ALLINGHAM MARGERY

Cargo of Eagles

1973. Paperback. Mass Market Paperback in Good+ condition. The binding is tight and the pagesa re clean & unmarked. Wear to the cover edges & spine ends with a crease to the bottom of the front cover. "Private detective Albert Campion sets out to plumb the secrets of Saltey, an ancient hamlet on the Essex marshes. Once the haunt of smugglers, it now hides a secret rich and mysterious enough to trap all who enter - and someone in the village is willing to terrorise, murder and raise the very devil to keep that secret to themselves. "; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 176 pages. Good+ .

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Book number: 21595

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: Fiction Mystery & Detective England

AMIS, KINGSLEY

Crime of the Century

Mysterious Press, 1989. Hardcover. ISBN: 0892963980. First Edition. Green Hardcovers, black cloth spine covering. Tightly bound with bright, unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping, a small dent to the front cover bottom edge. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. "A string of murders of young women in a London park brings Detective Bill Barry out of retirement and attracts a slew of politicians, psychologists, and lawyers, as well as a detective novelist suffering from writer's block. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 162 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27357

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery, British Literature

Keywords: 0892963980 Fiction > Mystery & Detective British Literature Fiction Mystery & Detective England

ARMSTRONG CHARLOTTE

Gift Shop

New York: Coward - McCann, Inc, 1966. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Book Club Ed. Red hard boards with black lettering on spine. Very clean, tight copy. DJ is rough, small pieces missing of off the bottom of spine. Spine and front cover faded, cover stained, edgewear. A novel of suspense. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 255 pages. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1509

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: Fiction > Mystery & Detective Fiction Mystery & Detective Family & Relationships

BASS, JEFFERSON

Flesh and Bone a Body Farm Novel

Harper, 2008. Mass Market. ISBN: 0060759844. Mass Market Paperback in As New condition. Tightly bound with a bright, unmarked interior. Very light edgewear to the fore edge, otherwise like new. "Flesh and Bone is another roller-coaster ride into the world of forensic anthropology, its twists and turns marked by drama and pathos, humor and grief, families and friends and enemies. With captivatingly real characters, plus fascinating scientific insights drawn from the case files of a living forensic legend, this astonishing novel confirms Jefferson Bass as one of our most talented authors of suspense. "; Body Farm Novels; Vol. 2; 1.1 x 6.7 x 4.1 Inches; 337 pages. As New with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 10647

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0060759844 Suspense Tennessee Southeast U.S. Fiction Mystery & Detective

BIDULKA ANTHONY

Flight of Aquavit a Russell Quant Mustery

Toronto, Ont: Insomniac Press, 2004. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 1894663756. Trade Paperback in Fine condition. A tightly bound copy with a bright, unmarked text. Very light cover wear. "Detective Russell Quant is faced with personal threats he can't ignore, a friend who may be a foe and a cagey client with a treacherous monkey on his back." ; Vol. 2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 299 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 13292

Catalogue: Mystery

Keywords: 1894663756

BLUNT GILES

Delicate Storm, the

London, England: Seal Books, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0770429394. Mass Market Paperback in Very Good++ condition with a solid binding and bright, clean pages. Light spine creasing. "The gruesome discovery in the wilderness above Algonquin Bay is assumed to be the work of bears. Until the search for body parts leads detectives Cardinal and Delorme to a remote trapper's cabin that has served as an abbattoir for a cold-blooded human predator. Until the woods give up a second body, naked and shrouded in ice. Having narrowly survived an RCMP investigation into police corruption, John Cardinal is less than thrilled when the first victim is identified as a US citizen and the Mounties are called in to assist." ; John Cardinal; Vol. 2; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 393 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 23009

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0770429394 Canadian Author

BONFIGLIOLI, KYRIL

After You with the Pistol Book 2 of the Mortdecai Trilogy

Viking, 2014. Paperback. ISBN: 0241970318. A Fine+ Paperback. The binding is tight and the pages are clean & unmarked. An uncreased spine. "Charlie Mortdecai - degenerate aristocrat and victim of his own larceny and licentiousness - has no idea. Until it is made clear to him that he must marry the beautiful, sex-crazed and very, very rich Johanna Krampf. The fly in the ointment is that Johanna thinks nothing of involving poor Charlie in her life-threatening schemes such as monarch-assassination, heroin smuggling and - worst of all - survival training at a college for feminist spies." ; 5.06 X 0.48 X 7.75 inches; 198 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 26855

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Keywords: 0241970318 Fiction Mystery Humor Thriller British Fiction Humour & Satire Mystery & Detective Thrillers

BOSWELL, JOAN

Cut Off His Tale

Rendevous Press, 2005. Paperback. ISBN: 1894917189. Signed by the author on the title page. In Very Good+ condition with a solid binding and bright, unmarked pages. Light corner wear and an uncreased spine. "The starter's gun explodes, and Hollis Grant excitedly begins her very first marathon race, only to stumble almost immediately over a body lying in the road, the body of the Reverend Paul Robertson, her soon-to-be ex-husband." ; 5.12 X 0.62 X 7.5 inches; 256 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26829

