The Old Contemptibles
by Grimes, Martha
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Seller
-
Gastonia, North Carolina, 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
- Persephone's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016931
- Title
- The Old Contemptibles
- Author
- Grimes, Martha
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0316328944
- ISBN 13
- 9780316328944
- Publisher
- Little, Brown
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 333
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Fiction; Mystery General
- Product_type
- Remainder
Terms of Sale
Persephone's Books
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