Shear

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION AND PRINTING. Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author provides us with a tale where "In the hallucinatory light and heat of a Mediterranean island, a geologist arrives to inspect a granite quarry where a worker has been killed in suspicious circumstances. Briefed in advance to write a damning report, he brings along his young mistress and pushes his wife and family to the back of his mind. But his blithe plans are disrupted by the arrival of the dead man's widow, hell-bent on revenge; a fax from his wife announcing her pregnancy; and a threatening dispute with the quarry owners. Conflicting messages and complex motivations abound until, from the dust and roar of quarry and stone mill, the jagged contours of a harrowing conspiracy emerge. By the time the home office instructs him to drop the case, it is too late. He has already stumbled into a web of blackmail, deception, and murder." 211 pages. Minor shelf rubbing to DJ cover and an inkstamp: "Received Sep 18 1987" on rear endpaper. MANY OTHER PARKS TITLES AVAILABLE (all first American edition/printing). GM3.