GALBRAITH, ROBERT

The Silkworm a Cormoran Strike Novel

New York: Mulholland Books, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316206873. DJ shows light shelf wear with 1/4" tear front bottom foredge, creasing head of spine. ; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; A Cormoran Strike Novel #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 455 pages; "When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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GALBRAITH, ROBERT

The Silkworm a Cormoran Strike Novel

New York: Mulholland Books, 2014. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316206873. A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; A Cormoran Strike Novel #2; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 455 pages; "When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for a few days-as he has done before-and she wants Strike to find him and bring him home. But as Strike investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's disappearance than his wife realizes. The novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous pen-portraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were to be published, it would ruin lives-meaning that there are a lot of people who might want him silenced. When Quine is found brutally murdered under bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time to understand the motivation of a ruthless killer, a killer unlike any Strike has encountered before.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Sonstige Stichworte: 0316206873 cormoran Strike Fiction::Mystery

GALBRAITH, ROBERT

Troubled Blood

New York: Little, Brown & Co, 2020. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316498939. A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; Cormoran Strike #5; 9.2 X 5.9 X 2.2 inches; 933 pages; "Private Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough—who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974. Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. And Robin herself is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention, as well as battling her own feelings about Strike. As Strike and Robin investigate Margot’s disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly .". Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0316498939 j.k. rowling cormoran Strike Fiction::Mystery

GARDNER, JOHN

James Bond in John Gardner's Death Is Forever

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1992. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0340548169. Price clipped, short tear with attendant creasing bottom back fore corner. DJ shows some wear to extremities, remainder dot top page edges. ; A tight solid book, DJ in Mylar. ; James Bond; 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.3 Inches; 248 pages; James Bond is plunged into the dangerous, shadowy world of post-Cold War Europe. Bond and the CIA's Elizabeth Zara "Eazy" St John find themselves on the trail of a fanatical communist spymaster and a terrifying conspiracy to turn back the tide of European democracy. Death Is Forever, first published in 1992, was the twelfth novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond (including Gardner's novelization of Licence to Kill). Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Hodder & Stoughton and in the United States by Putnam.. Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0340548169 James Bond 007

GOUGH, LAURENCE

A Cloud of Suspects

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771035128. Signed by Author; Signed by author. DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. As new. Author's signature witnessed by dealer ; A Willows and Parker Mystery #13; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Harvey is finally out of prison, with a whole lot of living to do – and a burning desire to pull off a monstrous score that will save him from the workaday world. He also wants his old life back. But his wife, Kim, has been doing some living of her own. To supplement the returns from her tattoo business, she has taken on a little crime, in partnership with Harvey’s old friend, Matt Singh. In fact, they are planning a million-dollar diamond robbery when Matt is gunned down in a mall parking lot. This seems fortuitous for Harvey, but Kim has other plans. She’s now head-over-heels in lust with Sandy, a younger man with a very private life. Sandy seems equally smitten with the planned diamond heist. But to pull it off they need a getaway driver. Harvey doesn’t need to be asked twice. He still wants things the way they were and, to him, the only thing standing in his path is Sandy. Meanwhile, Willows and Parker, now married, are dealing with birth, parenthood – and other crucial matters.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: 0771035128 Vancouver Signed Willows Parker Fiction::Mystery

GOUGH, LAURENCE

A Cloud of Suspects

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 2003. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771035128. Signed by Author; Top fore corners a little bumped ; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. Author's signature on title page witnessed by dealer ; A Willows and Parker Mystery #13; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 273 pages; Harvey is finally out of prison, with a whole lot of living to do – and a burning desire to pull off a monstrous score that will save him from the workaday world. He also wants his old life back. But his wife, Kim, has been doing some living of her own. To supplement the returns from her tattoo business, she has taken on a little crime, in partnership with Harvey’s old friend, Matt Singh. In fact, they are planning a million-dollar diamond robbery when Matt is gunned down in a mall parking lot. This seems fortuitous for Harvey, but Kim has other plans. She’s now head-over-heels in lust with Sandy, a younger man with a very private life. Sandy seems equally smitten with the planned diamond heist. But to pull it off they need a getaway driver. Harvey doesn’t need to be asked twice. He still wants things the way they were and, to him, the only thing standing in his path is Sandy. Meanwhile, Willows and Parker, now married, are dealing with birth, parenthood – and other crucial matters.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery::Series

