THE DISTANT ECHO by Val McDermid - 2003

THE DISTANT ECHO Val McDermid St. Martin's Minotaur 518 St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003. first US edition October 2003. Hardcover. Good. see pictures......this is a heavy hardcover book including dust jacket underneath the dust jacket is black with gold lettering..first published in Great Britain by HarperCollins publishers St. Martin's Minotaur current publisher the book is relatively clean it has a dust jacket although there is wearing on the top and bottom of it and a half inch tear, there is an additional 10 or middle of the dust jacket close to the spine and a couple of small stains on the interior of the jacket.the book is unmarked and slide with the exception of a name written in the front..it was interesting very well writtenFour in the morning, mid-December, and snow blankets St. Andrews School. Student Alex Gilbery and his three best friends are staggering home from a party when they stumble upon the body of a young woman. Rosie Duff has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in the ancient Pictish cemetery. The only suspects are the four young students stained with her blood. Twenty-five years later, police mount a cold case review. Among the unsolved murders they're examining is that of Rosie Duff. But someone else has his own idea of justice. One of the original quartet dies in a suspicious house fire and soon after, a second is killed. Alex fears the worst. Someone is taking revenge for Rosie Duff. And it might just save his life if he can uncover who really killed Rosie all those years ago... Buying used books is the green way to recycle,, read,, gift, explore..Since I am not a thrift shop, have no minions, am not a megastore, my books are priced so after everyone else gets theirs, I make it least a small profit to cover my time, and costs and efforts. Sometimes an amazingly small profit... The book would be Shipped Media mail via USPS it comes from the Los Angeles Area at whatever PO is closest to my errands or my life that day since I carefully pack your book then have to hop on the Vespa and visit the PO to have it placed in our mail system...Ruth Reaser LAX Vespa inv bmk 5 bib 518