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MOODY,SKYE KATHLEEN RAIN DANCE.
1996 MOODY, SKYE KATHLEEN. RAIN DANCE. New York: St. Martin's, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Author's first mystery. Fine in dust jacket. Set in the Northwest, we find a young woman trying to solve a murder case in a small Puget Sound community.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7527   details     inquire
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TAYLOR,PHOEBE ATWOOD. THE SIX IRON SPIDERS.
1942 TAYLOR, PHOEBE ATWOOD. THE SIX IRON SPIDERS. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., (1942). First edition. Fine in dust jacket with one tiny chip to head of spine and light wear to the extremities. Asey Mayo finds a dead body in his own house, dead by a heavy blow from a new iron spider [frying pan]. Asey's cousin is the prime suspect, and so it becomes urgent to solve the crime. If only there weren't so many iron spiders exactly alike ... Jonah Ives carries one in the basket on his bike; another is found on the seat of the Hazards' car, June Mundy is seen trying to bury her iron spider in the sand; and Mrs. Tuesome tries to toss her frying pan into the ocean. Not only are people seen in the most unlikely places and doing the most unlikely thing, but Asey is even more preoccupied with the fact that a pair of sneakers has disappeared from the feet of the corpse. What is going on???
Price: USD 375.00 other currencies   order no. 16514   details     inquire
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[GRANT, MAXWELL]. GIBSON, WALTER B. PROFESSIONAL MAGIC FOR AMATEURS.
1947 [GRANT, MAXWELL]. GIBSON, WALTER B. PROFESSIONAL MAGIC FOR AMATEURS. New York: Prentice-Hall,[1947]. First edition. Fine copy in dust jacket with small (1/2") closed tear to back and slight chipping to top of dust jacket spine. Former owners signature. A book of how to perform magic tricks under any circumstance.
Price: USD 75.00 other currencies   order no. 7575   details     inquire
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GRANT, MAXWELL. NORGIL. MORE TALES OF PRESTIGITECTION.
1979 GRANT, MAXWELL. NORGIL. MORE TALES OF PRESTIGITECTION. New York: Mysterious, 1979. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. Norgil the Magician returns to battle the giants of crime using the elements of magic. Contains 8 novelettes.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 7591   details     inquire
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GRANT, MAXWELL. NORGIL. MORE TALES OF PRESTIGITECTION.
1979 GRANT, MAXWELL. NORGIL. MORE TALES OF PRESTIGITECTION. New York: Mysterious, 1979. First edition. Lettered copy. Fine in dust jacket. Slipcase. Norgil the Magician returns to battle the giants of crime using the elements of stage magic. Contains 8 novelettes.
Price: USD 135.00 other currencies   order no. 7592   details     inquire
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ADAMS, HAROLD. THE NAKED LIAR.
1985 ADAMS, HAROLD. THE NAKED LIAR. New York: Mysterious, [1985]. First edition. Signed. Very finein dust jacket. Trixie Cook's husband is dead, and the cops think she's killed him. Carl Wilcox is willing to give her the benefit of the doubt ... after all, he too has been accused of murder once or twice in the past. It doesn't take long for Carl to realize that the young widow is being framed. The problem is proving it to people who do not want to listen.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7606   details     inquire
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ADCOCK, THOMAS. THROWN-AWAY CHILD.
1996 ADCOCK, THOMAS. THROWN-AWAY CHILD. New York: Pocket, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. Set in New Orleans, NYPD detective Hockaday is told by his new mother-in-law that two racist cops are hunting for her cousin, Perry Duclat, a former prisoner and now suspect for murder. The victim is Perry's former cellmate ... his mutilated body was found branded with a bizarre acronym ... MOMS. Hock's investigation leads him to family secrets, sour politics, ritual murder, and revenge.
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7620   details     inquire
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ADCOCK, THOMAS. DEVIL'S HEAVEN.
1995 ADCOCK, THOMAS. DEVIL'S HEAVEN. New York: Pocket, [1995]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dustjacket. The partner of Hockaday's wife is found naked and mutilated in his up-town New York City apartment. Only after his death is it revealed that he was an after-hours drag queen. Is his death related to the other homosexual deaths being committed around the city and being written off by police as suicides?
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ADCOCK,THOMAS. DEVIL'S HEAVEN.
1995 ADCOCK, THOMAS. DEVIL'S HEAVEN. New York: Pocket, [1995]. First edition. Signed. Review copy.Fine in dust jacket. The partner of Hockaday's wife is found naked and mutilated in his up-town New York City apartment. Only after his death is it revealed that he was an after-hours drag queen. Is his death related to the other homosexual deaths being committed around the city and being written off by police as suicides?
Price: USD 35.00 other currencies   order no. 7622   details     inquire
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ADCOCK, THOMAS. DROWN ALL THE DOGS.
