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Body of Evidence
by Cornwell, Patricia D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good++ condition/Near Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0684192403
- ISBN 13
- 9780684192406
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991. Very Good++ condition in Near Fine dust jacket. A square, tight copy of the author's second book; her second mystery to feature Dr. Kay Scarpetta. The Dust Jacket is bright and shiny, with just a little yellowing to the white parts of the inner flaps. NO chips. NO tears. NOT price clipped (18.95). Protected by a removable Brodart clear plastic sleeve. Corners are NOT bumped. No owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. First printing, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original charcoal gray boards, with a black cloth spine lettered in shiny silver/red. From the Dust Jacket: "Someone is stalking Beryl Madison. Someone who spies on her and makes threatening, obscene phone calls to the reclusive author. Terrified, Beryl flees to Key West. But, eventually, she must return to her Richmond home. The very night she arrives, Beryl inexplicably invites her killer in... Thus begins for Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta the investigation of a crime that is as convoluted as it is bizarre. Why would Beryl open the door to someone who brutally slashed and then nearly decapitated her? Did she know her killer? Adding to the intrigue is Beryl's enigmatic relationship with a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the disappearance of Beryl's manuscript. Pressure from Beryl's agent and the attorney general, as well as the mysterious reappearance of Scarpetta's former lover, lawyer Mark James, force her beyond the boundaries of forensic medicine. She must retrace Beryl's footsteps. An investigation that begins in the laboratory with microscopes and lasers leads Scarpetta deep into a nightmare that soon becomes her own. With this novel, Patricia D. Cornwell takes her rightful place as 'Mistress of Mystery.' Finely crafted, rich in character and suspense, BODY OF EVIDENCE is a stunning achievement from a superbly talented author.". First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good++ condition/Near Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Fernandes, Stanislaw (jacket art). 8vo. (viii), 389pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005564
- Title
- Body of Evidence
- Author
- Cornwell, Patricia D
- Illustrator
- Fernandes, Stanislaw (jacket art)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good++ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0684192403
- ISBN 13
- 9780684192406
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1991
- Keywords
- Mystery. Forensic medicine.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery / Crime Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo. (viii), 389pp
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