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\nFor April we ar e reading: "A Dangerous Business\," by Jane Smiley.
\n"Monterey\ , 1851. Ever since her husband was killed in a bar fight\, Eliza Ripple ha s been working in a brothel. It seems like a better life\, at least at fir st. The madam\, Mrs. Parks\, is kind\, the men are (relatively) well behav ed\, and Eliza has attained what few women have: financial security. But w hen the dead bodies of young women start appearing outside of town\, a dar kness descends that she can&rsquo\;t resist confronting. Side by side with her friend Jean\, and inspired by her reading\, especially by Edgar Allan Poe&rsquo\;s detective Dupin\, Eliza pieces together an array of clues to try to catch the killer\, all the while juggling clients who begin to see m more and more suspicious.
\nEliza and Jean are determined not just to survive\, but to find their way in a lawless town on the frin ges of the Wild West&mdash\;a bewitching combination of beauty and danger& mdash\;as what will become the Civil War looms on the horizon. As Mrs. Par ks says\, &ldquo\;Everyone knows that this is a dangerous business\, but b etween you and me\, being a woman is a dangerous business\, and don&rsquo\ ;t let anyone tell you otherwise &hellip\;"&rdquo\;
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