New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine. 2011. 1st American Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0385342322 . This book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. "Bradley wrote several short stories that were read on CBC Radio and published in literary magazines. Following his early retirement from the University of Saskatchewan in 1994, Bradley and his wife Shirley moved to Kelowna, British Columbia, for her work, while Bradley focused on writing. He wrote multiple screenplays over the course of nine years. Then, during the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, many homes neighboring Bradley's were destroyed, although his was spared from the fire. The experience inspired him to do something different, and he began focusing on memoirs instead of screenplays. He wrote a non-fiction book called Ms Holmes of Baker Street and a memoir called The Shoebox Bible. " (from Wikipedia) .

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Alan Bradley is the internationally bestselling author of many short stories, children’s stories, newspaper columns, and the memoir The Shoebox Bible . His first Flavia de Luce mystery, T he Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, received the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger Award, the Dilys Award, the Arthur Ellis Award, and the Agatha Award, and was nominated for the Macavity, the Anthony, and the Barry awards. His second Flavia de Luce mystery is The Weed That Strings the Hangman’s Bag . Bradley lives in Malta with his wife and two calculating cats, and is currently at work on the next Flavia de Luce mystery, I Am Half Sick of Shadows.

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Bookseller: S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: A39862
Title: A Red Herring Without Mustard
Author: Bradley, Alan
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Edition: 1st American Edition; 1st Printing
ISBN 10: 0385342322
ISBN 13: 9780385342322
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2011
Keywords: 0385342322, Mystery, Alan Bradley, A Flavia De Luce Novel, Mystery

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