GARVE, ANDREW. [PSEUD. PAUL WINTERTON].

No Tears for Hilda.

London: The Crime Club / Collins, 1950. 1st edition. Max Easterbrook arrives in London to discover that his best friend, kindly George Lambert, has been charged with wife-murder. Max can't believe that his friend is guilty, and tries to find evidence that will prove his innocence, but the picture is bleak, with George known to be in a love relationship with a pretty young nurse and the deceased wife, Hilda, seemingly a harmless woman without an enemy in the world. Pp.192, front free endpaper absent, cracking to inner front hinge but holding. Orange cloth, faded and soiled to spine and rear board, edges rubbed. Scarce. Fair.** Paul Winterton (1908–2001) was an English journalist and crime novelist. During his career he used the pseudonyms Andrew Garve, Roger Bax and Paul Somers. He was a founder-member of the Crime Writers' Association during 1953 and, with Elizabeth Ferrars, its first joint secretary. (wiki).

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N° du livre: 50148

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Andrew Garve No Tears for Hilda Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Novel Max Easterbrook George Lambert 51662 Fiction: : Crime

GOLDMAN, LAWRENCE.

Fall Guy For Murder.

London: John Gifford Ltd, 1945. 1st edition. Pp.234, pages toned, owner's name to half-title page, ex-libris label to inside front board, front free endpaper absent, cracking to inner hinges but holding. Purple clotj rubbed and spotted, spine faded. Good.

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N° du livre: 49918

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Lawrence Goldman Fall Guy for Murder Crime Fiction 51433 Fiction: : Crime

GRANVILLE, EDGAR.

The Domino Plan. (Introducing Storm English).

London: Bachman & Turner, 1975. 0859740285. 1st ed. "Domino - the most ruthless unconvicted financial operator in both hemispheres. What happens when he comes up against Storm English, master criminologist, who claims he can stop the crime explosion?" Pp.208, mild spotting to closed page edges, slight toning to pages. Red boards, d/w edges rubbed. G+/G+.

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N° du livre: 32765

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Edgar Granville Domino Plan Storm English Crime Fiction Thriller Novel 32719 Fiction: : Crime

GRAY, BERKELEY. [PSEUD. EDWY SEARLES BROOKS].

The Conquest Touch.

London: Collins, 1951. Fifteenth thriller featuring Berkeley Gray's hero Norman Conquest, who was known as 'a gay desperado'! Pp.192, pages tanned. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine slightly dulled, wear to spine edge, a couple of dark spots to front. Good.** "Edwy Searles Brooks (11 November 1889 – 2 December 1965) was a British novelist who also wrote under the pen-names Berkeley Gray, Victor Gunn, Rex Madison, and Carlton Ross. Brooks was born in Hackney, London. He is believed to have written around 40 million words. (wiki).

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N° du livre: 50132

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Berkeley Gray Pseudonym Edwy Searles Brooks Norman Conquest Touch Thriller Crime 51650 Fiction: : Crime

HAMMETT, DASHIELL.

The Thin Man.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. First and Second Printings Before Publication, Published January 8, 1934. (With 'seep' for 'sleep' to p.209). Faded turquoise cloth with dark blue 'mask' motif to front and red and blue pattern to spine. Top edge red. Pp.359, owner's ink monogram (FMJ) to front free endpaper and small inked date to base of rear paste-down, endpapers browned. Newspaper cutting photograph of Dashiell Hammett tipped-in to inner front endpaper + further browned and folded newspaper cutting (Evening Standard, Dec.17 1951) (giving a brief article about the author prompted by his disappearnce following his two months sentence for refusing to inform on who put up a bond for convicted 'Communists' during 1950s McCarthyism), loosely enclosed. Good.

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N° du livre: 47305

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Dashiell Hammett the Thin Man First Novel Crime Fiction 48789 Fiction: : Crime

HEYER, GEORGETTE.

Death in the Stocks.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950. 2nd impression of Penguin edition. "The very simplicity of the crime was nullified by the complexity of reasons why it should be committed. Even the lawyers associated with these suspects were related to the murdered man, and lastly there was the macabre yet mystifying touch - why had Vereker's body been found in the village stocks?" Pp.251/5 (publisher''s catalogue), ttoning to pages. Paperback, spine toned with minor edge wear. G+.

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N° du livre: 49312

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Georgette Heyer Death in the Stocks Crime Fiction Murder Mystery Vereker 51056 Fiction: : Crime

HOPLEY, GEORGE. [PSEUD. CORNELL WOOLRICH].

Night Has a Thousand Eyes.

