Debut Novel from Murder By The Book
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THE MAN IN THE QUEUE: First Title in Murder Revisited Series
by Tey, Josephine (pseudonym of Elizabeth MacKintosh)
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- Used - Good
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- Very Good-Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 1953
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$144.00
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N.Y.: Macmillan & Co, 1953. First edition, thus. [originally published by Methuen, 1929, as by Gordon Daviot] Insp. Alan Grant; London. Her first book and the first title in the Murder Revisited series. Illustrated by Lawrence H. Hoffman. Book has tape remains at covers and tape ghosts at endpapers, along with black remains at bottom of endpapers and inside covers… Read more about this item Item Price
$144.00
The Stone Veil [AWARD NOMINEE]
by Tierney, Ronald
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312039400
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$19.20
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NY,NY.: St Martins Press, 1990. 1st. Ed. FINE/NEAR FINE. DJ has ink marks to ffp, and someone has removed (poorly) the book sellers price from back of jacket, ruining ISBN patch. Page edges spotted else near fine in dust jacket. Introducing Dietrich "Deets" Shanahan who investigates the murder of a man who was about to change his will. A… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.20
THINK ON DEATH: A Hudson Valley Mystery
by McCullough, David Willis
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670834938
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$16.80
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N.Y.: Viking, 1991. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. McCullough initiates a series featuring Reverend Ziza Todd, a youthful and sometimes irreverent amateur sleuth. Detective Nick Story and amateur sleuth Todd investigate when the bodies of Llewelyn Quick and Harry Van Schoonhoven… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.80
THE BIG STEAL **AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK**
by Basinsky, Earle
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Ed
- Published
- 1955
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- Hardcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$26.40
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1955. 1st edition, so stated. A near fine, tight copy with very light soiling, in dust jacket lightlly chipped at corners, lightly soiled, rubbed and sunned at spine, Inside rear flap lightly soiled.else a very good-near fine copy, not price clipped, $2.75 price intact, in protective mylar cover. … Read more about this item Item Price
$26.40
A Corpse in the Koryo
by Church, James
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312352080
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$9.60
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NY,NY: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006. 3rd prtg. . FINE/FINE. A fine tale of police procedure and mayhem set in modern Korea.. DEBUT MYSTERY.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
$9.60
The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen monastery
by Van de Wetering, Janwillem
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1974
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780395182826
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$33.60
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Boston: MA: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. 1st American edition. Fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket, not price clipped, $5.95 price intact. Van de Wetering's 1st book. Seen by many as a contemporary classic, Janwillem van de Wetering's small and admirable memoir records the experiences of a young Dutch student--later a widely celebrated mystery writer--who… Read more about this item Item Price
$33.60
The Contrary Blues
by Billheimer, John W.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312185657
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$19.20
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's 1st book. "Billheimer's impressive debut tells a funny, sometimes touching story about governmental bumbling and Appalachian poverty and resourcefulness. National Department of Transportation investigator Owen Allison, a West Virginia native, is assigned the unwelcome task of completing an audit begun by a colleague who… Read more about this item Item Price
$19.20
Murder on the Iditarod Trail
by Henry, Sue
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780871134400
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$38.40
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U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1991. 1st ed. States First Edition and First Printing, although their is no number line. A lovely copy of Henry's scarce first book, a mystery featuring Alex Jensen and Jessie Arnold.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
$38.40
THE COLD FRONT
by Hanlon, Sean
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780671657390
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$4.80
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N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1989. 1st ed. Slight spine slant, lightly rubbed else near fine copy of this Paperback Original. Author's 1st novel.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Barbagallo, Ron. Paperback Original. Item Price
$4.80
THE LIME PIT
by Valin, Jonathan
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780396078180
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$48.00
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd Mead, 1980. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket with one very small tear at foot of spine, else bright copy. Author's first book, and the debut of the Harry Stoner series. An old man enlists the help of Harry Stoner when the sixteen-year-old girl who was living with him disappears,… Read more about this item Item Price
$48.00
The River Sorrow
by Holden, Craig
