ADLER-OLSEN, JUSSI

The Purity of Vengeance a Department Q Novel

New York: Dutton, 2013. First US Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0525954015. Remainder mark bottom page edges. DJ is near-fine condition.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; 9.1 X 6.1 X 1.7 inches; 500 pages; "In 1987, Nete Hermansen plans revenge on those who abused her in her youth, including Curt Wad, a charismatic surgeon who was part of a movement to sterilize wayward girls in 1950s Denmark. More than twenty years later, Detective Carl Mørck already has plenty on his mind when he is presented with the case of a brothel owner, a woman named Rita, who went missing in the eighties: New evidence has emerged in the case that destroyed the lives of his two partners—the case that sent Carl to Department Q. But when Carl’s assistants, Assad and Rose, learn that numerous other people disappeared around the same weekend as Rita, Carl takes notice. As they sift through the disappearances, they get closer and closer to Curt Wad, who is more determined than ever to see the vision of his youth take hold and whose brutal treatment of Nete and others like her is only one small part of his capacity for evil.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19481

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0525954015 Fiction::Mystery

BEATON M. C.

Agatha Raisin and Love, Lies and Liquor

London: Constable & Robinson Ltd, 2006. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1845294440. Slight creasing of DJ, top back corner bumped ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Agatha Raisin #17; 8.5 X 5.7 X 0.9 inches; 207 pages; "Agatha Raisin is lonely. Busy as she is with her detective agency and the meetings of the Carsely Ladies' Society, she still misses her ex-husband, James Lacey, so she welcomes his return to the cottage next door with her usual triumph of optimism over experience---especially when he invites her on holiday at a surprise location that was once very dear to him. With visions of a romantic hideaway in Italy or the Pacific dancing in her head, Agatha goes off happily with James to...Snoth-on-Sea, in Sussex.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 19884

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 1845294440 agatha raisin Fiction::Mystery

BLUNT, GILES

By the Time You Read This

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679312447. Signed by Author; Light lean to book, minimal edge wear to dust jacket; Signed by author on title page. A bright, solid book, DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. ; A John Cardinal Mystery; 1.04 x 9.26 x 6.07 Inches; 308 pages; Set in remote Algonquin Bay, Ontario, Blunt's compelling fourth crime novel to feature John Cardinal (after Blackfly Season) finds the police detective mourning the death of his wife, an apparent suicide. Then Cardinal starts receiving cold, hate-filled notes gloating over his loss. Stirred and angered into believing that his wife may have been murdered, he sets about looking into who might be refusing to let the dead—or, more particularly, himself—rest easy. Meanwhile, his partner, Lise Delorme, is busy trying to track down the pedophile responsible for a cache of appalling photos featuring a small girl who may live in or near Algonquin Bay. An unexpected yet utterly realistic twist lifts this novel into extremely interesting (and entertaining) territory. Sharp dialogue, complex characters and a satisfying conclusion should help Blunt, who has won Britain's Silver Dagger and Canada's Arthur Ellis Award, win new readers in the U.S.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 13932

Catalogue: Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0679312447 John Cardinal Depression MYSTERY Algonquin bay lise delorme Fiction::Mystery

BLUNT, GILES

Forty Words for Sorrow

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0679310576. DJ and boards show light shelf wear. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; John Cardinal series #1; 9.13 X 6.57 X 1.11 inches; 326 pages; "When four teenagers go missing in the small northern town of Algonquin Bay, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up, except Detective John Cardinal, an all-too-human loner whose persistence only serves to get him removed from homicide. Then the mutilated body of thirteen-year-old Katie Pine is pulled out of an abandoned mineshaft. And only Cardinal is willing to consider the horrible truth: that this quiet town is home to the most vicious of killers. With the media, the provincial police and his own department questioning his every move, Cardinal follows increasingly tenuous threads towards the unthinkable. But time isn't only running out for him: there's also another young victim tied up in a basement wondering how and when he will die.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18745

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0679310576 John Cardinal Lise Delorme

BURLEY, W. J.

Wycliffe and the Winsor Blue

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575040564. Slight wear head and tail of DJ spine, previous owner's address sticker top front free end paper ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 186 pages; "When Edwin Garland dies of a heart attack, no one outside the expectant circle of his relatives is concerned, but the situation changes dramatically when, on the evening of the funeral, his son is shot dead. Chief Superintendent Wycliffe is faced with a seemingly motiveless killing, and Edwin's will, though mischievously contrived, offers no explanation.". Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20402

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Keywords: 0575040564 MYSTERY wycliffe Fiction::Mystery

BURLEY, W. J.

Wycliffe and the Quiet Virgin

London: Gollancz, 1986. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 057503792X. Only slight wear to dust jacket, previous owner's sticker at top of front free end paper. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 192 pages; "Chief Superintendent Wycliffe doubted whether he would enjoy his Christmas. With his wife away, he rashly accepted an invitation to stay with a Penzance lawyer and his family, but when he arrives the weather is awful, the house miles from anywhere, and the family less than welcoming.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20403

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 057503792X wycliffe Cornwall Cornish

O'CONNELL, CAROL

Stone Angel

New York: Putnam, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0399142347. Signed by Author; Light edge wear to DJ; Signed by author on blank page. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright, solid book ; Kathleen Mallory Novels; 1.2 x 9 x 6.1 Inches; 341 pages; New York Police sergeant Kathleen Mallory returns to her Louisiana hometown to find out who was behind her mother's death by stoning seventeen years earlier--a quest that takes her into a dark and murky past that has unexpected and deadly implications. By the author of Killing Critics.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 14114

