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Available
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Series
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Publication
St Martins Pr (1982), Edition: 1st U.S. ed, Hardcover, 168 pages
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LibraryThing member jjmcgaffey
This is a Calder mystery, so it's only OK - Keith Calder is a know-it-all. But these early Calders are much more readable than the later ones where the reader is supposed to know all about Keith's tricks - this one has a couple scenes where somebody is startled by him suddenly going into a trance,
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and someone else explains that 'he's thinking' (one reply is "Oh? I thought he'd died."). Later books don't have explanations - he breaks off in the middle of a conversation then starts rattling off orders or questions and everybody jumps. PITA to me. Show Less
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Physical description
224 p.
ISBN
0312315902 / 9780312315900
Local notes
Guns, 2
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