Three hot days in a row and Edinburgh is going a little crazy. Taking a short cut through a tough housing scheme, DI Jim Meldrum finds himself caught up in an ambush by a mob of twelve-year-olds. As a result, he arrives at a murder scene with a lump gouged out of his skull and mild concussion. Things aren't helped when the beautiful redheaded woman in evening dress, found stabbed to death in an upstairs bedroom, is identified as well-connected city businessman Brian Ashton. Even with a brooding headache and a bad case ...
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Three hot days in a row and Edinburgh is going a little crazy. Taking a short cut through a tough housing scheme, DI Jim Meldrum finds himself caught up in an ambush by a mob of twelve-year-olds. As a result, he arrives at a murder scene with a lump gouged out of his skull and mild concussion. Things aren't helped when the beautiful redheaded woman in evening dress, found stabbed to death in an upstairs bedroom, is identified as well-connected city businessman Brian Ashton. Even with a brooding headache and a bad case of double vision, Meldrum can see trouble ahead. And that's before he meets the victim's redheaded widow. Helped by local academic and crime profiler Henry Stanley, Meldrum begins to unravel the bizarre secrets surrounding more than one sudden death.
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Add this copy of Death Knock to cart. $13.75, good condition, Sold by Harry Righton rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Worcs, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2001 by New English Library-Hodder & Stoughton.
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Stewart Larking-Cover Image. Good+ 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Pictorial soft covers, minor bumps and creases, usual lib markings to prelims, light tanning to pages, otherwise in Good+ condition.
Add this copy of Death Knock to cart. $20.00, like new condition, Sold by Scene of the Crime Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Niagara Falls, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
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Fine in fine dust jacket. First edition first printing of the fourth novel in the Jim Meldrum series. Light edge wear. In near fine / near fine condition. 280 p. Audience: General/trade.
