Book re Dallas murder
Dates: 1/2/04,3:40 PM through 1/8/04,1:24 PM (2 postings)
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FROM: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch" <[removed]@mindspring.com>
REC'D: 1/2/04, 3:40 PM
The patron saw, and started reading, the book in 1997 in a grocery store in
Dallas. The story happened in Dallas, around that time. It was a paperback
book.
Our staff searched the full text newspapers on DIALOG, but nothing showed up
per the plot.
We emailed the SF Mystery Bookstore to see if they could id the book; no
response as of yet. Also looked through every book with the subject
heading of "homicide" in Book Review Digest, 1993-1998; and searched OCLC,
Novelist, Google, & Amazon.com.
Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA for any help or suggestions!
- Catherine Sylvia, for Laurel Doud
BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
c/o San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
email: [removed]@mindspring.com
FROM: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch" <[removed]@mindspring.com>
REC'D: 1/8/04, 1:24 PM
- Catherine Sylvia
BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
c/o San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA 94102
tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
email: [removed]@mindspring.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <[removed]@nmls.lib.tx.us>
To: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch"
<[removed]@mindspring.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: Book re Dallas murder
> I found it!!!! A Clue From The Grave by Irene Pence. The match is not
> exact but it is a paperback published in 1997, husband is/was in Air
> Force, his alibi is he was home with 2 young children, no garbage bag but
> red ants were found trailing from the body and the crime took place in
> San Antonio not Dallas. It's the closest thing I've found.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-
> /0786004096/qid=1073435317/sr=1-10/ref=sr_1_10/103-4879335-6897451?
> v=glance&s=books
>
> I was reading an article in Library Journal about the Search Inside the
> Book feature at Amazon so I decided to give it a try! And it took a
> couple too but I was able to limit to items published before 1998 and
> that did the trick!
>
> I hope it's the one!
>
> Katie Mills
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch"
> <[removed]@mindspring.com>
> To: <[removed]@nmls.lib.tx.us>
> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 10:37:24 -0800
> Subject: Re: Book re Dallas murder
>
> > Thanks very much for your reply, Katie, and for the time you've spent
> > helping with this. The parts that our patron says she's absolutely
> > sure of,
> > are: that it happened in Dallas around 1997, and that it was a
> > paperback.
> > It's too bad we don't have the names of either the victim or the
> > murderer to
> > work with. Anyway, thanks again for your help!
> >
> > - Catherine Sylvia
> >
> > BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
> > c/o San Francisco Public Library
> > 100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
> > San Francisco, CA 94102
> > tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
> > email: [removed]@mindspring.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <[removed]@nmls.lib.tx.us>
> > To: <[removed]@mindspring.com>
> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Book re Dallas murder
> >
> >
> > > I cannot find any reference to this anywhere! I'm in Garland Texas -
> > a
> > > suburb of Dallas and have asked colleagues who lived here at the time
> > and
> > > no one recalls this. How sure is your patron? I'm Googled out!
> > Even
> > > used Ebsco to search the Dallas Morning News and nothing. Might do
> > more
> > > on that though - we have the DMN film back to 1972.
> > >
> > > Katie Mills
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: "BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch"
> > > <[removed]@mindspring.com>
> > > To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
> > > Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2004 13:39:35 -0800
> > > Subject: Book re Dallas murder
> > >
> > > > A patron has asked us to identify a true crime murder book from a
> > plot
> > > > summary. What she remembers is as follows: A young mother of 2
> > > > children is
> > > > murdered by her estranged Marine husband in Texas in the 1990's.
> > The
> > > > book
> > > > was supposedly written by the crime investigator on the case. The
> > > > victim
> > > > weighed approximately 98 pounds and was found in a garbage bag with
> > her
> > > > legs
> > > > crossed "indian style". There were tire prints at the scene of the
> > > > crime
> > > > because of a recent rain and then a sudden heat that dried them.
> > The
> > > > husband had the children with him for a few days and as a ruse,
> > left a
> > > > message on her door asking why she wasn't there to receive the kids
> > > > when he
> > > > came by with them. Supposedly, he killed her in her
> > condo/apartment.
> > > > The
> > > > investigator was affected by the fact that the woman was so young,
> > and
> > > > had a
> > > > trail of red ants on her body.
> > > >
> > > > The patron saw, and started reading, the book in 1997 in a grocery
> > > > store in
> > > > Dallas. The story happened in Dallas, around that time. It was a
> > > > paperback
> > > > book.
> > > >
> > > > Our staff searched the full text newspapers on DIALOG, but nothing
> > > > showed up
> > > > per the plot.
> > > > We emailed the SF Mystery Bookstore to see if they could id the
> > book;
> > > > no
> > > > response as of yet. Also looked through every book with the
> > subject
> > > > heading of "homicide" in Book Review Digest, 1993-1998; and
> > searched
> > > > OCLC,
> > > > Novelist, Google, & Amazon.com.
> > > >
> > > > Does this ring a bell with anyone? TIA for any help or
> > suggestions!
> > > >
> > > > - Catherine Sylvia, for Laurel Doud
> > > >
> > > > BALIS/PLS/SVLS System Reference Center, SF Branch
> > > > c/o San Francisco Public Library
> > > > 100 Larkin Street, 3rd floor
> > > > San Francisco, CA 94102
> > > > tel: (415) 552-5042 fax: (415) 552-5067
> > > > email: [removed]@mindspring.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > ......................................................................
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> > >
> >
>
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