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The Bee's Kiss Signed first edition

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The Bee's Kiss Signed first edition

by Cleverly, Barbara

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  • Hardcover
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Condition
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ISBN 10
1845290496
ISBN 13
9781845290498
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London: Constable, 2005. First edition. Hardback. Fine/Fine. Signed by the author.. First edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Both the book and the wrapper in near fine condition, virtually as new and unread. There is just a little faint tanning to page edges of the book - which is the only reason we've marked down from as new. It's 1926 and Joe Sandilands is back from India, enjoying the frantic pleasures of Jazz Age London. Yet there is a darkness behind all that post-war gaiety. A woman has been found bludgeoned to death in her suite at the Ritz. A broken window and a missing emerald necklace suggest that it is a burglary gone wrong. But the corpse is that of a much-respected member of the British establishment, Dame Beatrice Jagow-Joliffe, one of the founders of the Wrens, and so Scotland Yard send Joe to conduct a swift inquiry. He soon discovers that this Dame was no tweed-wearing matron - Titian-haired Beatrice wore evening gowns by Lanvin and perfume by Caron, she drank cocktails and had a young lover...

Synopsis

Barbara Cleverly is the author of five novels of historical suspense, including The Damascened Blade , winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award, The Last Kashmiri Rose, Ragtime in Simla, The Palace Tiger, and The Bee’s Kiss . She lives in Cambridge, England where she is now at work on the second Laetitia Talbot mystery, which Delta will publish in 2008.

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Bookseller
Ariadne Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
1302304
Title
The Bee's Kiss Signed first edition
Author
Cleverly, Barbara
Format/Binding
Hardback
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
1845290496
ISBN 13
9781845290498
Publisher
Constable
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
2005
Keywords
Modern Fiction,Thriller,Joe Sandilands
Bookseller catalogs
Modern Fiction;

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