LANSDALE, JOE R.

A Fine Dark Line

Warner Books, 2003. Hardcover. ISBN: 0892967293. Black hard covers with gilt titles to the spine. Tight, bright, unmarked with very light spine end bumping. As New. The DJ is also As New condition. Book Club Ed. "For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr, 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, and an uneasy meeting with a former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams. For young Stanley Mitchell, Jr, 1958 is quickly becoming a year of newfound joys and thrilling adventure. Beginning with the discovery of hidden love letters, and an uneasy meeting with a former reservation policeman, Stanley learns about blues music, Sherlock Holmes, racism, and lost dreams." . ; Book Club Edition; 1.11 x 9.32 x 6.32 Inches; 307 pages. As New in New dust jacket .

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Book number: 9466

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0892967293 Suspense Detective Texas Fiction Horror Mystery & Detective Historical Fiction

LAYMON, RICHARD

The Cellar

Headline, 1991. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 9780747235330. A Near Fine Mass Market, a sound binding, one word printed on the front end paper, otherwise a bright & clean interior. Moderate cover rubbing and edge wear. "The deeper the tourists go into the Beast House, the darker the nightmares become. But the worst part is beneath the haunted structure. Don't even think about going into the cellar..." ; 110 X 18 X 178 millimeters; 256 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 27195

Catalogue: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Keywords: 9780747235330 Fiction > Mystery & Detective Horror Thriller

LE CARRE JOHN

Call for the Dead

London, England: Victoria Gollancz, 1983. Hardcover. ISBN: 057503369X. Black textured Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. Tightly bound with clean pages. Three brown stains to the fore edge. In Very Good condition. The DJ is in Very Good conditon with cover edgewear and rubbing. "British undercover agent George Smiley accepts one final mission to reveal an insidious plot which may involve a suspect civil servant and a one-time hero of the German underground." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 143 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27359

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Espionage

Keywords: 057503369x Fiction > Mystery Thriller Espionage

LEONARD, ELMORE

Freaky Deaky

Harpertorch, 2002. Mass Market Paperback. ISBN: 0060089555. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good, squared, tightly bound with an unmarked text. Light spine creasing. "Way back when revolution was the thing, bombs were Robin Abbott and Skip Gibbs's bag - until they were sent to prison. Now they're out and looking to put their skills to profitable use. "; 6.54 X 4.25 X 1.50 inches; 432 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 14431

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0060089555 Fiction Mystery & Detective

LOCKRIDGE RICHARD

Write Murder Down

Philadelphia, PA: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Glossy black hard boards with purple lettering on spine. Book Club Ed. Small bump on bottom of spine. Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free end-paper. Great condition. DJ has minor chipping on spine top, some edgwear / shelfwear. "In this novel, Lockridge takes Lieutenant Shapiro, and the reader, behind the scenes in publishing, to the world of agents, options, and contracts, where the fierce competition for the best seller can lead to lies and deception and worse. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 186 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1287

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: Thriller Fiction Mystery & Detective

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

MASON STANLEY WESTON, WYNNE ILLUSTRATOR

Kestrels Dare Danger

Brockhampton Press, 1960. Hardcover. Blue mottled covers, white titles to the spine. Very Good+, a sound binding, bright, unmarked pages withlight foxing to the edges. The DJ is Very Good, unlcipped. Cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27545

Catalogue: Fiction, England, Mystery

Keywords: Fiction > Mystery England Fiction Mystery & Detective England

MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER & IAIN MCINTOSH

At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances

Vintage Canada, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0676976816. A Fine Trade Paperback. Red covers, white illustrations to the cover. Tight, bright, & unmarked. The DJ is Near Fine with some creasing to the back cover spine end top. "Professor Dr. Von Igelfeld suffers the slings of academic intrigue as a visiting fellow at Cambridge, and the arrows of outrageous fortune in an eventful Colombian adventure." ; Professor Dr Moritz-Maria Von Igelfeld; Vol. 3; 5.9 X 0.38 X 8.25 inches; 128 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27648

Catalogue: Fiction, Germany, Humor, Mystery

Keywords: 0676976816 Fiction Mystery Germany Humor Fiction Humour & Satire Mystery & Detective Germany & German Language

MCINERNY RALPH

Desert Sinner a Father Dowling Mystery

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Hard Cover. ISBN: 0312081774. Black hard boards / gilt lettering on spine. Clean with a solid binding. DJ has some cover rubbing & minor edgewear, a small water mark on the inside of the cover. "When Stacey Wilson, a former Las Vegas showgirl, is jailed for the murder of her wealthy playboy husband, Father Dowling sets out to find out the truth about the killing." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 179 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 2287

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0312081774 Priests, Detective Fiction Mystery & Detective United States

MEYER, LAWRENCE,

False Front

Viking Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 067030607X. Blue Hardcovers, tan cloth spine covering. Very Good, tight, bright & unmarked. Light fading to the cover top edges. The DJ is unclipped, cover edgewear and rubbing. A small dent to the front cover. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 252 pages. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26510

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 067030607x Fiction Mystery

MILLS JAMES

Report to the Commissioner

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). HardCover. Book Club Edition. Black hard boards with pink lettering, Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free end paper, very clean, tight copy. DJ has some edgewear, rubbing and slight browning on flap edge and cover edges. A story of one young man's innocence, and the self-serving efforts of his superiors to use him and finally to sacrifice him for their own salvation ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 205 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1508

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: Detective Fiction Crime & Prisons Mystery & Detective

MORLEY CHRISTOPHER

Haunted Bookshop, the

J. B. Lippincott, 1955. Hardcover. Illustrated by Douglas Gorsline. Green Hardcovers, black spine with brown titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition, one name written on the front end paper, otherwise a clean & unmarked book. Light bumping to the spine ends. The DJ is Very Good, spine fading and chipping to the spine end top, small tear to the backcover top edge. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 253 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 25081

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, New York

Keywords: Fiction > Mystery & Detective 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

MORTIMORE, JIM

Cracker the Mad Woman in the Attic

St Martins Pr, 1996. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312145764. Blakc hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. This copy is in Near fine, tight and unmakred with light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good conditon, cover scuffing and edgewear." Based on the Edgar Award winning series created by Jimmy McGovern. "In The Mad Woman in the Attic, Fitz is on the trail of a brutal serial killer whose latest victim is a former student of his. The police already have a suspect. Found lying by the railroad track covered in the victim's blood, the young man claims complete amnesia." ; Vol. 1; 8.30 X 5.70 X 1 inches; 264 pages. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 15113

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: 0312145764

MOYES PATRICIA

Season of Snows and Sins

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, 1971. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. A Rinehart Suspense Novel. Blue hard cover with black lettering on spine. Previous owner's blind stamp and date on front free endpaper. Very clean, tight copy. DJ is doubled with some edgewear, but great condition. Henry and Emmy Tibbett are on a holiday in the picturesque Alpine village of Montarraz when a popular ski instructor is murdered, apparently by his long-suffering wife, who was distraught after his affair with Giselle Arnay, the French film star. Yet the jet-set crowd with whom Giselle shares a ski chalet seem almost too anxious to see the young widow found guilty, leading Henry to suspect something more than adultery may have been the real motive for the crime. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 233 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 1254

Catalogue: Fiction, Mystery

Keywords: Thriller Fiction Crime & Prisons Mystery & Detective