Home Secretary Will See You Now Unknown - 1990

222 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's blue cloth with silver lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. First edition. This run-of-the-mill police procedural by a British ex-personal protection officer delivers an inside look at the guarding of British government officials and the complex workings of Scotland Yard's Special Branch. Otherwise, Ison ( Confirm or Deny ) fails to accomplish much in the way of suspense, characterization or mystery. Detective chief superintendent John Gaffney is assigned the politically sensitive case of the murder of the wife of the British home secretary. An actress before her marriage, Elizabeth Lavery had had a number of affairs--her lovers range from an underworld villain to a peer of the realm. Under intense pressure from his superiors, the press and the home secretary, Gaffney doggedly sniffs out a drug-smuggling scheme, finds a KGB agent's killer and, in a climax that won't surprise anyone, finally cops the culprit. There's too much… Leer más

St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good ; Very Good Jacket. 1990 St. Martin's Press. First U.S. Edition, stated. First printing. Full number line on verso. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has blue textured paper-covered boards with silver spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine has a mild lean. Spine ends lightly bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 222 pages. Dust jacket has light surface and edge wear, with chips at the corners and spine ends. Dust jacket is NOT price clipped. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1990. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall 0312043295 Used .

St. Martin's Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Paperback. Very Good.

Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.: St Martins Press, 1989. 1st US . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st US, 1st) Slightly smaller book, fine blue cloth, silver lettering bright on spine, 222 pages. DJ glossy with dark red background, color photo of man's shoe and crumpled paper on front, praise at bottom front from New York Times Book Review, on back from Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal. DJ has slight surface wear to top tips, very slight to bottom tips and spine edges, light wear to back edges. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items.