1994 ADCOCK, THOMAS. DROWN ALL THE DOGS. New York: Pocket, [1994]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. The death of Father Tim and the disappearance of Davy Mogaill, both links to Hockaday's father, make Hock a prime suspect.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7623   details     inquire
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WILTZ,CHRIS. A DIAMOND BEFORE YOU DIE.
1987 WILTZ, CHRIS. A DIAMOND BEFORE YOU DIE. New York: Mysterious, [1987]. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. A simple marital investigation turns into a Pandora's box of corruption and murder after PI Neal Rafferty agrees to look into a politicians' illegal affairs.
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THAYER,LEE THEY TELL NO TALES.
1930 THAYER, LEE. THEY TELL NO TALES. New York: Sears Publishing Company, Inc., [1930]. First edition. 8vo. Very light rubbing to black ink on the orange cloth, and very lightly foxed on top edges, else near fine in a fine, bright dust jacket. Peter Clancy and his butler-valet, Wiggar, become involved in a perplexing murder case that begins aboard a Pacific liner enroute to the U.S. from China. Clancy follows clue after clue until he finally solves the mystery that began in China and ends up in an unbelievable situation in the Metropolitan Museum in New York.
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OLDFIELD,PAMELA THE BUTTERFLY BOX.
1996 OLDFIELD, PAMELA. THE BUTTERFLY BOX. London: Michael Joseph, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Thriller from a writer of romantic novels, about a complex, yet seemingly close family. A family member dies and they're questioned by the police if it's an accident or suicide. Then the next death occurs and locked in the house, they know a murderer is among them.
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ALLBEURY, TED. A TIME WITHOUT SHADOWS.
1990 ALLBEURY, TED. A TIME WITHOUT SHADOWS. London: New English Library, [1990]. First edition. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. Did Winston Churchill betray the SOE network codenamed "Scorpio" to appease Joseph Stalin? MI6 Officer Harry Chapman, ordered to provide an explanation, begins his investigation, but finds the records were destroyed and the one person who knew the truth is dead.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 1155   details     inquire
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MCQUILLAN,KARIN DEADLY SAFARI.
1990 MCQUILLAN, KARIN. DEADLY SAFARI. New York: St. Martins, [1990]. First edition. Review copy. Fine in dust jacket.
Price: USD 125.00 other currencies   order no. 7738   details     inquire
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GREGORY,PHILIPPA THE LITTLE HOUSE.
1997 GREGORY, PHILIPPA. THE LITTLE HOUSE. London: HarperCollins, 1997 First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Does Ruth have the perfect marriage in the perfect little house near the perfect mother-in-law? Or is she enmeshed in a horrific conspiracy to rob her of her baby? Reminiscent of Ruth Rendell, this sharply observed and progressively more sinister tale does not supply the answer until the whiplash of a double twist in the outcome.
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TAYLOR,ANDREW THE FOUR LAST THINGS. THE ROTH TRILOGY.
1997 TAYLOR, ANDREW. THE FOUR LAST THINGS. THE ROTH TRILOGY. London: HarperCollins, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. The first novel in the trilogy, a gripping and terrifying gothic psychodrama set against the changing face of the Church of England. Little Lucy Appleyard is snatched away from her babysitter and taken by her captor to live in a new home--but Lucy's not like the other visitors and she quickly strikes through Angel's defenses to something both vulnerable and volatile at the core. To the outside world Lucy has disappeared into a black hole with no clues to her whereabouts--until the 1st grisly discovering in a London graveyard. More such finds are to follow, all at religious sites, and, in a city haunted by religion, what do these offerings signify?
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CHALFOUN,MICHELLE ROUSTABOUT.
1997 CHALFOUN, MICHELLE. ROUSTABOUT. London: HarperCollins, [1997]. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket. Mat is a female tent-rigger who has been raised in the circus but is determined to break away and find true love. A vibrant and inspirational debut novel.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7801   details     inquire
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AVALLONE, MICHAEL. MANNIX.
1968 AVALLONE, MICHAEL. MANNIX. New York: Popular, [1968]. First edition. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Is Iris Foley really what she seems ... a beautiful, rich jetsetter? Of is she the most lethal Red Chinese agent operating in the United State? Joe Mannix to stop Iris from being the pawn in a fantastic plot.
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MOODY, SUSAN. FALLING ANGEL.
1998 MOODY, SUSAN. FALLING ANGEL. [London]: Hodder & Stoughton, [1998]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Flora's husband wanted children; Flora didn't. So much so, that her marriage to Oliver has broken down. But what happens when circumstances leave her in charge of her sister's little girl and Flora feels she doesn't have maternal instincts? Then tragedy strikes and Flora looks for the guardian angel she so desperately needs. Well-plotted and a fine atmospheric thriller.
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LEWIS,ROY. SUDDENLY AS A SHADOW.
1997 LEWIS, ROY. SUDDENLY AS A SHADOW. London: HarperCollins, [1997]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Arnold Landon mystery in which murder occurs because developers want to turn an ancient burial site into a business and leisure complex.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 7803   details     inquire
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MANN,JESSICA A PRIVATE INQUIRY.