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385312073
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$11.52
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1994. 1st edition, October 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, with one small sticker pull,not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Holden's debut novel is an exceptionally adroit thriller about a young doctor whose drug-riddled past comes back to haunt him.… Read more about this item Item Price
$11.52
Wild Indigo **EDGAR AWARD WINNER**
by Ault, Sandi
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780425213698
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$43.20
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NY.NY: Berkely, 2007. 1st edition, January 2007, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An EDGAR AWARD WINNER. A promotional postcard is laid in along with a SIGNED Christmas Card. Author's debut novel. Set in New Mexico. "Jamaica Wild, a… Read more about this item Item Price
$43.20
SWITCHING THE ODDS: A Lil Richie Mystery
by Knight, Michael
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312078652
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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NY: St Martins Press, 1992. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. debut novel. "Recent Maine immigrant Lillian Ritchie, sole detective in her own agency, agrees to locate a Richmond, Virginia teenager who has run away from boarding school to find his "lost" grandfather. Ritchie finds the boy easily enough, but his real reason for leaving--knowing the identity of a… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.40
GARCIA'S HEART [Award Winner]
by Durcan, Liam
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2009
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780312539320
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$12.96
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NY: Saint Martin's Press, 2009. 1st printing. Near fine copy of trade paperback. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel. Boston neurologist Patrick Lazerenko cannot believe his ears: Is it possible that his mentor and dear friend, the doctor Hernan Garcia de la Cruz was once a sadistic torturer in his homeland of Honduras? As de… Read more about this item Item Price
$12.96
Christine Falls
by Black, Benjamin (Banville, John)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805081527
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$17.76
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NY, NY: Henry Holt, 2007. 1st. Ed. With corresponding number line. Very light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. A falsified autopsy report sends a coroner in Ireland on the search for the true reason behind the death of the female… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.76
The Cleaner [AWARD NOMINEE]
by Battles, Brett
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780440243700
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$17.76
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N.Y.: Delacorte, 2007. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket with small closed tear at rear panel. A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Thriller and a SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel. Author's first novel, featuring freelance operative Jonathan Quinn. Ex-cop Quinn now works for a shadowy U.S. intelligence agency known merely as the Office,… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.76
DIE A LITTLE (Award Nominee)
by Abbott, Megan E.
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2005
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780743261708
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$26.40
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NY, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 1ST ED. Fine copy in dust jacket of her debut mystery. Short listed for 2006 EDGAR AWARD, ANTHONY AWARD & BARRY AWARD for Best First Novel. This ingenious twist on a classic noir tale tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the… Read more about this item Item Price
$26.40
THE SPELLMAN FILES: (Nominated for 5 Awards)
by Lutz, Lisa
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781416532392
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$24.48
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N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 2007. 1st ed. A fine copy in dust jacket. Highly regarded debut novel as it was nominated for five different Awards: An ANTHONY, a BARRY, a DILYS, a GUMSHOE and a MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE. Isabel "Izzy" Spellman isn't your average private investigator. A saucy twenty-eight-year-old, Izzy has an unhealthy obsession with Get Smart… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MARK **AWARD FINALIST**
by Pinter, Jason
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2007
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780778324898
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$8.16
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: MIRA Books/Harlequin Enterprises, 2007. Right as I'm about to die, I realize all the myths are fake. There's no white light at the end of a tunnel. 1st ed. A fine copy of this Paperback Original. A STRAND MAGAZINE CRITIC'S AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel and a BARRY AWARD NOMINEE for Best… Read more about this item Item Price
$8.16
The Man in the Green Chevy **AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK**
by Cooper, Susan Rogers
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312026042
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$62.40
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1989. First edition, so stated with complete number line. The author's first book. Features Milton Kovak of Oklahoma sheriff's homicide unit. A fine copy in fine dust jacket with a little light rubbing at spine panel and corners. Chief Deputy Milt Kovak of Prophesy County, Oklahoma Sheriff's Department had a rapist and murderer… Read more about this item Item Price
$62.40
