Death of a Dormouse Tapa dura - 1987

281 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with rex gilt lettering to spine over yellow boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. When policemen remove their hats, they do not bring good news. The bare-headed policeman on Trudi Adamson's doorstep brought the worst news possible -- her husband Trent has been burned to death in a freak car accident. Suddenly a widow after years of marriage, Trudi finds herself alone, unprovided for and increasingly aware of her ignorance of her late husband's world. Why had he resigned from his job without telling her? Were was all his money? And more terrifying still: is he really dead? As shock piles upon shock, Trudi is forced to re-examine her belief in Trent, and ultimately in herself. Compelled to leave the cozy nest of her old life, she is out in the open and fighting for her very survival.Condition: Previous owner's name to front end paper, remainder mark to heal end pages else very good to fine in a near fine jacket.

Grand Central Publishing, 1987. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Grand Central Publishing. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Grand Central Publishing. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1987. A complacent Viennese housewife moves to Sheffield when her husband's job is transferred. When he is mysteriously killed, she begins to find that his life was not as it seemed. First U.S. printing. Jacket lightly rubbed and crimped, in Brodart.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York: The Mysterious Press 1987 First Edition. Hardcover. 0892962607 281 pages. Fine in like jacket. See photos clph

N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Publishers letter laid in. The story of a timid and passive woman seriously wronged by her dead husband who has to peel back her twenty year marital relationship in order to reinvent herself and get on with life. The peeling back proves to be extremely dangerous and one unlikely discovery after another about her husband's business and extra-marital activities threaten to violently end her life.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1987. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Publishers letter laid in. The story of a timid and passive woman seriously wronged by her dead husband who has to peel back her twenty year marital relationship in order to reinvent herself and get on with life. The peeling back proves to be extremely dangerous and one unlikely discovery after another about her husband's business and extra-marital activities threaten to violently end her life.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Uncorrected Page Proofs of the fifth novel by this author under this pen name. Light foxing to the top edge of the book. In near fine unread condition.

Mysterious Pr. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. Inscribed by author on half title page. Shelf worn. Some smudges on cover edges and some page edges.(fiction, thriller, drug traffic, widows)