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

BIGGINS, JOHN

The Two

New York: St Martins Press, 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312147511. Light shelfwear, a couple of short tears on DJ.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Otto Prohaska #3; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1.40 inches; 367 pages; Otto Prohaska, a lieutenant in the Austro-Hungarian navy during World War I, is temporarily assigned to the Flying Service as an officer observer. Working under an incompetent commanding officer who is afraid to fly, Prohaska risks his life to increase his squadron's "miles flown" statistics and deliver a general's love letters to his wife. Written in the form of a memoir, the novel offers wry, cutting observations about an aspect of the war seldom seen. Biggins, who lives in England, has written A Sailor of Austria and The Emperor's Coloured Coat, the first two books in a series featuring Prohaska. In the third book, he re-creates the Austro-Hungarian Empire in detail. Not an action-packed war novel, this is instead a thoughtful look at foibles and fatalities in Austria during the Great War.. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 18622

Catalogue: Fiction::Military::Series

Keywords: 0312147511 Fiction::Historical

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

BUCHAN, JOHN

The Adventures of Sir Edward Leithen

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1938. Omnibus. Hardcover. Boards show light shelf wear, light soiling. School prize bookplate on FFEP ; A tight solid book, beige cloth covered boards with black and blue lettering front and spine. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 1013 pages; This omnibus edition contains the following 4 books featuring the character Sir Edward Leithen: The Power-House (originally pub 1916), The Dancing Floor (pub 1926), John McNab (pub 1925) and The Gap in the Curtain ( pub 1932) as well as the short story Sing a Song of Sixpence (1928) from The Runagates Club.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket .

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Book number: 21073

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: omnibus FICTION

BUCHAN, JOHN

Sick Heart River

Toronto: The Musson Book Company, 1944. Third Printing. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, with short tears, light soiling and tape marks. ; A tight solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 322 pages; "Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliard is in remotest Canada searching for the River of the Sick Heart. Braving an Arctic winter, Leithen finds the banker. Leithen's health returns, but only one of the men will return to civilization." This was Buchan's last work of fiction, released a year after he died.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 20912

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: Edward leithen Richard hannay FICTION

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

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

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

CLAVELL, JAMES

Whirlwind

Toronto: MacMillan of Canada, 1986. First Canadian Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771595891. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, some bruising head and tail of spine. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. Full number line on copyright page. Map endpapers ; The Asian Saga # 6; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 1147 pages; "The sixth book in James Clavell's epic Asian Saga tells the story of three weeks in Tehran in February 1979 - three weeks of passion, self-sacrifice, and heartbreak. When the shah is thrown out of Iran, the nation's turmoil becomes world headlines. Caught in this shifting world of fanaticism, ambition, duplicity, and violent death are the foreign helicopter pilots who have been servicing the oil fields up and down the country. Their one objective is to make a bold, concerted escape to safety across the Gulf.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 20838

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0771595891 Iran FICTION

COLFER, EOIN

And Another Thing Douglas Adam's Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Part Six of Three

New York: Viking, 2009. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0670063908. DJ and boards show very light shelf wear, light chipping top edge.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 340 pages; ""I have decided to embark on a very different project. Something unique that I hope will interest you as much as it does me. I have written the official 6th book in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series. Most of you have probably already read Douglas Adams' insanely brilliant space series. If you haven't then you don't know funny. Take it from me, the Hitchhiker books are bar none the funniest sci-fi books ever written. People have laughed so much reading Hitchhikers that they have had to have organs removed. One guy in France popped an eyeball. I kid you not. So, what's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I hear you cry. Actually I don't hear you, if I did I would be sitting outside in your driveway, which would be a bit freaky and show how few friends I have. What's it all about, this Hitchhikers, I imagine you cry. It's about Arthur Dent, one of the last humans left alive after the Earth has been destroyed by the remorseless Vogons. Arthur manages to hitch a ride on a spaceship and go planet hopping with his friends Ford Prefect, the Betelgeusean journalist. Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two headed president of the galaxy, pirate and worst dressed man in the universe. And Marvin, the paranoid android. All this hitching and adventuring went on for five books and then Douglas Adams passed away before he could write book six. Hitchhiker has been heard on radio, seen on tv and enjoyed on the cinema screen, there was even a musical version. But the story could never end, until now. I am going to continue on where Douglas left off. Unfortunately for me, he left off on rather a large cliffhanger. Everyone was dead. Which means I have rather a large challenge ahead of me, but it is one I am looking forward to. I really hope you will board the spaceship with me so we can travel through Douglas Adams' hilarious galaxy together, which will save me having to hang around in your driveway. See you at Barnard's Star."". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 18905

Catalogue: Fiction::Science Fiction::Series

Keywords: 0670063908 arthur dent zaphod beeblebrox hitchhiker vogons

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

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

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

Catalogue: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Keywords: 1439165270 Charlie Parker Fiction::Mystery

COOKSON, CATHERINE

The Mallen Novels

London: William Heinemann, 1979. Omnibus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0434142700. DJ shows light edge wear, price-clipped. ; A bright, solid book. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; 8.58 X 5.51 X 2.28 inches; 683 pages; An omnibus consisting of 'The Mallen Streak', 'The Mallen Girl', and 'The Mallen Litter'. Three historical novels by Catherine Cookson, starting in 1851, and following the stormy lives of the Northumbrian Mallen family through four generations, from the grandeur of Victorian England to the dark days of the World War I.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 17051

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0434142700 Mallen British Fiction Fiction::Historical

CORNWELL, BERNARD

The Burning Land

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0060888741. Remainder dot on bottom page edges. Only slight wear ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Saxon Tales #5; 9.50 X 6.40 X 1.50 inches; 336 pages; "At the end of the ninth century, King Alfred of Wessex is in ill health; his heir, an untested youth. His enemy, the Danes, having failed to conquer Wessex, now see their chance for victory. Led by the sword of savage warrior Harald Bloodhair, the Viking hordes attack. But Uhtred, Alfred’s reluctant warlord, proves his worth, outwitting Harald and handing the Vikings one of their greatest defeats.For Uhtred, the sweetness of victory is soon overshadowed by tragedy. Breaking with Alfred, he joins the Vikings, swearing never again to serve the Saxon king. Instead, he will reclaim his ancestral fortress on the Northumbrian coast. Allied with his old friend Ragnar-and his old foe Haesten-he aims to invade and conquer Wessex itself. But fate has different plans .". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 18381

Catalogue: Fiction::Historical::Series

Keywords: 0060888741 Anglo-Saxon uhtred Britain Fiction::Historical

COURTENAY, BRYCE

Tommo & Hawk

Toronto: McArthur & Company, 1997. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1552780031. DJ and boards show light shelf wear, DJ has minor creasing and 3cm tear on top front foredge with mild creasing. Previous owner's name on front pastedown. ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Map endpapers ; 9.3 X 5.9 X 2.0 inches; 673 pages; "Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart. Together they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacific to the Maori wars of New Zealand, from the Rocks in Sydney to the miners' riots at the goldfields, Tommo and Hawk must learn each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to survive. Especially in their last, worst confrontation between good and evil. Brilliantly evoking a time of struggle and triumph in the young colonies, Bryce Courtenay has created an unforgettable tale of the enduring bond between two brothers." This is a follow-up to The Potato Factory. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket .

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Book number: 19825

Catalogue: Fiction::Series

Keywords: 1552780031 potato factory Mary Abacus Australia