01764cam a2200385 i 4500 408603262 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 161024s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016037331 9780316272476 0316272477 9780316272483 0316272485 (OCoLC)949219076 TxAuBib rda Flint, Emma. Little deaths / Emma Flint. First U.S. edition. New York : Hachette Books, 2017. ©2017. 311 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "It's 1965 in a tight-knit working-class neighborhood in Queens, New York, and Ruth Malone--a single mother who works long hours as a cocktail waitress--wakes to discover her two small children, Frankie Jr. and Cindy, have gone missing. Later that day, Cindy's body is found in a derelict lot a half mile from her home, strangled. Ten days later, Frankie Jr.'s decomposing body is found. Immediately, all fingers point to Ruth. As police investigate the murders, the detritus of Ruth's life is exposed... Did Ruth Malone violently kill her own children, is she a victim of circumstance--or is there something more sinister at play?"-- Provided by publisher. 20190101. Single mothers Fiction. Journalists Fiction. Children Crimes against Fiction. Queens (New York, N.Y) Social life and customs 20th century Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Mystery fiction. Fiction.