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BURKE,RICHARD. FROZEN.
2003 BURKE, RICHARD. FROZEN. [London]: Orion, [2003]. First edition. Signed. Author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket. This book is part of the New Blood series from Orion featuring first time crime writers from the USA, UK and Europe. Harry's life is thrown into turmoil when his childhood friend is found at the foot of Beach Head, barely alive. He doesn't believe that the happy girl he grew up with would try to commit suicide. As she lies in a coma, Harry tries to figure out what went wrong.
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WILLEFORD, CHARLES. KISS YOUR ASS GOOD-BYE.
1987 WILLEFORD, CHARLES. KISS YOUR ASS GOOD-BYE. [Miami Beach]: Dennis McMillan, 1987. First edition. Limited to 400 copies signed and numbered by the author. Fine in dust jacket with very light creasing to top of front cover at spine. A pharmaceutical salesman conceives a violent passion for the mysterious Jannaire, a woman with a peculiarly distinctive smell. But his obsession unleashes a course of events that lead eventually to murder ... and a shocking twist in the tail. "Nobody writes like Charles Willeford, ... funny and weird and wonderful. I loved it." --- James Crumley.
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ROBERTS, DAVID. BONES OF THE BURIED.
2001 ROBERTS, DAVID. BONES OF THE BURIED. London: Constable, [2001]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. This is the second in the 1930's series that began with Sweet Poison. Lord Edward Corinth is persuaded by his partner journalist, Verity Browne, into going to Madrid just as Spain is about to erupt into civil war. Her boyfriend, David, is a major figure in the Communist party and has been convicted of murder. She begs Edward to help her, but David is his rival.
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ROBERTS, DAVID. HOLLOW CROWN.
2002 ROBERTS, DAVID. HOLLOW CROWN. [London]: Constable Crime, [2002]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. In the year 1936, Lord Edward Corinth is asked to help find some letters stolen from Wallis Simpson by a former mistress of the King. He goes to the country house in Haling where the thief is staying, but soon the case becomes a double murder. He and Verity Browne investigate.
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KIENZLE,WILLIAM X. KILL AND TELL.
1984 KIENZLE, WILLIAM X. KILL AND TELL. Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, [1984]. First edition. Inscribed. Fine in dust jacket. Auto executive Frank Hoffman is on his way to the top of the company, but someone wants him out of the way....permanently.
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LANSDALE,JOE R. COLD IN JULY.
1989 LANSDALE,JOE R. COLD IN JULY. New York: Bantam Books, [1989]. First edition. PBO. Inscribed on title page and signed again on dedication page. Inscription reads, "This was inspired by a real life incident or two...a bullet hole in the ceiling of a house we were looking to buy...being a new father, I dreamed the whole story in one night, it stayed with me, and a few months later I did a proposal, then the book...a great experience. Joe R. Lansdale." Black back cover lightly rubbed, else near fine in pictorial wrappers.
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OLCOTT,ANTHONY. MAY DAY IN MAGADAN.
1983 OLCOTT, ANTHONY. MAY DAY IN MAGADAN. Toronto: Bantam Books, [1983]. First edition. Inscribed.Fine in dust jacket. Magadan, a frozen Siberian outpost that still smolders with the bitter memory of Stalin's work camps. Most men come "voluntarily," their choice being freedom or prison. Icy exile was Ivan Duvakin's reward for interfering in Party matters and uncovering a major scandal. Needless to say he lost everything. Recommended.
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FRANCOME,JOHN. STUD POKER.
1991 FRANCOME, JOHN. STUD POKER. [London]: Headline, [1991]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. The fall that ended Paul Raven's career seemed like a tragic accident ... that is until Paul discovers that his and several other accidents are all apparently linked to a poker school. Caught up in this dangerous game, Paul finds that the stakes are high ... and quite deadly.
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TREMAYNE, PETER. THE SPIDER'S WEB.
1997 TREMAYNE, PETER. THE SPIDER'S WEB. London: Headline, [1997]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. When Eber, chieftain of the rural outpost of Araglin, is brutally stabbed to death, Sister Fedelma's brother, the king of Muman, requests that she undertake an investigation and see that justice is dispensed. Though most of Eber's clansmen are eager to implicate a defenseless deaf-mute in the homicide, Fidelma and her Saxon friend Eadulf are not convinced of the man's guilt. As the two delve into the past, they uncover a shocking family secret and a tangled web of hatred, deceit, and greed.
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HUMPHREYS, C.C. THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER.
2002 HUMPHREYS, C.C. THE FRENCH EXECUTIONER. [London]: Orion, [2002]. First edition. Author's first novel. Fine in dust jacket. Jean Rombaud was the real-life executioner of Anne Boleyn, brought over from France by Henry VIII to spare his wife any unnecessary pain. In this historical adventure, Jean Rombaud is asked by Anne Boleyn to bury her six-fingered hand -- the symbol of her rumored witchery -- in a sacred area. Europe is devastated by religious war, and the evil six-fingered hand is so powerful a relic that there are those who will kill for it!
