num_pages: 174
description: In Flower City, a sleepy resort town on Florida's Gulf Coast, wealthy Elizabeth Stegman is murdered in a jewel heist gone bad - her missing jewels insured for £750,000.It falls to hardboiled ex-cop Cliff Bartells to find the killer, retrieve the jewels and console the decedent's niece and only heir, beautiful and headstrong Melody Chance. But complicating Bartell's best efforts is a local police force that proves to be less than cooperative.
language: English
title: The Brass Cupcake
titlecomplete: The Brass Cupcake
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense, Thriller, 20th Century, Crime, Mystery Thriller, Detective, American, Adventure
ratings_count: 907
publisher: Ballantine Books