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The Transcendental Murder (Homer Kelly Mystery) by Langton, Jane, 1922- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Transcendental Murder (Homer Kelly Mystery) about?
The peaceful town of Concord, Massachusetts, is best known as the birthplace of the American Revolution and the home of the Transcendentalists—Thoreau, Emerson, and the Alcotts. Then some letters surface suggesting that the famous thinkers did more together than think, and two of Concord's prominent citizens end up dead. It's up to Lieutenant-Detective (and Emerson scholar) Homer Kelly and the beautiful Mary Morgan to piece together the bizarre clues and catch a transcendental murderer.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Langton, Jane, 1922-
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y., U.S.A.: Penguin Books
- Published
- 1989
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140148527
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (161 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Transcendental Murder: A Homer Kelly Mystery (Penguin Crime Monthly) (2011)
- The Transcendental Murder: A Homer Kelly Mystery (Penguin Crime Monthly) (1989)
- The Transcendental Murder (Homer Kelly Mysteries, No. 1) (2008)
- The Transcendental Murder: A Homer Kelly Mystery (Penguin Crime Monthly) (2012)
- The Transcendental Murder: A Homer Kelly Mystery (Penguin Crime Monthly) (1964)
- The Transcendental Murder (1964)
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