A conversation with a jewel thief draws Croft into an insurance investigation It is April in Santa Fe, and a blizzard draws near. Private investigator Joshua Croft sits bored in his office, hoping he'll get home in time to avoid the storm. Just before closing, a man enters, wearing jeans, a Stetson, and a hard-eyed squint that tells Croft he wears the outfit for work, not fashion. A friend of the cowboy's possesses of a haul of stolen jewels, and wants Croft's help selling them back to the insurance company. Croft humors ...
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A conversation with a jewel thief draws Croft into an insurance investigation It is April in Santa Fe, and a blizzard draws near. Private investigator Joshua Croft sits bored in his office, hoping he'll get home in time to avoid the storm. Just before closing, a man enters, wearing jeans, a Stetson, and a hard-eyed squint that tells Croft he wears the outfit for work, not fashion. A friend of the cowboy's possesses of a haul of stolen jewels, and wants Croft's help selling them back to the insurance company. Croft humors the cowboy, fishing for information on the heist, but the stranger leaves without giving away the scheme. The next day, the cowboy is found stone-cold dead, riddled with bullets. The owners of the stolen jewels hire Croft to find their missing property. Along the way he dips deep into Santa Fe's underground, looking for the killers of the cowboy who came in from the cold.
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Fair. Cocked Spine. Creases on Cover and/or Spine. Worn Corners and/or Page Edges (Possibly Bent). Discoloration, Tanning or Foxing on Cover and/or Pages. Soiled Cover and/or Pages. Reading Copy. May have damage to cover, notes, underlining, highlighting, but all text legible. Purchasing this item from Goodwill provides vocational opportunities for individuals with barriers to employment.
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Very Good. Light Creases to the spine with light edgewear to cover. Pages clean and unmarked but lightly tanning. Tape down spine. All Orders Shipped With Tracking And Delivery Confirmation Numbers.
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Good in Good jacket. Ex-Library The first Joshua Croft mystery. Ex-library with stamps, stickers and a pocket in the rear. Gently bumped, spine cocked. Jacket in mylar with the flaps glued to the pastedowns. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Fair. Ex-library book with usual stamps and stickers. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
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Very Good. Book. Signed by Author(s) A solid tight copy. This copy has some roll, some creases in the spine area, some cover edge wear, some browning/ light soil to the edges of the text block, a SST. This copy has been inscribed and signed by the author. THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.
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VG with front free endpaper missing in a VG Dust Jacket with light fraying at spine extremities. Not ex-library and jacket is not price clipped. 0312015305 Author's first hardback mystery introduces Joshua Croft.