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SHE SHALL HAVE MURDER: A Jane and Dagobert Brown Mystery (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Ames, Delano
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- As New
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2008
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- Paperback
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- 9781601870179
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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
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THE MOUSE IN THE MOUNTAIN
by Davis, Norbert
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1943
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$720.00
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N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1943. FIRST EDITION OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL. Original yellow cloth , spine stamped in burgandy, light soiling to binding, erasure marking on front pastedown. Original dust jacket, not price clipped, $2.00 price at flap, lightly sunned at spine, some rubbing, light soiling, some foxing to fore-edges of jacket panels, with no… Read more about this item Item Price
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MADE UP TO KILL: A Jeff & Haila Troy Mystery Comedy
by Roos, Kelley
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- New
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- First Printing
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- 2005
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230792
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$15.36
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Haila Rogers has landed a nice supporting role in the Broadway production of the fluffy English drawing room comedy, "Green Apples", when her boyfriend Jeff Troy finally pops the question. He also tells her he's been invited to take a "vacation" from… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK GOATEE (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2004
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230631
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2004. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback (originally published in 1947). vintage Little, complete with their trademark, the disappearing corpse. The post WWII housing shortage has left several people homeless in a smallish New Jersey town, including Aloysius P. Graham--who couldn't resist selling his own home at… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WOODEN OVERCOAT: A Comedy of Manners with the Occasional Murder
by Branch, Pamela
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- New
- Edition
- First US Edition
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230884
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st Us edition. (Originally published in England in 1951). A fine, unread copy. Introduction by Tom & Enid Schantz. Clifford Flush founded the Asterisk Club in Chelsea to provide a home for wrongfully acquitted murderers, being one himself. Qualified prospective members need only to name the club as… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MYSTERIOUS MICKEY FINN; or, Murder at the Cafe du Dome
by Paul, Elliot
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- Later Edition
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- 1940
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$168.00
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N.Y.: Modern Age Books, 1940. 4th printing, September 1940 (1st printing was September, 1939). Covers and page edges lightly spotted else very good in dust jacket, chipped at head and foot of spine, small piece out at lower front, lightly soiled, not price clipped, $1.00 price intact at front flap, now in protective mylar cover. Very scarce.… Read more about this item Item Price
$168.00
THE BLACK IRIS (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Little, Constance & Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2007
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- Paperback
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- 9781601870032
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2007. 1st prtg. Oversize trade paperback, fine in decorated wraps. First published in 1953, The Black Iris was the twentieth of twenty-one screwball mysteries by the incomparable Little sisters. The Little sisters were the reigning queens of the cozy screwball mystery from the 1930's to the 1950's. Combining the the charm and laughs… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE BLACK SMITH
by Little, Constance; Little, Gwenyth
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2005
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230761
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2005. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback originally published in 1950. When Judith took a job at a country hospital, she didn't expect her "reputation" would follow her. Or that "the Black Smith" would once again walk the corridors. The Black Smith is vintage Little, complete… Read more about this item Item Price
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LION IN THE CELLAR (A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery)
by Branch, Pamela
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230891
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st American Edition. (originally published in England in 1951). Other than her Uncle George, Sukie was the only member of the notorious Heap family who was still at large. Her great-grandfather was one of two family members immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors. He had invented a… Read more about this item Item Price
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MURDER EVERY MONDAY
by Branch, Pamela
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- New
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230914
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st American Edition. (Originally pub. by Hale, London 1954). A new, unread copy of this trade paperback. Clifford Flush had not murdered anybody for years. When, horrified, he felt the urge to kill his bridge partner—the man’s bidding was really quite unforgivable—he was blackmailed into leaving London.… Read more about this item Item Price
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MURDER'S LITTLE SISTER: A Comedy of Murder and Manners
by Branch, Pamela
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- New
- Edition
- First Printing
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230938
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$15.84
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st printing, June 2006. (Originally published by Hale, London 1958) A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Short-tempered Enid Marley has a foolproof system for answering queries from the many fans of her advice column in You magazine, but she has no sense at all when it comes to solving… Read more about this item Item Price
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EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE DUCK **SIGNED COPY**
by Wilson, Gahan
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1988
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892962952
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$43.20
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NY: Mysterious Press, 1988. 1st edition. Page edges very lightly spotted else fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY by Wilson. When the Professor (the fiendishly brilliant British Napoleon of Crime), the Mandarin (the cruelly diabolical chinese mastermind), and Spectrober (the blackheartedly crafty French rogue) are spotted lunching together at Manhattan's posh Le Round Point, the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WRONG BOX
by Stevenson, Robert Louis and Lloyd Osbourne
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- Used - Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1889
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- Hardcover
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$24.00
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1889. bound in original publisher's brownish cover with gilt lettering on the spine and a light yellow label on the cover with lettering in black. The ad, torn from a newspaper placed on the cover is missing. Worn along edges, rubbed, corners bumped. A hole and tear at front enpaper, with ink markings. a black comedy… Read more about this item Item Price
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LOXFINGER - A Thrilling of Hebrew Secret Agent 0Y-0Y-7, Israel Bond
by Weinstein, Sol
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- Used - Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1965
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1965. 1st edition. A fine copy with just a hint of soiling at rear cover. Pocket Book Special Edition. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book. Item Price
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THE FUGITIVE PIGEON
by Westlake, Donald
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1965
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$48.00
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N.Y.: Random House, 1965. 1st edition, so stated, March 1965. Light wear to edges, some fading else very good in dust jacket, shallow loss at spine ends and flap corners, lightly rubbed. Listen carefully to this story, originally published in 1965, to catch the occasional telltale clues to its age. In this comic crime caper,… Read more about this item Item Price
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HIGH ADVENTURE
by Westlake, Donald
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1985
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892961238
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$17.28
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N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1985. First edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. You are in the jungles of Belize. You pick your way carefully along the overgrown trail until you come to the clearing. There, above you, rest the ruins of a Mayan pyramid. Is that a stone whistle… Read more about this item Item Price
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DON'T ASK **SIGNED COPY**
by Westlake, Donald E.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892964697
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$30.72
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1993. 1st edition, April 1993, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. A fine unread copy of this Dortmunder title. "Westlake fans (who… Read more about this item Item Price
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GLASS ON THE STAIRS
by Scherf, Margaret
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- Used - Fine
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- 1st Prtg
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- 2006
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230907
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.40
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of the trade paperback. Mrs. Otis Carver walked into Link Simpson's gun and antique shop one hot August morning and shot herself. At least that's what everybody thought. Those delightfully mad interior-decorator sleuths - the Bryces - were upstairs conferring with Link about the legality of… Read more about this item Item Price
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HOME SWEET HOMICIDE
by Rice, Craig
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- First Printing
- Published
- 2002
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- Paperback
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- 9780915230532
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$14.88
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2002. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy. Introduction by Tom & Enid Schantz. This marvelously funny and utterly charming tale of three children who "help" their widowed mystery writer mother solve a real-life murder and nab a handsome cop husband along the way made just about every list of the best mysteries for… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WIDENING STAIN: A Comic 1940s Mystery Set at an Ivy League Library
by Bishop, Morris Writing as W. Bolingbroke Johnson
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- New
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2007
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781601870087
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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$19.20
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2007. 1st printg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery. A debonair English professor with a penchant for limericks turns sleuth when bodies show up in the stacks at an Ivy League library . Professor Parry was tall, blond and handsome. His only flaws were… Read more about this item Item Price
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