While investigating the murder of Peter Derwent, a penniless homeowner, Detective Superintendent Thorn and Sergeant Abbot uncover some surprising motives and an array of suspects
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First American Edition. AC2 - A first American edition hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has light shelf wear and slight discoloration. Book has light shelf wear. A mystery by the author of An Ad for Murder and Stag Dinner Death. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8"x5.5", 185 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Peter Derwent never expected to be shot in the back. He never expected to be shot at all, but to be shot in the back is an especially ignominious way to die. Walking home through the woods after a nasty argument with neighbor Trevor Grayson, Peter is so preoccupied with his financial woes that he hardly notices the thunder and lightning. But then a shot rings out. At first Peter thinks it's just another bolt from the sky. Then he feels the pain. His last thoughts are of his beloved family: wife Lorna, son Richard, daughter Clare, and little Holly. How will they manage without him? How will they find the money to keep Broadfields, the estate that has been in the family for so many years? Murders don't happen in the little Cotswolds town of Colombury. Who could have killed Peter, a man who seemed to have no enemies? True, he'd just had a fight with Trevor Grayson, but Trevor has an alibi. He was eating his housekeeper's excellent scones just as the shot was fired. Detective Superintendent George Thorne is called in to investigate, to probe the past to understand the present. Why was Peter so short of money? And why does Broadfields seem to be so important to everybody connected with the crime? Before Superintendent Thorne finds the answers, more lives will be threatened, more shots will be fired. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # meg63
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing. Hardbound. Good/Good. 8vo. General wear to book. DJ is damaged, with a 1" tear on the bottom corner, front panel. DJ has heavy edge wear with other short edge tears. DJ is not price clipped. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. 185 pages. Seller Inventory # 005328
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Printing, First U.S. Edition. The third mystery novel from the authors of "An Ad For Murder" and "Stag Dinner Death." Small stain on fore edge o/w text is clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minor surface and edgewear. Very Scarce. Seller Inventory # 003065
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U S Edition. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. Scribners. HARDCOVER. 1984. FIRST U S EDITION, FIRST Printing. AS NEW, bound in dark gray with lilac titles in black pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Jacket design by Tim Gaydos. Debut of Detective Superintendent George Thorne. Seller Inventory # 003450
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First US Edition; First Printing. A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a dust-jacket of the same value; In this suspenseful thriller, a presidential candidate's wife is killed, and the police are stumped. The candidate hires a private investigator to find her killer.; 8vo; 185 pages. Seller Inventory # 57770
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