Wildcat Play ***SIGNED & DATED***

Helen Knode

ISBN 10: 0151004293 / ISBN 13: 9780151004294

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA, 2012

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First Edition, First Printing with full number line. Signed, without inscription, and dated 5 Oct 12 by author on the FULL title page. New unread Fine book in Fine dust jacket. Signed and dated promotional post card laid in. All our books are bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box with Delivery Confirmation. NO remainder mark, NO previous owner markings or inscriptions, NOT price clipped, NOT a Book Club Edition, NOT an Ex-Lib. Dust jacket covered in protective clear wrapper.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Wildcat Play ***SIGNED & DATED***
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0151004293
• ISBN 13: 9780151004294
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed

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Synopsis

Hipster movie critic Ann Whitehead pushed a Hollywood murder case to a bloody climax and almost died herself. Changed forever—less stupid and more fun—she has moved on to a place she knows well: the San Joaquin Valley, where her grandfather’s closest friend, Joe Balch, owns the oil company that keeps one town alive.

Balch gets Ann a job with the Oklahoma contractor drilling his wildcat well. It’s hard work, but Ann loves both it and her crusty old boss, Emmet. Then a guy on her crew is killed by a falling hammer. Sheriffs rule it an accident but Ann’s LAPD squeeze, Detective Doug Lockwood, says it’s murder. Ann can’t resist the challenge of chasing a killer—and then the killer starts chasing her . . .

From a writer whose first novel was praised as “highly literate, exceptionally action-packed and occasionally harrowing” (Chicago Tribune), this is a wild ride full of bad behavior and laughs, oil-field characters, and small-town atmosphere, starring a heroine who never does anything halfway.

About the Author

Helen Knode put her experiences as a staff writer and film critic for the L.A. Weekly into her novel The Ticket Out. She was born in Calgary, Alberta, heart of the Canadian oil business, and Knodes have worked in oil since the nineteenth century, a history that inspired her novel Wildcat Play.