Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He's invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets. Having found out that the baby's not his, Wallace has sworn vengeance. Pearce declines the job: he's no babysitter. But when Wallace kills Pearce's dog, he goes too ...
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Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He's invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets. Having found out that the baby's not his, Wallace has sworn vengeance. Pearce declines the job: he's no babysitter. But when Wallace kills Pearce's dog, he goes too far. Now it's personal. It's time to find out who the real hard man is.
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Add this copy of Hard Man to cart. $1.99, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
Add this copy of Hard Man to cart. $4.93, like new condition, Sold by Gene Sperry rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Quincy, MA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Guthrie, Allan., Harcourt, Inc., 2007, c2006, 1st U.S. Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 268 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780151012985, 'An Edinburgh festival of lip-smacking gruesomeness and black comedy', 'Riveting, nasty, dark, violent and utterly compelling; a rich, breathless, gritty achievement'
Add this copy of Hard Man to cart. $6.47, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Add this copy of Hard Man to cart. $6.47, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Add this copy of Hard Man to cart. $6.60, like new condition, Sold by Bookwitch rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Concord, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by Orlando, Harcourt, 2007.
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Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Royal octavo, hardcover, fine in near fine black glossy dj. First printing. Pearce, an ex-con and Edinburgh hard man who's still recovering from the recent loss of his mother, is invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant sixteen-year-old daughter from her martial-arts-expert husband, a man ten years her senior with a penchant for killing family pets. Having found out that the baby's not his, Wallace has sworn vengeance. Pearce declines the job: He's no babysitter. But when Wallace kills Pearce's dog, he goes too far. Now it's personal. 268 pp.
