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BLOWN AWAY
by Ford, G. M
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060874392
- ISBN 13
- 9780060874391
- Seller
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: HarperCollins, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The sixth book in Ford's bestselling crime-thriller series featuring rogue journalist, Frank Corso, finds Corso and research assistant Chris Andriatta investigating a series of vicious bank robbery-bombings in the Los Angles area. Law enforcement sees a bomb-throwing lunatic but Corso sees something more and something many times more deadly. A remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text block, o/w text and boards are clean and unmarked, tight and square. The dustjacket may show just a touch of edgewear, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. Collectable.
Synopsis
With each riveting new thriller, author G. M. Ford garners more critical praise for the breakneck, revved-up, nonstop style that has catapulted him into the upper echelon of contemporary crime writers. Now he returns with his most harrowing novel to date—based on an incredible but true unsolved case—as he plunges his dark and complex protagonist, disgraced journalist Frank Corso, into a lethal morass of revenge and conspiracy.The nightmare began a year ago with the curious and unfortunate death of a delivery driver—blown to pieces. With a little prodding from the media, the terror spread, burning a bloody swath from East Coast to West.Bodies are piling up as a series of deadly bank robberies rocks the L.A. area. Where federal agencies see nothing but the random hand of a bomb-tossing lunatic, rogue journalist turned bestselling author Frank Corso sees the tracks of something more sinister—something with a motive and a message. And it's not going away.Forced to work within the system, Corso and research assistant, Chris Andriatta, are never-theless ready to pull out all the stops to halt a time bomb of terror. But the closer they come to a maniac, the more a shocking and devastating truth comes to light—that the fuse to the horror that has killed many times over and will kill many times more may have been inadvertently lit by Frank Corso himself.G.M. Ford delivers an edge-of-your-seat thriller that's gritty, harrowing, timely, and explosive—as past and present, fact and fiction crash head-on. You will be...blown away.
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Details
- Bookseller
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004949
- Title
- BLOWN AWAY
- Author
- Ford, G. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0060874392
- ISBN 13
- 9780060874391
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2006
- LCCN
- 2006044969
- Keywords
- CRIME, THRILLER, FIRST EDITION, TERRORIST BOMBINGS, LOS ANGELES,
- Bookseller catalogs
- California; Suspense; Crime;
Terms of Sale
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
All books subject to prior sale. All books returnable within two weeks for any reason. Please return by USPS (media mail rate) and note the reason for return. All sales subject to applicable taxes.
About the Seller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Canandaigua, New York
About H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Chipping
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Remainder Mark
- Usually an ink marking of some sort which indicates that the book was designated a remainder. In most cases, it can be found on...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
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