Publisher's Weekly
The latest mystery to feature John Thatcher of New York's Sloan Guaranty Trust is set mainly in Boston, headquarters of the commuter airline Sparrow Flyways. A product of airline deregulation, Sparrow is a nonunion operation surviving on horizontal management and project development teams. Mitchell Scovil, CEO and guiding figure of the founders, dreams of expansion, but a group of lower-level employees (and shareholders) is worried about their investment. When their arrogant spokesperson is murdered, the Sloan, holding 20% of unsalable Sparrow stock in a trust, becomes involved. While the redoubtable Everett Gabler examines the airlines books, Thatcher meets the various suspects, including a former partner now in line for the presidency at a large rival carrier, two other founders still at Sparrow and the energetic young woman who spearheads the employees' group. With characteristic humor (an employees' work stoppage backfires, tying up the entire Northeast corridor over Thanksgiving weekend) and in a clearly conveyed business context of takeovers and proxy fights, the pseudonymous authors, in their 21st mystery, can still keep readers guessing until the last pages. John Thatcher is as perceptive and charming as ever.
The latest mystery to feature John Thatcher of New York's Sloan Guaranty Trust is set mainly in Boston, headquarters of the commuter airline Sparrow Flyways. A product of airline deregulation, Sparrow is a nonunion operation surviving on horizontal management and project development teams. Mitchell Scovil, CEO and guiding figure of the founders, dreams of expansion, but a group of lower-level employees (and shareholders) is worried about their investment. When their arrogant spokesperson is murdered, the Sloan, holding 20% of unsalable Sparrow stock in a trust, becomes involved. While the redoubtable Everett Gabler examines the airlines books, Thatcher meets the various suspects, including a former partner now in line for the presidency at a large rival carrier, two other founders still at Sparrow and the energetic young woman who spearheads the employees' group. With characteristic humor (an employees' work stoppage backfires, tying up the entire Northeast corridor over Thanksgiving weekend) and in a clearly conveyed business context of takeovers and proxy fights, the pseudonymous authors, in their 21st mystery, can still keep readers guessing until the last pages. John Thatcher is as perceptive and charming as ever.
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Hardback Editions
November 1990 : Hardback
| Title: Something in the Air (New Portway Large Print Books) Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-7451-7246-6 / 978-0-7451-7246-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Large print (Chivers, Windsor, Paragon & C Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1989 : Hardback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-89621-906-2 / 978-0-89621-906-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Thorndike Pr Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1989 : Hardback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-671-69980-6 / 978-0-671-69980-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon&Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
September 1988 : Hardback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): ISBN: 0-671-66599-5 / 978-0-671-66599-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA WorldCat More details... |
1970 : Hardback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Emma Lathen Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company Availability: Amazon More details... |
Paperback Editions
December 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-7493-0153-8 / 978-0-7493-0153-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Mandarin Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 1989 : Paperback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-671-68356-X / 978-0-671-68356-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books (Mm) Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
1989 : Paperback
| Title: Something in the Air Author(s): Publisher: mandarin Availability: Amazon More details... |
Audio Editions
July 1989 : Audio Cassette
| Title: Something in the Air: Complete & Unabridged Author(s): Emma Lathen ISBN: 0-7451-6098-0 / 978-0-7451-6098-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Chivers Audio Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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