Susanna Jones — The Earthquake Bird
London, Picador, 2001. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition copy of this award winning crime fiction novel by Susanna Jones. Jones' very first novel, 'The Earthquake Bird' won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award and the Crime Writer's Association John Creasy Dagger. Set in Japan, the narrator is Lucy Fly. A 34 year old who is from England and has lived in Tokyo for ten years. She is the prime suspect in a murder and the reader learns more about her secrets, past and present. Signed by the author to the title page. A bright copy of this work. In the publisher's original cloth binding and held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelfwear. Dustwrapper is also excellent with minor shelfwear. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Fine.
