{"product_id":"b-is-for-burglar-sue-grafton-book-club-edition","title":"\"B\" is for Burglar, Sue Grafton — Book Club Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication\u003c\/strong\u003e: New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1985\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormatting\u003c\/strong\u003e: 8vo, pp. [vi], 229.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Near Fine. The book itself presents beautifully, featuring sharp, unbumped corners and clean, black boards with vibrant red stamping to the spine that remains entirely unoxidised. The binding is firm and tight, suggesting the book has been gently read, if at all. The text block is uniformly clean and bright, free of any spotting or foxing. The dust jacket is exceptionally well-preserved, retaining vivid, unfaded colouration with only the most trivial hints of superficial shelf-wear to the extreme edges and spine ends. Overall, an unusually fresh and crisp copy of this early Kinsey Millhone instalment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: This is the Book Club Edition of Sue Grafton's second novel in the highly acclaimed \"Alphabet\" series. The edition is strictly identified as a book club release by the absence of a stated \"First Edition\" or printer's number line on the copyright page, as well as the presence of the customary \"05536\" code on the lower right corner of the rear dust jacket panel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhile true first printings of Grafton's earliest Alphabet mysteries command significant premiums on the open market, early book club editions like this one offer collectors an affordable, visually identical alternative. Given its exceedingly sharp state of preservation, it stands as a highly desirable reading copy or a handsome gap-filler for the completist collector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrivate investigator Kinsey Millhone is hired by Beverly Danziger to locate her missing sister, Elaine Boldt, whose signature is urgently required on inheritance paperwork. Elaine was last seen taking a cab to the airport for a flight to her winter home in Boca Raton, Florida, but all trace of her vanishes mid-journey. Initially appearing as a straightforward missing persons case, the investigation swiftly unravels into a labyrinth of deceit when Millhone discovers a stranger subletting Elaine's Florida apartment and a suspicious lack of communication from the missing woman. As Millhone digs deeper, she must rely on her razor-sharp wit and tenacity to uncover a sinister truth that proves far more dangerous than a simple family disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54476022317395,"sku":"4881","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20260727_153633.jpg?v=1785765366","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/b-is-for-burglar-sue-grafton-book-club-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}