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The Wire in the Blood [Signed Limited Edition]
by Val McDermid
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1873567332
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567333
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Blakeney, Glos: Scorpion Press, 1997. Near Fine. Blakeney, Glos.: Scorpion Press, 1997. Limited Edition, signed by the author and numbered 43 of 85 copies specially bound from the First Edition sheets. Octavo (24cm); [viii],[373]pp. Marbled paper-covered boards with gray leather spine and gilt lettering, green topstain, and clear vinyl jacket. Boards are sturdy and square with no significant signs of shelfwear. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Second appearance of McDermid's Tony Hill protagonist, and namesake of the popular ITV series featuring the same which aired from 2002-2008.
Second appearance of McDermid's Tony Hill protagonist, and namesake of the popular ITV series featuring the same which aired from 2002-2008.
Synopsis
Taut, suspenseful and ferociously readable thriller featuring psychological profiler Dr Tony Hill, hero of the hugely succesful television series 'The Wire in the Blood'Young girls are disappearing around the country, and there is nothing to connect them to one another, let alone the killer whose charming manner hides a warped and sick mind. Nobody gets inside the messy heads of serial killers like Dr Tony Hill. Now heading up a National Profiling Task Force, he sets his team an exercise: they are given the details of thirty missing teenagers and asked to use their new techniques to discover whether there is a sinister link between any of the cases. Only one officer comes up with a concrete theory – a theory that is ridiculed by the group... until one of their number is murdered and mutilated. For Tony Hill, the murder becomes a matter of personal revenge, and joined by colleague Carol Jordan, he embarks on a campaign of psychological terrorism – a game where hunter and hunted can be all too easily reversed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29482
- Title
- The Wire in the Blood [Signed Limited Edition]
- Author
- Val McDermid
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1873567332
- ISBN 13
- 9781873567333
- Publisher
- Scorpion Press
- Place of Publication
- Blakeney, Glos
- Date Published
- 1997
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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