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CLEARY,JON YESTERDAY'S SHADOW.
2001 CLEARY,JON YESTERDAY'S SHADOW. [London]: HarperCollins, [2001]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. What a coincidence that two bodies are found in a hotel on the same night. It's the second corpse that's alarming Sydney's Homicide and Serial Offender's Unit, because the victim is the wife of the American ambassador. Detective Scobie Malone is assigned to the case.
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LEASOR, JAMES. PASSPORT IN SUSPENSE.
1967 LEASOR, JAMES. PASSPORT IN SUSPENSE. London: Heinemann, [1967]. First edition. Third book in series. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, lightly rubbed along front fore edge and with very light wear to spine ends. While visiting a friend in Nassau, Dr. Jason Love is handed a 17th century first edition. Does the refugee who presented the book realize what dangers its possession will bring? Who is the wealthy loner who travels the world in darkness with a terrible quest? What is the link between an orphan girl imprisoned in a Mexican cellar and a NATO submarine sunk in the North Sea? Dr. Love desperately searches for answers. Good action-packed espionage thriller!
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LEVON,FRED. MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER.
1955 LEVON, FRED. MUCH ADO ABOUT MURDER. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, [1955]. First edition. Very good in dust jacket with 2-1/2" piece missing from tail of spine and 1/2" piece missing from head of spine and moderate wear to the extremities. After having written a successful book, Leo enrolled in a mystery writing course and disappeared. When his wife decided to visit the classroom, she disappeared too. Elusive title.
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O'BRIEN, MEG. SALMON IN THE SOUP.
1990 O'BRIEN, MEG. SALMON IN THE SOUP. New York: Bantam, [1990]. First edition. Signed. Author's second book. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Jessica James mystery.
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MURPHY, DALLAS. LUSH LIFE.
1992 MURPHY, DALLAS. LUSH LIFE. New York: Pocket Books, [1992]. First edition. Signed. Fine in finedust jacket. Features Artie Deemer in the sequel to the 1987 Edgar Award nominee, "Lover Man." Artie is still supported by his dog, Jellyroll, star of movies and dog food commercials. He falls in love with Crystal Spivey, but her unhappy past catches up with her, drawing Artie into a conspiracy that includes kidnapping, foul-mouthed villains and corruption in the government.
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O'REILLY,VICTOR. GAMES OF THE HANGMAN.
1991 O'REILLY, VICTOR. GAMES OF THE HANGMAN. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. First U.S. edition. Review copy. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Soldier and war photographer Hugo Fitzduane discovers a student from a nearby private school hanging from a tree. Unable to resist investigating why the son of a wealthy Swiss family committed suicide, Fitzduane uses contacts with police and security forces in Ireland and Switzerland to slowly peel away the multiple identities of a brilliant but sadistic corrupter and murderer. A suspenseful thriller!
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LEWIN, MICHAEL Z. OUT OF SEASON.
1984 LEWIN, MICHAEL Z. OUT OF SEASON. New York: Morrow, [1984]. First edition. Signed on title page, as well as inscribed on front free endpaper. Fine in fine dust jacket. Albert Samson, a self-employed private detective, is currently bartering his services as a watchman in a bank president's home in exchange for a home that doubles as an office. His curiosity is aroused when Douglas and Paula Belter ask him to find out why Mrs. Belter's birth certificate has been counterfeited. Samson's only other client is Normal Bates, a seventy-six-year-old retired private eye. That there should be a link between the Belters is improbable; but these two seemingly routine cases become suddenly united by two far from routine murders. As Samson delves into the past, he unearths faded photographs, sensational newspaper clippings, incomplete records and suspicious bank transfers.
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LOCHTE, DICK. SLEEPING DOG.
1985 LOCHTE, DICK. SLEEPING DOG. New York: Arbor House, [1985]. First edition. Inscribed. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Private detective Leo G. Bloodworth is sent, as a joke, by the police department to help a fourteen-year-old look for her pit bull terrier. What begins as a joke ends with a sleazy Latin mobster tied in with the world of illegal dogfights.
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LOVESEY, PETER. THE DETECTIVE WORE SILK DRAWERS.
1971 LOVESEY, PETER. THE DETECTIVE WORE SILK DRAWERS. London: Macmillan, [1971]. First edition. Signed. Author's second novel. Fine in dust jacket. An historical novel set in late Victorian England where bare-fist pugilism is outlawed, but manages to survive in secret. Insp. Cribb believes a house under the watchful eye of the police, is a center for this evil sport. Cribb believes the losing fighters have been disposed of by decapitation so that the corpses cannot be identified provided the heads have vanished.
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LOVESEY, PETER. BERTIE AND THE CRIME OF PASSION.
