Wilmington Memorial Library

The godmother, a crime novel by Hannelore Cayre ; translated by Stephanie Smee

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The godmother, a crime novel by Hannelore Cayre ; translated by Stephanie Smee
Language
eng
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Literary text for sound recordings
fiction
Main title
The godmother
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Oclc number
1127056651
Responsibility statement
a crime novel by Hannelore Cayre ; translated by Stephanie Smee
Summary
Meet Patience Portefeux, fifty-three, an underpaid Franco-Arab judicial interpreter for the Ministry of Justice who specializes in telephone tapping. Widowed after the sudden death of her husband, Patience is now wedged between university fees for her two grown-up daughters and nursing home costs for her aging mother. Happening upon an especially revealing set of police wiretaps ahead of all other authorities, Patience makes a life-altering decision that sees her intervening in, and infiltrating, the machinations of a massive drug deal
Target audience
adult
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