The Dark Door - Hardcover

Wilhelm, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0575046953 ISBN 13: 9780575046955

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1990

Synopsis

First UK Edition hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Light shelf wear to the jacket, page block is slightly blemished, and spine ends are bumped. Pages are clear and unmarked throughout. LW

About this title

About the Author

Kate Wilhelm is the bestselling author of dozens of novels and short-story collections. Among her novels are the popular courtroom thrillers featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. Her other works include the science fiction classic Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang. Born in Ohio, she now lives in Eugene, Oregon.

From Publishers Weekly

Typical of Wilhelm's recent work ( Huysman's Pets ), this SF story takes the form of a mystery novel whose solution is, in human terms, unknowable. A malfunctioning alien space probe flickers in and out of existence from another dimension. All that Earthly eyes can see is a bizarre patterns: random outbreaks of madness and murder that occur in old, closed-up, wood-frame hotels. The loss of his wife and son compels Carson Danvers to go a monomaniacal crusade, burning down each of these host buildings, in hopes of ending the local manifestations. Alarmed insurance companies bring in retired arson investigator Charlie Meiklejohn to catch the criminal, but the sleuth soon teams up with his quarry to deal with the larger, deeper problem. Wilhelm is in top form as the thriller plot races along while characters teeter over an abyss of insanity and loss.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575046953
• ISBN 13: 9780575046955
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256