1996 MANN, JESSICA. A PRIVATE INQUIRY. London: Constable, [1996]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Barbara Pomeroy led a busy and active life, traveling the countryside of Cornwall and presiding over hearings as a planning inspector. Barbara's son is cared for by his retired father who had recently befriended Clarissa Trelawny, an attractive but mysterious newcomer to town. Clarissa soon becomes Barbara's son's surrogate mother, showering the boy with presents. But then Clarissa is found brutally murdered. Could Barbara have killed her in a jealous rage? Nominated for the Gold Dagger award as best mystery in the U.K. for 1996.
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BAILEY, MICHELE. THE CUCKOO CASE.
1995 BAILEY, MICHELE. THE CUCKOO CASE. London: Macmillan, [1995]. First edition. Very fine in dustjacket. Matilda Haycastle visits her lover's son only to find out that her lover's "ex" has been murdered, and he is at the top of the list of suspects.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7821   details     inquire
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[HILL, REGINALD]. MORLAND, DICK. HEART CLOCK.
1973 [HILL, REGINALD]. MORLAND, DICK. HEART CLOCK. London: Faber & Faber, [1973]. First edition. Signed. Author's first book in this series. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and the extremities. Pseudonym of Reginald Hill. Only two books were written in this series, both were science fiction stories. In Matthew Matlock's Enland the population explosion has been controlled ... it is dealt with on Budget Day when the national Expectation of Life is regulated according to what the economy can bear. Matlock introduced the system and now, forty years later, he's fighting desperately against it. Scarce.
Price: USD 150.00 other currencies   order no. 7827   details     inquire
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FORBES, COLIN. THE CAULDRON.
1997 FORBES, COLIN. THE CAULDRON. London: Macmillan, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Thebody of a girl is washed up on shore on the California Coast. Weeks later another body is discovered on the rugged coast of Cornwall. When shown a photograph everyone is stunned to realize it is the same woman whose body was found 6000 miles away! Tweed tracks the movements of Vincent Bernard Moloch, creator of the largest conglomerate on the planet. Why are strange dome-shaped buildings appearing on summits overlooking of ocean off the coast of California? Who is the attractive companion with Moloch? Why have all of Moloch's previous lady-friends been murdered???
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HAMMOND,GERALD. FOLLOW THAT GUN.
1997 HAMMOND, GERALD. FOLLOW THAT GUN. London: Macmillan, [1997]. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Gunsmith Keith Calder's wife becomes suspicious when a client pays in cash for a rare antique gun. Soon afterward there's an attempt on Keith's life. Has his wife's detective work put her entire family in danger?
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7833   details     inquire
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MASTERS, PRISCILLA. A WREATH FOR MY SISTER.
1997 MASTERS, PRISCILLA. A WREATH FOR MY SISTER. London: Macmillan, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. DI Joanna Piercy is called to the Staffordshire moorlands to investigate the death of a woman whose frozen body was revealed when the snow melted. Her injuries prove she had been murdered. Now, Sharon Priest is in the moors, dressed only in a flimsy dress and heels. She can no longer feel the cold, but that is no longer important .... a murderer is on the loose and about to strike again!
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STEVENS,WILLIAM RANDOLPH. DEADLY INTENTIONS.
1982 STEVENS, WILLIAM RANDOLPH. DEADLY INTENTIONS. New York: Congdon & Weed, [1982]. First edition. Inscribed. Fine in dust jacket. True crime story set in Tucson, Arizona.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7838   details     inquire
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WALL,ALAN BLESS THE THIEF.
1997 WALL, ALAN. BLESS THE THIEF. London: Secker & Warburg, [1997]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Literary thriller about an Oxford scholar's physical and moral decline when a secret society he's a member of is exposed.
Price: USD 50.00 other currencies   order no. 7851   details     inquire
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WASHBURN,L.J. DEAD-STICK.
1989 WASHBURN, L.J. DEAD-STICK. New York: Tor, [1989]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. P.I. Lucas Hallam investigates a series of accidents on a movie set.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 13415   details     inquire
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BELL,JOSEPHINE. DEATH OF A POISON-TONGUE.
1972 BELL, JOSEPHINE. DEATH OF A POISON-TONGUE. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1972]. First edition.Fine in dust jacket. Middlecombe is buzzing with rumors and murder.
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BELL,JOSEPHINE. NEW PEOPLE AT THE HOLLIES.
1961 BELL, JOSEPHINE. NEW PEOPLE AT THE HOLLIES. London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1961]. First edition. Fine in lightly faded dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. When a woman wants to hide her past, what better way to do it than to open a respectable private home for the elderly.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7906   details     inquire
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BUTLER,GWENDOLINE. A DARK COFFIN.
