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BLOOD ON THE MOON
by Ellroy, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Small closed tear top edge front panel. Remainder mark bottom edge, light spots top edge, l
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Small closed tear top edge front . panel. Remainder mark bottom edge, light spots top edge, leans a bit.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can't stand music, or any loud sounds. He's got a beautiful wife, but he can't get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He's a thinking man's cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there's something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of twenty years. To solve the case, Hopkins will dump all the rules and risk his career to make the final link and get the killer. ; 8.3 X 5.4 X 1.1 inches; 263 pages .
Synopsis
James Ellroy was born in Los Angeles in 1948. His L.A. Quartet novels– The Black Dahlia , The Big Nowhere , L.A. Confidential , and White Jazz –were international bestsellers . American Tabloid was Time ’s Novel of the Year for 1995; his memoir My Dark Places was a Time Best Book of the Year and a New York Times Notable Book for 1996; his most recent novel, The Cold Six Thousand , was a New York Times Notable Book and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year for 2001. He lives on the California coast.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blackbird Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7680
- Title
- BLOOD ON THE MOON
- Author
- Ellroy, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Small closed tear top edge front panel. Remainder mark bottom edge, light spots top edge, l
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0892960698
- ISBN 13
- 9780892960699
- Publisher
- Mysterious Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- MYSTERIES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries & Thrillers; Mystery & Suspense / E;
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About the Seller
Blackbird Bookshop
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Trumbull, Connecticut
About Blackbird Bookshop
Blackbird Bookshop is an internet-only bookstore specializing in Mystery and Suspense, and Modern First Editions. We have high standards for any book in our stock, regardless of the age of the book. If we wouldn't be proud to display it in our personal collection, we won't sell it.
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