USA: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback Type: Hard Back First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Gray half-cloth with silver titles, light grey boards; clean and unmarked, spine has very slight lean. Solid, tight, square with sharp corners. Former owner name on flyleaf. Jacket is grey with marbeling design, black lettering and a large red Q. Bright, clean, unmarked, untorn, with slight corner and spine head and heel wear. 385 pages. 9.25 x 6.25 inches. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 2002.

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Quarry , n. An open excavation. Quarry , v. Transitive: To dig or take from. Intransitive: To delve into. Quarry , n. An object pursued or hunted; prey. She was a "Jane Doe," an unidentified white female whose decomposed body was discovered near a quarry off California's Highway 1. The case fell to the Santa Teresa County Sheriff's Department, but the detectives had little to go on. The woman was young, her hands were bound with a length of wire, there were multiple stab wounds, and her throat had been slashed. After months of investigation, the murder remained unsolved. That was eighteen years ago. Now the two men who found the body, both nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement, want one last shot at the case. Old and ill, they need someone to help with their legwork and they turn to Kinsey Millhone. They will, they tell her, find closure if they can just identify the victim. Kinsey is intrigued and agrees to the job. But revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 021897
Title: Q Is For Quarry: Kinsey Millhone Mysteries
Author: Grafton, Sue
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0399149155
ISBN 13: 9780399149153
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: USA
Date Published: 2002
Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
Keywords: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS MYSTERY CRIME
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
X weight: 0 oz

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