'[Gwendoline Butler's] inventiveness never seems to flag; and the singular atmosphere of her books, compounded of jauntiness and menace, remains undiminished' Patricia Craig, TLS London's Second City has been the scene of many a terrifying crime, but the discovery of a pile of infant skulls unearthed near police headquarters is particularly horrifying. Another major worry for John Coffin, Chief Commander, is a triple murder on his patch, that of a midwife and her two daughters. The obvious suspect is her son, Black Jack ...
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'[Gwendoline Butler's] inventiveness never seems to flag; and the singular atmosphere of her books, compounded of jauntiness and menace, remains undiminished' Patricia Craig, TLS London's Second City has been the scene of many a terrifying crime, but the discovery of a pile of infant skulls unearthed near police headquarters is particularly horrifying. Another major worry for John Coffin, Chief Commander, is a triple murder on his patch, that of a midwife and her two daughters. The obvious suspect is her son, Black Jack Jackson, a local villain, but both Coffin and DI Phoebe Astley are reluctant to accept his guilt. Two further murders add renewed urgency to both investigations: one of a doctor, discovered in a hospital laboratory surrounded by grisly trophies, might well be connected to the disinterring of the children's skulls; the other, of a notorious Second City criminal, with the brutal midwife killings. Coffin is able to take all this in his stride, however, until the growing violence comes closer to home - directly threatening the safety of his wife, the actress Stella Pinero.
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Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG price-clipped dust jacket. 1st edition, 1st printing, 2000. Very slight age-yellowing to pages otherwise a very nice bright copy.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Price clipped. First edition first printing of the thirty second novel in the John Coffin series. A hint of spine slant. Price clipped otherwise in near fine / near fine condition. 224 p. Audience: General/trade.
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None. Fine in Near Fine jacket. The first edition of this detective novel from the John Coffin series. Gwendoline Butler's John Coffin series has Coffin as the lead detective in many cases. There are thirty-four tales in the John Coffin series in total. 'A Cold Coffin' is the thirty-second. First edition. In original dustwrapper, which is price-clipped. Gwendoline Butler was a British mystery fiction writer. She also wrote many romance novels. As well as the John Coffin series she also wrote works with female detective Charmian Daniels. In a full cloth binding with gilt stamping to spine, with original dustwrapper, price clipped to the front flyleaf. Externally, excellent. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Small amount of bumping to the head and tail of spine. Dustwrapper is also excellent with minor shelfwear. A small amount of bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Fine.
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None. Fine in Fine jacket. 'A Cold Coffin' is a John Coffin crime novel by Gwendoline Butler. in the original unclipped dustwrapper. First edition, first impression. Gwendoline Butler, née Williams (1922-2013) was a British writer of mystery fiction and romance novels. Credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural", is well known for her series of Inspector John Coffin novels as Gwendoline Butler, and by female detective Charmian Daniels as Jennie Melville. In a cloth binding with unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Minor shelfwear to the boards. Dustwrapper has only very minor edgewear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean throughout. Fine.
