Death of a Murderer
by Thomson, Rupert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 074758804X
- ISBN 13
- 9780747588047
- Seller
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Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. 074758804X . Light wear only.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; 8.60 X 5.40 X 1.20 inches; 249 pages; "After decades in prison for crimes gruesomely familiar to everyone in England, a murderer has finally died of natural causes, no less notorious in death than she was in life. Billy Tyler, a career policeman, has been assigned the task of guarding her body in the hospital morgue.But alone on a graveyard shift his wife begged him not accept, Billy has occasion to contemplate the various turns his life has taken and to discover why it is that on this dark night of the soul the reviled murderer seems to speak to him directly. Death of a Murderer is a gripping novel of crime, punishment, fear, and temptation." .
Synopsis
Rupert Thomson is the author of seven previous novels. Born in England in 1955 and educated at Cambridge, he now lives with his wife and their daughter in Barcelona.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ainsworth Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18659
- Title
- Death of a Murderer
- Author
- Thomson, Rupert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 074758804X
- ISBN 13
- 9780747588047
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- 074758804X, murder
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ainsworth Books
Biblio member since 2003
Chilliwack, British Columbia
About Ainsworth Books
Ainsworth Books was for many years a bricks and mortar store in Vancouver, BC. When we acquired the store, we moved to a location in Delta. After three years we moved the stock home and started operation as an online, by appointment only operation. I have worked with books my whole adult life and enjoy giving recommendations.
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