1993 LOVESEY, PETER. BERTIE AND THE CRIME OF PASSION. [London]: Little, Brown and Company, [1993]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust fine jacket. In 1891, Bertie, Prince of Wales, is on the case of a murder that occurred on the dance floor of the Moulin Rouge.
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LOVESEY, PETER. BERTIE AND THE TINMAN.
1987 LOVESEY, PETER. BERTIE AND THE TINMAN. FROM THE DETECTIVE MEMOIRS OF KING EDWARD VII. London: The Bodley Head, [1987]. First edition. Signed. In a horse racing setting, Bertie investigates the murder of a jockey. Fine in dust jacket.
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LUPTON, LEONARD. MURDER WITHOUT TEARS.
1957 [WARWICK, CHESTER]. LUPTON, LEONARD. MURDER WITHOUT TEARS. New York: Graphic Books, [1957]. First edition. Author's first mystery. PBO. Graphic 149. Pseudonym of Chester Warwick. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Hard boiled mystery in which, "Lovely Anne Cramer made a cozy alibi for Jason Broome - and Craddock made his favorite corpse. But when Anne swore to the police she had spent that whole kiss-and-kill night with him, was she really saving Jason from the hot seat - or luring him into murder without tears."
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LUTZ, JOHN. THE SHADOW MAN.
1981 LUTZ, JOHN. THE SHADOW MAN. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1981. First edition. Review copy. Fine in dust jacket. Senator Jerry Andrews is out to find The Shadow Man, a brutal killer who is only one step ahead of him, stalking him.
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LOVETT,SARAH. DANGEROUS ATTACHMENTS.
1995 LOVETT, SARAH. DANGEROUS ATTACHMENTS. New York: Villard Books, 1995. First edition. Signed. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Lucas Watson is being accused of mutilating fellow inmates and keeping their body parts as souvenirs. When he escapes, his psychiatrist, Dr. Sylvia Strange is terrified that she will be his next victim.
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LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR. ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE.
1947 LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR. ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. First edition. Published in England as "A Case To Answer". Author's first novel. Former owner's name on front pastedown sheet with six small numbers in ink on front fly-leaf and a date in ink on rear fly-leaf and light foxing to page edges else very good in dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Arthur Groome is accused of brutally murdering a woman and is being defended by a brilliant criminal lawyer.
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LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR. GAME FOR THREE LOSERS.
1952 LUSTGARTEN, EDGAR. GAME FOR THREE LOSERS. London: Museum Press Limited, [1952]. First edition. Fine in internally reinforced dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. Robert Hilary was a successful politician who said he was being blackmailed by his secretary's fiance because of some supposed sexual advances. But is there more to the story?
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WALSH, J.M. SPIES IN SPAIN.
1937 WALSH, J.M. SPIES IN SPAIN. London: Odhams Press Limited, n.d. [1937]. First edition. 8vo. Near fine in lightly soiled dust jacket with light wear to spine ends, small chip to bottom edge of front panel, and a few tiny closed tears to rear panel. Colonel Ormiston of the Secret Service is asked to learn more about a tunnel that is being projected from Spain under the Straits of Gibralter to Cueta on the African coast. The possible military significance of the tunnel involves British interests and the results could be highly damaging.
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HIGSON, CHARLIE. BLOODFEVER.
2006 HIGSON, CHARLIE. BLOODFEVER. [London]: Puffin, [2006]. First edition. PBO. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. The second in the series featuring young James Bond. File Note: Strictly Confidential - Authorized Personnel Only. Subject: James Bond. Description: Age 13. Dark hair; blue eyes; surprisingly strong; fluent French, good German. Essential components: A Mediterranean mystery. One kidnapped girl - feisty, blonde, superfit Amy Goodenough, sister of James' best friend Mark. One villainous pirate - Zoltan Magyr. Mysterious Latin-speaking men lurking near Eton. One fast car.
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COEL, MARGARET. THE GHOST WALKER.
1996 COEL, MARGARET. THE GHOST WALKER. New York: Berkley, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Author's second novel. Fine in dust jacket with promotional book marker laid-in. Had Father John O'Malley's truck not broken down, he'd have never seen the lifeless body wrapped in a tarp and thrown into a ditch. When he returned with the police, the body had vanished. To the Arapahos, the corpse is a ghost walker ... capable of anything.
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JECKS, MICHAEL. THE TOURNAMENT OF BLOOD.
2001 JECKS, MICHAEL. THE TOURNAMENT OF BLOOD. [London]: Headline, [2001]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. The year is 1322, and preparations are being made for a tournament to be held by Lord Hugh de Courtenay. The money lenders of Oakhampton see this as a great opportunity to fill their coffers ... when the knights who are defeated find themselves unable to pay the ransoms to their opponents they will require the services of the money lenders. One such lender will not get the opportunity to do business ... he is found beaten to death before the tournament even begins. Then a man who was commissioned to build the stands for the tournament is found murdered in the same way as the money lender. Sir Baldwin and Simon Puttock find themselves embroiled in the search for a killer!
