DEAD AT FIRST SIGHT. [A Detective Superintendent Roy Grace novel.]

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,montaged monochrome photographic part matt - background photograph' part glossy - foreground with overlaid/superimposed monochrome photograph,illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy,white embossed lettered author name and other flat printed,capitalised white lettering,capitalised,glossy,orange embossed lettered title; orange spine/backstrip with printed, capitalised black lettered author name and title,and publisher colophon to foot of same,and with some irregular/partial sunning(?), rear panel with thumbnail colour photographs of 18 previously published titles' dws/djs on a dark monochrome photographic background.Top+fore-edges bright without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,soild and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt lettered spine/ backstrip,and immaculate plain bright orange endpapers.Beneath front board's corner's tip,the cloth is slightly raised,as either the excess cloth hasn't been trimmed adequately and is now glued in situ,beneath.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-435pp [paginated] includes 130 chapters,a Police acronym and Slang+phrases glossary;a b/w illustration of Police ranks shoulder lapels,and author's Acknowledgements; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication with a b/w Sussex map to its reverse,a b/w map of Brighton with a blank verso,to the rear,a b/w photographic advertisement for the stage play of author's The House On Cold Hill and 2pp blanks as last pages. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally, the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. A man waits at London Airport for Ingrid Ostermann,the love of his life,to arrive. Across the Atlantic,a retired NYPD cop waits in a bar in Florida's Key West for his first date with the lady who is,without question,his soulmate. The two men are about to discover they've been scammed out of almost every penny they have - and that neither woman exists. Meanwhile,a wealthy divorcée plunges,in suspicious circumstances, from an apartment block in Munich. In the same week,Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is called to investigate the suicide of a woman in Brighton,that is clearly not what it seems. As his investigations continue,a handsome Brighton motivational speaker comes forward. He'd discovered his identity is being used to scam 11 different women,online. Roy Grace realizes he is looking at the tip of an iceberg. A global empire built on clever,cruel internet scams and the murder of anyone who threatens to expose them. Please contact seller for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.