1995 BUTLER, GWENDOLINE. A DARK COFFIN. London: HarperCollins, [1995]. First edition. Fine in dustjacket. John Coffin works with Insp. Harry Trent, who is looking for his twin brother, a dangerous man who may have already killed someone. Trent is concerned for his foster parents who reared the boys as children. When they are found murdered, Coffin has to discover not only their killer, but their true identities as well.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 7966   details     inquire
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CODY, LIZA. HEAD CASE.
1985 CODY, LIZA. HEAD CASE. London: Collins, [1985]. First edition. Signed. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. When a missing teenager, Thea Hahn, is found wandering the streets of London in a catatonic state, police bring her in. Evidence that Thea has murdered a man demands investigation by PI Anna Lee. Her investigation leads to Thea's strangely cold and withdrawn parents. Although the teenager appears on the surface to have been a model child, beneath her flawless surface she conceals some very painful secrets.
Price: USD 85.00 other currencies   order no. 7971   details     inquire
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CODY,LIZA. BACKHAND.
1991 CODY, LIZA. BACKHAND. London: Chatto & Windus, [1991]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Edgar Award nominee. Anna Lee is assigned to a case involving pilfered designer sweaters. She soon finds herself embroiled in a depressing and dangerous family drama. Is the designer's missing daughter involved with a pedophile, or has she just run off to marry a much older man? What connection does this man have to the stolen merchandise and to the designer's husband?
Price: USD 65.00 other currencies   order no. 7972   details     inquire
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MASUR, HAROLD Q. SEND ANOTHER HEARSE.
1960 MASUR, HAROLD Q. SEND ANOTHER HEARSE. New York: Random House, [1960]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Scott Jordan to deal with embezzlement at a literary agency and police corruption. First there is a young widow whose lust for wealth is insatiable; then there is a half-crazed ex cop who decides to take the law into his own hands; add to this a stunningly beautiful model. Soon there's alot more going on than just some missing money. Soon it is a web of intrigue, danger and murder! A noteworthy mystery for a shock plot twist seldom seen in series books--the murder of one of the continuing supporting characters.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 54   details     inquire
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DANIEL, DAVID. THE SKELLY MAN.
1995 DANIEL, DAVID. THE SKELLY MAN. New York: St. Martins, [1995]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Alex Rasmussen investigates the source of hate mail being sent to Jerry Corbin, late-night television host.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 7985   details     inquire
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DAVIES,LINDA. NEST OF VIPERS.
1994 DAVIES, LINDA. NEST OF VIPERS. [London]: Orion, [1994]. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in fine dust jacket. Sarah Jensen, a glamorous foreign exchange trader, goes undercover to investigate corruption in a leading merchant bank.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 7987   details     inquire
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DAVIES,LINDA. WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS.
1995 DAVIES, LINDA. WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS. [London]: Orion, [1996]. First edition. Author's secondbook. Fine in fine dust jacket. Two women and a diamond mine in Vietnam are the key ingredients in a plan by MI6 to trap Robie Frazer. His business interests are multi-national, his wealth remarkable, but he's corrupt and extorts what he needs by violence.
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DAVIS,J. MADISON. WHITE ROOK.
1990 DAVIS, J. MADISON. WHITE ROOK. New York: Walker, [1990]. First edition. Author's second book.Fine in dust jacket. Mrs. Clementine O'Dell thinks that her husband, Michael, has been murdered, the result of a falling out with his business partner, Eddie Viek. Clementine found a circled ad for a hired killer in a mercenary magazine on Viek's des, and has asked PI Dub Calabrese to investigate. Dub's investigation leads him to a neo-fascist "survivalist" group.
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DOUGLAS, MALCOLM. MURDER COMES CALLING.
1958 [SANDERSON, RONALD DOUGLAS]. DOUGLAS, MALCOLM. MURDER COMES CALLING. New York: Fawcett, [1958]. First edition. PBO. Gold Medal 776. Near fine in pictorial wrappers. Pseudonym of Ronald Douglas Sanderson. PI Danny Boyd is hired by a movie mogul to track down a wandering, wanton star. His investigation takes him to Florida, where the weather is perfect for murder!
Price: USD 8.50 other currencies   order no. 7994   details     inquire
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HEALY, JEREMIAH ACT OF GOD.
1994 HEALY, JEREMIAH. ACT OF GOD. New York: Pocket Books, [1994]. First edition. Signed. Typed letter from the author and signed by him laid-in to former owner. The letter is on the author's legal stationary, dated October 20, 1994. The letter consists of two paragraphs and essentially Healy provides his reasons for refusing the request to sign any of his books sent by mail. Fine in dust jacket. Pearl Rivkind's husband, furniture-store owner Honest Abe, was killed in a break-in. Dabra Proft, his secretary, takes a vacation shortly thereafter, returns briefly, then disappears without a trace. Is there a connection? Boston private eye John Francis Cuddy investigates.
Price: USD 55.00 other currencies   order no. 22954   details     inquire
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STOUT, REX. DEATH OF A DOXY.
