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040			_aPINCKNEY COMM. SCHOOLS - 9/12
020			_a0312283962
100			_aJohnson, Dolores.
245	1	0	_aButtons & foes / _cby Dolores Johnson.
260	0		_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Minotaur, _cc2002.
300			_a231 p. ; _c22 cm.
440			_aA Mandy Dyer mystery.
500			_aOther books by this author : Taken to the Cleaners -- Hung Up to Die -- A Dress to Die For -- Wash, Fold, and Die -- Homicide and Old Lace.
500			_a"Thomas Dunne Books."
520			_aValued customer and old friend Thelma Chatwick is dead, and intrepid Denver dry cleaner Mandy Dyer is called upon to brush up her sleuthing skills and tidy up the investigation's loose ends. Why did Thelma insist on saving seemingly worthless garments-could her motives have something to do with the unusual buttons Thelma collected? When Mandy decides to hire a private detective, the reluctant gumshoe turns out to be none other than a rough, handsome heartbreaker Mandy stood up in high school. He's still a good-looking guy, but he has since transformed himself into Mr. Clean. Romance is a distinct possibility; if, that is, the pair can outwit a murderer. Mandy is also reunited in this adventure with her indispensable right-hand man, Mack Rivers; the all-too-dispensable Betty-the-bag-lady; and Nat, wonderboy reporter. Will they be able to help Mandy get the case all sewn up? Or will the witnesses button their lips and let Mandy get the starch knocked out of her? Sit back and relax-Mandy will get the whole mystery ironed out in no time. We guarantee that Buttons and Foes will pick up your spirits and deliver a rousing good time.
521			_aLexile: 1040
600			_aDyer, Mandy (Fictitious character) _xFiction.
650			_aWomen detectives _zColorado _zDenver _xFiction.
650			_aDry cleaning industry _xFiction.
651			_aDenver (Colo.) _xFiction.
655			_aDetective and mystery stories.
740			_aButtons and foes.
942			_c UKN
999			_c49428 _d49428