Past Murder Imperfect by Billy Barton Bilbar Books 1980 2nd Printing ★SIGNED & INSCRIBED★
Title: Past Murder Imperfect: The Renaissance of the Detection Novel in the Classic Tradition
Author: Billy Barton
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Bilbar Books 1980
Edition: 2nd Printing
ISBN 10: 0940736004
Size: 5.75 X 8.5 * 277 pages
Synopsis: From the Jacket: A complex double-murder plot spanning forty-nine years and linked by a set of terrible and fatal circumstances!
ALL the clues are in plain sight - mixed, of course, with red herrings, in a story that CHALLENGES the reader to OUTWIT the author!
A literate Tour de Force of cliff-hanging suspense. A page-turner of twist upon twist upon twist and the most unforgettable
cast of characters ever created in detective fiction.
The double-twist surprise ending will leave you gasping!
During the Great Depression the legendary Englishwoman AGATHA CHRISTIE rose to world prominence with her ingenious puzzle plots - highly entertaining fiction to divert troubled minds from troubled times.
Now on the threshold of the 1980s, with the world beset by equally troubled times, comes a new puzzle writer - an American - to inject fresh life into an honored but much neglected tradition and to once again divert the world with entertaining fiction!
Meet... BILLY BARTON!
Overall Condition: Acceptable reading copy: The front hinge is cracked otherwise the cover is intact. The pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text; see images.
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