New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1982. M5 - DJ has tear on the back lower right side, back bottom left side, middle spine and front top, some wrinkling and chipping on the top and bottom edges, some label residue on the front, discoloration, and shelf wear. Book is slightly cocked, discoloration on the top and bottom edges and page edges, and shelf wear otherwise good. Noah Green, a hard-edged, middle-aged, Jewish cop, and his laconic black partner, Sam McKibbon, are called to the screne of a grisly knife murder. Their investigation leads them to.... First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Sometimes mystery master Donald E. Westlake is the author of uproarious crime capers. Sometimes he has a mean streak-and its name is Parker. From his noir classic The Man with the Getaway Face to his recent novel Nobody Runs Forever, whenever Westlake writes as Stark, he lets Parker run loose-a ruthless criminal in a world of vulnerable "straights."On a sunny October afternoon a man is running up a hill. He's not dressed for running. Below him are barking police dogs and waiting up ahead is a stranger-with a rifle, a life full of regrets, and a parrot at home who will mutely witness just how much trouble the runner, Parker, can bring into an ordinary life.The rabbit hunter is Tom Lindahl, a small-town lonely heart nursing a big-time grudge against the racetrack that fired him. He knows from the moment he sees Parker that he's met a professional thief-and a man with murder in his blood. Rescuing Parker from the chase hounds, Lindahl invites the fugitive into his secluded home. He plans to rip off his former employer and exact a deadly measure of revenge-if he can get Parker to help.But Tom doesn't know Parker and that the desperate criminal will do anything to survive-no matter who has to die...

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EC2325BB
Title: Blues for Charlie Darwin
Author: Hentoff, Nat
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0688012604
ISBN 13: 9780688012601
Publisher: William Morrow and Company, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: MYSTERY FICTION
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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