num_pages: 336
description: Bill Smith's country cabin in upstate New York is far from the city's savage streets--a retreat where a weary P.I. can play Mozart on his upright piano and let nature heal him. But when Eve Colgate, a local farmer and painter, asks him to find stolen items--six paintings which could reveal Eve's highly guarded thirty-year-old secret--he caves. When Smith's partner, Lydia Chin, comes in on the action, she brings along her cool courage and sharp mind. It's a simple case--until the runaway daughter of a hotshot politician and the murder of a local hood change the playing field. Now the stench of corruption fills this rural paradise, as Bill and Lydia scour through dangerous secrets and greedy corridors for the stone-cold truth...
language: English
title: Stone Quarry
titlecomplete: Stone Quarry (Lydia Chin & Bill Smith, #6)
characters: Eve Colgate, Bill Smith, Lydia Chin
genres: Mystery, Police, Suspense, Novels, Art, Detective, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 601
places: New York (State)
series: Lydia Chin & Bill Smith
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Shamus Award
category: Best PI Novel
publisher: Minotaur Books