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ABSENT FRIENDS -- **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**
by Rozan, S. J
- Used
- fair
- first
- Condition
- Fair/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0385338031
- ISBN 13
- 9780385338035
- Seller
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About This Item
N.Y.: Bantam, 2004. 1st edition, October 2004, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. White boards are clean and bright with blue lettering. Fine in fine dust jacket, light wrinkle at spine foot, not price clipped,in protective mylar cover. An EDGAR, a MACIVITY and a NERO AWARD WINNERS as well as ANTHONY, a BARRY and a SHAMUS AWARD FINALIST. The secrets of a group of childhood friends unravel in this haunting thriller by Edgar Award winner S. J. Rozan. Set in New York in the unforgettable aftermath of September 11, Absent Friends brilliantly captures a time and place unlike any other, as it winds through the wounded streets of New York and Staten Island...and into a maze of old crimes, damaged lives, and heartbreaking revelations. The result is not only an electrifying mystery and a riveting piece of storytelling but an elegiac novel that powerfully explores a world changed forever on a clear September morning. S. J. Rozan masterfully ratchets up the tension one revelation at a time as she dares you to ponder the bonds of friendship, the meaning of truth, and the stuff of heroism.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair/Near Fine. Book.
Synopsis
S. J. Rozan is the author of the acclaimed novel Absent Friends in addition to eight novels in the Edgar, Shamus, Nero, Macavity, and Anthony awards-winning Lydia Chin/Bill Smith series, including Winter and Night , which won the Edgar, Nero, and Macavity awards for Best Novel, and was nominated for the Shamus, Anthony, and Barry awards. Born and raised in the Bronx, Rozan is an architect in a New York firm and lives in Greenwich Village, where she is at work on her next novel of suspense.
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- Bookseller
- Murder By The Book
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020361
- Title
- ABSENT FRIENDS -- **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**
- Author
- Rozan, S. J
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385338031
- ISBN 13
- 9780385338035
- Publisher
- Bantam
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- Mystery, Crime, September 11 Terrorist Attack, New York, Staten Island, Firefighters, Women Journaliss
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York City;
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