About this title: Down in the main, Montreal's teeming underworld, the dark streets echo with cries in a dozen languages, with the swift footsteps of thieves, with the murmurs of women of pleasure. To the people of the Main, Lieutenant Claude LaPointe is judge and jury, father confessor and avenging angel. And when cold-blooded murder invades LaPointe's territory, ...
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780515092721ISBN:051509272X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light bend on front cover, light creases on spine, light aging, light slant to book, stk #2216s7. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780515080964ISBN:0515080969
Description: Good. Spine is well creased. Covers show wear. Good average reading copy. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Spine has some creases. Covers show wear at the edges and corners. Good reading copy. Binding is Mass Market Paperback. Pages tanning. Used books may have price stickers. Most orders ship on the next business day. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780515044102ISBN:0515044105
Description: Good. No Jacket. Good. No DJ Issued Good. No dust jacket as issued. Cover has some scuffing and a couple light soil marks on back. Block is somewhat faded at bottom edge. Inside of book is without fault. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0151555494 [ FIRST EDITION COPY! ! ] Book is in good overall condition, cover and pages have some wear but no writing, marking or highlighting, great book ** Satisfaction Guaranteed ** Orders ship same or next business day. read more
"This Trevanian novel dealt with characters as much as with story line. The relationship between the older, more experienced, police officer and his young trainee is at the center of this murder mystery. The Main is an area in Montreal that is populated by derelicts, prostitutes, small businesspeople trying to eke out a living, and police officers trying to keep it all together. Trevanian puts the reader at the center of this place of hard-knocks. The actual murder is not solved till the last few pages and the author does not hint at all as to who the murderer is. It is a complete surprise and, for that reason, the suspense of this novel is relentlessly threaded throughout the entire story. I enjoyed this book and look forward to reading more of Trevanian."
"This was a really good murder mystery. Lots of character development and interesting motivations. Based in Montreal. I'd like to read other books by this author."
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