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Sweet and Deadly
by Charlaine Harris
- Used
- poor
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Poor/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0395305322
- ISBN 13
- 9780395305324
- Seller
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La Porte, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1981. I2 - An ex-library first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in poor condition in fair dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), worn, torn, and discolored (reading copy only). Sweet and Deadly combines the best of mystery and suspense, with a pinch of romance. This the author's first book. 8.5"x5.75", 179 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Charlaine Harris Schulz is an American New York Times bestselling author who has been writing mysteries for over thirty years. She was born and raised in the Mississippi River Delta area of the United States. She now lives in Texas with her husband and enjoys visits from her three grown children and her grandchildren. Though her early work consisted largely of poems about ghosts and, later, teenage angst, she began writing plays when she attended Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. She began to write books a few years later. Her later books have been in the urban fantasy genre. She is best known for The Southern Vampire Mysteries series, which HBO later adapted for its dramatic series entitled True Blood.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
Synopsis
Now best known for her New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris hit "a home run the first time out" (Birmingham News) with the story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter in mystery that hits close to home...Catherine Linton has returned to her hometown of Lowfield, Mississippi, unconvinced that the death of her parents in a car crash six months earlier was an accident. And her suspicions are confirmed when she stumbles upon the dead and beaten body of her doctor-father's longtime nurse. There are secrets being kept in Lowfield. And the town where Catherine grew up may be the same place where she is sent to her grave...
Reviews
On Jan 18 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
Sweet and Deadly is the first novel by popular American author, Charlaine Harris. After the unsolved murder of her parents some six months previous, journalist Catherine Linton is working at the Lowfield Gazette and otherwise keeping a low profile, living in her parents home. Her father’s medical practice has been taken over by a young doctor and her life seems somewhat on hold. Then she stumbles across the brutally beaten body of Leona Gaites, her father’s long-time employee, and Catherine is convinced the murder is linked to that of her parents. But it soon emerges that Leona was not all she seemed, and quite a few people in Lowfield might have a good reason to want her dead. With a decidedly Southern feel, this little murder mystery is a taste of early Harris that presages her later work. The characters are interesting, there are clues and red herrings, the plot has enough twists to keep the reader intrigued, the dialogue is credible and, all in all, this is a very enjoyable read.
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- Seller
- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- ec45847
- Title
- Sweet and Deadly
- Author
- Charlaine Harris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Poor
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395305322
- ISBN 13
- 9780395305324
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- FICTION SOUTHERN MYSTERY DETECTIVE SUSPENSE ROMANCE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction / Author's First Novel;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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