Sam Falconer is pretty good at taking care of herself. Four times world judo champion, she now runs the Gentle Way investigation agency in London. But when her brother Mark asks her to return to Oxford to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, Sam finds herself confronting a past she hoped she'd left behind. Oxford is full of ghosts and Sam has never quite recovered from finding the body of a murdered 4-year-old girl there. To this day, she has no idea what led her to the scene and she dreads being back in the city ...
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Sam Falconer is pretty good at taking care of herself. Four times world judo champion, she now runs the Gentle Way investigation agency in London. But when her brother Mark asks her to return to Oxford to investigate the disappearance of a young woman, Sam finds herself confronting a past she hoped she'd left behind. Oxford is full of ghosts and Sam has never quite recovered from finding the body of a murdered 4-year-old girl there. To this day, she has no idea what led her to the scene and she dreads being back in the city. As Sam begins to investigate the woman's disappearance, she finds the trail leads back to the university. But the closed academic world is unwilling to share its secrets with a stranger. Soon it becomes clear that someone is determined to frighten her off the case, and then, out of the blue, Sam receives a letter from a man who's been dead for twenty-eight years - her father...Intricately woven and ingeniously plotted, Victoria Blake's debut novel marks her as an exciting new voice in British crime-writing.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Dustwrapper, pp.275. Signed by author on title page. Authors first novel. Fine in fine dustwrapper..
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Used-Very Good. Signed copy VG hardback in VG dust jacket. Signed by author on title page; slight yellow tinge to pages; binding tight; bright dust jacket not price-cliped, & protected in clear Brodart wrapper.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. BV4-A first British edition hardcover book SIGNED by author on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has tanning, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Intricately woven and ingeniously plotted, Victoria Blake's debut novel introduces Sam Falconer, a PI whose private life is every bit as fascinating as her cases. 9.5"x6.5", 275 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. B3-A first UK edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Book has tanning, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and light shelf wear. Intricately woven and ingeniously plotted, Victoria Blake's debut novel introduces Sam Falconer, a PI whose private life is every bit as fascinating as her cases. 9.5"x6.5", 275 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. First edition first printing of the first novel in the Sam Falconer series. SIGNED by the author on the title page. In fine / fine condition. Glued binding. 288 p. Audience: General/trade.