Isbn: 9780525242888 - the fault tree (12 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 211 pages. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's quarter beige cloth with gilt lettering to spine over red boards in original pictorial jacket. First edition. Marina Robinson, a top investigator with ""Breakdown, Inc."" in California (""we're engineers who investigate why things go wrong""), is hard at work on a challenging case: Why did the Loopy Doop ride collapse at Fun World? Was there negligence in maintenance--or some weakness in the metal itself? Then, however, Marina becomes increasingly distracted from her work--when she starts receiving cryptic notes, even a blurry phone call, from her younger sister Catherine in India. . .who's been dead for ten years! Could Catherine somehow be alive, despite evidence that she died in an ashram fire? Marina must find out--so, dropping the Loopy Doop case, she's off to Bombay, as flashbacks start to fill in the 1970s story: Catherine's involvement in a quasi-Hindu, serpent-worshipping cult; Marina's trip to India to bring Catherine back; the riot of locals against the heretical cult--ending in the ashram fire and the reported suicide of sexy cult-leader Nagarajan (who seduced Marina too). Meanwhile, in present-day Bombay, guilt-ridden Marina tries to track down the source of those letters and phone-calls--with help from young Indian Vijay, a prim watchdog from the nervous American Embassy. Their sleuthing soon suggests that cult-leader Nagarajan may still be alive; in fact, Marina and Vijay (budding lovers) are then kidnapped by Nagarajan's criminal gang. And finally, after a showdown and shootout with evil, charismatic Nagarajan, Marina can return home--without Catherine or Vijay, but with her old sexual guilts exorcised. . . and still be in time to explain the Loopy Doop disaster, fingering the culprit who sent her on the India wild-goose chase. An odd, half-satisfying blend of hackneyed romantic-suspense, tinny psychology (serpentine phallic symbols, etc.), and okay mystery--with some of the charm (if little of the humor) that made Friedman's mystery-debut, Hurricane Season, such an offbeat winner. Condition: A very good copy in a near fine jacket.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good, shelf wear. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 1st printing of 1st edition. Fine HC in Near Fine DJ. Bright, clean, square covers and spine; tightly bound; bright, crisp, clean interior. DJ is clean and complete; slight general age darkening; in paper-backed mylar. 8vo, 211 pp. …

Condición: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Printing. foxed on edges.

Hardcover. Condición: Collectible; Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. This hardcover book is square and tight. The boards and spine have no wear with pristine lettering. The pages and endpages are clean, with no markings or folds. The dustjacket is As New, save a small lower corner fold at the inner flap. Original Price is intact. Not ex-lib. No remainder mark.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by author on title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear & foxing on edges of text block. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Signed & inscribed by Mickey Friedman to the previous owner on the half title page. Minor wear to dust jacket, otherwise very good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Condición: FINE. First printing. Author's second novel, feauturing a Marina Robinson, a 'failure analyst' engineer. 211 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good in very good dust jacket. SIGNED and inscribed/dated "To Mildred- with thanks for a great friendship and a wonderful New York day" by the author on the half-title page. 1st edition, 1st printing, complete number line. Dust jacket has edgewear, rubbing, and a small closed tear and has creases in the inner folds. Book has shelfwear to the base of the spine and minor soiling to the pageblock edges. By the author of "Riptide - A Novel Of Suspense" and "Venetian Mask". Rare signed. Where possible, all books come with dust jacket in a protective mylar sleeve, sealed in a ziplock bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, shipped in a box. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near fine hardcover with near fine unclipped dust jacket. Straight secure spine with tight hinges and clean interior.

Hard Cover. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. 211pp. 8.5 inches. Coral papercovered boards, white linen spine, gilt titles. About as new, with top of spine slightly bumped with a microscopic nick. Internally as new, no owner's marks. In original pictorial jacket, illustration by Janet Halverson, minimal shelfwear only. Set mainly in India, where the troubleshooting engineer, Marina Robinson, heads to investigate the 10-year past death of her sister. Author's second novel. (Crime Fiction, Thriller, Troubleshooting, India, Women) 430g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Janet Halverson (ilustrador).…