First Light - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Craig, Philip R. and William G. Tapply

ISBN 10: 0743222083 / ISBN 13: 9780743222082

Published by Scribner, New York, 2002

About this Item

A Fine first printing of the first edition in a Near Fine dust-jacket with some wear to the corners, signed by author Philip Craig; The human race has been exploring space for centuries, but a new race has emerged, the aliens. They have discovered our existence and are coming to visit us. The humans have to decide what to do about this. They could try to fight the aliens, but that might not be a good idea. They could try to make friends with the aliens, but that might not be a good idea either. They could try to ignore the aliens, but that might not be a good idea. The humans have to decide what to do, and they have to do it quickly.; 8vo; [1-10], 11-351 pages; Signed by Author.

Seller Inventory # 23105

Bibliographic Details

• Title: First Light - 1st Edition/1st Printing
• Publisher: Scribner, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0743222083
• ISBN 13: 9780743222082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction::Novels
  • By Year Of Issue::2000s
  • First Editions
  • Collection Starter::Hundred Dollars or Less
  • Signed First Editions
  • Fiction::Mystery

About this title

Synopsis

When two acclaimed crime novelists and fishing buddies, Philip R. Craig and William G. Tapply, join their remarkable talents, it's the best of both worlds for readers of the first ever Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson mystery. It's September on Martha's Vineyard, and J.W. is contemplating the serious matter of a tree house for his children and some good fishing in the annual striped bass and bluefish derby with his friend, Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, who'll be on the island to help the elderly Sarah Fairchild write her will. J.W. has a little business, too, having reluctantly agreed to spend some of his valuable surf casting time trying to find a missing woman named Katherine Bannerman, who was last seen on the island a year ago. For Brady and J.W. it'll be law and detecting during the day, but by night they will roam the far Vineyard beaches in search of prizewinning catches. But soon another woman goes missing, a local bully threatens both Brady and J.W., and Brady discovers that more than a few people desperately crave his client's estate. With two hundred acres of pristine Vineyard land in a frail, elderly woman's control, the stakes are high. For J.W., his case gets personal when someone slashes his wife's tires. As J.W. prowls the Vineyard's villages in search of the slasher and the two missing women and Brady defends his client's interests against an array of warring factions, the two friends come to suspect that a killer is loose on the island. What they do not know is that they themselves will soon be in danger. People are not always what they seem, and there are snakes under the rocks, even in Eden. By turns charming and suspenseful, contemporary and evocative, FirstLight could only have been imagined in the collective mind of these two superb authors. Includes three recipes.

About the Author

Philip R. Craig is professor emeritus in literature at Wheelock College in Boston. He is the author of thirteen J. W. Jackson/Martha's Vineyard mysteries, most recently Vineyard Shadows. He lives on Martha's Vineyard.