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Closely Akin to Murder - 1st Edition/1st Printing
by Hess, Joan
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0525939113
- ISBN 13
- 9780525939115
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0525939113 . A handsome first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition with light stains on top of textblock. In Fine dust-jacket. Signed by author Joan Hess directly on the title page; The novel is set in the fictional town of Ogunquit, Maine, in the early 1990s. A young woman, Alice, is found dead in her home, and the local police are stumped as to how she died. Alice's husband, Tom, is a suspect, but he is the only one who had access to the home at the time of the crime. The police are also perplexed by the fact that Alice's death appears to be a copycat murder of another woman who was killed a few months earlier. As the investigation into Alice's death progresses, the police come to believe that Tom was involved in both murders and that he is planning to kill again. They are able to capture Tom and bring him to justice.; A Claire Malloy Mystery; 8vo; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
Joan Hess, winner of the American Mystery Award, is the author of eleven previous Claire Malloy mysteries, as well as ten novels in the Maggody series. Currently president of the American Crime Writers League, she lives in Arkansas.
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18404
- Title
- Closely Akin to Murder - 1st Edition/1st Printing
- Author
- Hess, Joan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0525939113
- ISBN 13
- 9780525939115
- Publisher
- Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Collectible Rare Out-Of-Print, Cons Strang
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