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Probable Cause
by Ridley Pearson (1953- )
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 031203914X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312039141
- Seller
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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About This Item
288 pages with map to end pages. Royal octavo (9 `/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's grey boards with gilt lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket. Inscribed by the author. First edition. In Carmel-by-the-sea, Calif., Detective James Dewitt, a former forensic investigator, comes across a couple of suicides in as many days. He and forensics aide Clare O'Daly suspect murder and focus on a bent policeman. When the cop dies, asphyxiated in his car like the first victims, Dewitt steps up his investigation, working his way through a varied cast--a rich assemblywoman, a petty thief, a sexy female lawyer, a spoiled rich kid, a jailed serial killer, a vengeful psychotic. Though Dewitt is endangered and half his family murdered, few readers will care. The action and love scenes are as unconvincing as Dewitt's anguished misgivings about justice; the novel fizzles out in three ``climaxes'' and a couple of sentimental codas. 100,000 first printing. Corners and spine heal gently bumped else very good in near fine jacket.
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- Bookseller
- The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L1132
- Title
- Probable Cause
- Author
- Ridley Pearson (1953- )
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 031203914X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312039141
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Pages
- 288 pages with map to end pages
- Size
- Royal octavo
- Keywords
- Mystery
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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