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THE FIRST RULE; A Joe Pike Novel
by Crais, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0399156135
- ISBN 13
- 9780399156137
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on a front endpaper, 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering on spine over powder blue boards with "RC" stamped in silver, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) of cityscape by Ted Wilcox, [x] + 308 pages. The award-winning author of Free Fall and Voodoo River. Crais' novel The Monkey's Raincoat is one of the 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. Robert Crais is an American author of detective fiction. Crais has written scripts for Hill Street Blues, Cagney & Lacey, Miami Vice, and L.A. Law. Among numerous awards for his bestselling crime novels, Crais received the Ross Macdonald Literary Award in 2006, and was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 2014. After a Russian-based crew, murders the wife and children of Frank Meyers--a former friend and member of Joe Pike's team--both men "find themselves in a web of ancient grudges, blood ties, blackmail, vengeance, double crosses, and cutthroat criminality...." SIGNED & in EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally!
Synopsis
When Frank Meyer and his family are executed in their home, the police begin investigating the secret life they're sure Meyer had. Joe Pike's on a hunt of his own: to clear his friend's name, and to punish the people who murdered him. What starts out as a simple trail gets twisted fast by old grudges, double crosses, blood vengeance, and a crime so terrible even Pike and his partner Elvis Cole have no way to measure it.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5626
- Title
- THE FIRST RULE; A Joe Pike Novel
- Author
- Crais, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0399156135
- ISBN 13
- 9780399156137
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- mystery, death, crime, lawyers, cops, Russians, murder, thieves, massacre, wife, children, team, blackmail, vengeance,
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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