2012, ISBN: 9780312347598

257 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Another chapter in the Victorian … Plus…

257 pages. Octavo (8 3/4" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's black cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Another chapter in the Victorian Age adventure of no-nonsense Sergeant Bragg and his aristocratic partner Constable Morton, as the two maneuver the hazards of London's police bureaucracy while trying to solve the stabbing murder of industrialist Andrew Livesey. There's evidence that Livesey, in collusion with other businessmen-engineers, was trying to steal the patent on Alfred Nobel's new gunpowder--as well as evidence that Livesey consorted with child prostitutes and had not lived with his wife Sarah for most of their ten-year-marriage. The discovery that Mary Tompkins, a 12-year-old prostitute, was killed with the same distinctive weapon as Livesey leads Bragg and Morton through some sordid byways of London society, their burden increased by two more murders, until the tangled motives behind Livesey's death come clear. Literate and informative, as always with this series, but too disjointed and discursive to rank with the author's best. Condition: Back heal edge bumped, remainder mark at heal end pages. Jacket closed tear at back heal corner and hinge else a near fine copy in like jacket., Constable & Co, 1991, 4, Cumberland House, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good. 1.4000 in x 7.9000 in x 5.4000 in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear ., Cumberland House, 2012-08-01, 2.5, St Martins Pr. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., St Martins Pr, 2.5<

1998, ISBN: 9780312347598

Checkmark Books. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex li… Plus…

Checkmark Books. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Checkmark Books, 2.5, New York: Worldwide Library, 1998. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 301 pages; spine creasing, edge wear, ex-library with usual markings; The canal town of Castlemere is the kind of hard-luck place that provides constant challenge to its crack team of detectives. But the skills of Superintendent Frank Shapiro, Inspector Liz Graham, and Sergeant Cal Donovan are put the test in very personal ways. A string of violent crime forces both Graham and Donovan to go undercover. A rapist is attacking blond, fortyish women ahd she fits the profile. As Donovan joins the vicious ranks of a dog-fighting ring, both cases take a deadly turn..., Worldwide Library, 1998, 2.5, St Martins Pr. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., St Martins Pr, 2.5<

ISBN: 9780312347598

St Martins Pr. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex libr… Plus…

St Martins Pr. Paperback. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., St Martins Pr, 2.5<