first edition
1996 · New York
by Gerritsen, Tess
New York: Pocket Books, 1996. Fine in fine jacket.. First edition of Gerritsen's first medical thriller, drawing on the author's own background as a physician and marking her transition to crime/suspense after a decade of success in the romance genre. Though the film rights were sold to Paramount and the dust jacket promises "Soon to be a major motion picture," no film adaptation was released. A violin piece based on a character from the novel, however, was: composer Damien Top's "Yakov's Lament," first performed in 2012. 9'' x 6''. Original quarter grey cloth with red boards. In original unclipped ($22.00) pictorial dust jacket by John Stephens. 344 pages. Minor edgewear.
(Inventory #: 49189)