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[THOMAS,ROSS]. BLEECK,OLIVER. THE BRASS GO-BETWEEN.
1970 [THOMAS, ROSS]. BLEECK, OLIVER. THE BRASS GO-BETWEEN. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1970]. First U.K. edition. Author's first book using this pseudonym. Fine in dust jacket lightly stained and soiled on the back panel. Philip St. Ives is assigned to recover a rare tenth century brass shield that has been stolen from a Washington museum. The shield is being ransomed for a quarter of a million dollars, and is being sought not only by St. Ives, but also by representatives of an African nation. St. Ives soon finds himself involved in a case of intrigue, deceit and murder. Scarce.
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[CHRISTIE, AGATHA]. THE HARLEQUIN TEA SET.
1971 [CHRISTIE, AGATHA]. THE HARLEQUIN TEA SET. [London]: Macmillan, [1971]. First edition. Story appears in Winter's Crimes 3 edited by George Hardinge. An original story by Christie, written especially for this publication and does not appear elsewhere. Very good in dust jacket with internally reinforced closed tears to bottom edge of front panel and rear panel. Mr. Harley Quinn helps a man save his loved ones from the greedy hands of a murderer. Also stories by Miles Tripp, Julian Symons, Selwyn Jepson, Christianna Brand, et al.
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KNOTTS,RAYMOND. MEETING BY MOONLIGHT.
1946 KNOTTS, RAYMOND. MEETING BY MOONLIGHT. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1946. First edition. Author's second book. Fine bright copy in lightly rubbed dust jacket. Jim Hale, a Chicago newspaper editor, who retained his interest in crime from his police reporter days meets a woman at a party. He's attracted to her, but three people who were close to her have each been murdered. Is she in some way connected to their deaths?
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GRANT, MAXWELL. MANSION OF CRIME.
1941 GRANT, MAXWELL. MANSION OF CRIME. New York: Street & Smith, 1941. First edition. Story appears in The Shadow magazine March 1, 1941 issue. Attractive cover art of The Shadow holding a woman's arm who is firing a pistol at a man. Near fine in pictorial wrappers.
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[ALBERT, MARVIN]. MIAMI MAYHEM BY ANTHONY ROME.
1960 [ALBERT, MARVIN]. MIAMI MAYHEM BY ANTHONY ROME. New York: Pocket Books, [1960]. First edition. PBO. Pocket Book 1269. Fine in pictorial wrappers. First of three books in the Tony Rome series. This title made into a movie starring Frank Sinatra.
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BRUCE, LEO. SUCH IS DEATH.
1963 BRUCE, LEO. SUCH IS DEATH. New York: London House, [1963]. First U.S. edition. U.K. title is "Crack of Doom." Fine in dust jacket. History teacher/amateur sleuth Carolus Deene to solve the perfect murder ... a murder without motive. When he questions the witnesses and family of the late Ernest Rafter, Deene uncovers several motives ..... Did one of Rafter's own family members kill him? Was his death the revenge of a war veteran who had suffered when Rafter collaborated with the Japanese in Burma? Maybe the murder occurred during a simple robbery? Quick-witted writer!
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DIETRICH, ROBERT. BE MY VICTIM.
1956 DIETRICH, ROBERT. BE MY VICTIM. [New York]: Dell, [1956]. PBO. Dell 106. Author's third book.Very good in pictorial wrappers. Pseudonym for E. Howard Hunt, CIA agent and presidential aide. Set in Florida, Pop Seegar owns everything that makes money and ruins lives in Slade County. No one, except a man named Kendall, was making things unpleasant for Pop ... and Pop hates unpleasantness!
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HEWSON, DAVID. THE SACRED CUT.
2005 HEWSON, DAVID. THE SACRED CUT. [London]: Macmillan, [2005]. First edition. 8vo. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. For the first time in decades the Eternal City is paralyzed by a blizzard. A gruesome discovery is made in the Pantheon...one of Rome's most ancient and revered architectural treasures. Covered by softly falling snow is the body of a young woman with her back horribly mutilated. Before Nic Costa and Gianni Peroni of the Questura can begin a formal investigation, the U.S. Embassy has already brought in its own people, FBI Agents who want the case closed down as quickly as possible. But Costa is determined to find out why the inquiry is so sensitive and as the FBI unwillingly admits that this corpse is not the first, the mutilations of the woman's body point to Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man and to a conspiracy so sinister and buried so deep, that only two people know its true, crazed meaning.
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MCBAIN, ED. FIDDLERS.
