New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1986. First Edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges spotted else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Cross presents a welcome addition to her mystery series (Death in a Tenured Position, Poetic Justice, etc.), featuring Professor Kate Fansler, feminist and sleuth. In Kate's brother Larry's law office, says her niece Leighton, something odd is going on: Charlotte Lucas, a word processor in-putter, has vanished. In addition, the legatee of one of the firm's clients has also disappeared. The former is easily found, but the latter, a woman named Winifred Ashby, who is somehow related to the famous, now-dead English author Charlotte Stanton, is more elusive. The reclusive Winifred had been serving as "hired man" on a New England farm until she went to England in connection with a will, a trip she neither completed nor returned from. Why has no one heard from Winifredis she, as Kate feels "in my bones" dead? This entertaining and highly literate novel is peopled with strong women and other interesting characters, and is rich with ideas..." --PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

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Bookseller: Murder By The Book (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002319
Title: NO WORD FROM WINIFRED
Author: Cross, Amanda
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0525244328
ISBN 13: 9780525244325
Publisher: Dutton
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: COLLEGE TEACHERS FICTION FANSLER KATE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER NEW YORK N Y MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, WOMEN SLEUTHS
Bookseller catalogs: NYC; NEW YORK; Academic; Teachers;

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