- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: MURDER BY THE BOOK, Warwick, RI, U.S.A.MURDER BY THE BOOK
AbeBooks seller since April 23, 1997
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 7.50
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1st ed. Uncorreceted proof, very light wear else fine, wraps. England. "Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra Heath -- Boyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wife -- turns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. -- Publishers Weekly.
Seller Inventory # 005525
- Title
- DEAD RINGER
- Author
- Ormerod, Roger
- Publisher
- Scribners, N.Y.
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Book Type
- Uncorrected Proof
- Binding
- Printed Wrapper
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0684185873
- ISBN 13
- 9780684185873
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- England, Mystery and Detective, Uncorrected Proof, wraps, Z 29
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MURDER BY THE BOOK
Warwick, RI, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since April 23, 1997
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MURDER BY THE BOOK was opened in 1978. When in Rhode Island come by and stop in for a visit. We are less than 1/2 mile from the airport. HOURS: Appointment Only
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MURDER BY THE BOOK
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