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CONNOLLY**, JOHN: : The Woman in the Woods. ** [A CHARLIE PARKER THRILLER. **]

LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,2018.

ISBN 9781473641921.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE/NFINE.No owner inscrptn but price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around,part matt+part glossy,colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with glossy embossed white+fluorescent green embossed lettering and other white flat printed letters to front panel; white and fluorescent green lettered spine/backstrip,rear panel with critics' gold colour,green+white lettered reviews; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean - all 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 collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked,fluorescent green letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,3-467pp [paginated] includes 121 chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title page+title pages,a dedication,a biblical epigram,and to the rear, Acknowledgements with publisher's b/w illustrated advert of latest crime+thriller fiction,and 4pp blanks.A Charlie Parker novel. Want more John CONNOLLY titles? For similar or other available titles,please search my SIGNED or MODERN FIRSTS2 catalogues. It is spring,and the semi-preserved body of a young Jewish woman is discovered buried in the Maine woods.It is clear that she gave birth shortly before her death. But there is no sign of a baby. Private detective Charlie Parker is engaged by the lawyer Moxie Castin to shadow the police investigation and find the infant,but Parker is not the only searcher.Someone else is following the trail left by the woman,someone with an interest in more than a missing child,someone prepared to leave bodies in his wake. And in a house by the woods,a toy telephone begins to ring.For a young boy is about to receive a call from a dead woman. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value 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 US AIRMAIL postage 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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