Harmondsworth; Penguin, 1949. 1st British edition. Filmed in 1948 starring Edward G.Robinson. "This is a book in which no crime takes place, but in which strange events lead to an attempt by detectives to try to solve the riddle of a death before that death occurs." Pp.316/4 (publisher's ads), pages toned, chipped tear to base of front free endpaper at hinge. Paperback, slightly toned with creasing and wear to spine edge. Scarce. G+.

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N° du livre: 49300

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: George Hopley Cornell Woolrich Night Has a Thousand Eyes Crime Horror Fiction Novel 51041 Fiction: : Crime

HOPLEY, GEORGE. [PSEUD. CORNELL WOOLRICH].

Night has a Thousand Eyes.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1949. 1st Penguin edition. "This is a book inwhich no crime takes place, but in which strange events lead to an attempt by detectives to try to solve the riddle of a death before that death occurs." Pp.316, pages toned with spotting to closed page edges, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback, spotting to cover, wear to spine with vertical tears. Good.

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N° du livre: 49927

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: George Hopley Cornell Woolrich Night Has a Thousand Eyes Mystery Crime Fiction 51439 Fiction: : Crime

HULL, RICHARD.

The Ghost It Was.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1950. 1st Penguin edition. Third crime fiction novel by the author of 'The Murder of My Aunt'. Pp.224, pages tanned. Paperback, spine slightly toned. VG.

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N° du livre: 50369

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Richard Hull Ghost It Was Mystery Crime Fiction Murder Novel 51855 Fiction: : Crime

INNES, MICHAEL. [PSEUD. J.I.M.STEWART].

There Came Both Mist and Snow.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958. 1st Penguin edition. Sixth in the series featuring Det. Insp. John Appleby of the Metropolitan Police, published in the United States by Dodd, Mead under the alternative title A Comedy of Terrors. Pp.164, pages toned. Paperback, minor creases to corner tips. G+.

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N° du livre: 49299

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Michael Innes Stewart There Came Both Mist and Snow Crime Fiction Detective Inspector John Appleby 51042 Fiction: : Crime

KEVERNE, RICHARD.

He Laughed At Murder.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1951. 2nd printing of Penguin edition. "Michael Lorne led a staid, agreeable life at 13 Tiverton Street, Bloomsbury. He was a writer, and quite a successful one..Michael had been, years back, in a dangerous cafe brawl in a little Latvian seaport on the Baltic. And now his sober life came slap up against this old, almost forgotten incident, and he was snatched by telegram from the warmth of Tiverton Street to the bleak Suffolk countryside, to a hunt of murderous intensity, a Latvian film star, and a girl called Janet Howard." Pp.251/5(publisher's catalogue), toning to pages. Paperback, spine and fore-edge toned, scuffing to spine edges. Scarce. G+.

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N° du livre: 49313

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Richard Keverne He Laughed at Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Novel Michael Lorne 51057 Fiction: : Crime

KEVERNE, RICHARD.

Menace.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1947. 1st Penguin edition. "The story opens with an attempt to murder Franklin Parry as he is walking through South Kensington late on a foggy night. This is the second attempt that has been made in a few weeks on his life, and he has reason to suspect revenge as the motive.." Pp.220/4(publisher's catalogue), toning to pages. Paperback, some spotting to cover, toing to spine, scuffing to spine edge with 1cm tear to base of spine. Scarce. G+.

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N° du livre: 49314

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Richard Keverne Menace Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Franklin Parry Leonard Harris Carey Manor 51058 Fiction: : Crime

KNOX, RONALD.

The Three Taps.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1960. 1st Penguin edition. Death from the gas tap - suicide or murder? A detective story without a moral. Pp.192, pages tanned. Paperback, toned with creases to rear corners. G+.

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N° du livre: 50379

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Ronald Knox the Three Taps Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Miles Bredon 51862 Fiction: : Crime

LIPSKY, ELEAZAR.

The Kiss of Death.

Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1949. 1st Penguin edition. The outline of the original manuscript for this novel was made into a1947 film-noir starring Victor Mature and Richard Widmark. Pp.174, pages tanned. Paperback, slight darkening to spine and edges. G+.

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N° du livre: 50389

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Eleazar Lipsky Kiss of Death Murder Mystery Crime Fiction Novel Film 51875 Fiction: : Crime

LONGWORTH, M.L.

The Mystery of the Lost Cezanne.

New York: Penguin, 2015. 9780143128076. Fifth outing for Chief Magistrate Antoine Verlaque and his love interest Professor Marine Bonnet, this time searching for a murderer in a crime connected to Provence's greatest artist. Pp.301. Paperback, minor crease to lower front corner tip.VG.

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N° du livre: 50985

Catalogue: Fiction: : Crime

Mots-clés: Longworth Mystery Lost Cezanne Provencal Mystery Crime Fiction Verlaque Bonnet 52423 Fiction: : Crime