The Reckoning [Signed First]

Airth, Rennie

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Language: English

Published by Mantle, London UK, 2014

1447261224 / 9781447261223

Series: Book 4 of 6 - John Madden Mysteries

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THE RECKONING, Rennie Airth, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, first edition, stated first printing, signed by author, 2014. BOOK CONDITION: fine. The text block is in fine condition with no dogears, tears, or marks. Signed by the author on the title page. There is no book plate nor signature of prior owner. Not a remainder or library book. The black boards are in fine condition. The dust jacket is in fine condition and is inside a Mylar cover. 9 ½ x 6 1/4, 372 pages, 22 ounces XX [From the jacket flaps] He tried to speak, but the enormity of what was happening — of what was about to happen — robbed him of all words. Instead he sat rigid as the voice murmured in his ear. Through tear-filled eyes he saw that the boat was drawing closer. He heard the splash of the oars in the water, the cry of the cox, yet none of it seemed real. The terrible words. There was only the voice in his ear. 'Do you believe in God?' The finality of the question pierced him like an arrow. The Second World War has ended, leaving a bruised and fragile peace. But this tranquility is threatened when a shocking murder takes place in the Sussex countryside. Before long, police experts discover a link to another earlier killing, hundreds of miles away. While Scotland Yard detective Billy Styles struggles to find a link between these two murders, a strange twist of fate brings former Detective Inspector John Madden into the investigations. As the victim count rises, it becomes clear that to catch this serial killer, Sladden, Styles and young policewoman Detective-Constable Lily Poole must act quickly. But Madden remains haunted by the mysteries at the heart of the case. Why was his name in a letter that the second target had been penning just before he died? Could the real clue to these perplexing murders lie within the victims' pasts? And within his own? With this stunning, atmospheric crime novel — teeming with twists and moving between the 1950s and the First and Second World Wars — Rennie Airth, the author of River of Darkness, The Blood-Dimmed Tide and The Dead of Winter presents his greatest and most compelling novel yet. RENNIE AIRTH was born in South Africa and has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters. The first novel in his John Madden series, River of Darkness, was published in 1999 to huge critical acclaim, was shortlisted for four crime fiction awards and won the Grand Prix de Littérature in France. River of Darkness was followed by The Blood-Dimmed Tide, the CWA Ellis Peters Award shortlisted The Dead of Winter and now The Reckoning.

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Title
The Reckoning [Signed First]
Author
Airth, Rennie
Publisher
Mantle, London UK
Publication year
2014
Condition
Fine
Dust jacket
Fine
Signed
Signed by Author(s)
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1447261224
ISBN 13
9781447261223
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Item weight
22 ounces
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Series
Book 4 of 6: John Madden Mysteries

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