Dark Hollow

London: Hodder & Stoughton. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. 1st UK Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 034072899X . Near Fine Dark Blue boards with Bright Gilt titling to the spine. The very slight beginnings of a slight crease line to the spine - pretty negligible. In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The d/j is in a protective clear - removable - bookfilm plastic cover. The d/j is NOT price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST Printing with the Correct Printers Key - 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. A couple of marks to the top page edge (one brown stain about 1 cm long x 2 mm wide, and a smaller fleck) of the otherwise generally clean fore-edges. The light brown stain has bled VERY slightly into the top page edges at that point. A minimal 'lean' to the book. Pictorial endpapers . NO Inscriptions or other Marks. (6pp) + 423 pp + (3pp). All hinges tight. "Still raw from the brutal slayings of his wife and daughter, and the events surrounding the capture of their killer, The Travelling Man, Charlie Parker retreats to the wintry Maine landscape of his childhood. In a gruesome re-enactment of Parker's own nightmares, another young woman and child are killed, and his brief involvement in their lives impels Parker to hunt their vicious murderer...." . The Second Charlie Parker Crime novel. Edgar award winning Author. In the tradition of classic American detective fiction, with tense, richly plotted thrillers, filled with memorable characters and gripping action. Not a perfect copy but looks very good on the shelf and is VERY clean inside with NO inscriptions or marks other than the one mentioned. See Images. ; The Second Charlie Parker Thriller Mystery; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall .