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THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN
by HART, Erin
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/fine
- ISBN 10
- 1451634846
- ISBN 13
- 9781451634846
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, ( 2013 ). First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Octavo, 332 pages,
Signed by Hart on the title-page. "Can the arcane science and lore of the Irish 'bog people,' who often died alone and in agony, be fuel for a mystery that actually does what THE DA VINCI CODE tried to do? A thousand times yes, if Erin Hart's storytelling witchery is at work. Intelligent, eerie, utterly compelling." - Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Signed by Hart on the title-page. "Can the arcane science and lore of the Irish 'bog people,' who often died alone and in agony, be fuel for a mystery that actually does what THE DA VINCI CODE tried to do? A thousand times yes, if Erin Hart's storytelling witchery is at work. Intelligent, eerie, utterly compelling." - Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Synopsis
An ancient volume of philosophical heresy provides a motive for murder in this haunting, lyrical novel of forensics, archeology, and historythe fourth in an acclaimed suspense series. What sort of book is worth a mans life? After a year away from working in the field, archaeologist Cormac Maguire and pathologist Nora Gavin are back in the bogs, investigating a ninth-century body found buried in the trunk of a car. They discover that the ancient corpse is not alonepinned beneath it is the body of Benedict Kavanagh, missing for mere months and familiar to television viewers as a philosopher who enjoyed destroying his opponents in debate. Both men were viciously murdered, but centuries apartso how did they end up buried together in the bog? While on the case, Cormac and Nora lodge at Killowen, a nearby artists colony, organic farm, and sanctuary for eccentric souls. Digging deeper into the older crime, they become entangled in high-stakes intrigue encompassing Kavanaghs death while surrounded by suspects in his ghastly murder. It seems that everyone at Killowen has some secret to protect. Set in modern-day Ireland, The Book of Killowen reveals a new twist on the power of languageand on the eternal mysteries of good and evil.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas J. Joyce And Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20220071
- Title
- THE BOOK OF KILLOWEN
- Author
- HART, Erin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1451634846
- ISBN 13
- 9781451634846
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- ( 2013 )
- Keywords
- ireland bog people erin hart mystery detective fiction
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Thomas J. Joyce And Company
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Chicago, Illinois
About Thomas J. Joyce And Company
Joyce And Company has been in business as a professional rare bookseller and appraiser since 1975. Owner Thomas Joyce was the regular book appraiser on Home & Garden TV\'s \"The Appraisal Fair\\\" program, on international broadcasts. Thomas Joyce was the co-discoverer of George Washington's personal copy of William Leybourn's 1679 edition of THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR, from which young Washington learned some of his surveying skills at age 16. The book had vanished for nearly a century until its re-discovery in 2017. It is now back at Mt. Vernon.
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