Sonstige Stichworte: 0771035128 Vancouver Willows Parker Fiction::Mystery

GOUGH, LAURENCE

Death on a No. 8 Hook (Willows and Parker)

London: Victor Gollancz, 1988. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575039361. Signed by Author; Dust jacket in Mylar. Ex-library, light edgewear, slight stain base of spine, bright and clean. Book is a reader's copy, all the usual markings (withdrawn stamp included) , has a lean, tape stains on book etc.; Signed by author on title page. A bright solid, book. ; Ex-Lib; 189 pages; This is the second of the Jack Willows and Claire Parker mysteries set in Vancouver, BC. - a great read. "For professional killer Mannie Katz, it’s two down and one to go. Detective Jack Willows is enjoying a much-needed vacation – until his fishing line hooks the hand of a very dead young woman. There is a wedding ring on her finger and a tattoo on her arm. Sixty miles away, his partner, Claire Parker, returning from a night on the town, stumbles across the corpse of a teenage boy. His body is mutilated, but the tattoo on his arm is still visible.Willows and Parker hit the streets quickly – the mean streets where young prostitutes hang out. They’re hot on the trail of a vicious killer, but he may be just one victim ahead of them .". Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: 0575039361 Willows Parker, Vancouver, Mystery 0575039361 Fiction::Mystery

GOUGH, LAURENCE

The Goldfish Bowl

London: Victor Gollancz, 1987. First British Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575039353. DJ in Mylar, unclipped. Book has light wear and shelf soiling, lightly yellowed pages. DJ has some creasing.; A bright, solid book, DJ in Mylar ; Willows and Parker #1; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; This is the first Willows and Parker Vancouver based mystery "At first, the targets of Vancouver's serial killer seem totally unrelated, except for the engine of their deaths a Winchester 460 Magnum rifle. But one of the victims is detective David Atkinson, and that makes it very personal for the Vancouver police, and especially for Jack Willows and his new partner, Claire Parker, who take over the investigation, learning about each other as they try to track down the wily sniper. Gough's first novel is an absorbing psychological thriller. He has a sure sense of pace that generates and sustains tension, and a gift for authentic, gritty dialogue. He's persuasive in his description of the progressive dementia of the assassin, even though he unfairly withholds clues to the killer's identity, not granting even the astute reader a fair chance to use deductive powers. The solution to the puzzle arrives without preparation, but with enormous shock value. The final scene is nail-biting drama, closing an entertaining novel that augurs well for Gough's future in this genre.". Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0575039353 Willows Parker, Vancouver Mystery 05 MYSTERY Vancouver Fiction::Mystery

GOUGH, LAURENCE

Karaoke Rap

Toronto, ON: McClelland & Stewart, 1997. Uncorrected Proof. Spiral bound. ISBN: 0771034032. Trade PB; Willows and Parker mystery ; 358 pages; ARC Uncorrected galley proof, small stain on title page. Trade paper with clear plastic front cover. Willows and Parker are back in this Vancouver based mystery. Ozzie believes he’s planned the perfect crime. Wealthy stock promoter Harold Wismer is having an affair with a woman named Melanie Martel. Ozzie and his buddy Dean will kidnap Harold as he leaves Melanie’s apartment, and then demand a five-million-dollar ransom from Harold’s loving wife, Joan. Harold is famous locally for his loud mouth, endless cigars, and banana-yellow suits. He can easily afford five million. The original Trampoline Man, he’s suffered numerous multi-million-dollar losses playing the market, and always bounced back.This is Ozzie’s second attempt at snatching a wealthy promoter. His first time out was a disaster – especially for his victim. Ozzie views the first kidnapping as a high-intensity learning experience. He’s a quick study. This time he’ll get it right. Or so he thinks.Unfortunately Ozzie is unaware that ancient-but-still-sharp-toothed mobster Jake Cappalletti also has a lively pecuniary interest in Harold. Ozzie’s young and quick. But Jake is old, and methodical.Vancouver police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker are assigned the task of investigating Harold’s sudden and violent disappearance. Willows balks. His son, Sean, has been critically wounded in a convenience-store holdup, and Willows, distraught, doesn’t want to abandon that case. But he is soon convinced that the two crimes are related, and the furiously paced hunt is on.. Very Good .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: 0771034032 Fiction Mystery Willows Parker Vancouver proof Fiction::Canadian Fiction::Mystery

