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ARTHUR, ROBERT  Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in the Mystery of the Moaning Cave
Armada. Mass Market Paperback. Ex-Library, Usual library marks and stamps, creasing and edge-wear. 128pp. Why does a cave moan at night? The Three Investigators can't figure it out - and that's not all. What about El Diablo the legendary bandit who keeps coming back to life?. Fair.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 008255
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BURGESS, ALAN  Word for Love, the
London, Pan Books. 1970. (ISBN: 0330025503) Mass Market Paperback. Some creasing and edge-wear. 253pp. Two women, one black, one white, bring Inspector Field face to face with disgrace and death.. Good.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 006405
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CARRE, JOHN LE  Perfect Spy, a
London, Coronet. 1987. (ISBN: 0340393130) Mass Market Paperback. Some creasing and edge-wear, a little bumping. 607pp. Magnus Pym, counsellor at the British Embassy in Vienna, has suddenly vanished, believed defected. The chas is on: for a missing husband, a devoted father, and a lifetime secret agent. Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 008665
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CLARK, MARY HIGGINS  You Belong to Me
New York, Simon & Schuster. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0684835959) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, minor edge-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little wear to edge. 317pp. A killer who targets lonely women on cruise ships is at the centre of this novel. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 005061
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CORRIGAN, MARK  Naked Lady, the
London, Werner Laurie. 1954, First British Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket. Some shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, in protective wrapper, frayed to edge, some chipping, stuck to boards with sticky tape. 192pp. Mark Corrigan was called to Paradise City to work on his latest case, he soon discovered two things. One was that the city was wrongly named and the other that the key to the whole affair was held by a Naked Lady. Good/Fair.
GBP 11.50 [Appr.: EURO 13 US$ 19.1 | JP¥ 1688] Book number: 004919
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CRAIS, ROBERT  Hostage
London, United Kingdom, Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ). 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0752841823) Hard Cover with dust jacket. Very good copy. Not clipped d/w. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 23.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.75 US$ 38.2 | JP¥ 3375] Book number: 000095
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EMERSON, SALLY  Heat
London, Little, Brown. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316643173) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Authors signature to title page, very slight shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little wrinkling to edge, small tear to corner. 335pp. Heat is a magnificent, ensnaring, erotic novel of obsession which cleverly combines the overpowering humidity of its location with an utterly compelling mystery. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.
GBP 33.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.75 US$ 54.81 | JP¥ 4843] Book number: 006727
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FORBES, COLIN  By Stealth
London, Pan Books. 1992. (ISBN: 0330330608) Trade Paperback. First Impression, reading creases, a little edge and corner wear. 536pp. Eurpoe is menaced by a new enemy greater than Stalin or Hitler. Paula has her first inkling of danger when a boat vanishes forever in a fog off Lymington. Its sole occupant drifts ashore. Dead. Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 006031
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FORBES, COLIN  Sisterhood, the
London, Macmillan. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333711521) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, lean to spine. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little wrinkling to edge. 502pp. In this age of equality women can be greater villains than men.. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.27 | JP¥ 1614] Book number: 006342
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GASH, JOHNATHAN  Judas Pair, the
Leicester, Ulverscroft Large Print Books. 1982. (ISBN: 070890856X) Hard Cover. Ex-Library, Usual library marks and stamps, lean to spine, bumping to corners, some edge-wear. 357pp. Lovejoy, a racy, knowledgeable, irreverent antique dealer is approached by a rich but obviously naive collector with the request to obtain for him a pair of flintlock pistols so rare that the trade even doubts their existence; but his client claims not only to have seen them, but that his brother was killed with them and a murderer is in possession of them. So now Lovejoy is on the track of both an unsolved crime and of a uniquely valuable pair of pistols. Fair/No Jacket.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 004079
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GASH, JONATHAN  Possessions of a Lady, the
London, Century. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 0712677267) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Authors signature to title page, a little wear to spine ends. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, in protective wrapper. 262pp. Ejected from Thekla Paumann's fashion show, peerless antiques divvy Lovejoy knows he's in trouble. Thekla has been paying all his bills, and he is broke. Very Good/Fine. Signed by Author.
