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First Prize

By: Edward Cline
Narrated by: Scott Fortney
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A brilliant young novelist wins a literary award and disappears. Detective Chess Hanrahan turns up more than murder in this sharp-edged, provocative tale by the author of the popular Sparrowhawk novels. With a new preface by the author.

©2009 Edward Cline (P)2012 Scitt Fortney
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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Critic reviews

"Exceptionally strong . . . firm characterizations. A striking tale." (Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective)
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