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JUDGMENT CALLS
by Burke, Alafair
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0805073868
- ISBN 13
- 9780805073867
- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Company, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by author on title page in black mountain ink. Samantha Kincaid is a divorced Deputy DA in Portland's Vice and Drugs Division. Kincaid has developed her own niche within the division prosecuting the monsters who lure and coerce girls and young women into prostitution. Thirteen year old Kendra Martin is abducted, drugged and anally raped, and the victim identifies Frank Derringer, on parole for similar crimes, as her attacker. But there's no corroborating evidence except a single, partial fingerprint, and the state's case looks even shakier after Martin changes her story. Tough and determined, Kincaid gathers her evidence and builds her case, refusing to be deflected even when she discovers that she must work with her former lover, detective Forbes of Portland's Major Crimes Team. But when her home is ransacked and a carving knife plus threatening note left in the icebox, it seems that someone is prepared to get very personal indeed in order to shut her up. Fluently written, stuffed with authentic detail, well plotted and characterised, with a warm, sympathetic heroine and a good final twist, Alafair Burke's debut thriller has broad appeal and marks the beginning of a great new career. Fine, first edition, first printing, in fine, myalr-protected dust jacket. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] M34/M8
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- Bookseller
- Joe Staats, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8196
- Title
- JUDGMENT CALLS
- Author
- Burke, Alafair
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0805073868
- ISBN 13
- 9780805073867
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2003
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL LEGAL PORTLAND WOMEN LAWYERS General, General
- Product_type
- 2
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Joe Staats, Bookseller
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We specialize in collectible, contemporary signed first editions. First edition means the first printing. (Later printings of the first edition are typically not printed on acid-free paper, and should be avoided by collectors.) Signatures are obtained by us in person. Inscribed books sold by us may contain a line, a phrase, or a sketch that the author has chosen to add. Our signed books are not dedicated to anybody in particular (not to your grandmother, your Aunt Gladys, your ex-lover or your former cellmate), except in the rare case of a presentation copy from an author to a noteworthy person. All our books are hardcover, unless the book is an Advance Reading Copy, Uncorrected Proof, or PBO. You can expect that the books we send you will be as described, and in a physical condition worthy of the author’s having signed them. We do not sell remainder-marked books, signed or otherwise
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