GBP 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 42.25 US$ 63.12 | JP¥ 5576] Book number: 007651
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GRAFTON, SUE  R Is for Ricochet
London, Macmillan. 2004, First British Edition. (ISBN: 033390656X) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Bookplate pasted to half-title page signed by author. Dustwrapper not price-clipped. UNREAD. 352pp. Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the California institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges feisty and rebellious, and Kinsey is soon fighting to prevent her charge from breaking the conditions of her parole. New/New. Signed by Author.
GBP 63.00 [Appr.: EURO 70 US$ 104.64 | JP¥ 9245] Book number: 007940
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GRISHAM, JOHN  Runaway Jury, the
London, Century. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 071266131X) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, very slight bump to base of spine. Dustwrapper not price-clipped. The Runaway Jury will once more confirm John Grisham's position as the most popular fiction writer of the decade. It is a book of relentless pace and excitement, combining the author's unparalleled knowledge of the law and lawyers and the way trials work with a beguiling mystery which will keep the reader guessing right to the last page. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 | JP¥ 1834] Book number: 000642
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GRISHAM, JOHN  Runaway Jury, the
London, Century. 1996, First Edition. (ISBN: 071266131X) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, slight lean, some shelf-wear. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, some wear to edge, tiny nick to corner. 401pp. The Runaway Jury will once more confirm John Grisham's position as the most popular fiction writer of the decade. It is a book of relentless pace and excitement, combining the author's unparalleled knowledge of the law and lawyers and the way trials work with a beguiling mystery which will keep the reader guessing right to the last page. Good/Good.
GBP 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 US$ 14.95 | JP¥ 1321] Book number: 006116
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HIGGINS, JACK  Angel of Death
London, Michael Joseph. 1995, First British Edition. (ISBN: 071813902X) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, a little shelf-wear and bumping to spine-ends. Dustwrapper not price clipped, some wear to edge and corners. 274pp. The peace process in Northern Ireland is gathering momentum, and urgent talks are taking place in London, Dublin and Washington. At the same time, a mysterious series of murders takes place, the victims being Arab terrorists, IRA thugs, and KGB and CIA officers. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 | JP¥ 1467] Book number: 006113
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HIGGINS CLARK, MARY  Cry in the Night, a
London, Collins. 1983, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0002226529) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Author signed bookplate pasted to half-title, some bumping and shelf-wear, pages tanned. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, sun fading to spine. 317pp. Erich Krueger is handsome, rich and charismatic - just what divorcee Jenny MacPartland needs. He sweeps her and her two young daughters off their feet and to his mansion in the country. There, Erich ensures their every whim is met and, finally, the three of them feel safe. But at what price? Soon enough, Jenny realises something is wrong. Very wrong. The mansion has become their gilded cage and Erich has transformed from protector to captor. As a series of terrifying events leads Jenny to question her sanity, she realises that in order to save both her children and herself she'll have to confront the one thing she fears most: the truth. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author.
GBP 53.00 [Appr.: EURO 59 US$ 88.03 | JP¥ 7777] Book number: 010074
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HILL, REGINALD  Stranger House, the
London, HarperCollins Publishers. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0007194811) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions. Dustwrapper not price-clipped. UNREAD. 470pp. Things move slowly in the village of Illthwaite, but that's about to change with the arrival of two strangers intent on digging up bits of the past the locals would rather keep buried. New/New.