2005 MCBAIN, ED. FIDDLERS. A NOVEL OF THE 87TH PRECINCT. Orlando: Harcourt, Inc., [2005]. First edition. 8vo. Fine in fine dust jacket. The latest installment in the 87th Precinct series finds the detectives stumped by a serial killer who doesn't seem to fit the profile. A blind violinist taking a smoke break, a cosmetics sales rep cooking an omelet in her own kitchen, a priest contemplating retirement in the rectory garden, an old woman out walking her dog--these are the seemingly random targets shot twice in the face. Most serial killers don't use guns nor do they strike five times in two weeks. And most serial killers' prey share something in common besides being over fifty years of age. Detective Steve Carella and his colleagues to investigate.
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ELLORY, ROGER JON. A QUIET VENDETTA.
2005 ELLORY, ROGER JON. A QUIET VENDETTA. [London]: Orion, [2005]. First edition. Signed and dated. 8vo. Fine in fine dust jacket. When Catherine Ducane disappears in the heart of New Orleans, the local cops react quickly because she's the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana. Then her bodyguard is found mutilated in the trunk of a vintage car. When her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money, he wants time alone with a minor functionary from a Washington-based organized crime task force. Ray Hartmann puzzles over why he has been summoned and why the mysterious kidnapper, an elderly Cuban named Ernesto Perez, wants to tell him his life story. It's only when he realizes that Ernesto has been a brutal hitman for the Mob since the 1950s that things start to come together. But by the time the pieces fall into place, it's already too late.
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MACGRATH,HAROLD. THE BLUE RAJAH MURDER.
1930 MACGRATH, HAROLD. THE BLUE RAJAH MURDER. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, 1930. First edition. Erasure mark on fly leaf, else very good tight copy in dust jacket with a tiny chip missing from tail of spine, and light wear to the extremities. The Blue Rajah diamond had already been the cause of seven known murders, and now five of the greatest jewel experts in the world are anxiously awaiting the bidding for the fabulous diamond to begin. A few hours later the successful bidder is found murdered and the Blue Rajah missing.
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MANSFIELD,PAUL H. FINAL EXPOSURE.
1958 MANSFIELD, PAUL H. FINAL EXPOSURE. New York: Macmillan, 1958. First edition. Author's first novel. Very good in dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. The murder of a beautiful Caribbean hostess pleased too many guests at her party. Apparently everyone wanted her dead. An unusual detective story with shocking developments that are far from negative in the final exposure.
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PYLE,A.M. TROUBLE MAKING TOYS.
1985 PYLE, A.M. TROUBLE MAKING TOYS. New York: Walker, [1985]. First edition. Author's first book.Review copy. Fine in dust jacket. Cincinnati police detective Cesar Franck has no suspects when the president of Golden Time Toys is found murdered. Irving Gold was universally hated. Is it just a coincidence that a competitor is about to market a doll that is a spin-off of a TV star?
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SCOTT,JUSTIN. MANY HAPPY RETURNS.
1973 SCOTT, JUSTIN. MANY HAPPY RETURNS. New York: David McKay, [1973]. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with one small (1/4") closed tear to top edge of front panel. Donald E. Westlake says, "Justin Scott has a mad imagination and a graceful style, and Many Happy Returns made me very happy. It's fast, funny, and fun."
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LOVESEY, PETER. ON THE EDGE.
1989 LOVESEY, PETER. ON THE EDGE. London: Century, [1989]. First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dustjacket. Rose and Antonia had all the excitement and independence of a difficult and dangerous job. Peacetime is a huge disappointment for them. Unhappy in their marriages, they long for freedom. If Antonia's ruthless scheme works and Rosie doesn't lose her nerve....they could get away with murder!
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HAYDER, MO. PIG ISLAND.
2006 HAYDER, MO. PIG ISLAND. London: Bantam Press, [2006]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. The remote Scottish island where investigative journalist Joe Oakes has just arrived is divided into two halves. On one side lives the obscure religious community where Oakes has been invited to stay. On the other side, is where Pastor Malachi Dove, the community's founder and leader, lives in total isolation. Oakes is on the trail of a strange creature caught briefly on film; a figure so deformed it can hardly be human. Their confrontation is so horrific that it overturns everything Oakes has ever believed in. Brace yourself for a terrifying read.
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MARTIN, J. WALLIS. THE LONG CLOSE CALL.
2000 MARTIN, J. WALLIS. THE LONG CLOSE CALL. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [2000]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. When Robbie McLaughlan, a Flying Squad officer with London's Metropolitan Police, shoots and kills a robber during a bank raid, his private and professional life begin to fall apart. The family of the dead man discovers McLaughlan's identity, and abducts his young son with the intention of luring McLaughlan to his death.
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WALKER, MARY WILLIS. UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
1995 WALKER, MARY WILLIS. UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR. New York: Doubleday, [1995]. First edition. Advance Review Copy. Fine in pictorial stiff wrappers. Samuel Mordecai, a fanatical, self-proclaimed prophet, kidnaps a busload of schoolchildren and their driver, a detached Vietnam veteran, and holds them beneath a heavily armed compound. While Texas journalist Molly Cates delves into Mordecai's bizarre past and federal authorities attempt to negotiate with him, it becomes clear that the hostages are doomed. Excellent thriller!!