Catalogue: Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0399142347 kathy mallory Fiction::Mystery

CONNELLY, MICHAEL

The Night Fire

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2019. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316485616. Only slight wear, shallow crease top fore edge of spine. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Renée Ballard and Harry Bosch # 22; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 416 pages; "Back when Harry Bosch was just a rookie homicide detective, he had an inspiring mentor who taught him to take the work personally and light the fire of relentlessness for every case. Now that mentor, John Jack Thompson, is dead, and his widow gives Bosch a murder book, one that Thompson took with him when he left the LAPD twenty years before -- the unsolved killing of a troubled young man. Bosch takes the murder book to Detective Renée Ballard and asks her to help him discover what about this crime lit Thompson's fire all those years ago. As she begins her inquiries -- while still working her own cases on the midnight shift -- Ballad finds aspects of the initial investigation that just don't add up.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 21757

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Keywords: 0316485616 harry bosch Mystery Fiction::Mystery

CONNOLLY, JOHN

The Burning Soul

New York: Atria Books, 2011. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1439165270. Small nick bottom edge of dust jacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Charlie Parker, Book 10; 9 X 6.10 X 1.30 inches; 406 pages; "“There are some truths so terrible that they should not be spoken aloud, so appalling that even to acknowledge them is to risk sacrificing a crucial part of one’s humanity, to exist in a colder, crueler world than before.”Randall Haight has a secret: He is a convicted murderer, a man with the blood of a young girl on his hands. He has built a new life for himself in the small Maine town of Pastor’s Bay, but someone has discovered the truth about him. He is being tormented by anonymously sent reminders of his crime. He wants private detective Charlie Parker to make them go away.But another girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor’s Bay itself, and her family has its own secrets to protect. Now, in a town built on blood and shadowed by old ghosts, Parker must unravel a twisted history of violence and deceit involving the police and the FBI, a doomed mobster and his enemies, and Randall Haight himself.Because Randall is telling lies.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18326

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Keywords: 1439165270 Charlie Parker Fiction::Mystery

GALBRAITH, ROBERT

Lethal White

New York: Mulholland Books, 2018. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316422738. Light edge wear, top edge of DJ ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Cormoran Strike Series #4; 9.3 X 6.2 X 2.0 inches; 650 pages; "Lethal White is the fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series from the international bestselling author Robert Galbraith.When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott—once his assistant, now a partner in the agency—set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been—Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much trickier than that.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20822

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Keywords: 0316422738 cormoran Strike lethal White Fiction::Mystery

GALBRAITH, ROBERT

The Silkworm a Cormoran Strike Novel

New York: Mulholland Books, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316206873. DJ shows light shelf wear with 1/4" tear front bottom foredge, creasing head of spine. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; A Cormoran Strike Novel #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 455 pages; "When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 18922

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GALBRAITH, ROBERT

The Silkworm a Cormoran Strike Novel

New York: Mulholland Books, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316206873. A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; A Cormoran Strike Novel #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 455 pages; "When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 19503

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Keywords: 0316206873 cormoran Strike Fiction::Mystery

GALBRAITH, ROBERT

Troubled Blood

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316498939. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Cormoran Strike #5; 9.2 X 5.9 X 2.2 inches; 933 pages; "Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough—who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly .". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20069

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Keywords: 0316498939 j.k. rowling cormoran Strike Fiction::Mystery

GOUGH, LAURENCE

A Cloud of Suspects

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771035128. Signed by Author; Top fore corners a little bumped ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Author's signature on title page witnessed by dealer ; A Willows and Parker Mystery #13; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Harvey is finally out of prison, with a whole lot of living to do – and a burning desire to pull off a monstrous score that will save him from the workaday world. He also wants his old life back. But his wife, Kim, has been doing some living of her own. To supplement the returns from her tattoo business, she has taken on a little crime, in partnership with Harvey’s old friend, Matt Singh. In fact, they are planning a million-dollar diamond robbery when Matt is gunned down in a mall parking lot. This seems fortuitous for Harvey, but Kim has other plans. She’s now head-over-heels in lust with Sandy, a younger man with a very private life. Sandy seems equally smitten with the planned diamond heist. But to pull it off they need a getaway driver. Harvey doesn’t need to be asked twice. He still wants things the way they were and, to him, the only thing standing in his path is Sandy. Meanwhile, Willows and Parker, now married, are dealing with birth, parenthood – and other crucial matters.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15735

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Keywords: 0771035128 Vancouver Willows Parker Fiction::Mystery

HILLERMAN, TONY

The First Eagle

New York: Harper Collins, 1998. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060175818. Only slight wear ; A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Leaphorn and Chee #13; 6.12 X 1.04 X 9.25 inches; 278 pages; "When Acting Lt. Jim Chee catches a Hopi poacher huddled over a butchered Navajo Tribal police officer, he has an open-and-shut case—until his former boss, Joe Leaphorn, blows it wide open. Now retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Leaphorn has been hired to find a hotheaded female biologist hunting for the key to a virulent plague lurking in the Southwest. The scientist disappeared from the same area the same day the Navajo cop was murdered. Is she a suspect or another victim? And what about a report that a skinwalker—a Navajo witch—was seen at the same time and place too? For Leaphorn and Chee, the answers lie buried in a complicated knot of superstition and science, in a place where the worlds of native peoples and outside forces converge and collide.". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 20813

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 0060175818 leaphorn Navajo tribal police Chee Fiction::Mystery