{"product_id":"squaw-point","title":"Squaw Point","description":"\u003cp\u003eR.H. Shimer. Stated first edition. New York: Harper \u0026amp; Row Publishers, 1972. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Very Good+ condition. No writing or markings found in this well-preserved copy, 225 pp. The intriguing dust jacket design is by Panos Koutrouboussis. A Harper Novel of Suspense. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is an \"Edgar Award winner, Best First Novel 1973.\"\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eR.H. Shimer (Ruth H. Shimer, 1924–2014) won the 1973 Edgar Award for Best First Novel for Squaw Point. It was her debut, and she only published a handful of novels afterward — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Scroungers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1971, actually predates it), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Correspondent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1974), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Cricket Cage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1975) — none of which appear to have made much of a mark, which is part of why \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSquaw Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands out.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet in a remote Alaskan cannery town, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSquaw Point\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens with a discovery no one wanted: Preacher White, murdered with a fishing knife, found leaning against the cannery's back wall. As suspicion ripples through a small, isolated community of fishermen, traders, and a nervous Coast Guard officer, this taut debut mystery earned Shimer the Mystery Writers of America's top honor for a first novel — a rare distinction for an author who published only a handful of books afterward. A genuine piece of Edgar Award history, scarce in the collectible market.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Burning Tree Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51941613928681,"sku":"BTB01628","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/1749\/0665\/files\/9344E885-94A7-4F15-BC69-5D41896858E0.jpg?v=1790368157","url":"https:\/\/burningtreebookshop.com\/de\/products\/squaw-point","provider":"Burning Tree Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}