BLACK GIRL, WHITE GIRL

MOYES, Patricia

ISBN 10: 080501148X / ISBN 13: 9780805011487

Published by Henry Holt, NY, 1989

About this Item

FINE condition in NEAR FINE dust jacket. NY. Henry Holt. HARDCOVER. 1989. FIRST Edition, FIRST Printing. SIGNED By Author. AS NEW, bound in rose boards and black cloth spine with rose gilt titles in pale peach pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Dust jacket has stain to interior, else FINE. Featuring Inspector Henry Tibbett. ~ SIGNED ! INSCRIBED By Author on Title Page ~ Patricia Moyes At Scene Of the Crime October 21st, 1989 ~.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: BLACK GIRL, WHITE GIRL
• Publisher: Henry Holt, NY
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080501148X
• ISBN 13: 9780805011487
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Printing: First Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • AUTHOR M~N~O

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Synopsis

First Edition. Number written on first pastedown. Foxing on free end page and pastedown. Some shelf and edge wear. Plastic protective cover on DJ. Original Price intact on DJ. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Solid Book.

Reviews

In this disappointingly bland 18th mystery featuring Inspector Henry Tibbet of the CID, Moyes deals with a contemporary topic--drug smuggling--in a curiously dated fashion. Equally disturbing is her underlying, undoubtedly unconscious, colonialist attitude toward the native population of a Caribbean island as evinced in the descriptions of the characters (i.e., the "black girl" of the title). The omniscient Tibbett and his wife Emmy are asked by an old friend to investigate, unofficially, the trafficking of cocaine--"white girl" in the local argot--on the independent Caribbean island of Tampica. Attempting to implicate corrupt government officials involved in the drug trade, the Tibbetts pose as rich, shady tourists who want to "invest" in the island's economy. The Tibbetts and the officials engage in a cat-and-mouse game--until a suspected drug dealer who dies in a suspicious parasailing accident turns out to be an undercover DEA agent. When Emmy is arrested, Henry has to deal with some dangerous characters. Those who enjoy the Tibbetts' civilized adventures will find them in good, though not especially exciting, form.
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