Author: DEVERELL, WILLIAM
Title: The Laughing Falcon
Description: Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2001. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771027044. Signed by Author; Signed by Deverell on title page. DJ in Mylar, unclipped. As new; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 384 pages; A tale of romance and adventure set in the jungles of Costa Rica. "All that Maggie Schneider, a romance writer from wintry Saskatoon, wants is a glorious holiday in the tropics and maybe a little real romance to reawaken her creative juices. What she gets instead, soon after she arrives in Costa Rica, is a nasty surprise. First she is robbed of most of her money. Then she is kidnapped and held for ransom somewhere in the steamy jungle by self-styled revolutionaries led by a charismatic man with a mysterious background. Kidnapped along with Maggie is the vivacious wife of a U.S. senator who has presidential ambitions.While the two women learn to deal with their captors, Jacques Cardinal, a jaded eco-tour guide who is desperately seeking to free himself from the demons of his past, undertakes a daring undercover rescue mission.". Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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