![]() ![]() But he knows her as someone else: sweet and sassy Alma Macrae, who’s spent quite a bit of time, and fancy dinners, seducing him in the hopes of finding out if he’s her thief. Nothing but the pummeling, the wild onrushing of life.Īs Jack, she finds herself in the lair of one of Delphine’s bosses, Nathanial Wheeler. The red and sweat and swearing, the fire in her rib cage, the bend and crush of bodies. ![]() Remember how to fight like Jack Camp-and at this, Alma smiles. Her secret weapon is one of her alter egos, a man named Jack Camp, whom Alma inhabits with aplomb and barely contained enthusiasm. Eager to get back in the good graces of her boss and former lover, the seductive Delphine Beaumond, Alma goes undercover to discover who’s been stealing opium from Delphine’s expansive, powerful smuggling operation. ![]() Turns out that opium was a very big deal in the late 1800s in Port Townsend, Washington, and Alma-formerly of the Pinkerton Women’s Bureau-has put herself right in the middle of the action. You’ve most likely never met anyone like Alma Rosales, the multifaceted heroine of Katrina Carrasco’s unusual, explosive, and highly quotable debut. The Best Bad Things by Katrina Carrasco is a debut historical crime novel that introduces readers to the fiery Alma Rosales―detective, smuggler, spy. ![]()
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