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Whom the Gods Love - Kate Ross
1995 UK hardback first edition, first impression, Hodder, London A near fine book in fine unclipped dust wrapper Usual period Hodder edge tanning No names, inscriptions or stamps etc The dust wrapper shows no loss or tears A rare Julian Kestrel mystery For Sale at £24 (approx $38) *P6 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Cut to the Quick - Kate Ross
1993 English hardcover first edition, 1st impression, Hodder & Stoughton, London A fine book in fine unclipped dust jacket Clean contents and cloth No names, inscriptions or stamps etc The dust wrapper shows no loss or tears Julian Kestrel finds himself in thhe middle of a nightmare when he agrees to be a best man for a friend, before he knows, blackmail and murder are on the agenda A nice clean copy of a very rare book For Sale at £50 (approx $85) *P8 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Well, this must be the archway, cut into a cluster of holly trees beside the church tower. The opening was narrow; Julian parted the shiny, spiky leaves with his riding whip and stepped through. He found himself in a small, hilly churchyard, covered with a fantastic growth of foliage. There were more holly trees, great clumps of rhododendron, and shocks of unkempt grass overrun with ivy. Birds sang unseen from high branches; swarms of midges filled the air. Occasionally a bumblebee sailed by, as slow and stately as a barge. Weathered gravestones stood in disorderly ranks, some all but smothered in the rampant growth of vines and shrubs, others rising starkly above the greenery—the only dead things in a landscape teeming fiercely, incongruously, with life. Julian glanced about in search of the path he was supposed to follow. There were so many footways swerving through the graves, around the bushes, and up and down the diminutive hills. Finally he spied a path that unfurled itself into a long, narrow lane. He set off, watched furtively by some half-dozen bystanders strolling among the graves. Despite Hampstead's proximity to London and its growing colony of artists and professional men |
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