New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1992. 1st edition, January 1992, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by the author at title page. Winner of the Mysterious Press Discovery Contest for best first novel. "This won the publisher's Mysterious Discovery contest for best first crime novel and for the most part the story moves winningly indeed. In a city very much like Worcester, Mass., detective Lenore Thomas is teamed with a Chinese linguist as part of a police task force tracking down the makers and dealers of a new drug that induces murderous rage. Another detective, the mayor's mistress, is told to give inside info on the force's progress to her lover. Lenore's twin brother, Ike, a mailman, starts to find grisly objects in an unused P.O. box. As Lenore closes in on Cortez, boss of the city's tenderloin, she and the linguist begin a torrid affair. There's some wonderful local color, a large and varied cast of characters, some gore, a little steamy sex and a bloody climax...." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 018410
Title: BOX NINE **AWARD WINNER / SIGNED COPY**
Author: O'Connell, Jack
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0892964723
ISBN 13: 9780892964727
Publisher: Mysterious Press
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: FICTION, MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, GENERAL THOMAS LENORE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER, SIGNED, AWARD WINNER, DEBUT NOVEL.
Bookseller catalogs: FIRST BOOK; MASSACHUSETTS;

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