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CLEEVES**, ANN: : WILD FIRE. [The SHETLAND series** - 4th title of 'Four Elements Quartet.' **]

LONDON.MACMILLAN/an imprint of Pan Macmillan,2018.

ISBN 9781447278245.

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,scenic landscape colour photographic illustrated dw/dj front,spine and rear panels with author's capitalised,embossed,matt white-lettered name and capitalised,blocked,silver gilt-lettered title to front of dw/dj,a silver gilt-bordered roundel with blocked,capitalised, black-lettered credit for major BBC Drama 'Shetland' with actor's name and the actor's colour portrait photograph to it's centre towards the front's lower corner.Spine/backstrip with thumbnail detail of front's photograph and similarly coloured+lettered as the front's,but flat printed author name+title,and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name and white illustrated colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with 7 critics' white+orange lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top edges minimally aged/toned with a single tiny blemish,fore-edges brighter and clean with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread other than my own collation.Publisher's bright crisp,unblemished,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, blocked red gilt-lettered spine/backstrip,a black+red striped headband,immaculate plain red front+rear pastedowns and repeated colour map of the Shetlands illustrated front+rear free endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-viiipp+1- 398pp [paginated] includes Acknowledgements,55 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication,and to the rear as last pages,10pp blanks.  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,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. The 4th book/title in the 'Four Elements Quartet' of 'Dead Water' (2013),'Thin Air' (2014),and 'Cold Earth' (2016) and the 8th chronologically in the 'Shetland' series.See also my book ID rja1150024 for UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn of 'COLD EARTH',the 3rd title in the above quartet,and the 7th title chronologically, in the Shetland' series.                          Shetland. Welcoming. Wild. Remote.              Drawn in by the reputation of the islands,an English family move to the area,eager to give their autistic son a better life.                But when a young nanny's body is found hanging in the barn of their home,rumours of her affair with the husband begin to spread like wild fire.  With suspicion raining down on the family,DI Jimmy Perez is called in to investigate,knowing that it will mean the return to the islands of his on-off lover and boss Willow Reeves,who will run the case.                     Perez is facing the most disturbing investigation of his career.Is he ready for what is to come?                         Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers,for correct,[insured or uninsured at own risk,] shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples. 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: US 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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