Vanishing Smile, The by Emerson, Earl - 1995

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Ballantine Books, 1995. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Ballantine Books, 1995-09-26. Hardcover. Good.

Earl Emerson, author of The Portland Laugher and other novels featuring Seattle private eye Thomas Black, has been hailed by Aaron Elkins as "a writer's writer--a master of witty dialogue; clever, complex plotting; and lucid, meaty prose in the best tradition of American crime fiction." Now, in The Vanishing Smile, a fateful, fatal encounter on a rain-swept highway throws Black into a deadly investigation.Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers. Spry and seventyish, Marian has all the resourcefulness of a professional gumshoe, and the relentlessness of a woman with a score of her own to settle. When Marian's investigation ends abruptly and ferociously--with Thomas Black and his estranged friend Kathy Birchfield as eyewitnesses--Thomas has a new case on his hands.Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rogue boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of people--from ex-cons to prostitutes to… Read More

Ballantine, 1995. hardcover. New. Author Signed Hardcover Book. 1995 NY: Ballantine First edition, first printing, fine in a fine dust jacket, signed by the author. This is a collectible book free from material defects. Jacket covering services are available for a small fee.

USA: Ballantine Books, 1995. Ballantine Books 1995 First Edition NL with 1 Fine/Near Fine DJ Black cloth spine with gilded spine lettering and blue boards. Ever-so-slight tip wear to bright glossy dust jacket o/w Fine.. First Edition NL with 1. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine DJ.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition/First Printing. As new..

US: Ballantine Books, 1995. Ballantine Books 1995 First Edition NL with 1 Fine/Fine DJ HEAVY ITEM.. First Edition NL with 1. Hardcover. Fine/Fine DJ. No Exp.

SIGNED by the author on the title page
"Earl Emerson, author of The Portland Laugher and other novels featuring Seattle private eye Thomas Black, has been hailed by Aaron Elkins as "a writer's writer--a master of witty dialogue; clever, complex plotting; and lucid, meaty prose in the best tradition of American crime fiction." Now, in The Vanishing Smile, a fateful, fatal encounter on a rain-swept highway throws Black into a deadly investigation.Marian Wright is an amateur sleuth in the employ of two attractive young women eager to catch up with their no-account ex-lovers. Spry and seventyish, Marian has all the resourcefulness of a professional gumshoe, and the relentlessness of a woman with a score of her own to settle. When Marian's investigation ends abruptly and ferociously--with Thomas Black and his estranged friend Kathy Birchfield as eyewitnesses--Thomas has a new case on his hands.Picking up the pieces of Marian Wright's search for her clients' rogue boyfriends, Thomas encounters a network of… Read More