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The Witch and The Borscht Pearl
When Mrs. Risk's widowed friend, Pearl, a former Borscht Belt comedienne, finds herself broke, her long-time manager, whom she plans to marry, arranges a comeback--a live Thanksgiving Day national TV special from a renown Catskills resort. Then Pearl's famous Borscht Pear necklace is stolen and Solly is murdered. When the police think Pearl did it, Mrs. Risk rejects the idea that her friend murdering in a fit of jealous rage. But can she prove it, before the killer strikes again?
232 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 2001
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Angela Zeman
15 books3 followersAngela Zeman is an author of mystery stories featuring her well known character Mrs. Risk, a suspected witch first introduced in a story for Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Along with her faithful companion Rachel, Mrs. Risk solves local intrigues and supernatural mysteries. In 2001, Zeman published The Witch and the Borscht Pearl, a Mrs. Risk novel, and received strong reviews for its quick wit and clockwork plotting.
Zeman has published stories in many anthologies, including Linda Fairstein’s The Prosecution Rests (2009) and Nelson DeMille’s The Rich and the Dead (2011). She has published nonfiction and is one of the founders of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. She lives and writes in New York City, where she is a longstanding member of the New York Friar’s Club.
Zeman has published stories in many anthologies, including Linda Fairstein’s The Prosecution Rests (2009) and Nelson DeMille’s The Rich and the Dead (2011). She has published nonfiction and is one of the founders of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America. She lives and writes in New York City, where she is a longstanding member of the New York Friar’s Club.
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August 13, 2012
Unfortunately for Rachel, it took a “witch” to discover the fact that her husband was trying to kill her. A fisherman gone mad, Ike’s secretive plan was to kill Rachel slowly- via pesticide poisoning- and now that he’s dead. Instead, she owes Mrs. Risk her life. Rachel and Mrs. Risk partner together to solve a series of crimes, but run into a challenge when Borscht Belt comic Pearl Schrafft loses a valuable pearl necklace and finds herself with a dead manager.
First introduced in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Mrs. Risk- both witch and investigator of the supernatural- is Angela Zeman’s most famous fictional character. Founder of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, Zeman is a master of the maze-like mystery, and now one of the few writers who have their readers guessing until the very end.
First introduced in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Mrs. Risk- both witch and investigator of the supernatural- is Angela Zeman’s most famous fictional character. Founder of the New York chapter of the Mystery Writers of America, Zeman is a master of the maze-like mystery, and now one of the few writers who have their readers guessing until the very end.
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