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  • CANDLEMOTH. by Ellory, Roger Jon.
    Ellory, Roger Jon.
    CANDLEMOTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (his later books were written using just R. J. Ellory), Shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in 2003. A man on death row, found guilty of the horrific murder of his best friend Nathan12 years before. As he faces the long walk to the electric chair, he begins to tell his story to the prison chaplain, Father John Rousseau - beginning with his first meeting with Nathan, aged 6, on the shores of a lake outside Greenleaf, North Carolina in 1952, through first loves, Vietnam, the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and finally their flight from the draft which ended in…

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    London: Orion, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (his later books were written using just R. J. Ellory), Shortlisted for the CWA Steel Dagger for Best Thriller in 2003. A man on death row, found guilty of the horrific murder of his best friend Nathan12 years before. As he faces the long walk to the electric chair, he begins to tell his story to the prison chaplain, Father John Rousseau - beginning with his first meeting with Nathan, aged 6, on the shores of a lake outside Greenleaf, North Carolina in 1952, through first loves, Vietnam, the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and finally their flight from the draft which ended in Nathan's brutal murder. SIGNED on the title page. 344 pp. ISBN: 0-752856669.

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    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 76422
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  • O'Nan, Stewart.
    THE SPEED QUEEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Offbeat novel by this prize-winning author - a woman awaiting execution on death row recounts - on tape, addressed to Stephen King - the events that led to her becoming the "speed queen" - from mainlining speed with her husband to dealing to robbery and to mass murder. Now she is counting on "America's greatest storyteller, the king of horror" to tell her story correctly. Dedicated to "My Dear Stephen King" -. ISBN: 0-385-487010.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 35851
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  • Ward, Amanda Eyre.
    SLEEP TOWARD HEAVEN.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    San Francisco: MacAdam / Cage, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's first novel, the story of three very disparate young woman - 29 year old Karen on death row in Texas, Franny, a 29 year old doctor in New York planning her wedding, and Celia, a young librarian mourning her husband - whose lives become entwined. SIGNED by the author on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 1-931561-230.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 29677
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