Laurier King (10 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. Night Work Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his often-abused wife, is meek and frail--and has an airtight alibi. Kate and Al are stumped, until a second body turns up--also zapped, cuffed, and strangled.and carrying a candy bar. This victim: a convicted rapist. As newspaper headlines speculate about vendetta killings, a third death draws Kate and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a modern-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. Night Work Kate and her partner, Al Hawkin, are called to a scene of carefully executed murder: the victim is a muscular man, handcuffed and strangled, a stun gun's faint burn on his chest and candy in his pocket. The likeliest person to want him dead, his often-abused wife, is meek and frail--and has an airtight alibi. Kate and Al are stumped, until a second body turns up--also zapped, cuffed, and strangled.and carrying a candy bar. This victim: a convicted rapist. As newspaper headlines speculate about vendetta killings, a third death draws Kate and Al into a network of pitiless destruction that reaches far beyond San Francisco, a modern-style hit list with shudderingly primal roots.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st UK ed. viii,276pp. Sl. crease on top corner of ffep. o/w VG+/VG+ dw. 3rd novel in a series featuring Sherlock Holmes & his partner in sleuthing Mary Russell.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Minor rubbing around the book and cover.

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Condition: Leichte Gebrauchsspuren.

Paperback. Condition: Good. 386 pages. cover worn, sellers stamp ffepLatest in Laurie King's popular and much admired Mary Russell crime series: ' Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels. civilized, ingenious and engro ssing' - Literary Review Rumours of a ghostly carriage and a hu ge 'devil dog' on a moonlit moor lead Sherlock Holmes and his wife and sleuthing partner Mary Russell back to the eerie scene of one of his most celebrated case s. And when the body of tin miner Josiah Gorton is found surrounded by oversize paw prints, it looks as if the Hound of the Baskervilles has returned to haunt D artmoor once more. Attempting to unravel the mystery, Holmes and Russell find themselves caught up in local legend, myth and folklore as a devilish patte rn begins to develop against the backdrop of the dark, foreboding Devonshire moo r. True to their expectations, events have a real-world explanation, but it is o ne that combines more wild emotion, surprise, and frightening suspense than any ghost story could.…

Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First (1st). Book is Unread . Front/Back: New . Spine: New . One small felt tip dot on top edges of pages . Printing: First (1st) Printing / Impression 13579108642 . Year: 1999.