First In Series from Murder By The Book
New Arrivals
THE PRESIDENT'S MAN: A "Blackjack" Endicott Novel
by Roosevelt, Elliott
- Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312064433
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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.: St. Martin's Press, 1991. First edition, so stated, October 1991 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.… Read more about this item Item Price
$17.76
THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Good-Very Good
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- Good-Very Good
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- First Edition Thus
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$28.80
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N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap 1st edition, thus [1946?] This is the Madison Square re-issue. Wartime-Edition. Red boards lettered in black Paper is heavily age toned, edges worn else very good in dust jacket,, a couple of tears, small pieces out at head and foot of spine, appx. 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 piece out at top of rear cover. Here… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.80
SHE SHALL HAVE MURDER: A Jane and Dagobert Brown Mystery (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Ames, Delano
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- As New
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781601870179
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$15.84
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Originally published in 1948, it's the first in a delightful series of comedic mysteries featuring this most engaging detecting duo. For years people have been telling Jane Hamish that her work as a clerk in a law firm must… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.84
THE CHINESE CHOP: A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystert
by Sheridan, Juanita
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780915230327
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$18.72
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Boulder: CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2000. 1st paperback printing. Fine copy. The first series to feature a Chinese-American female sleuth, Lily Wu. Set in post WWII Manhattan (1949). The housing shortage in NYC forces novelist, Janice Cameron, newly arrived from Honolulu, to share a bedroom in a Washington Square rooming house with Lily Wu, a comparitave… Read more about this item Item Price
$18.72
DUPE **AWARD WINNER** DEBUT NOVEL**
by Cody, Liza
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1981
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684171531
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$43.20
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1981. 1st Amerucan edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket with rear cover lightly soiled, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The 1st Anna Lee title and Cody's debut novel. JON CREASY AWARD WINNER and EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE. Private detective Anna… Read more about this item Item Price
$43.20
Color Her Dead : Vol. 1, A Generation X Mystery
by Brown, Steve
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- New
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 1999
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780967027319
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$7.20
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Greer, SC, U.S.A.: Chick Springs Publishing, 1999. 3rd printing. New, fine unread copy of trade paperback. "Susan Chase works as a lifeguard on Myrtle Beach's Grand Strand, but she also specializes in finding runaways. When bitchy, penny-pinching Mrs. Rogers wants her 26-year-old daughter found, Susan almost refuses; however, once decided, she struts her attitudinal stuff in the face of… Read more about this item Item Price
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EVERY CROOKED NANNY **AWARD FINALIST**
by Trocheck, Kathy Hogan
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Published
- 1992
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060179236
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$9.60
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N.Y.: Harper, 1992. 3rd printing. Fine in dj. Her 1st book; A Callahan Garrity title. An ANTHONY & MACAVITY AWARD Nominee. "In this high-caliber debut, Trocheck introduces wry Everywoman J. Callahan Garrity, a former cop and failed gumshoe who now runs a cleaning service in Atlanta, Ga. While cleaning the home of snooty society lady Lilah Rose… Read more about this item Item Price
$9.60
DEATH AND THE CHAPMAN *FIRST IN SERIES**
by Sedley, Kate
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- 1992
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- ISBN
- 9780312069452
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$33.60
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N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1992. 1st US edition, January 1992, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The first Roger the Chapman Medieval historical mystery set in England in the 15th Century during the Wars of the Roses. "A septuagenarian recalls his youth, when,… Read more about this item Item Price
$33.60
DEATH OF AN AMIABLE CHILD **SIGNED COPY**AWARD FINALIST**
by Marcuse, Irene
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802733467
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$21.60
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N.Y.: Walker, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st Book. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page.. Lillian, "the lady of the landing", was a small, elderly white woman who occasionally slepton the floor… Read more about this item Item Price
$21.60
CORRUPTION OF FAITH **1ST BOOK IN SERIES**
by English, Brenda
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780425160916
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$7.20
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NY: Berkley, 1997. 1st edition, November 1997, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. Sutton McPhee, a reporter for one of Washington D.C.'s most important newspapers, must solve the murder of her sister, a secretary for the Bread of Life Church, thereby placing her own… Read more about this item Item Price
$7.20
THE STEAM PIG **AWARD WINNER**
by McClure, James
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1971
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780060128968
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1971. 1st A. Stated first edition, 1-10 number line at rear of book, Light soiling to covers, top of pages soiled with a small stain, spine lean else very good in dust jacket, price clipped, lightly soiled, with protective mylar cover. WINNER OF THE BRITISH CRIME WRITERS'S GOLD DAGGER AWARD. Author's first… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.40
THE CROSSWORD MURDER **SIGNED COPY**
by Blanc, Nero
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- New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1999
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780425169773
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$38.40
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N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, 1999. 1st edition, August 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy of this Trade Paperback Original. SIGNED and DATED August 1999 by the author at title page. First title in the series. "Designed to delight both crossword puzzle enthusiasts and mystery readers, this pseudonymous novel, the first in… Read more about this item Item Price
$38.40
SWEET NARCISSUS
by Lorens, M.K.
