The Old Contemptibles - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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Synopsis
The rainy day on which they meet sets the tone for Jury’s romance with a mysteriously troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth. The passionate affair comes to a crashing halt when Jane is found dead. As an investigation ensues—with Jury a suspect—he realizes how little he knew about Jane, her teenage son, and her contentious family. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant to pose as a librarian at the Holdsworths’ Lake District home, where the secrets that rise to the surface threaten to pull the clan under.... SELECTED BY THE LITERARY GUILD® AND THE MYSTERY GUILD®
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25485
- Title
- The Old Contemptibles - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons YuSon, Cons YuSon, Fiction
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