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Slash and Burn: A Dr Siri Murder Mystery (Dr. Siri Mystery)
by Cotterill, Colin
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- F/F/F
- ISBN 10
- 0857381970
- ISBN 13
- 9780857381972
- Seller
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Salisbury, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Quercus Publishing Plc, 2011-10-27. 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.. Hardcover. F/F/F. Box X33 HARDBACK, ?UNCOMMON,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st. Full number line.* Date of Publication: 2011* Publisher: Quercus, London.* Binding and cover condition: Maroon cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps, rubs or other wear. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour illustrated dust wrapper showing a polluting helicopter and a forest being burnt, black and red titles to spine and face. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing a shelf price of £16.99. Absolutely minimal, shelf wear. Now in clear protective wrapper. FINE* Contents condition: Ex school library copy with small label to spine and one to ffep. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text no other visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 374 pp. text. iii pp., blank pages at rear.* Description: The action takes place in Laos where Siri joins a group searching for a lost CIA helicopter pilot. He disappeared in 1968 but no trace of him had been found. However, just hours into the trip, it becomes apparent that ulterior motives are at work within the group. And Siri?s suspicions are confirmed when those associated with the airman start dropping like flies. Siri and company are caught up in something big; something that goes way back, and way over their heads. And as if that wasn?t bad enough, a psychic of unquestionable repute then informs Siri that he will shortly die: in a day or two to be precise.* A FINE text copy of the 1st/1st fnl. with no visible faults in a FINE protected dust jacket.* 0
Synopsis
Colin Cotterill is the Dilys Award-winning author of nine books in the Dr. Siri Paiboun series: The Coroner's Lunch , Thirty-Three Teeth , Disco for the Departed , Anarchy and Old Dogs , Curse of the Pogo Stick , The Merry Misogynist , Love Songs from a Shallow Grave , and Slash & Burn , and The Woman Who Wouldn't Die . He lives in Chumphon, Thailand, with his wife and six deranged dogs.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9460
- Title
- Slash and Burn: A Dr Siri Murder Mystery (Dr. Siri Mystery)
- Author
- Cotterill, Colin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F/F/F
- Edition
- 1st Edn. 1st Imp. FNL.
- ISBN 10
- 0857381970
- ISBN 13
- 9780857381972
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing Plc
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2011-10-27
- Pages
- 377
- X weight
- g
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