Wit's End

Scafidel, James R.

ISBN 10: 0934601747 / ISBN 13: 9780934601740

Published by St Lukes Press, 1989

About this Item

A first edition. A fine copy in a near fine DJ with a small spot of rubbing on the lower spine corner, protected by a removable mylar cover. See my photos of the book you will receive, not stock photos. More available upon request. This book is in my possession and will be packed in bubble wrap and shipped in a cardboard box. USPS tracking provided. #C4.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wit's End
• Publisher: St Lukes Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0934601747
• ISBN 13: 9780934601740
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Book by Scafidel, James R.

Reviews

This entertaining thriller begins with New York Times sportswriter Ted Miller's return to his hometown, Marshall, Miss. To all appearances, Marshall is just a seedy little Southern village justifiably proud of its high school football team that never loses. Beneath its placid exterior, however, flows a subterranean current of crime, a current that rises to the surface with the murder of the school superintendent. The cops seize a black teenager as the most likely perpetrator, but Ted's sharply honed reporter's instincts tell him they're wrong, and he sets out to unravel the mystery on his own. Scafidel, who has nine previous books including several thrillers to his credit (under five different pen names), here spins a consistently engrossing tale. His gallery of funky local characters is amusing, even when they're too good to be true, and the assumption underlying the plot--that organized crime might find it profitable to take over a poor rural town--is plausible.
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