1990, ISBN: 9780814624104

230 pages. octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Rita Noona… Plus…

230 pages. octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over blue boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Rita Noonan, a high-heeled gumshoe who does most of the legwork for her New York City detective agency, is wishy-washy and amateurish; it's no wonder business is bad. Yet Hendricks's ( Money to Burn ) tough-talking heroine is totally nonplussed by the sleaziness of her work world, with its cops on the take, philandering spouses and druggies. Only messy murder victims make her queasy--but when one shows up spattered all over her one-room living quarters and turns out to be her ex-husband's ex-police buddy, she feels honor-bound to track down the perpetrator. From this point, the sordid tale becomes muddied with excess characters, all of them seedy and unsavory, and bogged down in a plethora of possible solutions, none of them especially engaging. Worst, the narrator herself appears incapable of reacting, no matter how extensively she is insulted. As the book evokes sympathy for neither victim nor Noonan, even the reek of police corruption and cover-up, another corpse and an attempted rape do little to enliven the proceedings. Condition: End paper and half title page has tow staple perforations else a very good copy in a near fine jacket., Charles Scribner's Sons, 1990, 3.5, Liturgical Press. Used - Good. . good. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business., Liturgical Press, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780814624104

Liturgical Press. Used - Good. . good. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering you… Plus…

Liturgical Press. Used - Good. . good. All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business., Liturgical Press, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780814624104

Liturgical Press. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library… Plus…

Liturgical Press. Paperback. VERY GOOD. Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s)., Liturgical Press, 3<

1996, ISBN: 9780814624104

Liturgical Press, 1996-07-01. Paperback. Very Good., Liturgical Press, 1996-07-01, 3