Life Sentences by Judith Cutler - 2006-02-01

Allison & Busby, 2006. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Allison & Busby, February 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG-/Very Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. first edition with number line running to the 1. jacket has not been price clipped. jacket has been protected in clear mylar covering. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardback. Acceptable.

Allison & Busby, Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Allison & Busby, Limited. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Allison & Busby, Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.An unidentifiable woman is found on a roadside. She has been beaten into a coma and raped. The man who finds her, troubled by his inability to resuscitate her, spends hours at her hospital bed, talking to the woman everyone calls Elise. Two years later Elise's condition is downgraded to persistent vegetative state - if the hospital takes her off life support, Elise's attacker will be guilty of her murder.Now months away from retirement, Chief Superintendent Frances Harman has been assigned to investigate Elise's case. This is stacked on top of Fran's growing obligation to her elderly parents, a duty that takes her from Kent to Devon, and back, every weekend. Over cups of strong coffee, Fran sleepily contemplates her future as her irritable parents' caretaker.Fran verges on overload as she takes on more and more responsibilities - her parents, Elise, a child abduction, the… Read More