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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Vintage Books
Publication date
June 1, 1996
Pages
244
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780679768067
ISBN-10
0679768068
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.45 lbs.
Original list price
$14.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Private detective Lew Archer is hired by Maude Slocum to investigate a poison pen letter, but when Archer arrives, he discovers Maude's mother-in-law drowned in the family pool. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Taylor & Francis (June 1, 1976)
9780824023829 | details & prices | 244 pages | List price $12.00
Paperback
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (May 1, 2002)
9780783897837 | details & prices | 346 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $25.95
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his wife, who stand to inherit, as well as a questionable chauffeur and a tycoon of a company trying to get the woman's property for the oil under it.
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his wife, who stand to inherit, as well as a questionable chauffeur and a tycoon of a company trying to get the woman's property for the oil under it.
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Vintage Books (June 1, 1996)
9780679768067 | details & prices | 244 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.95
About: Lew Archer, a private detective, is hired by Maude Slocum to investigate a poison pen letter, but when Archer arrives he discovers her mother-in-law drowned in the family pool
About: Lew Archer, a private detective, is hired by Maude Slocum to investigate a poison pen letter, but when Archer arrives he discovers her mother-in-law drowned in the family pool
CD/Spoken Word
With Tom Parker |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 2002)
9780786194759 | details & prices | 6.75 × 6.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $48.00
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his wife, who stand to inherit, as well as a questionable chauffeur and a tycoon of a company trying to get the woman's property for the oil under it.
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his wife, who stand to inherit, as well as a questionable chauffeur and a tycoon of a company trying to get the woman's property for the oil under it.
With Tom Parker (other contributor) |
Mp3 edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 2002)
9780786191680 | details & prices | 5.50 × 5.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $24.95
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Tom Parker |
Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 2002)
9780786122974 | details & prices | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $39.95
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter.
About: When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter.
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