Dell Shannon [Elizabeth Linington]
The Motive on Record
London, Victor Gollancz, 1982 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first UK edition of this crime fictional novel following Luis Mendoza of the LAPD Homicide Department, as he solves a series of bizarre murders. The scarce first UK edition, first impression of this crime fiction novel from American author Elizabeth Linington, published under the pseudonym Dell Shannon. In the publisher's original price unclipped dust wrapper.An exciting detective fiction novel set in the L. A. Police Department, and featuring Linington's recurring character Luis Mendoza, head of the Homicide Department. One of the first female authors to write in the style of an American police procedural, this suspenseful thriller opens with the discovery of the corpse of a postman 'with a peculiar problem&apos. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with price unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine, with shelf wear to back strip tail. Mark to head of dust wrapper back strip, with edge wear to back strip tail. Minor mark to rear flyleaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Near Fine.

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