SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st. FNL.* Date of Publication: 2011 * Publisher: Bloomsbury.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Very slight shelf wear to edges & corners. Minor creases to spine & hinge. Very slight spine lean. Seems lightly used. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. VG+* Illustrations: B/w line drawn sketch map at front.* Pages: 278 pp. text.* Product Description:- From the real life Shirley Valentine, Anne Zouroudi's second Greek mystery with the popular detective, Hermes Diaktoros. For over half a century the beautiful Temple of Apollo has been in the care of the old beekeeper Gabrilis. But when the value of the land soars he is forced to sign away his interests - and hours later he meets a violent, lonely death. When Hermes Diaktoros finds his friend's battered body by a dusty roadside, the police quickly make him the prime suspect. But with rapacious developers threatening Arcadia's most ancient sites, there are many who stand to gain from Gabrilis's death. Our investigator resolves to avenge his old friend and find the true culprit, but his methods are, as ever, unorthodox ...* This is a NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. FNL with minimal shelf & reading wear.*

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Bookseller: Cocksparrow Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 5775
Title: The Taint of Midas: Reissued
Author: Zouroudi, Anne
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - VG+/VG/ND
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus 1st. Imp. FNL.
ISBN 10: 1408821265
ISBN 13: 9781408821268
Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
Place of Publication: London UK 288
Date Published: 2011-01-01
Bookseller catalogs: Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
Size: 12.9 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm

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