THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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Synopsis
The rainy day on which they meet sets the tone for Jury’s romance with a mysteriously troubled widow named Jane Holdsworth. The passionate affair comes to a crashing halt when Jane is found dead. As an investigation ensues—with Jury a suspect—he realizes how little he knew about Jane, her teenage son, and her contentious family. Unable to leave London, Jury sends Melrose Plant to pose as a librarian at the Holdsworths’ Lake District home, where the secrets that rise to the surface threaten to pull the clan under.... SELECTED BY THE LITERARY GUILD® AND THE MYSTERY GUILD®
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Details
- Bookseller
- Circle City Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22578
- Title
- THE OLD CONTEMPTIBLES
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Fiction, Literature
Terms of Sale
Circle City Books
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