Rift

by Liza Cody

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A young, inexperienced woman travels up the Rift Valley from Kenya to Ethiopia. A revolution is brewing, a famine has already struck. Someone has to grow up fast."Poverty-stricken Ethiopia is the vivid setting for this provocative thriller that showcases Cody's deft, sparse literary style" Publishers Weekly"Original and exciting" Literary Review

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Liza Cody was born in London on April 11, 1944. She is an English crime fiction writer. She is the author of the popular Anna Lee series, which introduced the professional female private detective to British mystery fiction. Cody is also the author of the Bucket Nut Trilogy which features professional wrestler Eva Wylie. Cody has also written the show more novels Rift, Gimme More, Ballad of a Dead Nobody, and Miss Terry. Cody's awards have included the John Creasey Memorial Prize and the CWA Silver Dagger in the UK as well as an Anthony Award in the U.S. and a Marlowe in Germany. Most of Cody's work is set in London. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Rift

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
823.914Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-19991945-1999
LCC
PR6053 .O247 .R54Language and LiteratureEnglishEnglish Literature1961-2000
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Languages
English
Media
Paper
ISBNs
6
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