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Q IS FOR QUARRY
by Grafton, Sue
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0399149155
- ISBN 13
- 9780399149153
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Signed first printing of this cold case Alphabet Mystery, in which Kinsey Millhone and her colleagues turn up the heat on a murder from 1969 that has long plagued a veteran detective. The success of the Kinsey Millhone books inspired a generation of writers to create their own casually badass heroines, to the delight of millions of readers. 9'' x 6''. Original cloth-backed boards. Original unclipped ($26.95) color pictorial dust jacket. 386 pages. Signed by Grafton to fsecond blank. Sharp and bright.
Synopsis
Quarry , n. An open excavation. Quarry , v. Transitive: To dig or take from. Intransitive: To delve into. Quarry , n. An object pursued or hunted; prey. She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49261
- Title
- Q IS FOR QUARRY
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399149155
- ISBN 13
- 9780399149153
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Post-WWII,US American,Woman Author,Mystery,21st century
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