276 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2') bound in original publisher's quarter green cloth with gilt lettering to spine over beige boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Returning to Nantucket for a midwinter reunion with her old friends, Mrs. Potter finds her friends dangerously thin as a result of diet doctor Count Tony Ferencz's influence and finds the community plagued by "accidental deaths". Condition: Previous owner's neat name to front end paper else near fine in a fine jacket.

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Warm memories and good food greeted Mrs. Potter's retum to her beloved Nantucket, but so did a chilling surprise. Her old friends had a dangerous new look: dangerously thin and dressed to kill!Was something sinister going on? A handsome new diet doctor had won over the richest widows on the island with his weight-loss secrets -- and his very personal attention. But when sudden death was seved up along with delightful Down East dishes (try sinfully rich Scrimshaw Inn Rum Pie or tangy Nantucket Cranberry Cup Pudding!), the inimitable Mrs. Potter knew it was time to stir the pot and come up with a devilishly clever culinary killer.From the Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: L2659
Title: Nantucket Diet Murders
Author: Virginia Rich (1914-1985)
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0385293860
ISBN 13: 9780385293860
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1985
Keywords: Mystery
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;
Size: Octavo

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