The third novel in the rip-roaring, wildly inventive James Reed series of hard-boiled crime novels set against the backdrop of sunny Southern California. These days, ex-London cop James Reed makes his living renting out the Malibu beach house he got in his divorce from a big-name actress. He's taking it easy when, to make some fast cash, he agrees to provide temporary lodging and security to a wealthy recluse recovering from an undisclosed illness. That simple job takes a wild turn into a nightmare of blackmail, drugs, and ...
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The third novel in the rip-roaring, wildly inventive James Reed series of hard-boiled crime novels set against the backdrop of sunny Southern California. These days, ex-London cop James Reed makes his living renting out the Malibu beach house he got in his divorce from a big-name actress. He's taking it easy when, to make some fast cash, he agrees to provide temporary lodging and security to a wealthy recluse recovering from an undisclosed illness. That simple job takes a wild turn into a nightmare of blackmail, drugs, and murder that could put James in prison... or a shallow grave. "Excellently plotted and paced, this adventure offers the satisfaction of a hard-boiled L.A. detective story overlaid with the nuances of a British mystery. Sangster constructs an intricate problem and lets his intelligent, complex hero loose to solve it." Publishers Weekly "Sangster certainly has a ball writing this series." Chicago Tribune "More action-thriller than mystery, the action, from hand-to-hand combat to nautical chases, is steady." Kirkus Reviews
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Fine in fine dust jacket. 232 p. Redfeather Books. Audience: General/trade. First edition, first printing. Fine/like new copy in fine/like new dust jacket with protective cover.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp. 232. 232 pp. Jacket has small chip at upper right corner of front. A murder mystery ranging through Southern California, England, and France.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First edition. Page fine edges foxed, small dampstain on front endpapers at the bottom corner in the front hinge, still very good in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with one inch wrinkled tear on rear panel. A Rinehart Suspense Novel.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 232 pages. First American Edition. Third in James Reed mystery series. Fine in fine dustjacket. Review copy with materials laid in.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. 232 pages. Fine with tiny brown spot on top edge of text block, in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket. "'MALIBU MASSACRE! ' screamed the headlines as James Reed picked his way through the blood-spattered beach house after a routine rental had gone very, very wrong. Reed, a charming but cynical sleuth with a smooth manner and an unsurpassed cunning, had agreed to rent his idyllic house-as well as act as unofficial bodyguard-to a mysterious group of foreigners because he needed the money. With his property, honor, and self-esteem violated in the grisliest manner, Reed swears revenge, "
