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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Random House Inc
Publication date
June 1, 2002
Pages
327
Binding
Paperback
Edition
Reprint
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781569472927
ISBN-10
1569472920
Dimensions
1 by 5 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.70 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Fired from the police force for insubordination, former Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond takes a retail security job position, where he finds a tiny Japanese girl whose identity he must discover in order to save her life. Reprint.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The second Peter Diamond investigation
Fired from the police force for insubordination, Peter Diamond is reduced to working as a security guard at Harrodâs. Turns out he canât even hold that jobâhe gets fired after finding an abandoned Japanese girl in the store after closing. âNaomi,â as he calls her, exhibits strong signs of autism, and he devotes himself to communicating with her in order to glean her identity and return her to her rightful home. Weeks later, a Japanese woman appears out of the blue to claim the little girl, and it appears as though Diamondâs job is done. If only that were true. Armed only with only Naomiâs drawings as clues, Diamond races to track down her kidnappers and save her life.
Fired from the police force for insubordination, Peter Diamond is reduced to working as a security guard at Harrodâs. Turns out he canât even hold that jobâhe gets fired after finding an abandoned Japanese girl in the store after closing. âNaomi,â as he calls her, exhibits strong signs of autism, and he devotes himself to communicating with her in order to glean her identity and return her to her rightful home. Weeks later, a Japanese woman appears out of the blue to claim the little girl, and it appears as though Diamondâs job is done. If only that were true. Armed only with only Naomiâs drawings as clues, Diamond races to track down her kidnappers and save her life.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (December 1, 1993)
9780786200764 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.50 lbs | List price $22.95
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
from Mysterious Pr (October 1, 1993)
9780892965359 | details & prices | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $18.95
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
Reprint edition from Random House Inc (June 1, 2002)
9781569472927 | details & prices | 327 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Fired from the police force for insubordination, former Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond takes a retail security job position, where he finds a tiny Japanese girl whose identity he must discover in order to save her life.
About: Fired from the police force for insubordination, former Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond takes a retail security job position, where he finds a tiny Japanese girl whose identity he must discover in order to save her life.
from Mysterious Pr (December 1, 1994)
9780446403474 | details & prices | 4.25 × 6.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $5.50
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
About: When an autistic Japanese child is mysteriously abducted in London, ex-police detective Peter Diamond begins a desperate search that takes him from the sumo wrestling world of Japan to New York's high finance district
New edition from Gardners Books (November 11, 1993)
9780751501605 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $9.25
About: Following on from the book 'The Last Detective', ex-CID and difficult-to-work-with Peter Diamond is sacked from his latest job as a security guard at Harrods.
About: Following on from the book 'The Last Detective', ex-CID and difficult-to-work-with Peter Diamond is sacked from his latest job as a security guard at Harrods.
Miscellaneous
from Random House Inc (July 1, 2003)
9781569477991 | details & prices | 336 pages | List price $13.00
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