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by Francis, Dick & Francis, Felix
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0718149971
- ISBN 13
- 9780718149970
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About This Item
HARDBACK "FIRST NEW NOVEL FOR SIX YEARS,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. UK.* Impression: 3rd.* Date of Publication: 2006* Publisher: Michael Joseph.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth, gilt title to spine. No bumps or rubs, absolutely minimal spine lean. FINE* Jacket condition: Colour racing scene illustration to dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £18.99. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to top & bottom edges and to back cover. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright. Very lightly used, no marks to text, no visible faults. FINE.* Illustrations: None.* Pages: 348 pp. text. v pp. blank at rear.* Description: Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow.' It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest. But this is precisely how he finds jockey Huw Walker - who, only a few hours earlier, had won the coveted Triumph Hurdle. In his first new novel for six years, Dick Francis returns to prove once again that he is the Grand Master of thriller writing.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st. edition, 3rd. impression with minimal jacket wear reducing it to VG++.*
Synopsis
Uncertainty is a darkly erotic, tautly plotted psychological thriller. It marks the American debut of the exciting young Danish writer Michael Larsen. Martin Molberg, a tabloid journalist with a history of mental instability,is suspected of murdering his girlfriend, Monique. To clear his name Molberg must track down the real killer. In the process he uncovers evidence that Monique was leading a double life: a photo of her engaged in kinky sex; an inexplicable deposit of millions in their joint bank account; a cryptic note from a man named Pascal. Molberg's obsessive search takes him from Copenhagen to Los Angeles. Along the way he stumbles into the realm of high technology gone awry and a web of intrigue and murder involving Hollywood, the National Security Agency, pornographers, and image manipulators. Downing Dexedrine and Thorazine with scotch chasers, he begins to question his sense of reality as he sifts through circuitous and contradictory evidence. The more he discovers, the harder it becomes for him to distinguish what is real and what is not. With the verve of William Gibson and the sophisticated suspense of Michael Crichton, Uncertainty is a distrubing vision of life in the postcomputer age.
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3974
- Title
- Under Orders
- Author
- Francis, Dick & Francis, Felix
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition 3rd. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0718149971
- ISBN 13
- 9780718149970
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London. UK 352
- Date Published
- 2006-09-07
- Keywords
- Adventure, Adventure / thriller, Crime & mystery, Genre Fiction, Thriller / suspense, Fiction / Action & Adventure, Fiction, General, Crime & Thriller
- Bookseller catalogs
- Crime, Thrillers & Mystery;
- Size
- 23.6 x 16.4 x 3.4 cm
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