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The Death of an Irish Lover: (book 14 in the Peter McGarr series)
by Gill, Bartholomew (aka: Mark McGarrity)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0380977974
- ISBN 13
- 9780380977970
- Seller
-
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: William Morrow, 2000. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Quarter bound blue with gold boards gilt on spine (roughly) 8 1/2" by 5 3/4" (inches), headband, 265 pages, First Edition First Printing, Near Fine condition with a small errant ink mark on bottom edge, dust jacke is in Near Fine condition now in Mylar. "Chief Inspector Peter McGarr of Dublin is called in to investigate the crime. He soon finds an unusual & significant element in the method of their murder & a plethora of suspects-providing all the indredients for a truly clever and intriguing mystery." Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Amy Halperin;. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Crime runs rampant in the picturesque town of Leixleap — and onIreland's famed River Shannon, where brazen thieves illegally harvestthe gourmet-prized eels that flourish there. But while poachingmay be something the local Eel Police division is well-equippedto handle, murder is wholly another matter.Chief Inspector Peter McGarr has been called out from Dublin to investigate a troubling double homicide. The nude body of young, pretty, and,recently married Eel Policewoman Ellen Gilday Finn has been discoveredin the bed of a hot-sheet inn — wrapped around the equally unclothedcorpse of her much older boss, Pascal Burke. A crime of passion, perhaps, pointing to Ellen's cuckolded newly wedded husband as the perpetrator. But conflicting clues and false confessions are leading McGarrinto dangerous hidden corners where greed, corruption, IRA terror andradical, possibly deadly, environmentalism are but a few of the, dark blooms secretly nourished in the rich loam of the Irish countryside.
Reviews
On May 4 2020, The Old Library Bookshop said:
Hard to believe that the most valued commodity in the area surrounding Leixleap on the River Shannon is the eel that swims in its waters. Hard to believe, too, that the job of Eel Policeman is so dangerous that two of Leixleap's finest are found dead in a local hotel. This is more than local law enforcement is able to handle, so a frantic phone call is made to Dublin's Chief Inspector Peter McGarr for assistance. The instigator of that call is an old school mate of McGarr, one whose bullying ways made him widely disliked. Although the murdered couple were shot "in flagrante delicto," McGarr's investigation uncovers clues that lead in a different direction. The IRA? eel poachers? a betrayed spouse? possibly even disgruntled environmentalists? McGarr will sort it all out, of that the reader has no doubt.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nessa Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012068
- Title
- The Death of an Irish Lover: (book 14 in the Peter McGarr series)
- Author
- Gill, Bartholomew (aka: Mark McGarrity)
- Illustrator
- Amy Halperin;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0380977974
- ISBN 13
- 9780380977970
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Gill, Bartholomew (aka: Mark McGarrity) Amy Halperin; The Death of an Irish Lover: (book 14 in the Peter McGarr Series William Morrow 0380977974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Mystery;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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