New York: The Mysterious Press, 1998. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page (signature only). As New condition in As New dust jacket. Sharp corners. Bright, shiny, clean, square, tight copy. NOT price clipped ($22.00). NO chips. NO tears. NO creases. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are fresh and crisp -- obviously never read. The third mystery in the series featuring Denver-based bail bondsman and sometimes bounty hunter C. J. Floyd. Compared by the critics to the work of Walter Mosely. Bound in the original blue boards, lettered in metallic red on the spine. "First printing, February 1998" is so stated with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. "Autographed Copy" sticker on DJ's front panel (neatly removed upon request). SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. Illus. by Joudrey, Ken (jacket art).

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Devil's Backbone

Publisher

The Mysterious Press, New York

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

089296653X

ISBN 13

9780892966530

Binding

Hardcover

Illustrator

Joudrey, Ken (jacket art)

Edition

First Printing of the First Edition.

Condition

As New condition

Dust Jacket Condition

As New dust jacket

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Mystery / Crime Fiction

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Synopsis

There were only two things that terrified retired black rodeo star and all-around gadfly Hambone Dolbey. One of them was water. So when Hambone's lifeless body was found floating in a wet suit, those who knew him best knew for sure that the cowboy had been murdered.
Two of them, a deaf-mute old rodeo clown and a former bull rider, ask CJ Floyd to find the killer. CJ has just chased down a rail-thin bail-jumper named Bobby Two-Shirts, earning himself a $3,000 finder's fee, a vicious bite, and a new enemy: Bobby's beautiful, long-legged sister. Driving bare-breasted through the desert heat, she is in hot pursuit of the man who put her brother away.
Now CJ has to watch his back and his front. He discovers Hambone Dolbey's colorful career included a kinky, forbidden, and potentially dangerous affair, and unearths a trail of deals and greed pointing to the mountainous land mass known as the Devil's Backbone. But while CJ hunts a murderer who has already struck twice, Bobby Two-Shirts's sister is laying a trap...

About the Author

Robert Greer is a Professor of Pathology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

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