The Eighth Commandment - Hardcover

Sanders, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399131256 ISBN 13: 9780399131257

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1986

Synopsis

When the Demaretion, the prized Greek coin from Archibald Havistock's collection, disappears, and appraiser Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson comes under suspicion, Bateson, a cop, and an insurance investigator set out to solve the crime

About this title

About the Author:

Lawrence Sanders (1920–1998) was the New York Times bestselling author of more than forty mystery and suspense novels including the Edward X. Delaney, Archy McNally, and Timothy Cone series, as well as the acclaimed Commandment books. The Anderson Tapes received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for best first novel.

From Publishers Weekly:

Sanders's legion of fans will be disappointed by this caper/suspense tale that is clearly a lesser effort by the bestselling novelist. Six-foot-two and every inch of her honest, Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson is a coin appraiser at a New York auction house. She is forced to become an amateur detective when a prized Greek coin disappears from a collection that has been transferred to her company for auction. First treated as a prime suspect, Dunk determines to clear her name by ferreting out the real thief. In the process, she finds two interesting suitors in the cop and the insurance investigator who are assigned to the case, as well as encountering the bizarre family of Archibald Havistock, owner of the purloined coin. As she meets the Havistock household, Dunk uncovers scandal and perversity in the family closet, providing her with plenty of suspects. More lighthearted than Sanders's lurid crime novels, this is nonetheless far from a compelling spellbinder. Literary Guild selection; first serial to Cosmopolitan. (June 5pLYING IN STATE
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About this edition

• Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0399131256
• ISBN 13: 9780399131257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 381