THE LONG CALL. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,author SIGNED,1st edn. [cOMPLETE NUMBER LINE 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptnbut author's neat handwritten black felt-tip ink inscrptn: 'To Yasmine with thanks and very best wishes Ann Cleeves' to title page,and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,montage'd background scenic photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with author's embossed pale blue-letterednamd and flat printed pale-blue-lettered THE SUNDAY TIMES BEST SELLER credit underneath,capitalised,embossed, bright,crisp gilt-lettered title,along with an embossed gilt roundel with colour photographic centre with capitalised,white-lettered SHETLAND AND VERA credit and capitalised, blocked,black-lettered THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR AND CREATOR to embossed,gold circle; a pale blue spine/backstrip with author's capitalised, embossed,black-lettered name and capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title, publisher's capitalised,black-lettered and black illustrated name and colophon respectively to foot of same,rear panel with monochrome photographic background with 5 critics' white+pale blue-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound – pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered, original plain dark brown cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt capitalised lettering to spine/backstrip,and repeated immaculate colour illustrated regional map [North Devon] with a colour illustrated Lundy Island map inset,illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-374pp [paginated] includes 43 chapters; plus [unpaginated]half-title,author SIGNED+ dedicated title page,a dedication with Acknowledgements to its verso,author's introduction and explanation of a new character and a new series. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its brightness,cleanliness and lack of detracting faults. The introduction and debut of a new character of a new 'Two Rivers' series,Detecive Matthew Venn. In North Devon, where the rivers Taw and Torridge converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his father's funeral takes place. The day Matthew turned his back on the strict evangelical community in which he grew up, he lost his family too. Now he's back, not just to mourn his father at a distance, but to take charge of his first major case in the Two Rivers region; a complex place not quite as idyllic as tourists suppose. A body has been found on the beach near to Matthew's new home: a man with the tattoo of an albatross on his neck, stabbed to death. Finding the killer is Venn's only focus, and his team's investigation will take him straight back into the community he left behind, and the deadly secrets that lurk there. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **