9780684185873 - Dead Ringer di Ormerod, Roger (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 188 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter black cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red blind-stamped boards in original pictorial wrappers. First American edition. Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra HeathBoyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wifeturns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. Condition: Fine in like jacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Dust jacket with some light wear. Penciled price inside. Pages with light wear but otherwise clean and intact throughout. Please see image. 188 pages.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Price and name/date on front ep. Otherwise unmarked and intact. DJ unclipped with slight wear. 188 pages.

Printed Wrapper. Condizione: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st ed. Uncorreceted proof, very light wear else fine, wraps. England. "Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra Heath -- Boyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wife -- turns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. -- Publishers Weekly. Uncorrected Proof.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good-. First Printing.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. Slight spine slant. 188 pages. Jerry Boyes, an ex-stuntman for the actor Stuart Tyson -- who married Jerry's girlfriend -- finds himself at the center of a complex plot in which he may be the next victim.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First Edition. 1st US edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. "Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered and Sandra Heath -- Boyes's ex-girlfriend and Tyson's ex-wife -- turns out to have some mysterious role in the affair, which revolves around the conflicting family business interests of Maxwell, his wife, and a partner, Ian McBride. Ormerod (Seeing Red, Face Value is in full diverting form in his 20th thriller, blending flavorful family melodrama in the Dynasty mode with his bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. -- Publishers Weekly. Book.

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. A thriller with "bracing wit, taut dialogue and a suspenseful plot that features several betrayals and some essential mayhem. Ex-stuntman Jerry Boyes, forced to leave the film business when he was severely injured stunting for movie star Stuart Tyson, has had to settle for a routine life as a security guard. Years later, Tyson reappears and asks him to help hand over ransom money to the kidnappers of business tycoon Howard Maxwell. The venture goes awry, Tyson is murdered . . " (PW) 188 pp. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jerry Boyes, an ex-stuntman for the actor Stuart Tyson--who married Jerry's girlfriend--finds himself at the center of a complex plot in which he may be the next victim. ; 188 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. First American Edition. Former movie stuntman is drawn into kidnapping and murder plot. Light wear to top edge of front board, else fine in fine dustjacket.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First American edition. Small price sticker on the front pastedown, else fine in fine dust jacket.

Softcover. Condizione: Fine. Uncorrected Proof; First Printing. A Fine Uncorrected Proof, first edition/first printing; When the police detective investigating a series of murders is killed, the case falls to his young assistant. She quickly realizes that the killer is following her, and is only a step away from catching him.; 8vo; 188 pages.

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