Case Sliding Pool Masao (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Book Club Edition. There is a name label on the front end paper. The dust jacket has some soil spots and is tanned on the spine area. 150 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 178 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Rain has spoiled Masao Masuto's vacation. For six days the storm has trapped the Zen Buddhist detective and his family inside their Los Angeles cottage. By the morning of his vacation's final day, he is so stir crazy that the call to come to work is a relief. Detective Masuto knows no better cure for boredom than a puzzling murder. Nothing remains of the deceased man but his bones. A mudslide caused by the long, punishing storm destroyed the terrace of a Beverly Hills mansion, dislodging the swimming pool and opening a grave which had been covered for three decades. The skeleton's deep stab wound suggests a professional's handpossibly a World War II veteran with commando training. As Masuto pries into the past, the aged murderer takes deadly steps to cover up his long-forgotten crime. The detective finds himself locked in a game of cat and mouse with a brilliant and ruthless killer. Condition: A Very good copy in a near fine jacket.…

Paperback. Condition: Good (ex-library). Paperback. 178 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Hutchinson, UK, 1984. *** CONDITION: This book is in good (ex-library) condition. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are moderately bumped. Spine has minor lean. . Cover is protected in clear, self-adhesive laminate. Edges of pages are reasonably browned. Pages are reasonably tanned. 1st end page has been removed, Minimal pages are soiled. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: A rare California deluge unearths a hidden body - and a decades-old crime Rain has spoiled Masao Masuto's vacation. For six days the storm has trapped the Zen Buddhist detective and his family inside their Los Angeles cottage. By the morning of his vacation's final day, he is so stir crazy that the call to come to work is a relief. Detective Masuto knows no better cure for boredom than a puzzling murder. Nothing remains of the deceased man but his bones. A mudslide caused by the long, punishing storm destroyed the terrace of a Beverly Hills mansion, dislodging the swimming pool and opening a grave which had been covered for three decades. The skeleton's deep stab wound suggests a professional's hand - possibly a World War II veteran with commando training. As Masuto pries into the past, the aged murderer takes deadly steps to cover up his long-forgotten crime. The detective finds himself locked in a game of cat and mouse with a brilliant and ruthless killer. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Crime; ISBN: 009938700x. ISBN/EAN: 9780099387008. Inventory No: 24010067. …