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HAWKINS**, PAULA: : A SLOW FIRE BURNING

LONDON.TRANSWORLD PUBLISHERS,2021.

ISBN 9780857524447.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1.] FINE+/FINE. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,wrap-around,black background with monochrome image of smoke-swirled pair of female face profiles illustrated front panel of dw/dj,with capitalised,glossy,embossed white-lettered author name,acpitalised,glossy,embossed orange-lettered title and other capitalised white-lettered text; spine/backstrip with similarly coloured+lettered author+title as front and publisher's white lettered+illustrated colophon, to foot of same,rear panel with capitalised, orange-lettered prose extract and critics' names and their white-lettered reviews. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges coloured vivid orange and are clean without foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips, appears unread,other than my own collation. Publisher's bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, original plain black cloth boards with centrally impressed swirls representing rising,spiralling smoke,along with capitalised impressed title in top right-hand corner to front board,impressed book title,author and publisher colophon to spine/backstrip,an orange headband,and immaculate repeated monochrome photographic wood grained illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj, 1st edn,1-297pp [paginated] includes a Prologue,39 chapters and Epilogue; plus [unpaginated] 2pp of critics' reviews,title pagea dedication with first page of a double-paged b/w area map to its reverse,n epigram,2pp blanks,Author's Note Acknowledgements,with Credits to its reverse,author's potted biography with blank reverse and a further 4pp blanks.      Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and even internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional,exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness. 'What is wrong with you?'                         Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She's seen as hot-tempered,troubled,a loner.Some even call her dangerous.                          Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes,that doesn't mean she's a killer.Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.                                Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew.She trusts no-one: good people are capable of terrible ddeds.But how far will she go to find peace? Innocent or guilty,everyone is damaged.Some are damaged enough to kill.                          Look what you started. Hawkin's debut thriller novel 'The Girl on the Train' was a No.1 bestseller worldwide selling 23 million copies and was a No.1 box office hit film,starring Emily Blunt.'Into the Water',her 2nd stand-alone thriller was also a worldwide bestseller,spending twenty weeks in the Sunday Times hardback fiction Top 10 bestseller list, and six weeks at No.1.                            Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,that stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.     ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of any inexpensive book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                                                                                                                                                                                                    

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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