Be the One / *Signed*, Uncorrected Proof, First Edition, Rare Uncorrected Proof copy, Collectible

Smith, April

ISBN 10: 0679450963 / ISBN 13: 9780679450962

Published by Knopf, 2000

About this Item

Softcover, trade paperback format, **SIGNED** on title page, signature only, Uncorrected Proof as printed on front cover, Condition: Fine, Unread, Fine Condition due to light wear and fading to light blue cover edges, small crease at top front cover corner, light fading, small 1 " shadow mark where a sticker use to be on front cover, Unread, Spine Not Broken, Never fully opened past copyright page, bound in light blue paper wraps with Title/Author & Publisher Marketing Information printed on front blue Proof cover, "Praise for April Smith's "North of Montana" reviews printed on inside of the light blue Proof cover, inside the blue Proof cover is the actual colored printed image cover, (see Additional Images), NOT a remainder, First Edition as printed on copyright page, (assumed) 1st Printing being an Uncorrected Proof, RARE, Collectible Signed, Uncorrected Proof bound in light blue wraps, 1 of the 5 Novels by April Smith: James at Fifteen (1977) Friends (1978) Be the One (2000) A Star for Mrs. Blake (2014) Home Sweet Home (2017).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1704922466507

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Be the One / *Signed*, Uncorrected Proof, First Edition, Rare Uncorrected Proof copy, Collectible
• Publisher: Knopf
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679450963
• ISBN 13: 9780679450962
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Uncorrected Proof and/or Proofs
  • April Smith
  • Signed by Author

About this title

Synopsis

From the author of North of Montana ("The writing has the taut, perfect tone of a well-tuned string"--Scott Turow), a spellbinding new thriller about ambition taken to unexpected, and deadly, extremes.

Cassidy Sanderson is a scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers--the only female scout in the major leagues. Hard-living and hard-drinking, a gifted athlete herself, she takes pride in successfully competing in a male world. But recently she has been losing prospects on the sign, and her job security is teetering on the edge. When she gets a tip from a close friend and fellow scout about Alberto Cruz, a young phenom in the Dominican Republic, she impulsively catches a flight to Santo Domingo--even though it is out of her territory and she will undoubtedly incur her boss's wrath. If Alberto Cruz is as good as she's been told, the trip will be worth the risk.

The risk starts quickly. Not only has Cruz "got it all--the heart, the guts, the aptitude," he may also have "a bad spirit on him." And he's not the only man Cassidy meets on the island who might change her life for good or ill. The other is Joe Galinis, a powerful financier and real estate developer, "one of the most provocative men she has ever met." When Cassidy returns to Los Angeles, she finds herself entangled in a blackmail scheme laced with otherworldly vodou and real-life violence: a tightening triangle of suspicion and deception that leads her to the back rooms (and backstabbing) of high-stakes sports and finance--where she is about to discover that there is a thin line between a competitor and a killer.

Once again, April Smith gives us a novel of nonstop suspense--large in scope, emotionally rich, and built around a central character of striking originality and substance. It is an electrifying read.

About the Author

April Smith is the author of North of Montana. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and children.