Death by Sheer Torture
by Robert Barnard
ISBN: 0440119766
ISBN-13: 9780440119760
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Inspector Perry Trethowan reads in the obituaries that his estranged father has died under peculiar circumstances: he was fooling around with a form of self-torture called strappado. At the request of his supervisor, Peter returns to his ancestral home to determine if any of his cousins or siblings might have helped the old man to his bizarre end.
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"Another of the author's unfailingly entertaining forays into crime."
-- Kirkus
"One of the most inventive writers of detective fiction today."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published date: 1985
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Death by Sheer Torture
Robert Barnard
ALMOST LIKE NEW Dell paperback has FREE First Class shippng upgrade included. This 1985 printing has minimal wear, slight toning and 186 pages. ( more information)
Offered by Linda's Library (United States)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 Nice copy, some cover wear. 100% satisfaction guarantee with every purchase! Partial proceeds from sales benefit the hungry and homeless in the St. Louis area as well as Hurricane Katrina victims and neglected animals across the nation. Your purchase benefits the hungry and homeless in the St. Louis region as well as Katrina victims in the gulf coast. . Good. ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Robert Barnard
Dell, 1985-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good. clean & tight pgs, scuff to cover edges, yellow color to pgsDelivery Confirmation on Media Mail orders, First Class shipping if available for faster service. Shipped in bubble mailers. ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Robert Barnard
Dell. Used - Good. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped daily. Over one million satisfied book lovers read with Experienced Books. 1985. Softcover. Good condition, showing modest signs of wear. BINDING IS PAPERBACK.Substantial aging/yellowing of text pages. ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 * PAPERBACK * SHIPPING WITHIN 24 HOURS! QUESTIONS ANSWERED QUICKLY ** THANKS * . Good. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell, 1985-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. Good -. Format: Mass Market Paperback. Year: 1985. Good Minus.FREE Media Mail Shipping on all U.S. orders over $ 25.00 ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 Good Condition PBK ,cover could have initials, penciled or ink marks inside cover or the title page no marks on the reading pages, could have some edge wear, and small tares on cover, May have sticker on cover, binding is good, spine and cover creases. . Good. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1988 Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. Thanks for looking!. First Thus 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good +. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Company, 1981. Tight Binding, Normal Reader Cosmetic wear , edges and spine crisp, Bookstore stamp ** OLD RANCH BOOKS: A Family Bookstore - Online Since '99 **. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Robert Barnard
Dell, 1985-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. light wear to covers noted,interior clean, binding tight ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 Good Condition - heavy shelf wear and aging - mass market paperback (Paperbacks - 14) . Good. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture (A Scene of the Crime Mystery)
Barnard, Robert
New York: Dell Publishing, 1983. Dell Book #11976. Spine slightly slanted, small spots on cover, corners a bit bumped, xx on top edge. Text is starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. <p> "It was a most embarrassing way for a policeman's father to die; garbed in gauzy spangled tights and dangling from his own Marquis de Sade strappado machine. It didn't matter that he had broken with the old boy years before. The murder at Harpenden House was sure to make Detective Inspector Perry Trethowan the laughingstock of the CID. So it was sheer torture for Perry to return to his ancestral home to investigate this unconventional crime. But who better than a prodigal son could tell which one of the addled aunts, crackpot cousins, or decidedly sinister siblings had turned the screw that fatal night and made private vice the perfect vehicle for a perversely clever killing.". ISBN: 0440119766. First Dell Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good +. 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. FICTION, Detective Inspector Perry Trethowan (fictitious character), CID, Harpenden House (imaginary place), Murder Mystery, Police Procedural. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1985 Paperback. Sound & nice copy, light to moderate shelf/reading wear, stamped.. Mass Market Paperback. Good/n/a. ( more information)
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DEATH/SHEER TORTURE
BARNARD, ROBERT
Dell. October 1, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. This volume serves up Scotland Yard Inspector Perry Trethowan, whose invest igation of the odd death of his estranged father brings him back into the f old of his bizarre family. LJ's reviewer found this "fairly funny book" qui te readable ( more information)
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DEATH BY SHEER TORTURE
Barnard, Robert
[New York]: A Dell Book [1983], 1983. First printing thus. A Scene of the Crime Mystery #60. 186 pages. VG or better copy [light creasing, cheap text paper tanning] with a date stamp to the bottom edge.. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc.. 1983. First Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Brief summary of content available upon request by e-mail. ( more information)
Offered by Second Chance Books (United States)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. 1983. First Dell. Paperback is in Good to Very Good condition with no names, stickers, etc. inside. Mystery. Policeman's father dies in embarrassing way. ( more information)
Offered by Butterfly Book Company (United States)
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Death By Sheer Torture
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 Good condition paperback, 1st Dell printing, 1983, mild shelf wear, spine creases with a slight lean. Shop & Save with us at kjcactusbooks! . Good. ( more information)
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DEATH BY SHEER TORTURE
Barnard, Robert
New York: Dell, 1983. No. 60 in Dell's "Scene of the Crime" mystery series, this Barnard work features Inspector Perry Trethowan given the task of investigating his father's embarrassing death and trying to determine which of his addled aunts, crackpot cousins or sinister siblings had committed a nearly perfect crime; mass market paperback; First Printing of the First Dell Paperback Edition; text is clean, tight, age-tanned, with some spine lean; pictorial wrappers show creased lower corner of front cover, minor surface and edgewear; Good to Good Plus.. ( more information)
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Death by Sheer Torture (Also released as: Sheer Torture.)
Barnard, Robert
Dell [0-440-11976-6] 1985. (Mass market paperback) Very good. . . . Recommended by: Independent Mystery Booksellers Association--100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century. . . . Also released as: Sheer Torture. . . . (Mystery). ( more information)
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Death By Sheer Torture (Qty: 2)
Barnard, Robert
Dell. MASS MARKET PAPERBACK. 0440119766 B224 1st printing 1985/New book with minor edge wear. . Good. ( more information)
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