The Day of the Peppercorn Kill - Hardcover
A man has been sentenced to eighteen years for rape. He is released after twelve, and returns to a wife who wants, in spite of everything, to stand by him and help him. But the man has other ideas. Men convicted of rape are not well-treated by their fellows in prison. This man, sensitive and civilized, had been treated very badly indeed. And he didn't consider that he'd committed rate at all. In his view he'd been framed - "set up". The people he blamed for framing him play a large part in the story that follows. There are also, as always with john WAINWRIGHT'S NOVELS, THE POLICEMEN; IT IS THE FAT, TOUGH, KINDLY Superintendent Lennox who uses all his energy and acumen to try and sort things out as they head towards a multiple, disastrous climax. John Wainwright is always a subtle and original storyteller. He has outdone himself here by the use of narrative techniques that make this new novel absolutely compulsive reading. Book Dust Jacket
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0312184204
- ISBN 13 9780312184209
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. John Wainwright, The Day of the Peppercorn Kill, St. Martin?s Press, 1991; First US Edition, assumed first printing; no printing line in book. Originally published by Macmillan in 1977. The fifth Chief Inspector Lennox mystery. Condition: Very Good +: The spine is very slightly cocked at the head with some bumping on the head, else is clean. The front board is clean. The rear board is clean. The board corners are sharp. The board edges are clean. The pages are white and unmarked. There is neatly penciled price and state information in the upper right hand corner of the ffep. The page edges show a one inch long page-thin rub on the top edge and five tiny marks on the bottom edge. The book is tight. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine: Not Price Clipped ($9.95). The front shows slight edge rubbing, else is clean. The back shows slight edge rubbing, else is clean. The spine shows some rubbing on the ends, else is clean. The front panel is clean. The back panel is clean. The jacket is enclosed in a Mylar cover. This book will be shipped the day after receipt of payment in an archival bag and bubble wrapped in a new box with a USPS tracking number. International buyers: books heavier than one pound may require additional shipping charges. Seller Inventory # HC125391
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First U S Edition. FINE condition in FINE dust jacket. NY. St Martins. HARDCOVER. 1981. FIRST U S EDITION. AS NEW, bound in blue with silver titles in brown pictorial dust jacket. Square and tight, UNREAD, original price intact. Jacket illustration by Alun Hood. Featuring Chief Superintendent Lennox. Seller Inventory # 004178
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