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| LAWRENCE BLOCK, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder Mysteries). New York, William Morrow & Co, 1991.First Edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket.A sharp copy! ; 1.25 x 9.75 x 6.5 Inches; 309 pages; There is no accolade or major mystery award that has not already been bestowed upon Lawrence Block.His acclaimed crime novels are asintelligent, provocative, and emotionally complex as they are nerve-tighteningly intense.And perhaps the most respected of his myriad works are the Matthew Scudder books -- masterworks of suspenseful invention featuring a remarkable protagonist rich in conscience and character, with all the flaws that his humanity entails.This is the detective novel as high art.A Dance At The SlaughterhouseIn Matt Scudder's mind, money, power, and position elevate nobody above morality and the law.Now the ex-cop and unlicensed p.i.has been hired to prove that socialite Richard Thurman orchestrated the brutal murder of his beautiful, pregnant wife.During Scudder's hard drinking years, he left a piece of his soul on every seedy corner of the Big Apple.But this case is more depraved and more potentially devastating than anything he experienced while floundering in the urban depths.Because this investigation is leading Scudder on a frightening grand tour of New York's sex-for-sale underworld -- where an innocent young life is simply a commodity to be bought and perverted .and then destroyed.; Signed by Author. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 241213 Click here to order or inquire at Gerry Kleier Books. | ||
| EARL W. EMERSON, Yellow Dog Party: A Thomas Black Mystery. New York, William Morrow & Co, 1991.First Edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket.Jacket price clipped, else a sharp copy! ; 1.1 x 8.5 x 5.9 Inches; 287 pages; Four successful businessmen want Thomas Black to track down the four women they've had secret crushes on for years and set up "dream dates" with them.But Black, on the trail of the first dreamgirl, finds a woman battered into a coma instead.And then a double murder and the disappearance of another dreamgirl make Black realize how quickly dreams can turn into deadly nightmares .; Signed by Author. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 241215 Click here to order or inquire at Gerry Kleier Books. | ||
| MICHAEL T. HINKEMEYER, Fourth Down, Death: An Emil Whippletree Mystery. New York, St Martins Pr, 1985.First Edition; First Printing, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket.A clean and attractive copy.; 303 pages. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 241300 Click here to order or inquire at Gerry Kleier Books. | ||
| WENDELL H OSWALT, Eskimos and explorers. Novato, Chandler & Sharp, 1979.First Edition, Hardcover, Fine in Very Good dust jacket.349 pages. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 241108 Click here to order or inquire at Gerry Kleier Books. | ||
| ROSS THOMAS, Out on the Rim. New York, Mysterious Press, 1987.First Edition, Hardcover, front endpaper.A sharp copy! ; 314 pages; Ross Thomas is considered to be at the very top of American thriller writers by many of his fellow authors, and readers agree.Thomas won two Edgar Awards, one for Best First Novel, The Cold War Swap, and another for Best Novel, Briarpatch.He died in 1995, and since then all but one of his twenty-five novels have gone out of print.Minotaur is proud to remedy this situation.Starting with two of Thomas's well-loved titles, Out on the Rim, which features the author's quirky and delightful pair of detectives, Wu and Durant, and the Edgar-winner, Briarpatch, with Dill as the sleuth searching for his sister's killer, Minotaur will bring readers the thrillers they deserve.And when we have once again whet the appetite for this master writer's work, we are ready to answer the cries of 'More! More!' until almost the entire canon is again in the hands of everyone who appreciates a highly suspenseful story spiced with dry humor, jump-off-the-page characters, and the prose of a master.; Signed by Author. USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 241214 Click here to order or inquire at Gerry Kleier Books. |
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