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The Winter Queen
by Akunin, Boris
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1400060494
- ISBN 13
- 9781400060498
- Seller
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Farmington, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
FIRST US EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (stated, number line to 2 Random House's indicator of a first printing for this year) New York, Random House, 2003. Dust Jacket Fine in Brodart cover, no wear, no tears, not price-clipped ($19.95). Boards Fine, no wear, no bumps. Text Clean, no marks. No remainder mark. Books are Carefully Packed and Shipped Daily with USPS Tracking from Dry, Smoke-Free shop. Complete Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Synopsis
Moscow, May 1876: What would cause a talented young student from a wealthy family to shoot himself in front of a promenading public in the Alexander Gardens? Decadence and boredom, most likely, is what the commander of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Police thinks, but still he finds it curious enough to send the newest member of the division, Erast Fandorin, a young man of irresistible charm, to the Alexander Gardens precinct for more information. Fandorin is not satisfied with the conclusion that this is an open-and-shut case, nor with the preliminary detective work the precinct has done--and for good reason: The bizarre and tragic suicide is soon connected to a clear case of murder, witnessed firsthand by Fandorin. There are many unresolved questions. Why, for instance, have both victims left their fortunes to an orphanage run by the English Lady Astair? And who is the beautiful "A.B.," whose signed photograph is found in the apparent suicide's apartment? Relying on his keen intuition, the eager sleuth plunges into an investigation that leads him across Europe, landing him at the deadly center of a terrorist conspiracy of worldwide proportions.In this thrilling mystery that brings nineteenth-century Russia to vivid life, Akunin has created one of the most eagerly anticipated novels in years.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- McInBooks, IOBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2564 A165
- Title
- The Winter Queen
- Author
- Akunin, Boris
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1400060494
- ISBN 13
- 9781400060498
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
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