BLOCK, LAWRENCE

Deadly Honeymoon

Dell Book, # 1739, 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Mass Market in Very Good++ condition. Tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. "Newlyweds Dave and Jill Wade stood quietly on the porch of the mountain cabin and watched as a man they had never seen before was shot four times by two ruthless killers. Now, as the Wades pay cruelly for their innocent knowledge, they vow to consumate their marriage in only one way--revenge." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 157 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26596

Catalogue: Fiction, Thriller, Suspense, Detective

Keywords: Fiction > Suspense Mystery & Detective Fiction Mystery & Detective

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

CREASEY JOHN

Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets

Thriller Book Club, 1972. Hardcover. ISBN: 0802752640. Bright red Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. A Very Good++ book with a sound binding, a name written on the front end paper, otherwise a bright, unmarked book. The DJ is unclipped protected by a clear plastic covering. Very Good condition. "The Toff gallantly rescues, first one, and then each, of three spoiled, beautiful, and rich triplets. But when his man Jolly is kidnapped, the Toff faces a tough decision: to ensure Jolly's return by abandoning the irksome triplets, or to gamble on his own abilities and try to save Jolly's life as well as the triplets." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 190 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26695

Catalogue: Fiction, Detective & Mystery, England

Keywords: 0802752640 England > Mystery & Detective Fiction Fiction Mystery & Detective England

DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN

Puffin Classics Hound of the Baskervilles

London, England: Puffin UK, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0140366997. Trade Paperback in Very Good condition. The binding is tight and the pages have age tanning to them but are clean & unmarked. Wear to the cover edges, scuffing and a crease to the front cover top corner. "When Sir Charles Baskerville is found mysteriously dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall, everyone remembers the legend of the monstrous creature that haunts the moor. The great detective Sherlock Holmes knows that there must be a more rational explanation, but the difficulty is to find it before the hellhound finds him. "; 7.50 X 5 X 0.70 inches; 256 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 22063

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, England

Keywords: 0140366997 Private Investigators

ELKINS, AARON J.

Curses! - a Gideon Oliver

Mysterious Press, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780892962631. First Edition. Tan Hardcovers, blue cloth spine covering, black titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition. The DJ is Very Good+, light cover edgewear, small tear to the back cover top edge. "An archaeological dig on the Yucatan Pennisula uncovers an ancient Mayan curse, but anthropology professor Gideon Oliver suspects the spate of murders that follow may have a more corporeal cause." ; 3 X 2 X 6 inches; 204 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27479

Catalogue: Fiction, Mexico, Mystery, Detective, Forensic Anthropologists

Keywords: 9780892962631 Fiction Mexico Mystery & Crime Forensic Anthropologists Fiction Crime & Prisons Mystery & Detective Anthropology

HEAD MATTHEW

Smell of Money

Simon & Schuster, 1943. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. Black Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. Very Good++. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and is protected by a clear plastic covering. Light spine end chipping." A young painter, Bill, gets a chance at a soft berth as custodian of wealthy Mrs. Jimson's collection in California, and there drifts into an affair with a married woman and the murder of his kind lady. With the police passing it off as robbery, Bill investigates on his own, objectively sees through Mrs. Jimson's retinue all out to dig gold. Minor mystery angles, well sustained by a smooth manner. "; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 307 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27426

Catalogue: Fiction, Artists, Detective and Mystery

Keywords: Fiction Detective and Mystery

HERGE

Tintin & Explorers on the Moon

New York, New York, U. S. A.: Egmont, 1999. Paperback. ISBN: 0749701609. A pictorial Paperback in Very Good condition. The pages are tightly bound and unmarked. There is some creasing to the covers. "Concluding the journey that began in Destination Moon, Tintin, Captain Haddock, and Professor Calculus are on their way to the moon, but unforeseen circumstances--innocent and otherwise--threaten the best-laid plans." ; 220 X 4 X 295 millimeters; 64 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26557

Catalogue: Children's Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Space Flight, Graphic

Keywords: 0749701609 Children's Fiction Mystery & Detective Space Flight to the Moon Graphic & Cartoons Mystery & Detective Children Graphic Novels & Comics

LACOMBE ALAIN

Le Roman Noir Americain. 10 - 18

Union Generale D'Editions, 1975. Paperback. A Very Good Paperback. A solid binding with clean & unmarked pages. Age tanning to the pages. "L'objectif atteint par cet essai est de circonvenir le phénomène du thriller américain, depuis les pulp magazines de 1920 jusqu'à nos jours. L'auteur y repère une constante motrice qui est la dénonciation contre l'agression-corruption de la ville représentée par le maire-shérif-juge, contrée par le justicier-témoin-acteur agissant sur le pouvoir par la marge sous le personnage du détective privé ou du journaliste." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 188 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27054

Catalogue: American Fiction, Detective & Mystery, Criticism

Keywords: American Fiction Detective & Mystery Criticism Fiction Mystery & Detective Literary & Literary Citicism

MANN JESSICA

A Kind of Healthy Grave, #4 of Tamara Hoyland Series

MacMillan, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0333424360. First Edition. Grey Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition with a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages. Some age tanning to the pages edges. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good+ condition. "In 1929, a decadent artist known only as Rex disappeared when his caravan was destroyed by fire. And now Rex's fiery death seems to be reverberating into the present day, as Tamara Hoyland discovers after infiltrating a new, rapidly growling moralistic movement called 'Watchwomen'. But what is the connection between Rex and Watchwomen? And are the individual watchwomen as innocent as they seem? "; 7.8 X 5.3 X 0.9 inches. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26202

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Keywords: 0333424360 Fiction Mystery & Detective

MORTIMER, JOHN

Anti Social Behaviour of Horace Rumpole

Viking/Penguin Books, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670917117. A First Edition in Fine condition. A solid binding, bright & unmarked pages. The DJ is Near Fine, price clipped, very light spine end wear. "When one of the Timson children is given an ASBO for playing football in the street, Rumpole soon realises something fishy is going on. Why are the residents pursuing the Timson boy so strongly? Could they have a sinister reason for not wanting him in their street?"; 161 X 22 X 241 millimeters; 160 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27347

Catalogue: Detective & Mystery Fiction, Legal Stories, Horace Rumpole

Keywords: 0670917117 Fiction > Mystery & Detective Legal Stories Horace Rumpole Fiction Mystery & Detective Law & Justice

THOMPSON, JIM

Grifters, the

Vintage, 1990. Paperback. ISBN: 0679732489. Trade Paperback in Very Good+ condition, a nice, clean & unmarked cop with some wear to the cover edges and spine hinges. "Roy Dillon is young, good looking and devastatingly charming. He's also a completely amoral con man. Lily, his mother, works for the mob. Moira Langtry, Roy's mistress, is always looking for the main chance, and so is Carol Roberg, the nurse brought in to look after Roy when a bad choice of mark means he has an unfortunate encounter with a baseball bat and a bad case of internal bleeding. Together they make up a perverse quadrangle of love and greed in a coruscating novel of corruption." ; 7.80 X 5.20 X 0.30 inches; 189 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 18607

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective

Keywords: 0679732489