Render Up the Body - A Novel of Suspense [COLLECTIBLE UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY]

New York: Harper Collins, 1998. Uncorrected Proof . Large Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is an "Uncorrected Proof" copy - often referred to, but not the same as, an "Advance Reading Copy" [or ARC] - fast becoming an attractive collectible, as it precedes the First Edition. A decomposed body is found high in the mountains of central Colorado. The remains are identified as those of Nicole Marie Caswell, age 22. Ten months later Jason Smiley is arrested and charged with Nicole Caswell's rape and murder. Long before Smiley's arrest, Cinda Hayes had become disillusioned with working as chief sex-crimes prosecutor for the Boulder County District Attorney's Office -- a job muddled by too many calculating egos, too much machismo and not enough decency. When the opportunity arises for her to become director of the Boulder County Rape Crisis Center, she doesn't think twice -- she jumps at the chance to leave the practice of law behind. 323 pages. CONDITION: a bright, tight, square, unmarked, uncreased, likely unread copy with minimal shelf-wear and just a single tiny cover corner bump. This handsome, collectible copy is now in a clear, protective polypropylene bag.