In the Shadow of King's by KELLY, Nora - 1984

Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. Ex-Library. Trade Paperback. Very Good. GREAT BOOK! NO SPINE CREASES & MILD WEAR ON LAMINATED COVER. A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKINGS IN TEXT "Description: Alistair Greenwood, Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge, hosts a luncheon at his faultless 17th Century home. Its perfection is marred by the incompatability of the guests and the arrogance of the host. Gillian Adams, an American scholar revisiting the unversity while on sabbatical from Vancouver, finds it distasteful, but she's truly appalled when the eminent Greenwood is gunned down the next day while listening to her lecture. Involved as a witness, she's also hooked into the case by her friendship with Edward Gisborne of the Yard, who had come to hear her and remains to capture Greenwood's killer.... This debut novel, first published in 1983, is polished in its plotting and its prose and beautifully depicts Cambridge, doing for that "ancient seat of learning what Dorothy L.… Read More

Sourcebooks, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

First edition tradepaper edition of this reprinted edition. Originally published in 1984 by Collins Crime Club. First novel in the Gillian Adams series. In fine condition.

Sourcebooks, Incorporated. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

St Martins Pr, 1984-12. Hardcover. Good.

Poisoned Pen Press, January 2000. Trade Paperback. Used - Good.

New York: St. Martin's Press. Very Good+ with no Dust Jacket. 1984. Later Printing. Hardcover. 0312411715 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Book Club Edition; 150 pages; "Tan hard covers with black lettering on spine. Spine is straight, binding is tight, pages are clean and bright. Dust jacket with light wear to top and bottom edges. " During a return visit to Cambridge University where she took her doctorate, American history professor Gillian Adams becomes involved in the investigation of the murder of a greatly renowned--and disliked--professor, joining forces with a Scotland Yard detective .

St. Martin's Press, 1984 Clean copy with small nicks and tears to dust jacket. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collins. Good+. 1984. Hardcover. 0002313960 . Book is in good condition and does show some edge wear and small tears. Please See Photographs; The Crime Club; 0 X 0 X 0 millimeters; 201 pages .