The Old Contemptibles
by Martha Grimes
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Seller
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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
- Elliott Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- EB150419
- Title
- The Old Contemptibles
- Author
- Martha Grimes
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Co (t)
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1991
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