2009, ISBN: 1845299361

[EAN: 9781845299361], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], DOLORES GORDON SMITH AS IF BY MAGIC JACK HALDEAN MURDER MYSTERY, George Lassiter is… Plus…

[EAN: 9781845299361], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London], DOLORES GORDON SMITH AS IF BY MAGIC JACK HALDEAN MURDER MYSTERY, George Lassiter is destitute, ill and desperate. Desperate enough to break into the kitchen of a stranger's house for warmth, food and shelter. And there, on that bitterly cold night in 1922, he witnesses a murder, the murder of a beautiful girl. But where's the body? When the police search the house they find nothing. It's vanished, as if by magic. It's nothing but a hallucination born of delirium, say the police. And reluctantly, George is forced to agree. Even his friend and rescuer Jack Haldean believes it's a nightmare but the consequences of that nightmare will plunge Jack into a tangle of theft, lies and obsession as George hunts for his inheritance - and Jack hunts a ruthless killer. Praise for Dolores Gordon-Smith: 'A classic post-war country house mystery with a Christie-like denoument' - Kirkus reviews. 'Recaptures the vitality and insouciance of the Golden Age writers' - Robert Barnard. 'Gordon-Smith's clean-cut hero plays a straight bat.to be read while eating strawberries and listening to a brass band' - Saga Magazine. 'A spectacular debut.Jack Haldean is a very welcome addition to the annals of crime fiction.Mrs Gordon-Smith is at the beginning of a distinguished career as a crime writer' - Tangled Web. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine., Books<

2009, ISBN: 1845299361

Edition reliée, Première édition

[EAN: 9781845299361], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Constable / Constable & Robinson Ltd, London], Jacket, First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY … Plus…

[EAN: 9781845299361], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Constable / Constable & Robinson Ltd, London], Jacket, First edition, first impression with full number line. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, IN BLUE PEN, ON TITLE PAGE, WITH QUOTE FROM THE BOOK 'George Lassiter huddled against the entrance of Hyde Park Corner tube station . CP1 Dolores Gordon-Smith'. Some minuscule edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£18.99), no other inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overal;l a vg++ copy, looks unopened, unread. 296pp. George Lassiter is destitute, ill and desperate. Desperate enough to break into the kitchen of a stranger'’s house for warmth, food and shelter. And there, on that bitterly cold night in 1922, he witnesses a murder, the murder of a beautiful girl. But where'’s the body? When the police search the house they find nothing. It’'s vanished, as if by magic. It'’s nothing but a hallucination born of delerium, say the police. And reluctantly, George is forced to agree. Even his friend and rescuer Jack Haldean believes it’s a nightmare but the consequences of that nightmare will plunge Jack into a tangle of theft, lies and obsession as George hunts for his inheritance and Jack hunts a ruthless killer. Quite scarce signed., Books<

ISBN: 9781845299361

Hardback. Very Good., 3