Like a Charm

Karin Slaughter (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 1844133737 / ISBN 13: 9781844133734

Published by Century, 2004

About this Item

Signed by Karin Slaughter, Mark Billingham and John Connolly on title page. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and unclipped dust jacket. Very slight bumping to top spine end.Light creasing to jacket edges and 'signed copy' sticker. Otherwise internally in near fine condition with pages free from marks or inscriptions. Please see images for further details. Please feel free to ask for further information.

Synopsis: With each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain), Val McDermid (1980s Scotland) and Mark Billingham tackling contemporary London.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Like a Charm
• Publisher: Century
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844133737
• ISBN 13: 9781844133734
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature & General Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

With each crime writer picking up the story in their usual locale, each of the authors tell a gripping story of murder, betrayal and intrigue. Running through each story is a charm bracelet which brings bad luck wherever it's found. Set in locations ranging from nineteenth-century Georgia to wartime Leeds, the book features stories from contributors such as Peter Robinson (writing about 1940s Leeds), Fidelis Morgan, Lynda La Plante (1970s Britain), Val McDermid (1980s Scotland) and Mark Billingham tackling contemporary London.

From the Back Cover

New York Times bestselling authors including Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, Peter Robinson, Laura Lippman, John Connolly, and others combine their talents to deliver a searing novel of suspense unlike anything you've ever read.

Ranging from Manhattan to London to Georgia and beyond, this is a gripping story of murder, betrayal, and intrigue—all linked by a charm bracelet that brings misfortune to everyone who handles it. Uniting the cream of US and UK crime writers, this mesmerizing, masterful story makes for compulsive, just-one-more-chapter reading.