1966 STOUT, REX. DEATH OF A DOXY. New York: The Viking Press, [1965]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket, lightly rubbed at head of spine. Isabel Kerr is found dead in her lavish bedroom. Was her boyfriend, her "sugar daddy," responsible? Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin investigate, soon unraveling the mystery and the tangled web of relationships.
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CHANDLER, RAYMOND. THE BLUE DAHLIA: RARE GLASS COMING-ATTRACTION SLIDE
1942 CHANDLER, RAYMOND. THE BLUE DAHLIA: RARE GLASS COMING-ATTRACTION SLIDE FOR THE 1942 MOVIE, BASED ON CHANDLER'S ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY, STARRING ALAN LADD, VERONICA LAKE, AND WILLIAM BENDIX. [N.P., N.D.]. This Paramount film was Chandler's only solo screen-writing credit for which he received an Oscar nomination and in James Agee's judgement that it was, "barring occasional victories and noble accidents, about as good a movie as can be expected from the big factories." The 3" x 2-1/4" glass slide shows black & white close-ups of all three stars, plus action vignettes. It is hand-tinted in blue, yellow, and pink, with no writing in the space provided to crayon in the dates of its local showing. By 1946, few theater operators were still using slide projectors, as they had since the silent movie era, to announce coming attractions, and this was one of the last slides Paramount would manufacture for that purpose. It was produced in only a very small fraction of the numbers of posters and lobby cards that were printed, and because of its fragile nature, few examples have survived. This slide has a peripheral crack on one side but it does not affect the image, else in very good condition and apparently unused, in a 4"x 3-1/2" cardboard mount, stamped on one border with the title, and with die-cut cardboard inserts to protect the fragile glass from breakage. This is the only the second example we've seen for this title and none has been offered at auction, to our knowledge, for the past several years, during which time a number of one-sheet posters of The Blue Dahlia have sold in the $3000 to $5000 price range.
Price: USD 750.00 other currencies   order no. 24505   details     inquire
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OLIVER,STEVE. MOODY GETS THE BLUES.
1996 OLIVER, STEVE. MOODY GETS THE BLUES. [Seattle]: OFFBYONE Press, [1996]. First edition. Author's first book. Signed. Fine in dust jacket.
Price: USD 45.00 other currencies   order no. 8022   details     inquire
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SOLOMON,BRAD. THE OPEN SHADOW.
1978 SOLOMON, BRAD. THE OPEN SHADOW. New York: Summit Books, [1978]. First edition. Author's second book. Fine in dust jacket. Two private eyes, Fritz and Maggie, are hired to find out why a strange young man is following someone. Before they know it, they find themselves mixed up in blackmail, murder, extortion, bombings and beatings. Recommended.
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PELECANOS, GEORGE P. SHOEDOG.
1994 PELECANOS, GEORGE P. SHOEDOG. New York: St. Martin's Press, [1994]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's third novel and one of the more elusive titles. Hitchhiking south from Maryland to nowhere, Constantine takes a lift from Polk, an old man who is headed for Florida. But Polk has one stop he MUST make. At the country mansion, they meet Grimes, an equally old but wealthy man who organizes heists as a hobby. Grimes offers the men big money to help rob two D.C. liquor stores, easy, quick, in-and-out holdups. But things go terribly wrong!
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PRONZINI,BILL. BLUE LONESOME.
1995 PRONZINI, BILL. BLUE LONESOME. New York: Walker, [1995]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. A man becomes intrigued with a woman he's only met once. Her name is Janet Mitchell and soon she's found dead, an apparent suicide. In order to learn more about her he visits her former home of Beulah, Nevada and uncovers more than he was almost capable of handling.
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JAKEMAN,JANE LET THERE BE BLOOD.
1997 JAKEMAN, JANE. LET THERE BE BLOOD. London: Headline, [1997]. First edition. Author's first book. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. It is 1830 and a farmer and his son are found shot to death, and the villagers accuse a local gypsy of the murders. A reclusive Lord Ambrose of Malfine, who is a detecting genius, quickly understands that other lives, including his own are in danger.
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BRIERLEY, DAVID. ON LEAVING A PRAGUE WINDOW.
1995 BRIERLEY, DAVID. ON LEAVING A PRAGUE WINDOW. [London]: Little, Brown & Co., [1995]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Who raped Milena Prerova? Who killed journalist Bodnar? What was the nature of the corruption he was about to expose? Father Alois Fulnek has set his mind on solving the mysteries. While he tracks the guilty, the guilty track him, to silence him, kill him, maybe even to bribe him. For Kulnek too has his secret.
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GANO, JOHN. ARIAS OF BLOOD.
1997 GANO, JOHN. ARIAS OF BLOOD. [London]: Macmillan, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. 'The Lord Mayor stared at the single sentence, and reached out a shaky hand to steady himself. There flickering on the green fascia, in minuscule letters, was the simple message: I Solomon, sentence you to death within one week. Prepare yourself!' The Floria Tosca Grand Opera Company is back in business, and is preparing for their performance of La Traviata in the presence of the Lord Mayor. The cast has little idea of the blood that will flow from their performance. What could possibly be the connection between this small itinerant opera company, the Lord Mayor of London, and an international assassin named Solomon who's hellbent on revenge?
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BRODERICK,JOHN. A PRAYER FOR FAIR WEATHER.
1984 BRODERICK, JOHN. A PRAYER FOR FAIR WEATHER. New York: Marion Boyars, [1984]. First edition. Review copy. Fine in dust jacket with glue residue on front paste-down sheet. "A study of loyalty and fidelity set amidst the grubby and ruthless intrigues of the British secret service."
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DUNANT, SARAH. TRANSGRESSIONS.
1997 DUNANT, SARAH. TRANSGRESSIONS. London: Little Brown, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Psychological novel about Elizabeth Skorvecky, a young translator who lives alone in her Victorian house. Strange and unsettling things begin to happen .... first there's a missing CD, then she hears music playing in the empty kitchen in the middle of the night, then her table is laid for breakfast for two. Is there a poltergeist? Is she insane?
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READ,PIERS PAUL KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS.
1997 READ, PIERS PAUL. KNIGHTS OF THE CROSS. London: Orion, [1997]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. A minister is found floating in the Saar River. His friend, posing as a Russian Catholic priest, travels to Germany to investigate and finds a freemasonry of Catholics, a creepy Gothic castle, and a beautiful young woman.
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ASPLER,TONY DEATH ON THE DOURO.
1997 ASPLER, TONY. DEATH ON THE DOURO. London: Headline, [1997]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Wine writer Ezra Brant investigates a series of mysterious accidents in a port farm in Portugal's Douro Valley.
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JARDINE, QUINTIN SKINNER'S MISSION.
1997 JARDINE, QUINTIN. SKINNER'S MISSION. London: Headline, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Fine in fine dust jacket. When a luxury car showroom is torched and the charred body of the showroom owner's wife, Caroline Charles, is found among the ashes, Deputy Chief Constable Robert Skinner begins his investigation. Skinner's priority, however, is to determine how his first wife, Myra, had died. Memories of Myra's death resurfaced while Skinner was under hypnosis, and he has become obsessed with her bloody fate. As Skinner unlocks the secrets of Myra's past, he quickly discovers that his wife's death is inextricably related to the fiery death of Caroline Charles.
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SHAW,SIMON. ACT OF DARKNESS.
1997 SHAW, SIMON. ACT OF DARKNESS. London: HarperCollins, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket.Philip Fletcher is not happy when he learns a hated rival is appearing at the same time in the Chichester studio theater, and also that both of them are eyeing up the same girl. But when the object of his affections becomes the quarry of an obsessive stalker, his criminal skills are called forth. Only as the hunter he soons finds that he has become the hunted. Fine under-appreciated writer.
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CARTER,ROBERT A. CASUAL SLAUGHTERS.
1992 CARTER, ROBERT A. CASUAL SLAUGHTERS. New York: Mysterious, [1992]. First edition of author's first book. Very fine in dust jacket. Introduces Nick Barlow, head of his own publishing company. What does Barlow do when his star author is found sliced up and the million dollar manuscript that he was working on stolen ---- he turns detective, of course.
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DIBDIN, MICHAEL. THE DYING OF THE LIGHT.
1993 DIBDIN, MICHAEL. THE DYING OF THE LIGHT. London: Faber and Faber, [1993]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. A murder at a country house hotel with the usual cast of characters. Follow the clues to unmask the true identity of the murderer. But things are not what they seem. At the hotel, death is no cozy entertainment but a terrifying reality!
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RANKIN, IAN. THE NAMING OF THE DEAD.
2006 RANKIN, IAN. THE NAMING OF THE DEAD. Gladestry: Scorpion Press, [2006]. First edition. Limited edition of 80 numbered copies signed by the author. With an appreciation by Phil Rickman. Fine in quarter leather and marbled boards in transparent dust jacket. July 2005, Scotland and the G8 leaders have gathered in the capital. With daily marches and demonstrations, the police are stretched to their limit. Det. Insp. John Rebus investigates the apparent suicide of a young politician. At the same time it appears that a serial killer may be on the loose. The authorities want things kept quiet for fear of them overshadowing a meeting of global importance. Rebus has never been one to stick to the rules; therefore, when his colleague, Siobhan Clarke, searches for the identity of the riot cop who assaulted her mother, it looks as though both Rebus and Clarke may be alienated on both sides of the conflict.
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GILL,BARTHOLOMEW. THE DEATH OF AN IRISH SEA WOLF.
1997 GILL, BARTHOLOMEW. THE DEATH OF AN IRISH SEA WOLF. London: Macmillan, [1997]. First U.K. edition. Fine in dust jacket.
