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SIGNED hardcover first edition - First printing. A thriller with its roots in the late sixties and the Woodstock festival. When Jessie Shapiro's daughter and ex-husband disappear, she finds a warning on his answering machine - and then her best friend, wearing Jessie's slicker, is run over. The police dismiss her fears so she sets out to track her daughter across the United States, and in doing so she uncovers a deadly secret from her ex-husband's college days during the Vietnam era. Library Journal called this "a solid mystery/political thriller about a self-reliant average woman thrown without warning into a smoky conspiracy. Riveting." SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 81299
After her daughter Kate fails to return home from a weekend with her exhusband, Jessie Shapiro is thrown into a nightmare from the past
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Divorced from an irresponsible studio musician, Jessie Shapiro barely manages to support herself and her daughter by restoring paintings. Suddenly, her daughter and ex-husband disappear. Jessie finds a warning on his answering machine, but later it's erased. Then her best friend, wearing Jessie's slicker, is run over. Jessie sees a sinister pattern, but the police dismiss her fears. As Jessie tracks her daughter across the United States, she uncovers a deadly secret from his college days during the Vietnam era. Hard Rain is a solid mystery/political thriller about a self-reliant average woman thrown without warning into a smoky conspiracy. Riveting.A.M.B. Amantia, Population Crisis Committee Lib., Washington , D.C.
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Title: HARD RAIN.
Publisher: New York: Dutton, (1998) dj
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Very Good dust jacket. Signed by author on card insert. Laid inside. In polypropylene bag. Seller Inventory # H16OS-00355
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Seller: Scene of the Crime, ABAC, IOBA, St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of the fourth stand alone novel by this author. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Price clipped, in near fine / near fine condition. Language: eng 0.0. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 11924
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Seller: All-Ways Fiction, DAYTON, NV, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Signed by author on title page - signature only. Book in Mylar cover, Book has embossed marks on front two pages - bottom edges - otherwise nice and clean - tight. A First edition, First printing. Book is in Fine condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. All-Ways well boxed, All-Ways fast service. Thanks. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 004549
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Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. First Edition; Second Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket. ; Signed by Peter Abrahams on the title page. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 374 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 115680
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