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MEREDITH, D. R. THE SHERIFF AND THE FOLSOM MAN MURDERS.
1987 MEREDITH, D.R. THE SHERIFF AND THE FOLSOM MAN MURDERS. New York: Walker and Company, [1987]. First edition. Author's third book. Fine in dust jacket. Sheriff Matthews leaves Crawford County, Texas and travels to New Mexico to help his deputy, who is being held as a suspect in the murder of his archaeologist cousin.
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SINCLAIR,IAIN. WHITE CHAPPELL - SCARLET TRACINGS.
1987 SINCLAIR, IAIN. WHITE CHAPPELL - SCARLET TRACINGS. Uppingham: Goldmark, 1987. First edition. Signed. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket with one tiny rub mark to head of spine. The plot brings together a particularly predatory and seedy group of booksellers in a hunt for rare books. At the same time they conduct an extensive investigation into the "Jack the Ripper" murders. A serious an exciting novel which uses popular themes and traditions but plumbs them all the way to their murky depths. Recommended.
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THOMAS,ROSS. BRIARPATCH.
1984 THOMAS, ROSS. BRIARPATCH. New York: Simon & Schuster, [1984]. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket, with small closed tear to top edge of front panel. Edgar Award winner for best novel of 1984. Benjamin Dill receives a telephone call informing him that his siste, Felicity, had been killed in a car bomb explosion. Dill returns to his home town to discover who would want to kill his homicide detective sister and why. His search reveals one-time friends who have become enemies, greedy politicians, corrupt cops and petty crooks ---- all who might have had a motive to kill Felicity.
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MANKELL, HENNING. FACELESS KILLERS.
1997 MANKELL, HENNING. FACELESS KILLERS. New York: The New Press, [1997]. First edition. U.S. edition precedes U.K. edition by three years. Signed by the author. Fine in dust jacket. Originally published in Sweden in 1991. Translated from the Swedish by Steven T. Murray. Introduces Insp. Wallander to find the murderers of a couple found tortured, beaten and murdered in an isolated farm house. The author won the Swedish Academy of Crime Literature award for this title. This well-reviewed book is being compared to the books of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.
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MASTERS, PRISCILLA. CATCH THE FALLEN SPARROW.
1996 MASTERS, PRISCILLA. CATCH THE FALLEN SPARROW. London: Macmillan, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Detective Inspector Joanna Piercy and Sergeant Mike Korpanski investigate the murder of a ten-year-old boy whose burning body is found beneath the Winking Man, a desolate outcrop from which nature has carved a human face. The child's body is scarred by cigarette burns, his hands tattooed and clothes scruffy, yet he is wearing expensive Reebok sneakers and a solid gold ring on his left hand. Who is this boy, and who is the mysterious old woman who watched his body burn???
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LIN-CHANDLER, IRENE. THE HEALING OF HOLLY-JEAN.
1995 LIN-CHANDLER, IRENE. THE HEALING OF HOLLY-JEAN. London: Headline, [1995]. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Introduces Holly-Jean Ho, a half English, half Chinese investigator who is often employed as a conduit between the Chinese community and the police. Holly is asked to look into a string of vicious attacks that have been perpetuated against a group of oriental female students. Her investigation takes her to the diabolical world of the Chinese triads.
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LIN-CHANDLER, IRENE. GRIEVOUS ANGEL.
1996 LIN-CHANDLER, IRENE. GRIEVOUS ANGEL. London: Headline, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Holly-Jean Ho's childhood friend and supermodel is found dead. The autopsy shows heroin traces but Holly-Jean is convinced there's more to the story and begins her investigation, leading her into the dangerous world of commercial beauty .... the home of mad designers, evil agents and drug addicts. Second mystery featuring Holly-Jean Ho.
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ASPLER,TONY THE BEAST OF BARBARESCO.
1996 ASPLER, TONY. THE BEAST OF BARBARESCO. London: Headline, [1996]. First edition. Author's second book. Very fine in dust jacket. A wine lover's mystery which features Ezra Brant to solve the murders of 16 people. All the people were lovers, all shot on a Saturday night, in the back seats of cars with a single bullet in the brain.
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BINGHAM,JOHN THE THIRD SKIN.
1954 BINGHAM, JOHN. THE THIRD SKIN. New York: Dodd, Mead, [1954]. First U.S. edition. Residue of adime-sized sticker left on front fly-leaf, else very good in dust jacket, lightly sunned on the spine and with moderate wear to the extremities. A sensitively portrayed thriller in which a man confesses to his mother his part in a crime; his mother, intent on protecting her son even to the extent of a second killing listens carefully. All in all murder and the terror it engenders strips off the outer layer of men and we see them in their "Third Skin."
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BLOCH, ROBERT. THE COUCH.
