Backhand - Hardcover

Cody, Liza

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0701137061 ISBN 13: 9780701137069

Publisher: Chatto & Windus, 1991

Synopsis

Very good hardcover in dust jacket. Dust jacket shows light wear and a tiny tear on the top right front corner. Signed by author on title page, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked, though tanned. Binding is tight, hinges strong.

About this title

About the Author:

Liza Cody is the award-winning author of many novels and short stories. She lives in Bath but was born in London and most of her work is set there. Her Anna Lee series introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. It was adapted for television and broadcast in the UK and US. Her website can be found at www.LizaCody.com, and you can follow LizaCody on Twitter.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Another rambling adventure for London's p.i. Anna Lee (Under Contract, 1987, etc.), who works, with much dissatisfaction, for Brierly Security. Here, crisp, take-charge clothing retailer Lara Crowther has hired her to find Cynthia, wayward teenage daughter of Penny Garden, Lara's foremost knitwear designer. Penny's own store has gone bankrupt--though the stock (supposedly in the hands of a liquidator) keeps turning up mysteriously here and there--and her husband-manager has decamped. Meanwhile, the appearance on the scene of entrepreneur Hugh Fellows--a bounder if ever there was one--takes Anna to a plush condo in the Florida Keys, where she encounters a gangster-style murder, catches up with her quarry, and realizes that Lara is playing a game of her own. Nobody's game plan is too clear in the beclouded plotting here, including our heroine's. She's left agonizing over lover Quex, the job with Brierly, and a possible move to the US. An expansive set of intriguing characters and some sharp dialogue help--but can't save--a story out of focus. -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chatto & Windus
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0701137061
• ISBN 13: 9780701137069
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 279