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THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF
by GRIMES, Martha
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine Original Wraps
- ISBN 10
- 0440153271
- ISBN 13
- 9780440153276
- Seller
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Sherman Oaks, California, United States
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About This Item
NY: Dell, 1982. NEAR FINE condition in FINE original missing puzzle piece pictorial paper wraps. A MURDER INK Mystery No. 49. FIRST Dell Printing August 1982. Softcover. AS NEW, square and tight, UNREAD, NO creasing. Light age toning to pages. Stored in Archival sleeve.. First Printing. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Fine Original Wraps. Mass Market Paperback.
Synopsis
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors’ hearts…
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Details
- Bookseller
- SCENE OF THE CRIME ®
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002098
- Title
- THE MAN WITH A LOAD OF MISCHIEF
- Author
- GRIMES, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine Original Wraps
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0440153271
- ISBN 13
- 9780440153276
- Publisher
- Dell
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- NOISBN, A MURDER INK Mystery, SCENE OF THE CRIME
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- AUTHOR G~H~I;
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