New York, NY, U. S. A.: Bantam Books, 1992. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. New York, NY, U. S. A.: Bantam Books, 1992. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket Npc pub 8/92 end paper maps Usual laminate lifting on dj front( around lettering). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition

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Elena Weaver was a surprise to anyone meeting her for the first time. In her clingy dresses and dangling earrings she exuded a sexuality at odds with the innocence projected by the unicorn posters on her walls. While her embittered mother fretted about her welfare from her home in London, in Cambridge--where Elena was a student at St. Stephen's College--her father and his second wife each had their own very different image of the girl. As for Elena, she lived a life of casual and intense physical and emotional relationships, with scores to settle and goals to achieve--until someone, lying in wait along the route she ran every morning, bludgeoned her to death.Unwilling to turn the killing over to the local police, the university calls in New Scotland Yard. Thus, Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, enter the rarefied world of Cambridge University, where academic gowns often hide murderous intentions.For both officers, the true identity of Elena Weaver proves elusive. Each relationship the girl left behind casts new light both on Elena and on those people who appeared to know her best--from an unsavory Swedish-born Shakespearean professor to the brooding head of the Deaf Students Union.What's more, Elena's father, a Cambridge professor under consideration for a prestigious post, is a man with his own dark secrets. While his past sins make him neurotically dedicated to Elena and blind to her blacker side, present demons drive him toward betrayal.From the Paperback edition.

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Bookseller: Black Dog Mystery Firsts (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 003893
Title: For the Sake of Elena
Author: George, Elizabeth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0553081187
ISBN 13: 9780553081183
Publisher: Bantam Books
Place of Publication: New York, NY, U. S. A.
Date Published: 1992
Keywords: POLICE PROCEDURAL ENGLISH MYSTERY ENGLAND FICTION HAVERS BARBARA FICTITIOUS CHARACTER LYNLEY THOMAS DETECTIVE TRADITIONAL BRITISH
Bookseller catalogs: Mystery; Club Selection;

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