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In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks #10)
by Robinson, Peter
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0380975815
- ISBN 13
- 9780380975815
- Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky, United States
Item Price
A$10.63A$9.56
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About This Item
NY: Avon Twilight, 1999. BCE/BOMC. Hardcover_boards. Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5" 422 pgs. Black boards w/gold foil letters to spine. DJ design by Mark Stringer. Author photograph by Clifford Robinson. Interior design by Kellan Peck. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean w/soft tone. Not x-library, unclipped (no price) & unmarked. Secure ship w/track #. During a blistering summer, drought has depleted Thornfield Reservoir, uncovering the remains of a small village called Hobb's End - hidden from view for over 40 years. For a curious young boy this resurfaced hamlet has become a magical playground ... until he unearths a human skeleton. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks is given the impossible task of identifying the victim - a woman who lived in a place that no longer exists, whose former residents are scattered to the winds. Anyone else might throw in the towel but Banks sets out to uncover the murky past buried beneath a flood of time... Source: Publisher.
Synopsis
In A Dry Season is the 12th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 1999 and is 10th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series. The novel is widely acclaimed as Robinson's best, a large step forward in ambition from previous books, and this was reflected in its critical and commcercial response. The novel was shortlisted for the American Edgar Award and won the Anthony Award.
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Details
- Seller
- Blacks Bookshop
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 16094
- Title
- In a Dry Season (Inspector Banks #10)
- Author
- Robinson, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover_boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- BCE/BOMC
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0380975815
- ISBN 13
- 9780380975815
- Publisher
- Avon Twilight
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1999
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About the Seller
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Argillite, Kentucky
About Blacks Bookshop
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