The Man with a Load of Mischief.
by GRIMES, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316328804
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328807
- Seller
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Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Little, Brown and Company,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1981. Hardcover. 0316328804 . The author's first book. Stated first edition. Slight spine slant, else very good in a very good (age toning along the spine and flap edges) dust jacket.; 263 pages .
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
- Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100927
- Title
- The Man with a Load of Mischief.
- Author
- GRIMES, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0316328804
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328807
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- 0316328804, MYSTERY, First Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
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