No Wind of Blame
by Heyer, Georgette
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0099493675
- ISBN 13
- 9780099493679
- Seller
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Peter Tavy, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible—no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired. Everyone on the scene seems to have a motive, not to mention the wherewithal to commit murder, and alibis that simply don't hold up. The inspector is sorely tried by a wide variety of suspects, including the neglected widow, the neighbor who's in love with her, her resentful daughter, and a patently phony Russian prince preying on the widow's emotional vulnerability and social aspirations. And then there's the blackmail plot that may—or may not—be at the heart of the case...PRAISE FOR GEORGETTE HEYER:"Our Georgette Heyer display of the Sourcebooks reprints has been a huge success, not only to those early fans like myself, but to many new readers who appreciate her style and wit."Nancy Olson, Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh, NC"Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane...
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- Bookseller
- Bookfarm (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 567254
- Title
- No Wind of Blame
- Author
- Heyer, Georgette
- Illustrator
- Not Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New NEAR FINE (NEAR NEW)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- ISBN 10
- 0099493675
- ISBN 13
- 9780099493679
- Publisher
- Arrow Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- FICTION_MYSTERY & DETECTIVE_GENERAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
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