WHY WOULD A YOUNGISH MAN, OBVIOUSLY EDUCATED AND FROM A GOOD BACKGROUND, CHOOSE TO LIVE ALONE IN A REMOTE, TUMBLEDOWN COTTAGE THAT HAD STOOD EMPTY FOR YEARS, SEEING NO ONE AND WITH ONLY A DOG FOR COMPANY? THE VILLAGE OF WREXFORD DIDN'T TRUST HIM - PARTICULARLY WHEN HE GAVE HIS NAME AS JOHN SMITH. THEN MEYRICK, A TRACTOR DRIVER TAKING REFUGE FROM A RAINSTORM IN A NEARBY WOOD, SAW A BIT OF RED CLOTH ...AND FOUND THE BODY OF A YOUNG GIRL. ENTER INSPECTOR FINCH TO INVESTIGATE THE MURDER. THE OBVIOUS SUSPECT WAS THIS 'JOHN SMITH', BUT WAS HE THE MURDERER? 7/3/88-SETTING 9/11 PT.TIMES: A: 8000 @ $2.99: 256PP: UC=52P: MAX.
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Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001805900
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Seller: Black Cat Bookshop P.B.F.A, Leicester, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. reprint. Crime novel from popular author. Seller Inventory # 003606
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Seller: Florence books, Salisbury, WILTS, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A clean, tight copy, NOT ex-library. The wrapper is disappointing, it is all there and unclipped, but it is grubby on the front, faded on the spine and stained on the rear.White dust jackets do not do well. A piece has been torn from the last (blank) page. Reminds me of Sid James in Hancock's 'The Missing Page."Someone probably lit a fag with it" No insc.243pp. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 000790
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Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bishop, Graham (illustrator). First Edition. Tiny white mark to the front panel of the boards which are otherwise unmarked. Light browning to edges of pages. Light browning to the endpapers with a trace of a price in pencil to the top right corner of the front free endpaper but the pages are otherwise clean and unmarked. The jacket has some fading to the title and the publisher's logo on the spine. The front and rear panels have some light surface marking and discolouration only. Jacket design by Graham Bishop. First printing. Seller Inventory # 015852
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