Buy this book on-line Thayer, Steve : Silent SnowViking, New York City, NY, 1999 ISBN 0670865729
First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 340 pages. The author's novel-sequel to "The Weatherman". One of Steve Thayer's finest achievements. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents Steve Thayer's "Silent Snow". Adept and fascinating novel revolving around the Lindbergh kidnapping. "Explores the possibility that convicted kidnapper Bruno Hauptmann had an accomplice. This psychopath is alive today and living in Minneapolis. Now his victims are Rick Beanblossom, investigative journalist, and Andrea Labore, TV anchor. Local color abounds, exposing Minneapolis' sordid past as well as its pristine present. Thayer flashes back to reporter Grover Mudd (Rick's counterpart or previous life), investigating the original Lindbergh story. Grover's world is in sharp language, reminiscent of Cagney films sans Hollywood censor. Thayer does not step over the line, maintaining the integrity of the Beanblossom plot" (Denise Blank). An absolute "must-have" title for Steve Thayer collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black pen on the title page by Steve Thayer. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is now collectible. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A scarce signed copy thus. One of the finest American mystery novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER STEVE THAYER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0670865729. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Thayer, Steve : Silent Snow. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres d'occasion, livres illustrées, libri rari, incunabula and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |