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CLEEVES**, ANN: : THE RAGING STORM

LONDON.MACMILLAN/An imprint of PAN MACMILLAN,2023.

ISBN 9781529077689.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean, matt,montage'd colour photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj,a similar but not exact photograph repeated to rear panel; front panel with embossed circular ring with TV credit for series and previous novel of series,embossed yellow-lettered author name and bright,crisp, capitalised,embossed gilt-lettered title and capitalised,white-lettered best seller credit and critic's other white-lettered review; a yellow spine/backstrip with capitalised,embossed black-lettered author name+title and publisher's capitalised black-lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel with colour photographic image with multiple critics' white-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping, creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright,crisp, clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread apart from my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished sharp-cornered,original plain royal blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettering,and immaculate plain pale blue endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-382pp [paginated] includes 52 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication to the RNLI,Acknowledgements, Author's Note,a double-page b/w map of North Devon,Barnstaple+Bideford Bay,an inset map of Lundy lighthouses to same,and to the rear,an About the Author page followed by 2pp blanks.    Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                  Detective Matthew Venn returns in 'The Raging Storm',the next captivating novel in the Two Rivers series from Ann Cleeves,the number one bestselling author and creator of Vera and Shetland.                                        When Jem Rosco - sailor,adventurer and local legend - blows into town in the middle of an autumn gale, the residents of Greystone, Devon, are delighted to have a celebrity in their midst.                                           The residents think nothing of it when Rosco disappears again; that's the sort of man he is.Until the lifeboat is launched to a hoax call-out during a raging storm and his body is found in a dinghy, anchored off Scully Cove, a place with legends of its own. This is an uncomfortable case for DI Matthew Venn.He came to the remote village as a child, its community populated by the Barum Brethren that he parted ways with,so when superstition and rumour mix and another body is found in the cove,Matthew soon finds his judgement clouded.                                         As the stormy winds howl and the village is cut off, Venn and his team start their investigation,little realizing their own lives might be in danger . . .                          Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!   N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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