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385469425
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$15.84
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N.Y.: Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1993. 1st Hardcover edition, February 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The theft of an Elizabethan manuscript of questionable authenticity. The first novel in the Winston Sherman series..Winston Marlowe Sherman, an English professor who writes mystery novels… Read more about this item Item Price
$15.84
THE VIRGINIA GHOST MURDERS [SIGNED COPY]
by Sachs, Leslie Raymond
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9780966336344
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$31.20
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Richmond: VA: Pussycat Press, 1998. First edition, with number line beginning with 1. A fine copy of Oversize trade paperback original. SIGNED by the author. Racy and brilliant, The Virginia Ghost Murders invents a whole new category of mystery, where the spirits of the dead play an eerie and at times terrifying role. The pursuit of crime amidst… Read more about this item Item Price
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MURDER ON CLAM POND ***INSCRIBED COPY ***
by Kiker, Douglas
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780394557632
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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.: Raven House, 1986. 1st ed. Page edges show very light trace of soiling else Near fine in dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Kiker at title page. First in the series to feature investigative reporter Mac MacFarland. Cape Cod setting. Inscribed Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
$19.20
China Trade [SIGNED COPY]
by Rozan, S. J.
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312112547
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$67.20
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NY: St Martins Press, 1994. 1st edition. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. Author's first book in award-winning mystery series introducing Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. " It's always exciting to read the first novel of a newcomer with a distinctive voice and the talent to put a new spin on an established genre. Such is the case with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desperate Housedogs: Pampered Pets Mystery Series, Book 1
by Abbey, Sparkle
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2011
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781611940503
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Memphis: TN: Bell Bridge Books , 2011. Special Gift Copy of the Review Copy of the 1st Pampered Pets book. Includes two bookmarks and publishers sheets laid in. Cover is a special cover for the Gift Copy. A fine, unread copy of the Trade Paperback. Crime in Laguana Beach has just gone to the dogs...When Caro… Read more about this item Item Price
$14.40
ROCK CRITIC MURDERS
by Sublett, Jesse
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780670823024
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$6.24
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N.Y.: Viking, 1989. 1st ed. Fine in dj, Author's first book. Remainder stripe at bottom of pages; music scene; Austin, Texas locale. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
$6.24
THE NEON RAIN
by Burke, James Lee
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1987
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805000535
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$273.60
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co (, 1987. 1st ed. Top of page edges dusty, age toned else near fine in dust jacket. Stated "First Edition" and complete number line beginning with "1" on the copyright page; in a clean, complete dustjacket designed by Irving Freeman, with the price of $16.95 at the top of… Read more about this item Item Price
$273.60
FROM A HIGH PLACE; A Mystery Introducing Dan Roman
by Mathis, Edward
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1985
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684184920
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$16.80
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1985. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. The first Dan Roman. title. Texas locale. A very nice copy of this author's first book. After P.I. Dan Roman visits his home town of Butler Wells, Texas, for a much needed… Read more about this item Item Price
$16.80
