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Shutter Island: A Novel
by Dennis Lehane
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 2003
- Binding
- Paper over boards
- ISBN
- 9780688163174
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$15.00
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From front DJ flap: "Summer, 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a urricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems."
Book - Very… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
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Cat Crimes for the Holidays
by Martin H. Greenberg, Ed Gorman, Larry Segriff
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st printing
- Published
- 1997-11-01
- Binding
- Paper over boards
- ISBN
- 9781556115035
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$14.00
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From front DJ flap: "From the best mystery writers at work today, here is a collection of nineteen original stories written exclusively for this edition of the beloved Cat Crimes series. Our four-footed friends are always up to something, especially around the holidays, when mischief is usually brewing."
Book - Good condition. Ex-lib stamps and dried glue. Front end paper has… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.00
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The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories)
by Carolyn Keene
- Condition
- Used - Good-
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Coated Paper over Boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$8.00
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Nancy Drew mystery.
Good- condition. There is some edge, corner, and spine wear to cover. End papers are blue with blue and white illustrations. Front end paper has previous owner's name in red or purple ink. Next page has a very neat name in red or purple ink. Page on back side of back end paper has a sticker for Aberdeen… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.00
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The Clue of the Leaning Chimney (A Nancy Drew Mystery Story)
by Carolyn Keene
- Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1949
- Binding
- Paper over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$20.00
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From Wikipedia: "Plot. A rare and valuable Chinese vase is stolen from a pottery shop and the owner asks Nancy for help."
Very Good- condition. The cover has a blue cloth look, but I'm pretty sure it is a textured paper with a dark blue 1940s silhouette on front board, blue and white multi-scene end papers. There is a… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Lecompton's Well Kept Secret
by Florence B. Smith
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1998
- ISBN
- 9781893463196
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$20.00
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From back cover: "Twenty-three-year-old Cheyenne Morrall believes her parents were killed in a tornado until Doctor Holloway tells her differently. As the young school teacher set out to find who murdered her parents, she discovers many previously overlooked circumstances surrounding her father's farm. She meets a young doctor and a stagecoach driver who offer to help her. ..."
New book. Clean… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Lecompton's Well Kept Secret
by Florence B. Smith
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1998
- ISBN
- 9781893463196
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$20.00
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From back cover: "Twenty-three-year-old Cheyenne Morrall believes her parents were killed in a tornado until Doctor Holloway tells her differently. As the young school teacher set out to find who murdered her parents, she discovers many previously overlooked circumstances surrounding her father's farm. She meets a young doctor and a stagecoach driver who offer to help her. ..."
New book. Only… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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The Quincunx
by Charles Palliser
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Paper over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$15.00
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From front dust jacket flap: "A tour de force of mystery, intrigue, and passionate revenge, The Quincunx is an ingenious modern twist on the grand fictional tradition of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. Charles Palliser unfolds an epic story of murder, disinheritance, and deception that knits all levels of English society together in a mesmerizing, intricately crafted plot."
"Searching for… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.00
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The Mystery of the Merry Magician
by Ellery Queen, Jr.
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1961
- Binding
- Printed cloth over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$10.00
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Fiction for boys and girls. Book 1, 1961. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 61-13296
From back cover: "Gulliver Queen, nephew of the famous detective, Ellery Queen, doesn't want to be a detective. But when Gully and his new friend, Fisty Jones investigate the strange underwater noises in the Hudson River, they suddenly find themselves deep in a mystery… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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The Secret at the Seashore (The Bobbsey Twins)
by Laura Lee Hope
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Published
- 1962
- Binding
- Printed cloth over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$10.00
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The Bobbsey Twins have a summer at the seashore with their cousin and meet other friends, but strange and intriguing things keep happening too. Of course, they love mysteries, and in the end put all the clues together to find the answer.
Good condition. Readable copy. Cover has some rubbing/bumping, some soiling and spotting and some edge/corner wear. Previous owner's… Read more about this item Item Price
$10.00
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The Golf Club Murder
by Owen Fox Jerome
- Condition
- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1929
- Binding
- Cloth over boards
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$20.00
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From Chapter 1, John Hardy Comes Home: "For a city or some thirty thousand souls, it was odd that West Fork had but one main business street. True, there were numerous suburban commercial centers, a large factory district, many wholesale houses, several railroads, three or four fine bridges spanning the river, an artificial beach, and a country club. ..."
Fair condition.… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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The Viking Symbol Mystery (The Hardy Boys #42)
by Franklin W Dixon
- Condition
- New
- Published
- December 1, 1962
- Binding
- Printed paper over boards
- ISBN
- 9780448089423
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, USA
- Item Price
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$15.00
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A chapter book featuring the thrilling adventures of America's favorite detective duo, Frank and Joe Hardy.
As New. Clean. Very Tight. Never read. Beautiful condition. 175 pages.
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$15.00
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My Curious Uncle Dudley
by Barry Yourgrau
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Published
- 2004-07-08
- ISBN
- 9780763619350
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$15.99
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From dust jacket flap: "Barry Yougrau's moon-touched sorcerer's apprentice tale is at once hilarious and poignant, nostalgic and timeless - a truly magical tour de force."
Book - Fine condition. Clean and tight.
Dust Jacket - Very Good - would be Fine except front flap is price clipped. There is also a fold that appears to be a production flaw. The… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.99
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Only in New England
by Theodore Roscoe
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1959
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$8.00
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From Author's Note: "It is not often that a true-crime historian enjoys the opportunity of living in the very house where the victim was killed; of dining at the table where the victim, all unaware, ate a last meal; of walking in the garden where Nemesis walked; of using the inner door that led to the rendezvous with sudden death."… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.00
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The Case of the Elevator Duck (Stepping Stones Mystery)
by Polly Berrien Berends
- Condition
- New
- Published
- 1989-04-29
- ISBN
- 9780394826462
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, USA
- Item Price
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$3.99
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From back: "Gilbert wants to be a detective when he grows up. So he practices all the time. Then one day he finds a duck in the elevator of his housing project."
New book. Clean. Tight. Never read. Price sticker on back.
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$3.99
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Decider
by Dick Francis
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1993
- Binding
- Tan paper covered boards with horse and jockey impression, copper color letters on spine
- ISBN
- 9780399138713
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, USA
- Item Price
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$20.00
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A young entrepreneur becomes involved with Stratton Park racecourse and is drawn into/attracted by compulsions he does not fully comprehend.
Book pages are clean and tight - no marks; however page edges have some discoloration and tiny brown spots.
Boards and spine are clean, but there is a very slight warp. See phoeo.
Dust Jacket is very good with tiny chip… Read more about this item Item Price
$20.00
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Burglars Can't Be Choosers
by Lawrence Block
- Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- First Dutton Printing
- Published
- 1995
- Binding
- Yellow paper covered boards with cloth spine and gilt lettering
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Independence, Missouri, USA
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$5.00
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Missing dust jacket.
Pages clean, no marks, but page edges have tiny discoloration spotting, bottom page edge has black remainder mark.
Cover boards are very good condition - no edge or corner wear.
Item Price
$5.00
Crafty Cat Crimes 100 Tiny Cat Tale Mysteries
by Stefan Dziemianowicz; Robert Weinberg; Martin H. Greenberg
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 2000
- ISBN
- 9780760715826
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
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Independence, Missouri, USA
- Item Price
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$14.00
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Very Good used condition. A few bent corners. Clean. Tight. Dust cover Excellent.One hundred cat-tale mysteries. Item Price
$14.00