No Good Deed
by Scott, Manda
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0747262500
- ISBN 13
- 9780747262503
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
London: Feature, 2002. Good. A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Det. Insp. Orla McLeod goes undercover in Glasgow's underworld, then heads to the highlands with the nine-year-old boy who saves her life. As the novel opens, Orla is about to become the victim of the infamous gangster who brutally murdered her partner, Luke; her only hope is Jamie, who just saw his mother die and is the only one who can identify the killer. Injured in the crossfire, Jamie is taken by Orla and fellow officer Murdo Cameron to her mother's mountain hideaway to recuperate in the care of Orla's friends. But who are her friends? Someone on her team may be working for the other side and her mother's neighbors may not be what they seem. And even Orla's past including memories of her crusading father's assassination by the Irish villains he tried to put behind bars is not what she thinks it is. Scott's prose suits her tough yet sensitive heroine and her storytelling is equally unflinching. Graphic violence contrasts with wilderness beauty in a thriller that has plenty of touching moments, as when Orla and Murdo manipulate Jamie's computer records to create an artificial family for him. Scott, whose first novel, Hen's Teeth, was a finalist for the Orange Prize, delivers humane characters and supercriminals, romance without sentimentality, and adventure without easy answers. Orla McLeod's American debut ensures that she will take her place in the top ranks of fictional female detectives.
Synopsis
Manda Scott is the author of four novels, including Night Mares and Stronger Than Death . Born and educated in Scotland, she was the only British author to be shortlisted for the Orange Prize in 1997 for her first novel, Hen’s Teeth . Trained as a veterinary surgeon, she now practices part time as a vet in Suffolk. No Good Deed is her first stand-alone thriller.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000020576
- Title
- No Good Deed
- Author
- Scott, Manda
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0747262500
- ISBN 13
- 9780747262503
- Publisher
- Feature
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
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- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...