Buy this book on-line Richard Grayson : Death on the CardsMacmillan London Limited, London, 1988 ISBN 0333459857
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. BH4 - A first edition (First Published 1988 stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book hve some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8"x5". 223 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. A home-made bomb exploding on a household moored in the Seine, following two brutal stabbings in Pigalle, marks the beginning of this exciting and intriguing story set in Paris at the turn of the century. Following these perplexing events the Sûreté is sent anonymously a list of targets for assassination which includes the President of the Republic and other famous figures. The Director General decides that it is the work of anarchists and that they must expect a wave of terror similar to one which had swept Paris not many years previously. But Inspector Gautier is not so certain. The list is a 'hit list' with a difference, for against each name is a drawing of a playing card. Believing that the choice of the cards, their suit and value, must be in some way significant, he begins trying to decipher the secret. The characters he meets during his investigations are also intriguing; a bearded fortune teller, a wealthy armament salesman, a disgraced Government minister, an eccentric novelist and the beautiful widow of a Russian prince, reputed to have escaped as a girl from a Turkish harem. The story unfolds against the varied background of life in the Paris of La Belle Epoque, at Longchamps races, the Opera, a fashionable salon and a ginguette on the banks of the Seine, to reach its climax at a spectacular ball masque. Death on the Cards is Richard Grayson's seventh Inspector Gautier novel and a delightful and worthy successor to Crime without Passion and, most recently, Death en voyage.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Richard Grayson : Death on the Cards. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, livres rares, incunabula, livres anciens and atlases. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |