FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: St. Martin's, 2010. Fine in fine dust jacket. Stephanie is back with her amazing colleagues, especially Lula (who has a new diet: eat only 1 of anything, such as 1 green bean, 1 potato chip. . . . or 1 cake).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. Fine in fine dust jacket. A V. I. Warshawski novel .. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. Near fine (publishing blemish--slight raised spot--on front cover) in near fine dust jacket (very light edgewear).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Carroll & Graf, 1991. INSCRIBED by author on title page. Near fine (very light sunning at top of spine, on little spot on cream cover) in very good+ dust jacket (scratches on back panel).. Inscribed by author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St. Martin's, 1985. Very good (a bit of edgewear and a few faint spots on page edges, interior fine) in very good + dust jacket (light edgewear, crease on inside flap). The second in Roosevelt's mysteries involving the fictional adventures of his redoubtable mother. Nice picture of Eleanor on the cover. Incidentally, the dust jacket as shown in… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. Near fine (slight edgewear at top and bottom of spine) in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear and rubbing). Gift condition. Good reading for people impacted by drought-year fires.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt, 1994. Near fine (slight white smudge on dark covers) in near fine dust jacket (a couple of scratches, barely noticeable). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St. Martin's, 2000. Very good+ (some light edgewear and one well-bumped corner--this here is earthquake country!) in very good+ dust jacket (just that one messed up corner--no tears, not price-clipped). A Stephanie Plum mystery.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Delacorte, 1994. Fine in near fine dust jacket (a little wrinkling at the top of the rear panel). A V.I. Warshawski novel.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt, 1995. Very good (slightly cocked) in near fine dust jacket (very slight edgewear).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Delacorte, 2001. Fine in near fine dust jacket (slight edgewear at top of spine). A V.I. Warshawski mystery. Features her friend Lotty and a supposed Holocaust survivor whose story impacts Lotty. If you don't know Paretsky's books, you are missing the best contemporary American mystery writer. There are always underlying social issues and the interactions of genuinely interesting… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. Near fine (small ink marks on first free endpaper) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear). Probably a book club edition since there is no price on the dust jacket. This is a reprint of all 20 of the Jane Marple short stories which were previously published in four separate volumes (with other… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner, 1995. Near fine (slight soil on top cover edge, otherwise fine) in fine dust jacket (in Brodart). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Fine in fine dust jacket. Evanovich really knows how to open a mystery: this one has an opening that you are not likely to forget! Good plot, amazing and often hilarious characters --Grandma Mazur and Lula are wonderful. (Incidentally, our scan is off on the color; for some reason, the orange shows up as pink… Read more about this item

New York: Morrow, 2005. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tiny bit of edgewear at the top of the spine, otherwise fine all around). Author's first book. Fine mystery with a really abominable villain you won't forget.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St. Martin's, 2004. Near fine (small dent in top edge of rear cover) in fine dust jacket. Tenth Stephanie Plum mystery. Lots of fun. You meet the usual cast of crazies, including Plum's gun-toting grandmother and Lula the spandexed assistant who has developed a new move for subduing bondees--she falls on them; find out more about the mysterious… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf, 1994. Fine in fine dust jacket. Author's first novel and the first appearance of her detective, Ana Grey. Title refers to a snooty area in west Los Angeles, north of Montana Avenue. Involves a woman FBI agent coming up against the male establishment and a case with connections to her own family.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Villard Books, 1989. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Kiernan O'Shaughnessy mystery set in California and involving the mysterious death of a Catholic priest. First edition, second printing. The first in the author's Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series. A woman medical examiner turned sleuth.. Hard Cover.

New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket. An Elizabeth MacPherson mystery. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt, 1988. True first printing of first edition.Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, and full printing number line present with "1". Number sequence at bottom of dust jacket flap: 0588 Near fine in very good+ dust jacket (price-clipped, some darkening to edges, mild edgewear at bottom of spine). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.