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The Killing Ground (Sean Dillon)
by Higgins, Jack
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399153802
- ISBN 13
- 9780399153808
- Seller
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Hopkins, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Bound in red boards with a black cloth spine stamped in gilt. Unmarked, square, and tight with no creases to the spine.
Synopsis
The master of suspense returns, with a chilling novel of modern terrorism and revenge.For intelligence operative Sean Dillon, it begins with a routine passport check. But the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever known.The man he stops at Heathrow Airport is Caspar Rashid, born and bred in England but with family ties to a Bedouin tribe fiercely wedded to the old ways, as Rashid has just found out to his pain. His thirteen-year-old daughter, Sara, has been kidnapped by Rashid's own father and taken to Iraq to be married to a man known as the Hammer of God, one of the Middle East's most feared terrorists. Dillon has had his own run-ins with that clan, and when the distraught man begs Dillon for help, he sees a chance to settle some old scores-but he has no idea of the terrible chain of events he is about to unleash, nor of the implacable enemies he is about to gain. Before his journey is done, many men will die-and Dillon may be one of them.Filled with dark suspense, driven by characters of complexity and passion, this novel once again proves that in the words of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Jack Higgins is the dean of intrigue novelists. He has no equal."
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- Bookseller
- Walther's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007507
- Title
- The Killing Ground (Sean Dillon)
- Author
- Higgins, Jack
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0399153802
- ISBN 13
- 9780399153808
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 310
- Keywords
- FICTION CRIME_FICTION POLICE_PROCEDURAL SUSPENSE THRILLER CRIME_FICTION MURDER_MYSTERY ADVENTURE_FICTION
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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About Walther's Books
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Glossary
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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