A dog's ransom / Patricia Highsmith.
Material type: TextSeries: Virago modern classics ; 647.Publisher: London : Virago Press, 2016Copyright date: ©1972Description: 291 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780349004891Subject(s): Kidnapping -- Investigation -- Fiction | Dogs -- Fiction | Middle class -- Fiction | Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. DDC classification: 813.54 Summary: 'Dear Sir, I suppose you are pretty pleased with yourself? Superior to everyone, you think. A fancy apartment and a snob dog. You are a disgusting little machine, nothing else. Your days are numbered.' Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, has received a number of anonymous poison pen letters. He has no idea who could bear him such a grudge. Returning home one night, he finds a ransom note for his wife's beloved French poodle: 'I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy ... I gather the dog is important to you? We'll see!'Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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First published in Great Britain by William Heinemann in 1972.
'Dear Sir, I suppose you are pretty pleased with yourself? Superior to everyone, you think. A fancy apartment and a snob dog. You are a disgusting little machine, nothing else. Your days are numbered.' Ed Reynolds, an editor at a prestigious publishing house, has received a number of anonymous poison pen letters. He has no idea who could bear him such a grudge. Returning home one night, he finds a ransom note for his wife's beloved French poodle: 'I have your dog Lisa. She is well and happy ... I gather the dog is important to you? We'll see!'
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