THE GEORGE ELIOT MURDERS

New York: Delacorte Press, 1995. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The second of three highly-praised bibliomysteries by this Northwestern University writing and literature professor. It features Professor Beth Austin enjoying the warmth of Hawaii while on sabbatical from her frigid midwest campus as she prepares for a seminar on George Eliot's "Middlemarch." Then suddenly there are two violent deaths on hotel grounds and Professor Austin, with help from a retired lawyer and a famous, very handsome author, finds herself investigating murders that involve people bearing striking resemblances to the characters of "Middlemarch." First Printing, First Edition (with complete numberline). 243 pages in black quarter-cloth binding over red paper-covered boards and silver lettering on spine. The dustjacket shows statue of a seated Bhudda, a knife and a book set in an ivy-covered, grey stone wall. Boards show lightly bumped top corners, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, binding tight and square, not remaindered. Dustjacket shows only a touch of wear at corners and spine ends, no tears, no creasing or chipping, not price-clipped. A collectable copy of a desirable bibliomystery that is becoming hard to find.