Author: Gross, Andrew
Title: 3rd Degree
Description: Near fine condition. Little, Brown and Co, 2004. First US edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Black hardback with red borders(black lettering on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(some scratches, small nicks and crease on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a small nick on the outer edges, a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages, pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover(two small ink marks inside the edges of the Dj cover). 341pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. From Publishers Weekly: From the start, Patterson's Women's Murder Club series (1st to Die; Second Chance) has felt like high-concept TV with a smart edge, featuring an appealing and reliable cast of four female crime busters (a cop, a prosecutor, a medical examiner, a reporter) who race along byzantine plot lines humming with blood and sex, romance and heartbreak. But Patterson is an author who will detonate readers' presumptions for the sake of story, and in the series' third installment, the prolific author, working with frequent collaborator Gross (The Jester, etc. ), defies expectations in a shocking way. Readers will love him for it. San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill Barnhardt when Lindsay notices two things: first, bruises on Jill's shoulder; then the explosion of a nearby townhouse, into which Lindsay rushes to save a child. With the juxtaposition of these two plotlines, Patterson jumpstarts this enjoyably convoluted tale. The townhouse, home to a greedy CEO and his family, was destroyed by members of a terrorist group calling itself August Spies; Lindsay's chase after the group, which commits further killings, brings her into close proximity to what promises to be a new series regular, Joe Molinari, deputy director of the Office of Homeland Security. Love blooms for Lindsay but, meanwhile, love has curdled at Jill's house, where Jill's husband is abusing her. Then comes the big surprise, and the story's remainder plays out at high emotion and warp speed. There's a calculated feel to all that happens, but clever manipulation of an audience serves Patterson as well as it served Hitchcock: his fans will only clamor for more. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780316603577
Keywords: Platt David & 3rd 9780316603577
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Title: 3rd Degree
Description: Near fine condition. Little, Brown and Co, 2004. First US edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Black hardback with red borders(black lettering on the front cover, gilt lettering to the spine) with Dj(some scratches, small nicks and crease on the Dj cover), both in near fine condition. Nice and clean pages with a small nick on the outer edges, a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages, pencil mark impression on the edge of the first blank page of the book. Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover(two small ink marks inside the edges of the Dj cover). 341pp. Price un-clipped. A collectable first edition-first printing. From Publishers Weekly: From the start, Patterson's Women's Murder Club series (1st to Die; Second Chance) has felt like high-concept TV with a smart edge, featuring an appealing and reliable cast of four female crime busters (a cop, a prosecutor, a medical examiner, a reporter) who race along byzantine plot lines humming with blood and sex, romance and heartbreak. But Patterson is an author who will detonate readers' presumptions for the sake of story, and in the series' third installment, the prolific author, working with frequent collaborator Gross (The Jester, etc. ), defies expectations in a shocking way. Readers will love him for it. San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill Barnhardt when Lindsay notices two things: first, bruises on Jill's shoulder; then the explosion of a nearby townhouse, into which Lindsay rushes to save a child. With the juxtaposition of these two plotlines, Patterson jumpstarts this enjoyably convoluted tale. The townhouse, home to a greedy CEO and his family, was destroyed by members of a terrorist group calling itself August Spies; Lindsay's chase after the group, which commits further killings, brings her into close proximity to what promises to be a new series regular, Joe Molinari, deputy director of the Office of Homeland Security. Love blooms for Lindsay but, meanwhile, love has curdled at Jill's house, where Jill's husband is abusing her. Then comes the big surprise, and the story's remainder plays out at high emotion and warp speed. There's a calculated feel to all that happens, but clever manipulation of an audience serves Patterson as well as it served Hitchcock: his fans will only clamor for more. Near Fine/Near Fine. ISBN: 9780316603577
Keywords: Platt David & 3rd 9780316603577
Price: GBP 17.90 = appr. US$ 25.56 Seller: Alpha 2 Omega Books
- Book number: 5
- Book number: 5
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