder casts a shadow over the soul of Harlem….

    When she’s not studying for her master’s or dropping in on her father’s jazz gigs, ex-cop Mali Anderson checks out the scene at Harlem’s smoky Half-Moon Bar.  She wasn’t there for singer-bartender Thea Morris’s birthday party, but someone else was–someone who shot Thea to death outside in the alley.  Was it her boyfriend, now sitting in jail on suspicion of murder? His sister insists he’s innocent–and wants her friend Mali to clear his name.

    Thea herself is a mystery: a lonely beauty in an apartment too deluxe for a woman living on tip money, with a gamut of lovers from an aspiring actor to an ambitious politician.  It will take all Mali’s savvy–and sources from street-corner buzz to uptown cocktail chat–to unravel Thea’s life and death.  And it will take her every survival instinct to catch a killer who will kill again to keep a deadly secret.

    About A Toast Before Dying

    Murder casts a shadow over the soul of Harlem….

    When she’s not studying for her master’s or dropping in on her father’s jazz gigs, ex-cop Mali Anderson checks out the scene at Harlem’s smoky Half-Moon Bar.  She wasn’t there for singer-bartender Thea Morris’s birthday party, but someone else was–someone who shot Thea to death outside in the alley.  Was it her boyfriend, now sitting in jail on suspicion of murder? His sister insists he’s innocent–and wants her friend Mali to clear his name.

    Thea herself is a mystery: a lonely beauty in an apartment too deluxe for a woman living on tip money, with a gamut of lovers from an aspiring actor to an ambitious politician.  It will take all Mali’s savvy–and sources from street-corner buzz to uptown cocktail chat–to unravel Thea’s life and death.  And it will take her every survival instinct to catch a killer who will kill again to keep a deadly secret.


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    About Grace F. Edwards

    Grace F. Edwards was born and raised in Harlem and now lives in Brooklyn. She is the author of the novel In the Shadow of the Peacock and of three previous Mali Anderson mysteries, If I Should Die, A Toast Before Dying (a featured alternate… More about Grace F. Edwards

    About Grace F. Edwards

    Grace F. Edwards was born and raised in Harlem and now lives in Brooklyn. She is the author of the novel In the Shadow of the Peacock and of three previous Mali Anderson mysteries, If I Should Die, A Toast Before Dying (a featured alternate… More about Grace F. Edwards

    Product Details

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Bantam
    Mar 02, 1999 | 304 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553579536

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Bantam
    Mar 30, 2011 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780307779021

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    Praise

    "Tense and expertly crafted."
    —Chicago Tribune

    "Edwards is a real magician, conjuring up a working-class Harlem neighborhood and its rich blend of citizens with warmth and humor."
    —Booknews from The Poisoned Pen

    "Vivid…memorable."
    —Booklist

    Don’t miss the first Mali Anderson mystery by Grace F. Edwards–If I Should Die:

    "The best crime fiction about Harlem since Chester Himes."
    –Eleanor Taylor Bland

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