Nine

Burke, Jan

ISBN 10: 0743223896 / ISBN 13: 9780743223898

Published by Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A., 2002

About this Item

1st ed/1st printing, SIGNED by the author on the title page. This book is square, solid, and unread; the boards are solid and unblemished, and the dust jacket is sharp and protected by a protective Brodart cover. No price clippings, no remainder marks. When this treasured tome arrives at the door, you'll pull that fifth of bourbon out of the middle drawer of your desk, tilt your chair back and pull the shades down halfway, and hope that no new clients show for the day once this book arrives in the mail!

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nine
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743223896
• ISBN 13: 9780743223898
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st/1st.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Hailed by reviewers and fellow authors alike, Edgar Award winner Jan Burke has won a legion of devoted readers with her witty, ingeniously crafted novels featuring Irene Kelly. Now Burke, who earned critical acclaim for her stunning departure novel, Flight, returns with another electrifying thriller: Nine will hold readers in thrall until the breathtaking conclusion. When a brutal felon on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list turns up dead in Los Angeles County, few mourn him; in fact, the public begins to cheer his unknown assailants as heroes. But as more brutalized corpses of fugitive outlaws are found, Sheriff's Homicide Detective Alex Brandon knows that the vigilante group the public has nicknamed "The Exterminators" may be far more ruthless and sadistic than its victims. The corpses bear eerie similarities to victims of a serial killer investigated by Brandon ten years ago. The perpetrator died at the hands of his own deeply traumatized teenaged stepson, Kit Logan. Logan, protected by his wealthy family, never spent a day in jail; instead, he was sent to a private reform school for the truant sons of L.A.'s most affluent. Alex Brandon, unable to locate Logan for questioning, has a chilling sense he is being manipulated. But why? A terrifying novel that asks what happens when justice is no longer enough, Nine introduces an unforgettable protagonist. A modern morality tale, it is another captivating gem from an acclaimed master of mystery and suspense.

About the Author

Jan Burke is the recipient of the Edgar Award for Best Novel, the Agatha Award, the Macavity Award, and the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine Readers Award. She lives with her husband and two dogs in southern California. Visit her Web site at www.janburke.com.