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Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. Hardcover. Very Good. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Johns Hopkins University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 6x0x9. First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket. 2020 Hard Cover. 216 pp. Steadfast in fighting crime, but operating outside the police force―and sometimes even the law―is the private detective. Driven by his own moral code, he is a shadowy figure in a trench coat standing on a street corner, his face most likely obscured by a tilted fedora, a lit cigarette dangling from his hand. The hard-boiled detective is known by his dark past, private pain, and powers of deduction. He only asks questions―never answers them. In his stories he is both the main character and the narrator. America has had a love affair with the hard-boiled detective since the 1920s, when Prohibition called into question who really stood on the right and wrong side of the law. And nowhere did this hero shine more than in crime fiction. In Detectives in the Shadows, literary and… Leer más

Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Condition: fine, with fine dust jacket. ISBN 9781421437095

Baltimore:: Johns Hopkins University Press,. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2020. Hardcover. 1421437090 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. .

Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2020. Hardcover. New. 224 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.80 inches.

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