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Helsinki White; An Inspector Vaara Novel
by Thompson, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399158324
- ISBN 13
- 9780399158322
- Seller
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Port St. Lucie, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2012. First edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 326pp. 8vo. White paper and cloth over boards, gilt on spine and book recto. An Inspector Vaara Novel. Author has signed on a publisher's tipped-in page. Book has a complete number line from 1-10 on the copyright page. Author's initials stamped on front boards. Book is tight, clean, unclipped, unmarked, unread, and has a Brodart jacket protector. Spine ends ever so slightly pushed. Author also wrote "Lucifer's Tears" and "Snow Angels.
Synopsis
Two days after their daughter is born, Kari Vaara drops a bombshell on his American wife, Kate: He has a brain tumor . . . and he's been handpicked to run a rogue black-ops unit, using crime to fight crime. After recovering from surgery, he gets to work. The black-ops unit is small, and reports directly to Finland's national chief of police. They have secrecy, autonomy, and the cash to buy all the high-tech gear. Soon the unit is cleaning house, robbing Helsinki's mobsters blind of their cash, dope, and illegal firearms. But Kari's team is too good, and their actions have unintended consequences. . . . Meanwhile, Finland roils with hatred as its most extreme right political party gains popularity despite having no agenda besides xenophobia. When the country's leading immigrants' rights advocate is assassinated and her head sent by mail to the Finnish Somalia Network, the president assigns Kari to the murder. Cracking this case will involve the unsolved kidnapping of a billionaire's children, a Faustian bargain with a former French legionnaire-and Kate.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0001952
- Title
- Helsinki White; An Inspector Vaara Novel
- Author
- Thompson, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399158324
- ISBN 13
- 9780399158322
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2012
- Keywords
- Collectible-Like New; Signed; First Edition; Dust Jacket-Like New
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Items offered are subject to prior sale. All books are First Editions unless stated otherwise. First Editions are the first printing of a book. We guarantee all signed books. They may be returned at any time if proven not to be authentic. Returns: Please contact us for instructions. Customers may return books for any reason as long as they are in the same condition as sent, and we will provide a full refund (buyer pays shipping). If books are not as described we will also reimburse return shipping (book cost plus initial shipping plus return shipping). We, as seller, are also responsible for lost or damaged items in transit.
About the Seller
Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2007
Port St. Lucie, Florida
About Christopher Morrow, Bookseller
Specializing in modern mystery, fantasy/science fiction, general fiction, Subterranean Press books, and photography books. Many of these are signed by the authors.
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