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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Bearer of bad news</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Dini, Elisabeth</namePart>
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  <genre authority="lcgft">Cozy mysteries.</genre>
  <genre authority="lcgft">Humorous fiction.</genre>
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    <place>
      <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">nyu</placeTerm>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2025</dateIssued>
    <edition>First Gallery Books hardcover edition.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>338 pages ; 24 cm</extent>
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  <abstract>For someone who hates secrets, Las Vegas hairdresser Lucy Rey is about to be faced with a whole bunch of them. After discovering that her fiancé has been cheating on her with someone from his improv class, Lucy finds herself short on funds and desperate for a change of scenery. Enter a most unusual job opportunity: a Bearer of Bad News. Sure, it's a little weird, but Lucy's employer is wealthy beyond compare, so who can blame her for wanting to outsource? Despite the few details, and the fact that the bad news sounds more like a vaguely worded threat, Lucy can't say no to the perks: an-all-expenses-paid trip to the Italian Dolomites plus a generous bonus if she proves she's found her client's sister and delivered the message. Then she learns that her mission is just the tip of the iceberg. Launched into a world of betrayal and greed involving eighty-year-old secrets, stolen jewels, and a World War II-era mystery, Lucy is in way over her head. And she's connected to this story in ways she never could have imagined.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Elisabeth Dini.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Beauty operators</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Betrayal</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Secrecy</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Theft</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Adventure and adventurers</topic>
    <topic>Fiction</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">PS3604.I4778 B43 2025</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23/eng/20240702">813/.6</classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9781668063576</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2024024215</identifier>
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