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BLOCK,LAWRENCE EVEN THE WICKED.
1997 BLOCK, LAWRENCE. EVEN THE WICKED. New York: Morrow, [1997]. First U.S. edition. U.K. edition precedes U.S. edition by five months. Signed. Very fine in dust jacket. A vigilante, calling himself "The Will of the People," is roaming the streets, executing those he feels deserve to die ... a child molester, a Mafia don, a violent abortionist, etc. Prior to carrying out his threats, this serial killer makes known his intentions to the media. But Scudder knows that although none of the victims is innocent, noone has the right to play God, and so he searches for the efficient killer.
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SKINNER, ROBERT. SKIN DEEP, BLOOD RED.
1997 SKINNER, ROBERT. SKIN DEEP, BLOOD RED. [New York]: Kensington Books, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dust jacket. Set in 1936, New Orleans, nightclub owner/private detective Wesley Farrell is hired to find the killer of a dirty cop. His search leads him into the darker side of the city ... a world filled with corruption, obsession, and unsavory characters.
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YORKE, MARGARET. SERIOUS INTENT.
1995 YORKE, MARGARET. SERIOUS INTENT. [London]: Little, Brown and Company, [1995]. First edition. Two tiny closed tears - one to half title page and one to title page, else fine in dust jacket. Unaware that her purchase of The Willows will upset the plans of a convicted killer, its new occupant is drawn into the troubled lives of her neighbors and discovers criminal undercurrents threatening the apparent calm of Haverscot.
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KING, LAURIE R. WITH CHILD.
1997 KING, LAURIE R. WITH CHILD. New York: St. Martins, [1996]. First edition. Signed. Fine in dustjacket. Edgar nominee for best novel. Kate Martinelli can't escape the void left by her departed lover, who has gone off to rethink their relationship. Twelve-year-old Jules Cameron comes to Kate to help her find her friend Dio, a homeless boy she met in a park. Dio has disappeared without a word of farewell, and Jules wants Kate to find him. Reluctant as she is, Kate can't say no, but the search for Dio will prove to be much more than both bargained for and it's only the beginning. When Jules disappears while taking a trip with Kate, a desperate search begins...and Kate knows all too well the odds of finding the child alive.
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HOLBROOK,TERI THE GRASS WIDOW.
1996 HOLBROOK, TERI. THE GRASS WIDOW. New York: Bantam Books, [1996]. First edition. PBO. Near finein pictorial wrappers. Edgar nominee for best PBO. Historian Gale Grayson returns to her southern roots in Georgia only to find a straight-laced religious man killed by rifle blast. Was the man's death a suicide, or was the motive for his death greed, revenge, or perhaps long delayed justice? Sheriff Truitt unravels a tale of murder and dark family secrets involving abortion and abuse.
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GRUBER,FRANK. PEACE MARSHAL.
1939 GRUBER, FRANK. PEACE MARSHAL. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1939. First edition. Author's first book. Former owner's name, but covered by the dust jacket flap, words,"A. W. Kuns Rental Library" on front fly leaf, and lightly stained along bottom edge of cloth, else good in dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. A difficult title.
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GRUBER, FRANK. FIGHTING MAN.
1948 GRUBER, FRANK. FIGHTING MAN. New York: Rinehart & Company, [1948]. First edition. Previous owners label on rear pastedown sheet and paste residue to front free endpaper else very good in price-clipped dust jacket with moderate wear to the extremities. Years after The War Between the States was over, there were men in Kansas who remembered the terrible Lawrence massacre and the part Jim Dancer had played in it. Hunted by the law, Dancer assumes a dead man's identity, hoping to finally live in peace.
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FRANCOME,JOHN DEAD WEIGHT.
2001 FRANCOME,JOHN. DEAD WEIGHT. [London]: Headline, [2001]. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. After a devastating fall, Champion jump jockey Phil Nicholas has lost his nerve. As he attempts to overcome his fear, his weighing-room colleague, Adrian Moore, is viciously attacked after losing a race he should have won. The beating signals the beginning of a vendetta by someone determined to dish out his own kind of punishment to those who break the rules of the Sport of Kings.
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KERR, PHILIP. THE ONE FROM THE OTHER.
2006 KERR, PHILIP. THE ONE FROM THE OTHER. [New York]: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2006]. First edition. Signed on tipped-in page. Fine in dust jacket. Munich, 1949: Hitler's legacy lives on. For Bernie Gunther, Berlin has become too dangerous, and he now works as a private detective in Munich. Business is slow and his funds are dwindling when a woman hires him to investigate her husband's disappearance. No, she doesn't want him back-he's a war criminal. She merely wants confirmation that he is dead. It's a simple job, but in post war Germany, nothing is simple and nothing is what it appears to be. Accepting the case, Bernie takes on far more than he'd bargained for, and before long, he is on the run, facing enemies from every side.
