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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Signet
Publication date July 1, 1998
Binding Paperback
Edition Reprint
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780451186904
ISBN-10 0451186907
Dimensions 1 by 4.50 by 7 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $5.99
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
A beautiful Vietnamese immigrant petitions filmmaker and sleuth Maggie MacGowen to find a scholar who escaped from Vietnam with a fortune in art after the war, leading her straight into a web of lies and betrayals. Reprint. AB.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Filmmaker and amateur sleuth Maggie MacGowen is approached by a beautiful Vietnamese expatriate to find a scholar who escaped from Vietnam after the war, and abruptly disappeared. Maggie takes the case. Her only link with the Vietnamese community is her ex-husband, who conducted business in Vietnam. Now the web of intrigues, lies, and betrayals is about to trap everyone it touches, Maggie, her ex-husband, and even her daughter.

Editions
This edition contains multiple works--typically stories or entire novels--that are found in different collections. Below find each work in this edition grouped by how you can find each.
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780525940678
 
from Penguin USA (July 1, 1997)
9780525940678 | details & prices | 261 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $22.95
About: Facing a crossroads in her life, Maggie MacGowen decides to sell her house in San Francisco, a reminder of her long-over marriage, a decision that becomes a catalyst for a series of bizarre killings, first of the prospective owner, a wealthy Chinese man, and then of her ex-husband.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780451186904
 
The price comparison is for this edition
With Richard Simiane | Reprint edition from Signet (July 1, 1998)
9780451186904 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains The Dirty Briefcase
About: A beautiful Vietnamese immigrant petitions filmmaker and sleuth Maggie MacGowen to find a scholar who escaped from Vietnam with a fortune in art after the war, leading her straight into a web of lies and betrayals.
Editions for the work The Dirty Briefcase
Paperback
Book cover for 9780451186904 Book cover for 9781508589303
 
from Createspace Independent Pub (February 23, 2015)
9781508589303 | details & prices | 278 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.63 in. | List price $15.00
About: After the bombing of the Broadway theatre, The Dirty Briefcase delves into the international world of spies and espionage where nations must work together, and apart, to combat a new and unexpected source of global terrorism.
The price comparison is for this edition
With Wendy Hornsby | Reprint edition from Signet (July 1, 1998); titled "A Hard Light: A Maggie Macgowen Mystery"
9780451186904 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $5.99
This edition also contains A Hard Light: A Maggie Macgowen Mystery
About: A beautiful Vietnamese immigrant petitions filmmaker and sleuth Maggie MacGowen to find a scholar who escaped from Vietnam with a fortune in art after the war, leading her straight into a web of lies and betrayals.

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