THE WHALE'S FOOTPRINTS : A Doc Adams Suspense Novel
by Boyer, Rick
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title page. Jacket protected in mylar.
- ISBN 10
- 039542738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395427385
- Seller
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Trumbull, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton and Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title . page. Jacket protected in mylar.. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. When Doc and Mary's son Jack brings his friend Andrew Cunningham to Woods Hole and the guest is found dead the next morning, Jack is blamed, and Doc Adams becomes Cape Cod's temporary medical examiner to learn the truth. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 276 pages; Signed by Author .
Reviews
On Jun 11 2010, Feeney said:
The best, certainly the most evocative, thing about Rick Boyer's Doc Adams thriller, THE WHALE'S FOOTPRINTS, may be its title. When any whale sounds, the swirl left in the water, its "footprint," is unique. Whales' footprints are invoked from time to time in a thriller that sees one of Doc's two sons suspected of murdering a friend. Doc wants to know what good a clue like a whale's footprint is, that disappears. "Everything disappears, Dad, given time" (Ch. 15). And again, Doc shows his State police brother-in-law Joe "... the inverted cone of swirling brine and foam: ... The whale's footprint ... the whale's calling card he leaves when it sounds." Joe's reaction: "Some footprint, Doc, ... Now you see it, now you don't. That's what this Cunningham case reminds me of. ... Leads keep appearing and then disappearing" (Ch. 20) ***** So if you grow bored with unraveling the mystery, there is always plenty about whales, as Doc's son is spending the summer studying them off Cape Cod. -OOO-
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Details
- Bookseller
- Blackbird Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4735
- Title
- THE WHALE'S FOOTPRINTS : A Doc Adams Suspense Novel
- Author
- Boyer, Rick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title page. Jacket protected in mylar.
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 039542738X
- ISBN 13
- 9780395427385
- Publisher
- Houghton and Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- MYSTERIES, SUSPENSE, THRILLERS, Doc Adams
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mysteries & Thrillers; Special / Signed Books;
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