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RANKIN**, IAN: : FLESHMARKET CLOSE. **

LONDON.ORION BOOKS/an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group,2004.

ISBN 0752851128.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright, crisp,clean,matt,b/w photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with  author's matt,embossed, silver-lettered name and glossy,embossed white-lettered and a critic's other white-lettered review all to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with thumbnail repeated b/w photograph of front to head of same and similarly coloured+lettered but matt,flat printed title and author's name as the front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and b/w illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with author's colour portrait photograph and critics' black-lettered reviews of author's preceding title 'A Question of Blood'. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks, tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp and clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked metallic gilt lettered spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain green endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-399pp [paginated] includes novel spanning 10 days [Monday through a Wednesday] comprising 32 chapters and an Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] reviews of author's preceding 5 titles,title page,a dedication,an epigram page [Voltaire and Dr  Johnson to Boswell],Acknowledgements,and individual Days 1-10 separator pages,and to the rear 4pp blanks.              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 20 year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                An illegal immigrant is found murdered in an Edinburgh housing scheme. Rebus is drawn into the case, but has other problems: his old police station has closed for business, and his masters want him to retire. But Rebus is stubborn. As he investigates, he must visit an asylum seekers’ detention centre, deal with the sleazy Edinburgh underworld, and maybe even fall in love...   Siobhan meanwhile has problems of her own. A teenager has disappeared and Siobhan must help the family, which means getting close to a convicted rapist. Then there’s the small matter of the two skeletons found buried beneath a cellar floor in Fleshmarket Close. An elaborate stunt – but whose, and for what purpose? And how can it tie to the murder on the housing-scheme known as Knoxland? Author's 15th Rebus novel.                                           Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - 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.