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New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Review Copy with publisher's card laid . in. Slight fade top edge of boards.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. A novel about violence, sex and obsession, this is a portrayal of one man's attempt to find meaning amid chaos. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches; 381 … Read more about this item

New York: Penzler Publlishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Part of the American Mystery Classics series . with an introduction by Lindsay Faye. The novel was first published in . 1935. Appears unread.. 2020. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. When a New York banker is discovered dead from an apparent morphine overdose in a grand Chicago hotel, the circumstances surrounding… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; A couple tiny spots to front endpaper.. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. Investigator Arkady… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book with slight lean and toned edges.. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Robin Monarch, thief of the highest order, must protect Sister Rachel by stealing the biggest secret in the world, with the potential to transform the world, from one of the most inaccessible places. ; 6.36 X… Read more about this item

New York: St Martins Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's debut novel. Appears unread, . light foxing top edge. Jacket a bit age-toned.. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. It was a good year for Harry Truman. The Fourth Avenue used-book dealers were in full swing. Harry had taken over one of those stores after his father's… Read more about this item

Intrigue Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket price-clipped. Book appears unread.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. According to Charlie, "Vacations mean different things to different people...In my case, add a romance with a good-looking pilot and fourteen stitches in the back of my skull." ; 9.1 X 6.1 X 0.8 inches; 202 pages; Signed by Author… Read more about this item

New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book edges a bit browned.. 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. A man wakes on an abandoned beach. The only sign of life for miles is an empty BMW. Inside the car, he finds clothes that fit perfectly, shoes for his tattered feet, a Rolex, and an auto registration in… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First in the Gro Vont series. Light . foxing top edge of book.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Maurey Pierce is the smartest kid in town, Also, the prettiest. At thirteen she's too young to have hit puberty, but old enough to try sex. All she… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Summer in Alaska is synonymous with salmon, and this Kate Shugak mystery finds her up to her ears in chinooks and chicanery. ; 8.6 X 5.5 X 1.1 inches; 273 pages .

New York: 37 Ink. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First in the Rising Dragon series. . Minor wear back panel jacket.. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. A retired expat in contemporary China tries to crack a murder case as he battles his own demons. ; 9.0 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Fading top edge front board; light . crinkling edge front panel jacket.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Jack Vermillion is an ex-Marine who came back from Vietnam and turned a two-truck shipping outfit into a multimmilion-dollar empire. His only grief, his son Danny, who ran off the rails… Read more about this item

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Barry Award nominee for Best Novel. . Jacket a bit loose on boards with light wear, smudge front panel.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. With a troubled past and a job that attracts too much attention from the law NYC PI John March has always been the black sheep of… Read more about this item

London: Sheed & Ward. Very Good with no dust jacket; Some soiling; old bookstore marks bottom . corner last endpaper.. 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. This novel was picked up by the Catholic Book Club in 1940 and reprinted in paperback in 1960 by Dell Chapel Books. The police are baffled when Baroness Sliema is murdered in the convent… Read more about this item

New York: Henry Holt. Good with no dust jacket; Spots on boards and edge wear; back hinge . starting.. 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Review in The Bookman, Dec. 1905: Mr. Stevenson's The Marathon Mystery is far and away a better story than his Holladay Case. With it the author has stepped at once to the front rank among… Read more about this item

New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Fine book in like jacket.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. When Sam Adams receives a Mardi Gras invitation from her old college friend, she anticipates a giddy New Orleans whirl of parades and masked balls. But soon Sam finds that the revelry is rolling with a deadly spin. ;… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Slight lean and light edge soil; . jacket with light wear.. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. The novel begins with a search for a purloined pet but quickly becomes far more lethal. ; 8.2 X 5.5 X 0.5 inches; 319 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket with a couple crinkles.. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Mike Hammer walks in to find his secretary, Velda, knocked unconscious, and a strange man brutally murdered. What ensues leads from the discovery of a mysterious toolbox, , through involvement with a drug ring, two beautiful… Read more about this item

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Browned fore edge; jacket with light . wear.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. A ruthless serial killer with an unthinkable MO has left a trail of tortured, murdered women in Western Maryland and seems to have gone to ground inthe backwoods of Pennsylvania. ; 9.2 X 6.3… Read more about this item

Pleasantville: Impress. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Part of The Best Mysteries Of All . Time series. Light rubbing front board, small bit of wear to bottom edge . back board.. 2000. Reprint. Hardcover. Nero Wolfe is hired to force the FBI to stop wiretapping, tailing and otherwise harassing a woman who gave away 10,000 copies… Read more about this item

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Hint of lean. . 2008 Anthony Award and Dilys nominee for Best First Mystery.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. How far would you go to protect everything you love? A story of a good man held hostage by circumstance, a riveting exploration of class, identity, … Read more about this item