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GOTTI,VICTORIA THE SENATOR'S DAUGHTER.
1997 GOTTI, VICTORIA. THE SENATOR'S DAUGHTER. New York: Forge, [1997]. First edition. Signed. Author's first mystery. Fine in dust jacket. The murder of a union strongman shocks all of Boston. Few people have been as well respected by the blue-collar citizens of this city. A young woman is assigned the case to defend the man accused of the murder. Soon she realizes perhaps the defendant has been "set up" by those interested in gaining political advantage. Now she must save not only his life, but her own as well. Author is the daughter of John Gotti.
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HARRIS,HYDE. KYD FOR HIRE.
1977 HARRIS, HYDE. KYD FOR HIRE. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1977. First edition. Signed. Fine indust jacket. After Charlotte's mother took her own life, she became the heiress to the Elevel fortune. What terrible family secret drove her mother to self-destruction? Where is Charlotte?
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PRICE, ANTHONY COLONEL BUTLER'S WOLF.
1972 PRICE, ANTHONY. COLONEL BUTLER'S WOLF. London: Gollancz, 1972. First edition. Author's third book. Fine in dust jacket. Dr. Audley of the British Intelligence has dispatched Colonel Jack Butler to investigate the background of a young university lecturer who has died under mysterious circumstances. Is his death accident, suicide, or murder?
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QUEEN, ELLERY (SELECTED BY). BEST STORIES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
1944 QUEEN, ELLERY (SELECTED BY). BEST STORIES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. New York: The Detective Book Club, 1944. First edition. Inscribed "Best Wishes from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine," by Fredric Dannay. Cloth moderately soiled, but very good, tight copy in moderately soiled dust jacket with one closed tear to top edge of front panel and moderate wear to the extremities. Contains 23 short stories written by Hammett, Rice, Woolrich, de la Torre, Boucher, Christie, Bentley, Vickers, Allingham, Simenon, Carr, et al. Included are stories of straight detection, horror, and sometimes even humor.
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VAN GIESON,JUDITH. RAPTOR.
1990 VAN GIESON, JUDITH. RAPTOR. New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1990]. First edition. Signed. Author's second book. Fine in dust jacket. Small-time lawyer Neil Hamel is in Montana with an expedition in search of the elusive gyrfalcon, a beautiful and highly prized bird of prey, when the group witnesses a body plunging off the top of a cliff. The dead man is none other than a notorious poacher, and the suspect is an environmentalist who's crossed paths with the law in the past. Neil is asked to represent the suspect, and what should have been the simplest of cases turns out to be anything but ..... to include a bungled federal sting operation, an environmentalist who'd gladly use violence to further her cause, and an Arab prince who is determined to get his hands on the gyr.
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KEENE, DAY. THE BIG KISS-OFF.
1954 KEENE, DAY. THE BIG KISS-OFF. [Hasbrouck Heights]: Graphic Books, [1954]. First edition. PBO. Graphic 75. Small, neat hairline crease along spine, else a bright near-fine copy in pictorial wrappers. This Black Mask author is one of the masters of the crime novel. For no reason he could imagine, Cade felt that brutal enemies (including his wife) were trying to hurt him, maim him, or kill him! Why? What were they after? Why had they marooned six men on a mudflat to die? Why had they dumped a corpse on Cade's boat deck?
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RYGG,PERNILLE THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT.
1997 RYGG, PERNILLE. THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. London: Harvill, [1997]. First edition. Author's first book. Fine in dust jacket. First published in Norway in 1995 with the title Sommerfugleffekten. Translated from the Norwegian by Joan Tate. A young woman is in her dead father's office trying to piece together the last days of his life as a failed private detective. She finds a curious butterfly medallion in his desk, which leads to a young woman, found dead in a snowdrift with two bullets in her head and a gun in her hand. Her father and the woman died within hours of one another---- are the deaths related, and did the same person kill them both?
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HYDE, CHRISTOPHER. MAXWELL'S TRAIN.
1985 HYDE, CHRISTOPHER. MAXWELL'S TRAIN. New York: Villard Books, 1985. First edition. Review copy.Fine in dust jacket. Upon hearing of the multi-million dollar shipment, Amtrak maintenance man Harry Maxwell, decides to steal the money not knowing an international terrorist group already has a plan underway.
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ROBINSON,PETER. A DEDICATED MAN.
1988 ROBINSON, PETER. A DEDICATED MAN. [Markham]: Viking, [1988]. First edition. Signed. Lightly rubbed along bottom edge else fine in dust jacket. When the body of local historian, Harry Steadman, is found buried beneath a stone wall near the village of Helmthorpe, Inspector Alan Banks is called to investigate. The case is puzzling -- practically no one had a reason to kill Harry. Aside from a minor disagreement with a friend and local farmer about selling some land, Harry was liked by everyone. There seemed to be no motive, but buried somewhere there HAD to be one! Inspector Banks investigates
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