2002, ISBN: 9780786867240

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New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. [1992]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue boards quarterbound in navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 272pps. An excellent, c… Plus…

New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992. [1992]. Fine in a Near Fine dustjacket. Blue boards quarterbound in navy-blue cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Octavo. 272pps. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright. All tips are sharp. No apparent reading wear and no previous ownership markings. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has a slight touch of crinkling at the head of the spine; the original price (19.95) is intact. The third Easy Rawlins entry.<br><br><b><font color=#003366> "...It's 1956 and, times being what they are, no one in official Los Angeles pays much attention as a serial killer murders three black bar girls. But when a white stripper is similarly murdered -- and when she turns out to be a UCLA coed, and the daughter of a politically powerful L.A. prosecutor -- all hell breaks loose. The heat is finally on to find the killer. Stymied, the LAPD calls on Easy Rawlins for help, for Easy can go places and do things the police cannot. Reluctantly, Easy accepts their plea and begins a deadly quest that takes him through the seedy jazz joints of Bone Street and the dingy rooms of Hollywood Row. It is a brutal, dangerous odyssey that leads to a startling and heartbreaking conclusion -- and jeopardizes his marriage and his life."<br><br></b></font> Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books.. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover., W W Norton & Co Inc, 1992, 0, New York, New York, U.S.A. : Hachette Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 8-24-02 (month and year of publication) by author on title page in black fountain ink. Seattle Police forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, who volunteers as a teenage runaway counselor, is haunted by the loss of a suicide, a 'jumper', of a year earlier. When a woman's body is found beneath the Aurora Bridge, Matthews is one of the first at the scene and begins a puzzling investigation that is entangled with the pasts of Matthews, the victim, and even Seattle itself. Mary Ann's boyfriend has a record of physical abuse, and an attitude that Matthews finds difficult to crack. When the victim's grieving brother surfaces, throwing blame onto the boyfriend and craving revenge, Matthews gains an unstable ally she does not want. Then the stalking begins: the eerie phone calls, the noises outside the house, the shadows that move in the night. Someone has their eye on Matthews but to stop her, kill her, or to help her solve the crime? While her colleagues, police lieutenant Lou Boldt and sergeant John LaMoia, pursue a hotel room peeper in hopes of solving a series of disappearances, the police and Matthews herself are led into the 'Underground' a perfectly preserved city under a city, hidden beneath present day Seattle. Faced with the stalking that is wearing her down and terrifying her, Matthews engages in a mental game of cat and mouse, never knowing whom she can trust. She knows that she is caught up in something that could kill her if she can't solve the homicide. Criss crossing Seattle, diving below the streets to ancient tunnels, running for her life, Matthews must unlock the psychological secrets behind Mary Ann's death, before she herself is buried alongside her. Matthews' very survival will depend on her skills at THE ART OF DECEPTION. *Very scarce signed title, especially in this condition. New, pristine, unread, first edition, first printing (opened only for signing) in flawless new mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} n111, Hachette Books, 2002, 6<

2002, ISBN: 9780786867240

Edition reliée, Première édition

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Hachette Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 8-24-02 (month and year of… Plus…

New York, New York, U.S.A. : Hachette Books, 2002. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed and dated 8-24-02 (month and year of publication) by author on title page in black fountain ink. Seattle Police forensic psychologist Daphne Matthews, who volunteers as a teenage runaway counselor, is haunted by the loss of a suicide, a 'jumper', of a year earlier. When a woman's body is found beneath the Aurora Bridge, Matthews is one of the first at the scene and begins a puzzling investigation that is entangled with the pasts of Matthews, the victim, and even Seattle itself. Mary Ann's boyfriend has a record of physical abuse, and an attitude that Matthews finds difficult to crack. When the victim's grieving brother surfaces, throwing blame onto the boyfriend and craving revenge, Matthews gains an unstable ally she does not want. Then the stalking begins: the eerie phone calls, the noises outside the house, the shadows that move in the night. Someone has their eye on Matthews but to stop her, kill her, or to help her solve the crime? While her colleagues, police lieutenant Lou Boldt and sergeant John LaMoia, pursue a hotel room peeper in hopes of solving a series of disappearances, the police and Matthews herself are led into the 'Underground' a perfectly preserved city under a city, hidden beneath present day Seattle. Faced with the stalking that is wearing her down and terrifying her, Matthews engages in a mental game of cat and mouse, never knowing whom she can trust. She knows that she is caught up in something that could kill her if she can't solve the homicide. Criss crossing Seattle, diving below the streets to ancient tunnels, running for her life, Matthews must unlock the psychological secrets behind Mary Ann's death, before she herself is buried alongside her. Matthews' very survival will depend on her skills at THE ART OF DECEPTION. *Very scarce signed title, especially in this condition. New, pristine, unread, first edition, first printing (opened only for signing) in flawless new mylar-protected dust jacket. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} n111, Hachette Books, 2002, 6<

2002, ISBN: 9780786867240

Seattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sher… Plus…

Seattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sheriff she once treated who's now stalking her. She's frightened enough to move in with Detective John LaMoia, a development that doesn't exactly thrill Lou Boldt, their boss and Daphne'sex-lover. But Lou's too busy with his own cases to brood over John and Daphne: the recent disappearances of two local women, and the death of Billy Chen, the nephew of Mama Lu, an old friend and a powerful figure in Seattle's Chinese community, which appeared to be an accident but turns out to have been murder. The only thing the disappearances and murder have in common is location; all three victims were last seen in a part of downtown built over the Underground, a dark and dangerous warren of buildings abandoned after the fire that leveled Seattle more than a hundred years ago.While Seattle's Underground has been the setting for several mysteries by other authors (Earl Emerson, J.A. Jance), Pearson makes the most of its creepy-crawly atmosphere in a gripping thriller whose solid plotting pulls all of Daphne's, LaMoia's, and Boldt's cases together. It also wisely reconfigures the personal relationships among the three central characters, which bodes well for their future adventures in this long-running series (Middle ofNowhere, The Pied Piper). --Jane Adams, Hyperion, 2002, 6<