Con Ed

New York, NY: Grand Central Publishing. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0446579556 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near FIne dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a rectangle of wear to the front pastedown page where a previous owner's address label has been removed. The dust jacket is mostly crisp and clean. This is the author's first novel. "Switchback, which was a mixture of psychological suspense and science fiction, met with mixed critical reception (Booklist gave it a starred review and called it "fine little genre-bending adventure," but Publishers Weekly called it "less than credible." ). Nevertheless, it was nominated for the 2007 Best First Novel award by the International Thriller Writers association. Con Ed, which was second novel that Klein wrote (but in some countries was published before Switchback) , was generally critically praised. Its review in The New York Times called it: "funny, full of tricks and very, very hard to put down." " (from Wikipedia) .