Dying on the Vine
by King, Peter
- Used
- Near Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312966830
- ISBN 13
- 9780312966836
- Seller
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Georgetown, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. Near Fine. 1998. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Minor edgewear at head and tail of spine. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 279 pages. A Gourmet Detective Mystery, No. 3. Animated by a passion for food, wine and justice, the Gourmet Detective travels to Provence to investigate a shadowy business deal between two vineyards. But before he can even sample the delights of Pate de Grives on triangles of hot, crisp toast, he encounters a corpse leaning against a cart in the vineyard. Was he really gored to death by sangliers, wild boars rumored to live in the abandoned caves surrounding the village? And why would a tiny vineyard want to buy out its enormous neighbor--and competitor--at any price? Has one of them developed a wine to die for? Trusting In Vino Veritas, the Gourmet Detective follows his palate through a host of Provencal delicacies and sanguinary divertissements while a brilliant killer with exquisite taste prepares to serve him his last meal... .
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- Bookseller
- Storbeck's (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 609225
- Title
- Dying on the Vine
- Author
- King, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0312966830
- ISBN 13
- 9780312966836
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Paperbacks
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- FICTION, MYSTERY DETECTIVE
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Mystery/Detective-MassMarketPB;
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- Fine
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- Mass Market
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