HAMMETT, DASHIELL

The Dashiell Hammett Omnibus the Thin Man ; the Maltese Falcon ; the Glass Key ; the Dain Curse ; Red Harvest & Four Short Stories

London: Cassell & Co, 1950. First thus. Hardcover. DJ and boards show shelf wear, Dj shows tears, chipping and creasing. Light foxing present on endpapers and flaps. ; A tight solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; A Crime Connoisseur Book; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 955 pages; The book contains the five Hammett classic mysteries: The Thin Man, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, The Dain Curse and Red Harvest - complete and unabridged as well as four short stories: House Dick, Dead Yellow Women, The Golden Horseshoe and Who Killed Bob Teal? These short stories have appeared in digest form previously.. Very Good in Good dust jacket .

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Buchzahl: 19366

Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: dashiell hammett Continental Op sam spade Fiction::Mystery

O'HARA, KENNETH

Nightmare's Nest

London: Gollancz Detection, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0575031913. Only slight wear, remainder mark bottom page edges; DJ in protective Mylar sleeve, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; 'Murder in a Surrey riding stable that is popular with all the neighbourhood children'. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: 0575031913 Mystery Surrey Inspector Hobden Sergeant Sheal Great Britain Fiction::Mystery

HARRIS, ROBERT J

The Thirty

New York: Pegasus Crime, 2018. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 1681778548. Only light wear to dustjacket ; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Richard Hannay Returns; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.0 inches; 224 pages; "June, 1940. Richard Hannay has returned. As German troops pour across France, the veteran soldier and adventurer Richard Hannay is called back into duty. In Paris, an individual code named “Roland” has disappeared and is assumed to be in the hands of Nazi agents. Only Roland knows the secret of The 31 Kings, a secret upon which the future of Europe depends. Hannay is dispatched to Paris to find Roland before the Germans overrun the city. On a hazardous journey across the battlefields of France, Hannay is joined by old friends and new allies as he confronts a ruthless foe who will stop at nothing to destroy him.". Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 1681778548 Richard hannay John Buchan 39 steps Fiction::Mystery

HARROD-EAGLES, CYNTHIA

Dead End

London: Little, Brown, 1994. 1st UK. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316909815. Some tanning of pages, common to British editions, slight bumping of extremities ; DJ in Mylar, unclipped. A bright solid, book ; A Bill Slider Mystery; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 234 pages; A call-out to a murder presents Detective Inspector Bill Slider with the problem of a dead conductor. In his life Sir Stefan Radek was very famous and very unpleasant, but neither of these facts seem reason enough to gun him down in broad daylight in a Shepherd's Bush church.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: 0316909815 British Bill Slider Mystery & Thrillers Fiction::Mystery

HARROD-EAGLES, CYNTHIA

Gone Tomorrow

London: Little, Brown & Company, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0316857416. DJ shows very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; Bill Slider Novels; 8.50 X 5.75 X 1.34 inches; 362 pages; "Inspector Bill Slider is called to cope with a disfigured corpse grotesquely left in a children's playground. His enquiries plunge him into the shadow world behind the fashionable facade of Shepherd's Bush, among the victims of the illfare state and the crime barons who prey on them.". Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Sonstige Stichworte: 0316857416 MYSTERY

HASTINGS, BROOK

The Demon Within

Garden City: Doubleday Crime Club, 1953. Stated First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated by Vera Bock jacket art. Stated 1st ed. ; Crime Club; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 192 pages; Dust jacket in Mylar. DJ scuffed, lightly chipped, small piece missing top front. Unclipped, pages yellowed. A carnival is the setting for this Todd Mundy mystery.. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

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Katalog: Fiction::Mystery

Sonstige Stichworte: Mystery Illustrated By Vera Bock (jacket). Fiction::Mystery