Nightmare, With Angel Tapa dura - 1993

376 pages. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over black boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Plucked from her German mother and forced to live with a chilly English father who's often away from their ramshackle house on a lonely stretch of coast, 11-year-old Marianne Cadogan sticks like an unwanted burr to Ryan O'Donnell, the rough-living loner who rescued her and her dog from the sea. After running away, she entraps Ryan into trekking with her to Germany to find her mother, a tortured woman sinking low among the worst kind of flesh peddlers. But buzzing in Ryan's mind--and alarming police who mount an international search for the twosome--is his memory of murdering a girl much like Marianne. The question is whether her dogged innocence will mean a chance for redemption for Ryan--or ruination. Slow set-ups undercut the climactic scenes in this psychological thriller by a bestselling British writer making his… Leer más

Ballantine Books, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1993.. Very Good/Very Good. Large octavo, hardcover, near fine in VG black pictorial dj. The finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since le Carre. " The Independent Eleven-year-old Marianne Cadogan lives a lonely life with her stern, often absent father in a big house by the sea. When, one day, a stranger rescues Marianne from the rising tide, she believes she's found a friend at last. Then Marianne and her rescuer, Ryan O'Donnell, vanish. While Patrick Cadogan convinces the police his daughter has been kidnapped, Marianne and Ryan race to Germany in search of her missing mother and a secret that Marianne must never, never be allowed to discover..377 deckled pages.

Ballantine Books, 1993-08-03. Hardcover. Very Good. 1.4173 9.2913 6.4567. First edition in full numberline. Near fine in jacket.

Random House Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. 1st US Printing. Hardcover. 0345385128 . The dustjacket is in a protective mylar cover. .

Ballantine Books, 1993-08-03. Hardcover. Good.

376 page psychological thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket. See Photos
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New York: Ballantine Books, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Book in Mylar cover. First Edition, First Printing. No remainder marks, no ink markings. NOT priced clipped. In well packed Boxes - no padded envelopes..

Book and dust jacket are in fine condition. The image provided is the actual book I'm offering for sale. No markings or damage to any pages. No sunning. No clips. Structure of the book (covers, binding, spine, hinges) is tight and free of damage. Page block is nice and square. Uncut fore edge. Additional photos will be provided upon request in order to ensure the quality and integrity of your book purchase.

Ballantine Books, 1993-08-03. Hardcover. Used:Good.