Search Results: Authors starting with V from The Book Closet

New York: William Morrow, 2015 Edges show wear; stated first edition paperback. "In 1949, four-year-old Rachel Rabinowitz is placed in the Hebrew Infant Home where Dr. Mildred Solomon is conducting medical research on the children. Dr. Solomon subjects Rachel to an experimental course of X-ray treatments that establish the doctor's reputation while risking the little girl's health. Now it's 1954, and Rachel is a nurse in the hospice wing of the Old Hebrew Home when elderly Dr. Solomon becomes her patient. realizing the power she holds over the helpless doctor, Rachel embarks on a dangerous experiment of her own design. Before the night shift ends, Rachel will be forced to choose between forgiveness and revenge." -- from the back cover

Chicago: The Reilly & Britton Co., 1909 Beautiful condition for a book of this age. Tan/cream boards with green lettering on the spine. Pictorial cover with purple and green embossing and green lettering. Pencil writing on front end piece "Xmas 1921." Tight spine and clean pages. 299 pages with advertising for other series in back. "Distinctly girls' books and yet stories that will appeal to brother as well -- and to older folk. Real and vital -- rousing stories of the experiences and exploits of three real girls who do things. Without being sensational, Mrs. Van Dyne has succeeded in writing a series of stories that have the tug and stir of fresh young blood in them." -- a description of The Aunt Jane's Niececs Series.

St. Martin's Press, 2006 Advance Reading Copy

Putnam, 1992 1st Edition; Minor Shelf Wear to DJ

New York: Crown Publishers, 2010 Black boards with black tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover. "Arriving in the mail over a period of weeks are taunting letters that end with a simple declaration: 'Think of any number...picture it...now see how well I know your secrets.' Amazingly, those who comply find that the letter writer has predicted their random choices exactly. For Dave Gurney, just retired as the NYPD's top homicide investigator and forging a new life with his wife, Madeleine, in upstate New York, the letters are oddities that begin as a diverting puzzle but quickly ignite a massive serial-murder investigation." -- from the dj