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Catfish Cafe: A Thomas Black Mystery
by Emerson, Earl
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0345422023
- ISBN 13
- 9780345422026
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A: Random House Inc, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Aldren Watson. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Near Fine Condition. Previous owner label on paste-down. Jacket price-clipped. Otherwise, in Fine Condition-very clean, unmarked, tight & solid volume. Balinda disappears--Belinda's father, Luther Little, and Thomas Black find an empty purse, a wrecked car, and a dead Eagle Scout in the back seat of her car. Their search takes them to the modest little eat-in/take-out called Catfish Cafe. A devious plot, clever prose, intrigue and wit are in store for the reader of this book of hard-boiled suspense. 309 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. Ballantine Publishing, New York, 1998.
Synopsis
Earl Emerson is a lieutenant in the Seattle Fire Department. He is the Shamus Award-winning author of the Thomas Black detective series, which includes The Rainy City, Poverty Bay, Nervous Laughter, Fat Tuesday, Deviant Behavior, Yellow Dog Party, The Portland Laugher, The Vanishing Smile, The Million-Dollar Tattoo, and Deception Pass. Earl Emerson lives in North Bend, Washington.
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020639
- Title
- Catfish Cafe: A Thomas Black Mystery
- Author
- Emerson, Earl
- Illustrator
- Aldren Watson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0345422023
- ISBN 13
- 9780345422026
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Place of Publication
- Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- BLACK, THOMAS (FICTITIOUS CHARACTER); PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS-WASHINGTON STATE-SEATTLE; CRIME FICTION; MYSTERY;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction. Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Police;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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