THE SLEEPING AND THE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An early novel by Cleeves, a taut psychological thriller preceding her popular Shetland and Vera series. Detective Chief Inspector Peter Porteus came to the small town of Cranston to escape the pressure of urban police work, so he was not expecting that one of his first cases would be a murder investigation. Shortly after he arrives, the body of a teenager who disappeared many years ago is found in the lake - as they begin to dig into the past the body of another teenager is found and it appears that history is repeating itself. SIGNED on the title page. Uncommon in the true first edition, and especially so signed. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-333-906489.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.