Private detective Fiddler is personally involved when an international businessman plans to smuggle an entire microchip factory behind the Iron Curtain with the unwitting assistance of Fiddler's beautiful ex-wife and her gullible brother
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Individually and with co-author/husband Evan, Ann Maxwell has written over 60 novels and one non-fiction book. There are 30 million copies of these books in print, as well as reprints in 30 foreign languages. The novels range from science fiction to historical fiction, from romance to mystery to suspense. Writing as Ann Maxwell, she began her career in 1975 with a science fiction novel, Change. Since then, seven of her nine science fiction novels have been recommended for the Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula Award; A Dead God Dancing was nominated for what was then called TABA (The American Book Award). In 1976 Ann and Evan (as A. E. Maxwell) collaborated with a Norwegian hunter and photographer, Ivar Ruud, on The Year-Long Day, a non-fiction work that was condensed in Reader’s Digest and published in four foreign editions and three book club editions. In 1985, the first A. E. Maxwell crime novel featuring a couple called Fiddler and Fiora was published by Doubleday. The Frog and the Scorpion, received a creative writing award from the University of California. The fourth book in the series, Just Enough Light to Kill, was named by Time magazine as one of the best crime novels of 1988. Ann and Evan (writing as Ann Maxwell) have published four suspense novels, the most recent of which is Shadows and Silk. These novels appeared on nation-wide bestseller lists. In 1982, Ann began publishing romances as Elizabeth Lowell. Under that name she has received numerous professional awards in the romance field, including a Lifetime Achievement award from the Romance Writers of America (1994). Since July of 1992, she has had 30 novels on the New York Times list. Her most recent book is Blue Smoke and Murder. Visit her online at www.elizabethlowell.com.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0385192592I5N00
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA, Woodstock, IL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($14.95), bumped at the head and foot of the spine. Quarter blue cloth with white paper on the boards, lightly bumped. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. The first Fiddler and Fiora mystery novel. Seller Inventory # 15344
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED by BOTH authors ('A Maxwell and Evan Maxwell', signatures only) on title page. Stated 1st edition, no numberline (1st printing). Dust jacket is rubbed. 232 p. Audience: General/trade. Bottom of page block mildly speckled. By the authors of 'Murder Hurts' and 'Gatsby's Vineyard'. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a clear protective plastic sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by BOTH authors. Seller Inventory # Alibris.0000722
Seller: R Bookmark, Youngtown, AZ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by both A Maxwell and Evan Maxwell on title page in different pens. First edition by number code. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering. Name of previous owner inside cover. Signed By Author. Seller Inventory # 115413
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The dustjacket shows light edgewear and is protected in a mylar cover. Signed by both authors, 'A Maxwell and Evan Maxwell'. on the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 032179
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good, foxing, shelf wear, Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mylared. 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 003602
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Hardback. Condition: Fine. First Editiion. THE FIRST FIDDLER. Book. Seller Inventory # 049669
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Signed and inscribed by both Maxwells (Ann and Evan) on the the title page. An unmarked copy with a slight pull to the head of the spine. A touch of rubbing to the dust jacket, and edgewear to the front flap. Private detective Fiddler gets involved when an international businessman plans to smuggle an entire microchip factory behind the Iron Curtain with the unwitting assistance of Fiddler's ex-wife and her gullible brother. ; 232 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 22452
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Condition: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 3232368-6
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Quarter cloth with silver lettering. 232 pp. Remainder marked. Dust jacket has a couple of tiny tears. Contents clean and tight. The first Fiddler mystery. Seller Inventory # 003338