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Q IS FOR QUARRY; Sue Grafton
by Grafton, Sue
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399149155
- ISBN 13
- 9780399149153
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: a Marion Wood book / G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the front free endpaper, 8vo, charcoal gray quarter cloth with silver gilt lettering over light gray boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with a "Q," maroon endpapers, [xii] + 385, [386-88] pages. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION: SIGNED by the AUTHOR of the famed Alphabet Series!<br /> <br /> Sue Grafton (1940 - 2017) was a bestselling American author of detective novels. She is best known as the author of the "alphabet series" featuring private investigator Kinsey Millhone. Among her many awards: the Ross Macdonald Literary Award (2004), Cartier Diamond Dagger (2008), and Edgar Grand Master Award (2009).<br /> <br /> The danger-filled hunt for the killer of an 18-year old "Jane Doe."
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4843
- Title
- Q IS FOR QUARRY; Sue Grafton
- Author
- Grafton, Sue
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399149155
- ISBN 13
- 9780399149153
- Publisher
- a Marion Wood book / G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Prison, California Institute for Women, love, parole, drugs, gambling, alcoholism, embezzling, women private investigators
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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