A Hitch at the Fairmont
- ISBN-10
- 1442494484
- ISBN-13
- 9781442494480
- Category
- Juvenile Fiction
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-06-02
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Author
- Jim Averbeck
Description
Whisked away to San Francisco by his greedy Aunt Edith after the mysterious death of his mother, 11-year-old Jack resigns himself to servitude until the night his aunt is abducted, a case that leads Jack to team up with the famed Alfred Hitchcock.
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