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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N° du livre: 26695

Catalogue: Fiction, Detective & Mystery, England

Mots-clés: 0802752640 England > Mystery & Detective Fiction Fiction Mystery & Detective England

DIMONA JOSEPH

Last Man at Arlington

New York: Arthur Field Books, Inc, 1973. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hardcover. Red textured hard boards with gold lettering on spine. Top text block has some foxing on it. Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free endpaper, otherwise book is in very nice condition. Book Club Ed. DJ has some spine bumping and edgewear, small tear on bottom of back cover. "Six young people who had worked for the Kennedy administrationin 1963, but all in minor jobs, receive a death threat ten years later for reasons they 'will fully understand.' Why Them? They hadn't even know the President." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 310 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 1260

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: Fiction Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction Kennedys

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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N° du livre: 22063

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, England

Mots-clés: 0140366997 Private Investigators

DU MAURIER DAPHNE

Parasites

Toronto, Canada: Ryerson Press, 1949. Hardcover. Green Hardcovers, gilt titles panelled black to the spine. Very Good++, November, 1949. The pages are tightly bound, minute writing on the front end paper, clean & unmarked. Small white mark to the back cover. The DJ is Good+ with spine end chipping and cover rubbing. "Maria, Niall and Celia have grown up in the shadow of their famous parents - their father, a flamboyant singer and their mother, a talented dancer. Now pursuing their own creative dreams, all three siblings feel an undeniable bond, but it is Maria and Niall who share the secret of their parents' past affairs." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 302 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26959

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction,Mystery

Mots-clés: Fiction > Historical Fiction Mystery Gothic Romance Fiction Romance Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction Classics

DU MAURIER, DAPHNE (1907-1989)

Rendezvous and Other Stories

London : Gollancz, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575028459. Bright red Hardcovers, gilt title to the spine. A sound binding, bright, unarked pages. In Fine condition. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good+ condition. "The fourteen tales included in the present volume were written over a period of many years some of them before her first novels were published, others in her thirties and forties; they reflect many human romance, disenchantment, fantasy, nostalgia, ambition, irony, the longing for adventure. Each story is based on something du Maurier observed or overheard and will provide pleasure for every mood." ; 142 X 22 X 219 millimeters. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27002

Catalogue: Fiction, Classics, Short Stories, Mystery, British Literature

Mots-clés: 0575028459 Fiction > Classics Short Stories British Literature Mystery Fiction Mystery & Detective Classics Short Stories

DUNANT, SARAH

Snow Storms in a Hot Climate

Time Warner Paperbacks, 1998. Mass Market. ISBN: 0751523755. Mass Market Paperback with edgewear and creasing to the spine. Well bound with an unmarked interior and a solid binding. "Is Elly's love affair with a New York cocaine dealer too deep and dark to be broken - even by an old friend? What is she most frightened of - the drug or her "golden boy", Lenny? When Marla responds to Elly's call from America she finds herself ensnared in the twilight world of drug smuggling." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 250 pages. Very Good with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 6911

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0751523755 Fiction Mystery & Detective

EDDENDEN A. E.

Murder at the Movies

Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0897334280. A Very Fine copy with brown covers, a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. The DJ is clipped and in Fine condition. "Eddenden's mystery series is set in the Canadian town of Fort York during World War II. This time Inspector Tretheway must find the "creative but warped mind" who is finding sadistic pleasure in a series of crimes inspired by the movies showing at the local West End Theater." ; Albert Tretheway & Jake Small Mystery; Vol. 3; 8.50 X 5.67 X 0.79 inches; 174 pages. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 17748

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0897334280 Canadian Author Fiction Mystery & Detective

EDWARDS MONICA

Fire in the Punchbowl

London England: The Children's Book Club, 1965. Hardcover. Illustrated by Geoffrey Whittam. Blue Hardcovers, black titles to the spine. Very Good with a tight binding. One name on the front pastedown, otherwise clean & unmarked. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped, Very good with light cover edgewear and spine hinge wear. ; B&W Illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 190 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 27443

