New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0399146601 . A first edition/first printing in Very Good condition, cocked spine and lightly stained page edges in Near Fine dust-jacket. Signed by Dick Francis on the half title page; Gerard Logan is a glassblower on his way to acclaim. When jockey Martin Stukely dies, Logan is embroiled in a search for a stolen videotape. Now Logan is faced with the sudden and terrifying peril to both his career and his life; 8vo ; 289 pages; Signed by Author .

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When jockey Martin Stukely dies following a fall at Cheltenham races, he accidentally embroils his friend Gerard Logan in a perilous search for a stolen video tape. Logan is a glass-blower on the verge of widespread acclaim for the ingenuity of his work. Long accustomed to the frightful dangers inherent in molten glass and in maintaining a furnace at never less than 1,800F, he is suddenly faced with a series of terrifying threats to his business and to his life.But the chilling race to find the tape throws more hazards in Logan's way than his dead jockey friend could ever have imagined.

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Bookseller: Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 51256
Title: Shattered - 1st Edition/1st Printing
Author: Francis, Dick
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
ISBN 10: 0399146601
ISBN 13: 9780399146602
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Con Burger

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