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82 Desire: A Skip Langdon Novel -1st Edition/1st Printing
by Smith, Julie
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0449000605
- ISBN 13
- 9780449000601
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fawcett Columbine. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition; First Printing. 1/4 Cloth. 0449000605 . A sharp first edition/first printing in About Fine condition in alike dust-jacket with minor edgewear; In 82 Desire, Skip Langdon is back in the Big Apple, working as a private detective, when he's hired to find a missing girl. The girl, Addie, is the niece of Skip's old friend, the billionaire Victor Sayer. Victor is one of the richest men in the world and he's never been one to shy away from a challenge.As Skip starts to investigate Addie's disappearance, he quickly realizes that there's more to it than meets the eye. The more he digs, the more he realizes that Victor may be responsible for more than just Addie's disappearance. With the help of his old friend, the detective Rafe Castillo, Skip begins to put together a mosaic of clues that leads him to Victor's inner circle of powerful and corrupt men.In the end, Skip has to choose between his loyalty to his friends and his duty to justice. And in the end, it's his loyalty to his friends that saves him; A Skip Langdon Novel; 8vo; 309 pages .
Synopsis
Julie Smith is a former reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune and the San Francisco Chronicle. 82 Desire is the eighth Skip Langdon book, the first of which, New Orleans Mourning, won the Edgar Award for Best Novel. Smith lives in the French Quarter with her husband. From the Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26268
- Title
- 82 Desire: A Skip Langdon Novel -1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Smith, Julie
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0449000605
- ISBN 13
- 9780449000601
- Publisher
- Fawcett Columbine
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons YuSon
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