DEJA DEAD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The author's highly praised first mystery, winner of the Ellis award for best first novel and finalist for the Dilys award. Set in Montreal and featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, this is a gripping story of a serial murderer with a very realistic background. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec - SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series 'Bones' is loosely based on these books. Recommended. 409 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Fairly uncommon, even though this was a heavily promoted book - with incredible praise both from medical examiners and other writers!