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New Hope for the Dead
by Willeford, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0312567618
- ISBN 13
- 9780312567613
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Sturdy book, black covers, very bright gilt lettering on spine, 244 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar with colorful design and yellow background, a color-illustration of gray palm trees and pink flamingos along bottom edges, praise on back from the New Yorker, Philadelphia Inquirer, New York Times Book Review, Harry Crews and friend Donald Justice. DJ has light surface wear to tips, tiny creases at spine bottom edge. On first front end paper in blue ink: "To Pat Donovan--I think you can learn a good deal about police work from Hoke, and also how to raise children. All the best! Charles Willeford." Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
Synopsis
Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley is called to a posh Miami neighborhood to investigate a lethal overdose. There he meets the alluring stepmother of the decedant, and begins to wonder about dating a witness. Meanwile, he has been threatened with suspension by his ambitious new chief unless he leaves his beloved, if squalid, suite at the El Dorado Hotel, and moves downtown. With free housing hard to come by, Hoke is desperate to find a new place to live. His difficulties are only amplified by an assignment to re-investigate fifty unsolved murders, the unexpected arrival of his two teenage daughters, and a partner struggling with an unwanted pregnancy. With few options and even fewer dollars, he decides that the suspicious and beautiful stepmother of the dead junkie might be a compromised solution to all of his problems.Packed with atmosphere and humor, New Hope for the Dead is a classic murder mystery by one of the true masters of the genre. Now back in print, Charles Willeford's tour de force is an irresistible invitation to become acquainted with one of the greatest detective characters of all time.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52148
- Title
- New Hope for the Dead
- Author
- Willeford, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0312567618
- ISBN 13
- 9780312567613
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Mystery Fiction Florida Miami Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autographed; Mystery Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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- Fine
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