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BURN MARKS: A V.I. Warshawski Mystery **AWARD FINALIST / SIGNED COPY**
by Paretsky, Sara
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385298927
- ISBN 13
- 9780385298926
- Seller
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Warwick, Rhode Island, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: Delacorte, 1990. 1st Edition, March 1990 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. MACAVITY AWARD FINALIST for Best Novel. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "The sixth adventure of Chicago private eye Victoria Iphenigia Warshawski begins with arson and proceeds to homicide as the intrepid V.I. contends with ambitious politicians, a construction-business scam, a corrupt cop and the best intentions of her closest family friends. Trouble erupts when her sweet, crafty and alcoholic aunt Elena, burned out of her SRO hotel, appears with a young hooker friend at V.I.'s Northwest Side apartment. The friend's body is found, along with V.I.'s wallet, at a major downtown construction site soon after the detective is bewildered by mysterious warnings not to get involved with the political campaign of a Hispanic woman to whom she has pledged support..."--- PW1st ed. Light wear else near fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by the author at title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016924
- Title
- BURN MARKS: A V.I. Warshawski Mystery **AWARD FINALIST / SIGNED COPY**
- Author
- Paretsky, Sara
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385298927
- ISBN 13
- 9780385298926
- Publisher
- Delacorte
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- SIGNED,MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, WOMEN SLEUTH, FEMALE, PRIVATE EYE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Eye; Private Investigator;
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About Murder By The Book
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