1962 BLOCH, ROBERT. THE COUCH. Greenwich: Gold Medal, [1962]. First edition. PBO. Gold Medal S1192. Fine bright copy in pictorial wrappers. Novelization of a screenplay with Owen Crump and Blake Edwards. A man has a terrible secret ... he won't even tell it to his psychiatrist. Walking down the street at any time, he doesn't look different from other people. But, he knows one of them is about to die! The story of a mass-murderer. Scarce.
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BROWN,CARTER THE EVER-LOVING BLUES.
1961 BROWN, CARTER. THE EVER-LOVING BLUES. [New York]: Signet, [1961]. First edition. PBO. Fine in pictorial wrappers. "His horn caressed the Dixieland lament and the notes came out ripe, rosy, round - making a perfect tribute for the beautiful blues singer who was soon to die ...
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EGAN,LESLEY THE BORROWED ALIBI.
1962 [LININGTON, ELIZABETH]. EGAN, LESLEY. THE BORROWED ALIBI. New York: Harper, [1962]. First edition. Pseudonym of Elizabeth Linington. 3rd book using this pseudonym. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. In 1961 Linington began a second detective series, writing as Lesley Egan. This series has 26 titles in the series and mostly features Detective Vic Varallo. The setting is the Los Angeles metropolitan area, usually in the suburb of Glendale. In this novel, Vic and his wife fix up a room over the garage and rent it to a young insurance man. He seemed likeable but had odd habits, including his ex-wife, Helene. Then Helene was killed and the Varallo's pleasant lodger was charged with her murder.
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FRANCIS,DICK TO THE HILT.
1996 FRANICS, DICK. TO THE HILT. London: Michael Joseph, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Alexander Kinloch is a painter who lives in Scotland and is drawn into the world of horse racing at the request of his dying stepfather. Alexander gets involved hiding a jeweled trophy cup and other treasures, including Bonnie Prince Charlie's jewel-encrusted, solid gold-handled sword, "the hilt," and Golden Malt, a valuable racing horse.
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DEXTER, COLIN DEATH IS NOW MY NEIGHBOUR.
1996 DEXTER, COLIN. DEATH IS NOW MY NEIGHBOUR. London: Macmillan, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. When the Master of Lonsdale College retires, two senior dons are left competing for the single vacancy. A seemingly unrelated murder of a young woman who was shot from close range through her kitchen window as she sat sipping her morning coffee, takes Chief Inspector Morse and his assistant Sergeant Lewis from the strip clubs of Soho to the manicured grounds of the Oxford college.
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HART,FRANCES NOYES CONTACT AND OTHER STORIES.
1923 HART, FRANCES NOYES. CONTACT AND OTHER STORIES. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923.First edition. Fine in lightly soiled dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine. This is the first published collection of short stories by Hart. The title story, "Contact," won second place in the O. Henry Mem'l Award Prize Contest in 1920. The following year, "Green Gardens," another story in this collection, was included in Edward J. O'Brian's volume of best short stories.
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HART, FRANCES NOYES THE BELLAMY TRIAL.
1927 HART, FRANCES NOYES. THE BELLAMY TRIAL. Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. First edition. Former owner's name else very good in dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine, one closed tear to top edge of front panel, and with light wear to the extremities. This novel is based upon the famous Hall-Mills case, and "unfolds the totally absorbing story of the misalliances and crossed lives of two couples from the gentry of upstate New York; one wife has been murdered, and the husband and the other wife are the accused," so say 20th Century Crime & Mystery Writers. The Bellamy Trail was a pioneering work which defined the genre of the court-room mystery drama. The author's fame is based largely on this book. Haycraft/Queen Cornerstone.
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KERR, PHILIP GRIDIRON.
1995 KERR, PHILIP. GRIDIRON. London: Chatto & Windus, [1995]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. An excellent thriller about a building whose computer enables it to do many strange things. The Yu Corporation Building, hailed as a monument to human genius, is quietly snuffing out employees it doesn't like. The brain of the building can't be outsmarted or unplugged!! Story is rich in ideas as well as brutal, brilliant, challenging and packed with suspense.
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MCCLENDON,LISE. PAINTED TRUTH.
1995 MCCLENDON, LISE. PAINTED TRUTH. New York: Walker and Company, [1995]. First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. When the charred remains of a friend's gallery and his dismembered body are found, art expert and gallery owner, Alix Thorssen, begins her own investigation into the "suicide" only to become caught in a web of lies that could make her the next victim.
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MAUGHAM,W. SOMERSET. ASHENDEN OR THE BRITISH AGENT.
