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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Thorndike Pr
Publication date
February 1, 1986
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large print
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780896216853
ISBN-10
0896216853
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
large print
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
While investigating the mysterious disappearance of a friend, Amos Walker uncovers fraud and other crimes within the Detroit police force
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A classic American private eyeB> To hear him tell it, Amos Walker is an unsuccessful man in an obsolete profession. Still, even P.I.s have a sense of honor, and Walker has always been a man who believes in paying back favors that people have done for him over the years. He owes his old friend Barry Stackpole a big one, for saving his life in a Cambodian shell crater a lifetime ago. Now Stackpole, lately a good, hard-scrounging reporter, has vanished. And finding him is the job Walker's been hired for-not once, but twice: first by Stackpole's newspaper, then by an attractive literary editor hot to track down an even hotter book the missing man's been writing. The investigatory trail becomes littered with a bewildering assortment of fresh dead bodies. Walker nearly joins the clutter when somebody rigs his steering and brakes. And a final revelation explosively narrows the distance between the tropical jungles of Asia and the concrete jungles of Detroit-and between one brand of war and another....
Editions
Hardcover
With David Hofmeyr |
from Houghton Mifflin (March 1, 1986)
9780395394281 | details & prices | List price $2.98
This edition also contains Stone Rider
About: When Barry Stackpole disappears, private detective Amos Walker investigates Stackpole's suspicions of fraud and police corruption
This edition also contains Stone Rider
About: When Barry Stackpole disappears, private detective Amos Walker investigates Stackpole's suspicions of fraud and police corruption
The price comparison is for this edition
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (February 1, 1986)
9780896216853 | details & prices | List price $15.95
About: While investigating the mysterious disappearance of a friend, Amos Walker uncovers fraud and other crimes within the Detroit police force
About: While investigating the mysterious disappearance of a friend, Amos Walker uncovers fraud and other crimes within the Detroit police force
Paperback
from Ibooks (July 1, 2001)
9780743413251 | details & prices | 5.00 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.00
About: When his old friend, reporter Barry Stackpole, mysteriously disappears, private detective Amos Walker is called in to investigate Stackpole's allegations of fraud and police corruption.
About: When his old friend, reporter Barry Stackpole, mysteriously disappears, private detective Amos Walker is called in to investigate Stackpole's allegations of fraud and police corruption.
Reissue edition from Fawcett Books (March 1, 1991)
9780449211373 | details & prices | List price $4.95
About: When Barry Stackpole disappears, private detective Amos Walker investigates Stackpole's suspicions of fraud and police corruption
About: When Barry Stackpole disappears, private detective Amos Walker investigates Stackpole's suspicions of fraud and police corruption
Cassette/Spoken Word
from Brilliance Audio Lib Edn (December 1, 1989)
9781561000210 | details & prices | 5.25 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $57.25
Abridged edition from Brilliance Audio (December 1, 1986)
9780930435264 | details & prices | List price $19.95
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