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RANKIN**, IAN: : THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD

LONDON.ORION BOOKS,2011.

ISBN 9780752889535.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1-10.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated+matt,blue,b/w colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,would appear unread apart from my own collation.Book has a slight lean. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain blue endpapers. UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-373pp [paginated] includes 14 sections comprising 44 chapters; plus [unpaginated] 3pp publisher's adverts,title page,a dedication,section (1-14) separator pages,and 1pp publisher's b/w advert as last page. Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs are back.They've been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague,Detective Paul Carter.Carter has been found guilty of misconduct,with his own uncle - also in the force - proving to be his nemesis.But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by imitations of conspiracy and cover-up.A brutal murder has long lain hidden and it looks like it was committed with a weapon that should not even exist. As the investigation gains momentum,a trail of revelations leads Fox back to 1985,a year of great turmoil in British political life. Terrorists intent on a split between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom were becoming more brazen and ruthless.Letter bombs and poisonous spores were sent to government offices and kidnappings and murders were plotted,the insurgents all the while trying to stay one step ahead of the government spies sent in to flush them out. Fox feels he has a duty to get at the truth but while the body count rises the clock starts ticking,and he has no choice but to fight back when a dramatic turn of events sees him in mortal danger. 'The Impossible Dead' is a searingly insightful and page-turning novel that shows,yet again,why Ian Rankin remains one of the nation's brilliant crime writers. Please contact seller,because of the lighter weight of this item,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.