NINE LIVES TO MURDER.
by Babson, Marian (pseudonym of Ruth Stenstreem, 1929-2017)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a fine dustjacket (slightly slanted spine)/fine
- ISBN 10
- 0002324148
- ISBN 13
- 9780002324144
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About This Item
London:: Collins,, (1992). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dustjacket (slightly slanted spine). First printing. An offbeat novel by this author of more than 40 novels, mostly traditional stories featuring amateur sleuths - and then there are novels like this one. A "tale of transposed personalities. Famed Shakespearean actor Winstanley Fortescue, soon to be knighted, has suffered a fall from a ladder, possibly accidental, during rehearsal of his new play, knocking skulls with Monty, the theater's cat, on his descent. Now Win, living in a nursing home, has Monty inside of his psyche. Meanwhile, Monty is thinking like Win and serving as his protector when further attempts are made on the actor's life." [Kirkus] It sounds crazy, but it works... INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated 12 Sept 1992 with the notation that the publication date was 5 Oct. In 1996, Babson was awarded the Crime Writers' Association Dagger for her body of work. 188 pp.
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- Title
- NINE LIVES TO MURDER.
- Author
- Babson, Marian (pseudonym of Ruth Stenstreem, 1929-2017)
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a fine dustjacket (slightly slanted spine)
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0002324148
- ISBN 13
- 9780002324144
- Publisher
- Collins,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- (1992)
- Keywords
- cats, theater mystery,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction;
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