GBP 15.99 [Appr.: EURO 17.75 US$ 26.56 | JP¥ 2346] Book number: 007939
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KELLERMAN, FAYE  Stalker
London, Headline Book Pub Ltd. 2001. (ISBN: 0747259232) Mass Market Paperback. Minor creasing to corners. It began with a policewoman's sixth sense. Someone is watching her. Then after the break-in and the midnight car pursuit, she knows. Someone wants to frighten her. Someone wants to hurt her. But why?. Very Good.
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9 US$ 13.29 | JP¥ 1174] Book number: 002577
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LYALL, GAVIN  Uncle Target
Sevenoaks, Coronet. 1989. (ISBN: 0340488417) Mass Market Paperback. Lean to spine, surface scratching to cover, reading creases. 300pp. It wasn't just a tank. It was the prototype, next generation, Main Battle Tank, with a radically new gun. And now it was missing, presumed about to fall into hostile hands. Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 006397
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PATTERSON, JAMES  When the Wind Blows
London, Headline Book Publishing Ltd. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747220239) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. Dustwrapper not price-clipped. Fine/Fine.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 000651
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PERRIAM, WENDY  After Purple
London, Michael Joseph. 1982, First Edition. (ISBN: 0718120965) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions, bumped and shelf-worn. Dustwrapper not price-clipped, a little creasing and edge-wear, small tear. 383pp. Purple is the colour of violence, passion, penance and panache; the symbolic shade of kings and emperors, of cardinals and popes. It is also the punch-drunk colour of Wendy Perriam's extraordinary novel which combines outrageous sex with radiant religion, redeems sin with resurrection and capsizes comedy with shock. Fair/Good.
GBP 10.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 US$ 17.44 | JP¥ 1541] Book number: 009101
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POYER, JOE  Contract, the
London, Sphere Books Limited. 1979. (ISBN: 0722169930) Mass Market Paperback. A little creasing to cover, small indentation. 271pp. Agent Cole Brogan was a burned out case, determined to drown his violent past in alcohol. But the word was out - an underwater demolition expert was needed for something very big. And Interpol wanted a man who could ferret out just what. Brogan fitted the bill. Good.
GBP 4.00 [Appr.: EURO 4.5 US$ 6.64 | JP¥ 587] Book number: 003635
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SCHOW, DAVID J.  Kill Riff, the
London, Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1989, First British Edition. (ISBN: 0356179176) Hard Cover with dust jacket. First Impression. No Inscriptions. Dustwrapper in protective plastic cover. 406pp. Lucas dreams it every night .. the glittering rockshow; ear-punishing heavy metal music; gaudily costumed, outrageous performers; an insane mob that storms the stage. Kristen, his beloved daughter, dying, trampled beneath the frenzied fans, pounded bloody and broken by feet and fists. Kristen, dead - as dead as Lucas' most hidden desires. Very Good/Very Good.
GBP 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.5 US$ 21.59 | JP¥ 1908] Book number: 001464
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SHELDON, SIDNEY  Sky Is Falling, the
Oxford, United Kingdom, Isis Large Print Books. 2001. (ISBN: 0753164027) Hard Cover. Glossy pictorial boards. Large print book. No Inscriptions, slight bumping to corners. 334pp. If America had a royal family, the Winthrops would wear the crown. Popular and charismatic, they capture the imagination of the world with their public service, their charity and their glamorous lives. But then, in a single year, all five members of the family are killed in accidents. Very Good/No Jacket.
GBP 11.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.25 US$ 18.27 | JP¥ 1614] Book number: 002781
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TREW, ANTONY  Antonov Project, the
London, 1980, Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover with dust jacket. Slight lean, a little shelf-wear. Dustwrapper creased and worn to edge, small tears. 235pp. What is the secret of Russia's new Simeonov class bulk carriers, six out of a planned twenty-six of which have recently gone into service? Why are the security precautions surrounding these merchant ships when in foreign ports so stringent? Why are their crews never allowed ashore? What is the significance of their unusual electronic equipment?. Good/Fair.
GBP 7.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 US$ 11.63 | JP¥ 1027] Book number: 005849
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