First Lady - Hardcover

Malone, Michael

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841195073 ISBN 13: 9781841195070

Publisher: Constable, 2002

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Worth waiting for - the hugely popular Savile and Mangum team is back Multi-award winning author Michael Malone returns to Hillstown, North Carolina, the setting of his internationally acclaimed Uncivil Seasons and Time's Witness. A woman's body has been found - mutilated, tagged and addressed to Lt Justin Savile V and Police Chief Cuddy R. Mangum. Dubbed the 'Guess Who Killer' by a voracious press, Hillstown in North Carolina has a serial killer on its hands. The media and major demand answers while the city lives in fear. Savile and Mangum are being taunted, stalked and threatened with losing all they hold dear - and yet they have no leads...

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Review:

'Michael Malone is back at last: great news for fans of literate, downright witty and multi-faceted crime fiction.' -- Tangled Web, April, 2002

'The novel is a heady mix of love story, murder, mystery and revenge odyssey... Funny, moving and full of suspense.' -- Observer, April 28, 2002

'This is an award-bound tale of mischief and compassion...' -- Guardian, April 27, 2002

'Try it if you like Elmore Leonard's plots and George Bush's lifestyle.' -- FHM, June 1, 2002

'this is a knockabout crime novel with enough twists and turns to confuse a corkscrew.' -- The Independent on Sunday, 26 May, 2002

About the Author:

Michael Malone is hailed as one of the South's - if not America's - greatest writers, and has been awarded the O. Henry award, the Writers Guild award, the Edgar and the Emmy. He has written five previous novels, many short stories, and scripts for television series. He lives in Hillsborough in his native North Carolina with his wife Maureen Quilligan.

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