1928 MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET. ASHENDEN OR THE BRITISH AGENT. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1928. First U.S. edition. 8vo. Very good without dust jacket. Queen's Quorum says, "Maugham's ASHENDEN lifts the secret service sleuth high above the conventional conception of the spycatcher. His emphasis is not on plot in the usual blood-and-thunder sense; Maugham is too crafty a craftsman to subordinate realism and depth of characterization to tricks and counter-tricks. Maugham proved that the secret service story, like the detective story, has come of age." A superb story about the British Secret Service. Maugham served in the British Intelligence Service in World Wars I and II. In 1914 he was part of a Red Cross unit in France, later acting as a secret agent in Geneva. In Petrograd he was involved in trying to prevent the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. His experiences are related in this collection and influenced Ian Fleming's Bond stories. QUEEN'S QUORUM 78.
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MCCLURE, JAMES THE ARTFUL EGG.
1984 MCCLURE, JAMES. THE ARTFUL EGG. [London]: Macmillan, [1984]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Kramer & Zondi investigate the murder of a world-famous novelist ... her naked body was strewn with flower petals and herbs. Is there a method to this madness? Kramer and Zondi investigate, leading them into a world of artists and poets, sculptors and ballet dancers.
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PRONZINI,BILL. PANIC.
1972 PRONZINI, BILL. PANIC. New York: Random House, [1972]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. "Nameless" is trying to find a man who is fleeing from his ex-wife. The man hides out with a children's book writer before he is forced to flee. Some mention of Nameless's pulp collection.
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WILLIAMS,CHARLES THE LONG SATURDAY NIGHT.
1962 WILLIAMS, CHARLES. THE LONG SATURDAY NIGHT. New York: Fawcett, [1962]. First edition. PBO. Gold Medal S1200. Very good in pictorial wrappers. One of his best novels. Living in a small town in France, Barbara Becker is real-estate broker Julien Vercel's sarcastic, self-assured secretary. When Julien's wife's lover is found murdered and then his wife, Julien becomes the chief suspect and goes into hiding. It is up to Barbara to clear Julien's name.
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BRETT,SIMON MRS. PARGETER'S PLOT.
1996 BRETT, SIMON. MRS. PARGETER'S PLOT. London: Macmillan, 1996. First edition. Signed. Very finein dust jacket. Good series in which Mrs. Pargeter's plans to build her dream home are delayed because a body is found in the basement, and her builder, "Concrete Jacket" is arrested for the murder. Someone has set him up ... but who? and why? Evidence continues to build against "Concrete," but he refuses to talk. So, if he won't help himself, Mrs. Pargeter must call upon "the boys" to help her find the real killer.$45.00
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CURTIS, JACK. THE CONFESSOR.
1997 CURTIS, JACK. THE CONFESSOR. London: Orion, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Set in London, a cat-and-mouse game between a policeman and a killer, who is so infatuated with the cop he selects his victims for him. Brilliant thriller.
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FASCHINGER,LILIAN MAGDALENA THE SINNER.
1996 FASCHINGER, LILIAN. MAGDALENA THE SINNER. London: Headline, 1996. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. Psychological thriller from Germany about a woman who kidnaps a priest to hear her confession. Her sin: the murders of men who have disappointed her. Her series of male conquests all over Europe, have eventually caused her to punish them--with death. The priest also seems doomed to disappoint her and most likely suffer the consequences. Recommended.
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FRANCOME,JOHN FALSE START.
1996 FRANCOME, JOHN. FALSE START. London: Headline, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Charlie Patterson and Nick Ryder, lifelong friends, strike gold in their first year of training together. Charlie's step-father buys a scrawny filly from an animal rescue center. To everyone's surprise, she quickly establishes herself as one of the fastest horses of her age. When Charlie's step-father suddenly sells the filly to another yard, the two trainers find themselves embroiled in a mystery where they need to solve a murder in order to stay alive.
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FREEMANTLE,BRIAN CHARLIE'S CHANCE.
1996 FREEMANTLE, BRIAN. CHARLIE'S CHANCE. London: Orion, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Charlie Muffin is relocated back to Russia, only this time to help the old enemy that has become filled with corruption and organized crime. 250 kilograms of uranium and plutonium are missing, and one mafioso plans the ultimate nuclear robbery.
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FYFIELD,FRANCES WITHOUT CONSENT.
1996 FYFIELD, FRANCES. WITHOUT CONSENT. London: Bantam, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. The crime of rape calls out for vengeance, but when the accused is a police officer, the outcry and penalty are worse... DS Ryan, friend of Superintendent Bailey, maintains his silence in the face of the charge of rape. When the physical evidence points to him, Prosecutor Helen West and Superintendent Bailey assume his guilt. And then another suspect emerges ... a man who knows the law and how to avoid it; a man who believes that there is no such thing as rape when the victim welcomes him; a man who is able to corrupt the witness.
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BRADBERRY,JAMES RUINS OF CIVILITY.
1996 BRADBERRY, JAMES. RUINS OF CIVILITY. New York: St. Martins, 1996. First edition. Very fine indust jacket. A Princeton professor travels to England to research a new book and visit his former mentor. He arrives at Cambridge University only to learn his old mentor has disappeared and hasn't been seen since rescinding his resignation. Suspicion is he's dead--but is he?
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