Wall of Glass (Signed with a Quotation)

Satterthwait, Walter

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, New York, 1987

Beschreibung

A superb copy bound in finely textured paper-covered boards stamped brightly in gold on the spine. Very clean and tight throughout; virtually unread. In a near-fine dust jacket with the original price of $16.95 at the top of the inside front flap; great photo on the rear panel of Satterthwait leaning against a tree. His first detective novel. This copy has been inscribed by Satterthwait with the special quotation, perhaps from the novel, in his hand: "Does that mean you're a cyinc or simply a romantic?" "So far as I can tell, they're both the same thing." Walter Satterthwait 1/18/92" This is the first Joshua Croft mystery and the winner of the Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel in 1989. Walter Satterthwait (b. 1946) is an author of mysteries and historical fiction. A fan of mystery novels from a young age, he spent high school immersed in the works of Dashiell Hammett and Mickey Spillane. While working as a bartender in New York in the late 1970s, he wrote his first book: an adventure novel,Cocaine Blues(1979), about a drug dealer on the run from a pair of killers. After his second thriller,The Aegean Affair(1982), Satterthwait created his best-known character, Santa Fe private detective Joshua Croft. Beginning withWall of Glass(1988), Satterthwait wrote five Croft novels, concluding the series with 1996 sAccustomed to the Dark. In between Croft books, he wrote mysteries starring historical figures, includingMiss Lizzie(1989), a novel about Lizzie Borden, andWilde West(1991), a western mystery starring Oscar Wilde. His most recent novel isDead Horse(2007), an account of the mysterious death of Depression-era pulp writer Raoul Whitfield. (Mysterious Press) First Edition (Stated First Edition with the complete number line). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 277

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Wall of Glass (Signed with a Quotation)

Verlag: St. Martin's Press, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1987

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

Auflage: 1. Auflage