The Pythagorean Solution by Badal, Joseph H - 2003

Santa Ana, California: Seven Locks Press, 2003. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition.. First Edition, SIGNED by the author, in clean unclipped dust jacket. Clean dark blue cloth boards with bright gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight and hinges are sound. Amusing inscription and author signature on title page: "Claire - I hope you find this as exciting as being married to whatshisname. - Joseph H. Badal 5/17/03 - P.S. Happy Anniversary!" 272 pages. Clean jacket is unchipped, no tears, not price clipped; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. Late one night, American John Hammond finds Petros Vangelos, a Greek fisherman, lying motally wounded in an alle. Vangelos hands off a coded map to Hammond,thereby involvin John in a decades old mstery about the whereabouts of a Turkish tramp steamer that sank in a storm in 1945, carrying afortune in gold and jewels. An action-packed story, built on a fascinating hitorical foundation, weaing archaeological sites, persons from antiquity, and actual events from World War II into its fabric. Author's mystery debut..