Dead Days of Summer

New York: William Morrow. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. Stated First Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. 0060724021 . Quarter bound in publisher's blue cloth over white speckled boards, silver lettering on spine, publisher's initials blind stamped on cover. Hart pulls out all the stops in the fast-paced 17th installment of her acclaimed Death on Demand cozy series (after 2005's Death of the Party), set on the South Carolina island of Broward's Rock. When bookstore owner Annie Darling's PI husband, Max, accepts a new case and fails to come home, she's frantic and calls in all her friends, including the police. The authorities organize an effective search that leads to the body of an attractive woman near Max's abandoned car; in the trunk is the murder weapon. Portrayed by the press as an unfaithful husband and killer, Max is arrested as soon as he surfaces. Annie goes undercover, determined to clear Max's name even if it means putting herself in a cunning murderer's path. Lovable supporting characters, notably Emma Clyde, resident mystery author and Annie's best friend, help make this one of Hart's finest offerings. Hart has won multiple Agatha, Anthony and Macavity awards.. Both the volume and the unclipped dust jacket are in perfect, pristine, unmarked condition. AS NEW/AS NEW.. Death on Demand Mysteries Series. Vol. 17. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. 288 pp .