An Event in Autumn.

UK,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.A never before published Wallander novella.] FINE/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,matt,colour photographic illustrated front of dw/dj with capitalised,flat printed, glossy white-lettered A WALLANDER MYSTERY credit, author's glossy,embossed name and glossy,embossed,red-lettered title to front of dw/dj; a black spine/backstrip with similarly embossed,coloured+lettered author+title as the front's and publisher's white illustrated+lettered colophon to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with an orange lettered synopsis and critics' white+ red lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright though lightly aged/toned are clean without foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound – virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean/unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain maroon cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked black ink printed lettering to spine/backstrip, and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,slim 8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-169pp [paginated] includes 26 chapters and author's Afterword,with to the rear,a section of Mankell on Wallander with its own unpaginated separator page: How it started,finished and what happened inbetween; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,and a title separator page. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10 year-old age. It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of other detracting faults. Author's 12th 'Wallander' story - a never before published novella. Some cases aren't as cols as you'd think. Kurt Wallander's life looks like it has taken a turn for the better when his offer on a new house is accepted,only for him to uncover something unexpected in the garden - the skeleton of a middle-aged woman. As police officers comb the property,Wallander attempts to get his new life back on course by finding the woman's killer with the aid of his daughter,Linda.But when another dark discovery is made in the garden,Wallander is forced to delve further back into the area's past. Henning Mankell's novels have been translated into forty languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide.He is the first winner of the Ripper Award (the new European prize for crime fiction) and has also received the Glass Key and Golden Dagger awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **