Tom and Wendy Hickey are attempting the happily ever after routine, in their shack on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Wendy is pregnant and fragile, and Tom intends to put nothing above caring for her.Then Cynthia Moon calls. She used to sing at Rudy's Hacienda, a San Diego nightclub in which Tom was a partner. She begs him to come and help clear her of an arson charge. Wendy urges him to go.Tom speeds to San Diego, intending to return within a couple days. But when Cynthia blames an L.A. mob for the arson, and Tom begins snooping ...
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Tom and Wendy Hickey are attempting the happily ever after routine, in their shack on the shore of Lake Tahoe. Wendy is pregnant and fragile, and Tom intends to put nothing above caring for her.Then Cynthia Moon calls. She used to sing at Rudy's Hacienda, a San Diego nightclub in which Tom was a partner. She begs him to come and help clear her of an arson charge. Wendy urges him to go.Tom speeds to San Diego, intending to return within a couple days. But when Cynthia blames an L.A. mob for the arson, and Tom begins snooping, Wendy disappears.The hunt for his wife sends Tom back to Tahoe and to the lakeside mansion of a casino mogul. He takes the man hostage and demands he use all his powers to deliver Wendy.Back in Southern California, Tom's partner Leo Weiss, prompted by a little evidence and a big grudge, pursues the arson investigation into the territory of the ruthless Mickey Cohen mob."The angels of the title intercede to save most, but not all, of the worthy characters in this gritty, brutal tale, which is tenderized by the PI's near palpable devotion to his wife." Publisher's Weekly
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 5x1x8; Signed by Author on title page. The binding is Clean and tight with minor shelf wear. Light wear on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book III of the Tom Hickey Trilogy. Minimal wear, clean text, tight binding. Jacket is slightly worn on the top edge of the front panel and has been price-clipped.
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Good. All proceeds benefit local libraries. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on the Title Page. Unmarked pages tightly bound. The DJ has a spot where a previous price sticker removed part of the paper plus another small spot.
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Dawson, John. Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book 1st edition, August 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, ightly rubbed, couple of small tears at head of spine, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Dust jacket illustration by John Dawson. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "The final book of Kuhlken's WW II trilogy, begun with The Loud Adios, which won the publisher's Best First PI Novel Award in 1991, is set in the 1951 world of hot jazz, hard-boiled fiction and black-and-white television. PI Tom Hickey, who plays jazz saxophone and clarinet, has set off from his Tahoe, Nev., cabin and his sweet, slightly slow, pregnant wife Wendy to investigate the murder charge against Cynthia Tucker Jones, an old girlfriend, in San Diego. Hickey's involvement sets off a chain of kidnappings which endanger the lives of his Tahoe neighbor, a casino owner; his former partner, 70-year-old Leo Weiss; Wendy; their unborn child; and a collection of ne'er-do-wells. During Hickey's travels from snowbound Tahoe to sunny San Diego and back, Weiss has his nails plucked out, his kneecaps cracked and eyelids slashed, while Wendy is dragged through the woods by two thugs. The angels of the title intercede to save most, but not all, of the worthy characters in this gritty, brutal tale, which is tenderized by the PI's near palpable devotion to his wife."--Publishers Weekly.
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As New in Very Good Plus jacket. Hardcover. Signed by Author First printing of the First Edition, published August 1994 in As New condition with a Very Good Plus unclipped Dust Jacket protected by a Mylar Brodart. DJ art by John Dawson. Signed on the title page (signature only) by Ken Kuhlken.