Catalogue: Children's Fiction, Farm Life, Fires, Mystery

Mots-clés: Children's Fiction Farm Life Fires Mystery

EGAN LESLEY

Paper Chase a Harper Novel of Suspense

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. ISBN: 0060111585. Tan boards with black printing on spine, previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free endpaper. Book club. Very clean, tight copy. Spines slightly bumped. DJ has edgewear and some rubbing and wear, foxing on back spine flap edge, and spine is creased. "An exciting thriller that crackles along at a breakneck pace." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 216 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 1252

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0060111585 Detectives Fiction Mystery & Detective

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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N° du livre: 27479

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

Mots-clés: 9780892962631 Fiction Mexico Mystery & Crime Forensic Anthropologists Fiction Crime & Prisons Mystery & Detective Anthropology

EVANS LIZ

Barking!

Orion Books Ltd, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0752825402. Black Hardcovers in Fine+ condition. The DJ is unclipped, Fine condition and protected by a clear plastic covering. "Stuart Roberts is a mild-mannered, shy accountant suffering from nightmares in which he remembers committing violent murder. However, these are killings with a difference: they took place nearly 30 years before Stuart was born. PI Grace Smith reluctantly takes on the case." ; A Grace Smith Investigation; 5.5 X 1.1 X 8.25 inches; 311 pages. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 26512

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0752825402 Fiction Mystery Fiction Mystery & Detective

FAUST, JOE CLIFFORD

A Death of Honor

Del Rey, 1987. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0345340264. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine conditon. Tightly bound, bright & unmarked with very moderate cover wear. "The novel takes place in an alternate future where a crumbling United States is one of the few nations left to have fended off Soviet domination. It tells the story of seven days in the life of D. A. Payne, a bioengineer who finds the naked corpse of a woman in his apartment and is compelled to investigate her murder. As he digs deeper into the woman's identity and the cause of her death, he learns things about himself and his world that will conspire to change his life forever. " ; 6.80 X 3.90 X 1 inches; 326 pages. Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 21589

Catalogue: Science Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0345340264 Mystery & Detective Science Fiction & Fantasy

FREELING NICOLAS

Aupres de Ma Blonde: A Harper Novel of Suspense

New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Book Club Edition, cream colored boards with brown lettering on spine, spine ends are slightly bumped. Previous owners blind stamp and date on front free end paper. Bottom edge has foxing. DJ shiney, some edgewear and back cover has some staining. "A Van der Valk Thriller - For Piet Van der Valk it was just another ordinary case. No crime had been committed. It was just a matter of following a lead on a wealthy Amsterdam jeweller. But two bullets put paid to curiosity. For Piet Van der Valk, this ordinary case turns out to be his last." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 187 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 1255

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: Fiction Mystery & Detective

FYFIELD FRANCIS

Seeking Sancutary

Toronto, Ont: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. First Trade Edition. Trade Paperback. ISBN: 067697614X. Trade paperback, wonderful condition. "One of the best of the new group of British writers." "Theodore Calvert walked out on his wife and their children, Anna and Therese, when they needed him most. Now, from beyond the grave, his carefully crafted will is set to unravel his daughters' lives all over again. It was Isabel Calvert's pious Christianity that drove Theodore away. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages. Fine with no dust jacket .

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N° du livre: 2285

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 067697614x Detective, Suspense Fiction Mystery & Detective

GODDARD, ROBERT

Closed Circle

Corgi, 1998. Paperback. ISBN: 0552138401. Mass Market Paperback in Near Fine condition with light spine creasing. "The year is 1931. The new and luxurious transatlantic liner Empress of Britain is on her eastward passage. Among the first-class passengers on board are two English confidence tricksters, making a discreet exit from a little awkwardness they have left behind them in the United States. A chance meting on deck brings them a tempting new target in the shape of Miss Charnwood and her niece, the beautiful Diana, only child of the immensely wealthy Fabian Charnwood. "; 7.01 X 4.02 X 1.10 inches; 430 pages. Near Fine .

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N° du livre: 17087

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Mots-clés: 0552138401