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New York: Emily Bester Books / Atria. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Dot top edge; corner wear and tiny . tear jacket corners.. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Parker has retreated to the small Maine town of Boreas to regain his strength. There he befriends a widow named Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda. But Ruth… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread; bump back top corner.. 2019. First US Edition. Hardcover. In North Devon, where two rivers converge and run into the sea, Detective Matthew Venn stands outside the church as his estranged father’s funeral takes place. On the day Matthew left the strict evangelical community he… Read more about this item

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2023. First Edition. Hardcover. Scotland Yard detectives Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James race to solve the shocking murder of a young woman before panic spreads across London. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 348 pages .

New York: Harper Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Dot top edge, else Fine; jacket with . minor wrinkling.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. On a quiet morning in California, a lone gunman opens fire on a busload of children headed for a field trip, then turns the gun on himself. Forensic psychiatrist Leander Heartwood and special… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book slightly canted; minor edge wear . and wrinkles jacket.. 2017. First US Edition. Hardcover. A visit to her local prison brings DI Vera Stanhope face to face with an old enemy: former detective superintendent, and now inmate, John Brace. Brace was convicted of corruption and involvement… Read more about this item

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with tiny . spot to front pastedown; jacket age-toned with tiny chip bottom edge front . panel.. 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. A classic Hercule Poirot investigation, Agatha Christie’s Elephants Can Remember has the expert detective delving into an unsolved crime from… Read more about this item

London: Hard Case Crime. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; James Cain's final novel, not . published prior to this Hard Case Crime edition. Book with toned edges and . minor top edge wrinkling to jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Following her husband's death in a suspicious car accident, beautiful young widow Joan Medford is forced to take… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread with some top edge . toning.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. A few years ago, J. W. 's old Vietnam buddy, Joe Begay and five fellow agents were caught in the chaos of a bloody mission. Today, only two of the five remain. The others have died… Read more about this item

New York: Scribner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Bump to edges of back board; jacket . with some wear to back panel.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Someone is torching the run-down summer houses that a reviled landlord rents out to college kids who flock to Martha's Vineyard. ; 5.5 X 1 X 8.75 inches; 224 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Remainder dot top edge. Has been . gently read.. 2021. First US Edition. Hardcover. North Devon is enjoying a rare hot summer, and Detective Matthew Venn is called out to investigate a murder at the rural home of a group of artists. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x… Read more about this item

New York: Grand Central Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Appears unread.. 2021. First Edition. Hardcover. Windsor Horne Lockwood III is a man of immeasurable wealth, impeccable taste, and a personal approach to justice that too often lands him on the wrong side of the law. But when the FBI hauls him to a murder scene in an… Read more about this item

New York: Emily Bestler Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. It is 1997, and someone is slaughtering young women in Burdon County, Arkansas. But no one wants to admit it. ; 6 X 1.9 X 9 inches; 448 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read. Jacket with . minor edge wear, covered in mylar.. 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Detective Masao Masuto becomes entangled in the seamy underside of life in glittering Beverly Hills when Angel Barton, Hollywood sex goddess, is kidnapped from her Malibu house. ; 8.5 X… Read more about this item

New York: St Martins Pr. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Foxing edges, a bit heavier at top; . jacket price-clipped and age-toned.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. When a loutish young British agent is sent to dissuade a group of retired MI5 and MI6 operatives from publishing their memoirs, the old agents become incensed and set out… Read more about this item

New York: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book edges browned; minor wear to . jacket.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. All Simona wanted was a week in the sun, some long walks on the beach, and a cool drink to top it off. But her summer plans turn cold when her new friend, Bud Warren, disappears… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Captain Harry Cathcart and Lady Rose Summer have entered into an engagement of convenience. But not even a pretend engagement can save Rose from trouble. She befriends Dolly Tremaine and is delighted to have a protegee, but the… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket flaps glued down; top edge . lightly toned.. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. When Sheriff Dan Rhodes is asked to join the Clearview Barbershop Chorus, he suspects an ulterior motive - mainly because he can't sing a note. He's momentarily distracted by a rogue alligator on the… Read more about this item

New York: Bantam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Minor light edge soil; light edge . wrinkles and flap crease jacket.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. A story of lost innocence and buried secrets, of trust given and betrayed, of a writer who must turn the deepest elements of his imagination to detection, and thus confront the origins… Read more about this item

Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Book has a slight lean.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Sam Pulsifer spent ten years in prison for accidentally burning down poet Emily Dickinson's house, and emerged at age twenty-eight to create a new life for himself. Then watched in awe as his past catches up to him.… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Faint soiling top edge; minimal wear . to jacket.. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. When a series of yuppie deaths by cocaine overdose are reported to the medical examiner's office, Dr. Laurie Montgomery's curiosity is piqued. And when the families of the deceased uniformly swear that… Read more about this item