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  • THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. by Casey, Donis.
    Casey, Donis.
    THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - The ninth in this award-winning mystery series set in Oklahoma in the 1910s and featuring Alafair Tucker, a mother of ten. It is 1918 and as war is raging in Europe, the deadly influenza epidemic is sweeping through Boynton. ISBN: 978-146207549.

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

    Book ID: 72203
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  • THE RETURN OF THE SPANISH LADY. by Davis, Val (pseudonym of Robert Irvine and Angie Irvine)
    Davis, Val (pseudonym of Robert Irvine and Angie Irvine)
    THE RETURN OF THE SPANISH LADY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel written by the Irvines under this pseudonym and the fourth in the series featuring archeologist Nicolette Scott, whose interest in early planes (and her father's influence) has gotten a position at the Smithsonian. A search for a downed Japanese fighter plain in a wilderness reserve in Alaska is funded by the head of a major pharmaceutical company - whose real interest is in the bodies of some 1919 gold seekers who died of the Spanish flu. SIGNED on the title page. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312262248.

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

    Book ID: 76149
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  • DIVINING WOMEN. by Gibbons, Kaye.
    Gibbons, Kaye.
    DIVINING WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her seventh novel, set in the autumn of 1918 as the Spanish influenza is spreading across the country. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-399-151605.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (some light soiling to the dj.)

    Book ID: 54002
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  • THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH. by Mullen, Thomas.
    Mullen, Thomas.
    THE LAST TOWN ON EARTH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Random House, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set against the backdrop of the 1918 flu epidemic and inspired by a little-known historical footnote regarding towns that quarantined themselves during that epidemic. Set in a fictional mill town in the forests of the Pacific Northwest called Commonwealth, one conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spies rampant, the loyalty of all Americans is coming under scrutiny. When the town votes to quarantine itself against contagion, guards are posted at the single road leading in and out of town, and when a cold, hungry, tired and apparently ill soldier presents himself there…

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    New York: Random House, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set against the backdrop of the 1918 flu epidemic and inspired by a little-known historical footnote regarding towns that quarantined themselves during that epidemic. Set in a fictional mill town in the forests of the Pacific Northwest called Commonwealth, one conceived as a haven for workers weary of exploitation. A world war is raging, and with the fear of spies rampant, the loyalty of all Americans is coming under scrutiny. When the town votes to quarantine itself against contagion, guards are posted at the single road leading in and out of town, and when a cold, hungry, tired and apparently ill soldier presents himself there begging for shelter, the shots that are fired, will reverberate throughout the town, imperiling both its values and its survival. Author's note. Recommended. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-1400065202.

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    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82346
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  • BEREFT. by Womersley, Chris.
    Womersley, Chris.
    BEREFT.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: SilverOak, (2012). Hardcover first edition - Second novel by this award-winning Australian writer. "The year is 1919 and the Great War has ended. Sergeant Quinn Walker - with a damaged body and soul from his wartime experiences - decides to return home to the small and desolate town of Flint, Australia, to set right the past. Ten years earlier, he had fled following the horrific rape and murder of his beloved younger sister Sarah - a crime that everyone, including his family, believed Quinn committed. When he arrives on the outskirts of Flint, Quinn learns the town has not escaped the deadly flu epidemic sweeping the globe." Winner of the Indie award for best Australian novel, nominated for the Miles Franklin award. 235 pp. ISBN: 978-1402798139.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75337
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