Catalogue: Fiction, Detective & Mystery, Clergy Crimes

Keywords: 1894917189 Fiction > Detective & Mystery Clergy Crimes Fiction Mystery & Detective

BOSWELL, JOAN

Cut to the Quick ( Signed ) a Hollis Grant Mystery

Napoleon and Co, 2007. Paperback. ISBN: 1894917472. Signed by the author on the title page. In Fine condition. Glossy covers with light cover edgewear. "Hollis Grant hoped to spend the summer taking lessons in fine art from her best friend's husband. Instead she finds herself moving in with the family to investigate the murder of their stepson." ; 5.12 X 0.62 X 7.5 inches; 304 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26866

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Detectives, Toronto

Keywords: 1894917472 Mystery & Detective Women Detectives Toronto, Ontario

BRITE, POPPY Z.

Prime

New York: Three Rivers Press, 2005. First Edition. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 1400050081. Trade Paperback, A New Copy with very light shelf wear. "Two years after the opening of Liquor, New Orleans chefs Rickey and G-man are immersed in the life of their restaurant, enjoying a loyal cast of diners, and cooking great booze-laced food. All’s well until a bad review in a local paper not-so-subtly hints that their “silent” backer, celebrity chef Lenny Duveteaux, has ulterior motives. When Lenny is accused of serious criminal activity by eccentric D. A. Placide Treat, Rickey and G-man realize it may be time to end their dependence on him. " ; John Rickey and Gary 'g-Man' Stubbs; 0.71 x 7.87 x 5.2 Inches; 283 pages. New with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 9465

Catalogue: Mystery, Fiction

Keywords: 1400050081 Fiction Mystery & Detective

BUCHAN JOHN

Thirty-Nine Steps, the

Pan #X696, 1967. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market in Very Good+ condition. One name to the inside of the front cover, otherwise an unmarked book. Age tanning to the pages. An uncreased spine with light cover edgewear. Small sticker to the front cover. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 137 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26250

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Mystery

Keywords: Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics

CALLAGHAN, MORLEY

A Fine and Private Place

Macmillan of Canada, 1983. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 0771598610. A Very Good copy with a tight binding and an unmarked text. A small stain to the top fore edge. "This is vintage Callaghan. The central character is Eugene Shore, an elderly and intensely private novelist living in Toronto. His chance meetings with a young graduate student, Al Delaney, and his love Lisa, and later with a bitterly disillusioned policeman, set in train a series of events that eventually destroys all four characters." ; Laurentian Library 80; 7.30 X 5.10 X 0.60 inches; 213 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 13892

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0771598610 Canadian Author Detective Fiction Romance Mystery & Detective

CARCO FRANCIS

Blümelein 35 - Confidences Du Lieutenants S. De Barriere Officier de Renseignements.

Albin Michel, Editeur, 1973. Hardcover. An As New blue Hardcover, silver & gold illustrations on the cover and spine. Yellow book mark. Frontispiece of Blumelein. ; Les Classiques De L'Espionnage; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 260 pages. As New .

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Book number: 26367

Catalogue: French, Mystery, Espionnage

Keywords: Espionnage French Mystery

CHANDLER, RAYMOND & TED BENOIT & FRANçOIS AYROLES

Playback (French)

Toronto, Ont: DENOEL, 2004. Hardcover. ISBN: 2207256146. French. A Near Fine pictorial Hardcover with a sound binding and a pristine interior. One library sticker to the back cover, no other stamps or pockets. Light stain to the top edges. Black and white comic strips through the book. "Une demoiselle en détresse fuyant les spectres d'un passé déchirant, un riche et séduisant oisif, un gigolo au charme douteux, une foule de vilains petits secrets, un ballet de maîtres-chanteurs, un meurtre bizarre dans un palace de Vancouver, un flic dont le flegme britannique cache un cœur de Sir Galaad... Tout est en place pour une tragédie noire classique signée Raymond Chandler, qui autopsie à la lumière crue du hard-boiled les grandeurs et bassesses de l'âme humaine et met à nu, la mécanique imparable du destin.." ; 11.4 X 9.6 X 0.5 inches; 120 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 25985

Catalogue: Mystery, Comics, Graphic Novels

Keywords: 2207256146 Mystery Comics & Graphic Novels Mystery & Detective Graphic Novels & Comics French Books

CHESTERTON G. K.

Man Who Was Thursday a Nightmare. The

Penguin Books, 1986. Paperback. ISBN: 0140183884. A Fine Trade Paperback, a sound binding with bright, unmarked pages. "G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and, ultimately, a spellbinding allegory." ; 7.75"; 186 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26440

Catalogue: Crime, Thriller, Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Keywords: 0140183884 Mystery & Detective London, England Crime Thriller Fiction. Fiction Mystery & Detective Thrillers