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Silent Witness
by Charles Wilson (1939- )
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0881847550
- ISBN 13
- 9780881847550
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
304 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's quarter red cloth with gilt letting to sine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition.
Wilson follows his startling debut in last year's Nightwatcher with another twisted tale of passion and murder in central Mississippi. Here, the rape/killing of teenager Julie Richardson ensnares first her next-door neighbor, Jack Mueller (a prime suspect even if he hadn't already, years ago, been accused of assaulting a teenager), and then, rapidly, Jack's wife Leigh Ann, her old flame Mark Ramsey, and Mark's half-brother, foursquare police chief Ray Hopkins. Mark's fight to clear Jack isn't helped by Jack's suicide—or by the story's detour into an investigation of some neighborhood boys who may have witnessed the murder, and who may be acting out grisly rituals of their own. Appealing characters, strong situations, and fast-moving prose. But the story is cluttered by subplots that make the final revelation both incredible and obvious.
Condition: Near fine in like jacket.
Wilson follows his startling debut in last year's Nightwatcher with another twisted tale of passion and murder in central Mississippi. Here, the rape/killing of teenager Julie Richardson ensnares first her next-door neighbor, Jack Mueller (a prime suspect even if he hadn't already, years ago, been accused of assaulting a teenager), and then, rapidly, Jack's wife Leigh Ann, her old flame Mark Ramsey, and Mark's half-brother, foursquare police chief Ray Hopkins. Mark's fight to clear Jack isn't helped by Jack's suicide—or by the story's detour into an investigation of some neighborhood boys who may have witnessed the murder, and who may be acting out grisly rituals of their own. Appealing characters, strong situations, and fast-moving prose. But the story is cluttered by subplots that make the final revelation both incredible and obvious.
Condition: Near fine in like jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1317
- Title
- Silent Witness
- Author
- Charles Wilson (1939- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0881847550
- ISBN 13
- 9780881847550
- Publisher
- Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 304 pages
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery, Espionage. Detective and Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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