The Wrong Case: A Novel

Crumley, James

ISBN 10: 0394735587 / ISBN 13: 9780394735580

Published by Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., 1986

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Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed, spine is lightly creased as well as a heavy crease in the lower corner or the back cover, outer edges are discolored, overall a clean signed first Vintage Contemporaries edition! Signed by the author on the half-title page! "Milo once had a thriving divorce-case business in the small town of Meriwether, in the Pacific Northwest, but because of liberal new divorce laws has taken to drinking and staring out the window. He's up to his third drink of the morning when an attractive young woman walks into his office and asks him to find her brother. He takes on what seems a routine missing-person case in hopes of getting to know her better, but finds himself involved in what is most definitely The Wrong Case. Everyone is a victim, one way or another, of a crime that took place long before the novel begins.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Wrong Case: A Novel
• Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394735587
• ISBN 13: 9780394735580
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: First Thus
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

An extraordinary detective story from one of the great American crime fiction authors. 

Milo once had a thriving divorce-case business in the small town of in the Pacific Northwest, but because of liberal new divorce laws he has taken to drinking and staring out the window. He's up to his third drink of the morning when an attractive young woman walks into his office and asks him to find her brother. He takes on what seems a routine missing-person case in hopes of getting to know her better, but finds himself involved in what is most definitely the wrong case. Everyone is a victim, one way or another, of a crime that took place long before the novel begins.

About the Author

James Crumley was born in Three Rivers, Texas, and spent most of his childhood in South Texas. After serving three years in the U.S. Army and completing college degrees in history (BA, Texas College of Arts and Industries) and creative writing (MFA, University of Iowa), he joined the English faculty at the University of Montana at Missoula. He was also a visiting professor at a number of other institutions around the country, including the University of Texas at El Paso, Colorado State University, Reed College, and Carnegie-Mellon. His works include a novel of Vietnam, One to Count Cadence, and seven detective novels: The Wrong Case, The Last Good Kiss, Dancing Bear, The Mexican Tree Duck, Bordersnakes, The Final Country, and The Right Madness. He died in Missoula in 2008.