Title: The Canaan Legacy
Author: Michael A. Kahn
Date: 1988
Publisher: Lynx
ISBN: 1-55802-156-6
Length: 385 pages
Quote: “But men like Graham Anderson Marshall don’t bury pets in Wagging Tail Estates.”
Rachel Gold wants to find out what Marshall did bury under a memorial to “Canaan, 1985,” with a legacy for maintenance in ludicrous excess of the posh pet cemetery’s standard fees. Rachel is a heroine in the great Hollywood tradition. She might have been a corporate lawyer if she hadn’t preferred to abandon the career for an amateur detective adventure, then stay home and have babies. Not until the adventure is in full swing will it occur to her that Canaan’s little coffin can simply be opened.
There's something to be said for the heroic detective, like Sherlock Holmes or Mrs. Marple; something to be said for the flawed but still brilliant detective, like Sam Spade or Lord Peter Wimsey. There is also, sales figures show, something to be said for the accidental detective who gets through a novel a few steps behind the reader. The Canaan Legacy generated sequels and a reprint. If you like a detective who makes you laugh, this novel is for you.
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