HOUGH, S.B.

Fear Fortune, Father

London, Victor Gollancz. 1974, First Edition. (ISBN: 057501833X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 223 pages. The technical manager of an engineering works loses his job in a take-over reorganisation. He is 50, married, with a large house to maintain. What is he to do? His answer to that question is startling: he turns to burglary. And very successfully, for he brings to his new profession all his old skill, intelligence and resourcefulness. Of course there are complications. To deceive his wife at first, and later his neighbours, he has to invent a cover story; and as he is drawn more deeply into a life of crime, the cover story grows more complex. And a further complication is his relationship with a crippled 17 year old girl, who involves him in his most ambitious crime, a factory wages robbery. 20. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Katalog: Murder Mystery Thrillers Fiction

Sonstige Stichworte: Burglary, Crippled Girl, Wages Robbery 057501833x

JARDINE, QUINTIN

Poisoned Cherries - an Oz Blackstone Mystery

London, Headline. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0747271771). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine dustjacket. The sixth Oz Blackstone mystery where Oz is offered a major role in a cop movie being shot in Edinburgh, his marriage on the rocks, he is asked a favour by an ex lover and soon finds that her business partner has been murdered and feels that he has been set up. He discovers a trail of intrigue leading up to the cast of the movie he is in. 24. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Oz Blackstone 0747271771

JOHNSTON, PAUL

The House of Dust

London, Hodder and Stoughton. 2002, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340766123). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First edition, First printing. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ non price clipped dustjacket. Set in independent Edinburgh in the year 2028, where crime is mounting, creating so much havoc that the ruling Council of City Guardians is forced to seek advice. Experts from the utopian university state of New Oxford recommend a maximum security prison, and after a reception for the Oxford representatives, a gruesome discovery of a severed arm is made in their luxury accommodation. Investigator Quintilian Dalrymple investigates, but soon there is an assassination. 14. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Crime Fiction, Murder Mystery, Quintilian Dalrymple 0340766123

JONES, CHRIS MORGAN

An Agent of Deceit

London, Mantle. 2011, First. (ISBN: 9780230752672). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a corner crease to one page) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. 341 pages. Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy.Now employed by a private London intelligence agency, his interest is piqued when a client asks him to expose the dealings of a shadowy Russian oligarch Konstantin Malin. Before long Webster finds himself fixated by Malin and by his front man Richard Lock. But how far is he willing to risk the well-being of his family? And that of Lock himself? Meanwhile Lock finds himself under pressure to explain to the world how he - a simple lawyer - came to be one of Russia's largest investors. And when one of Malin's former proteges is found dead after meeting with Webster, he begins to realise that he too may be at risk. D4A. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Russian Oligarch, Moscow, Berlin 9780230752672

KEATING, H.R.F.

The Bad Detective

London, Macmillan. 1996, First. (ISBN: 033364994x). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy has been accepting backhanders for most of his career. Lily, the pretty wife he deeply loves, dreams of retirement on the paradise island of Ko Samui but Jack will happily settle for a bungalow in Devon. Until, that is, influential businessman Emslie Warnaby offers him Ko Samui on a plate. Or, rather, first class air tickets plus the deeds of ownership to the Calm Seas Hotel. All Jack has to do in return is to steal an incriminating file from the Fraud Investigation office at police headquarters - which is, he discovers, as secure as Fort Knox. As Warnaby's deadline grows ever nearer - and Lily ever more impatient for her life in paradise - Jack plunges deeper and deeper into crime. And soon there is no going back. S. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Detective Sergeant Jack Stallworthy 033364994x

KEATING, H.R.F.

The Dreaming Detective

London, Macmillan. 2003, First Edition. (ISBN: 1405033444). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. First edition, First Printing. The Crime Writers Association Cartier Diamond Dagger winning author's murder mystery, featuring Harriet Martens of the Greater Birchester Police, who is tasked with finding the murderer of a charismatic youth, known as the Boy Preacher, a crime of thirty years ago. Using the latest DNA techniques she finds that laboratory tests fail to meet the expectations of her Chief Constable and must see what past investigators have missed. However some suspects have died and she has to ferret out their motives and the lies they have left behind them and also those of the suspects still alive, including the city's distinguished ex-undersherrif, a dragon of a head teacher and a wily car dealer. NOT EX LIB D4A. Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Murder Mystery Crime Fiction, Harriet Martens, Greater Birchester Police 1405033444

KEATING, H.R.F.

Inspector Ghote Draws a Line

London, Collins. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 000231360X). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A clean, tight copy which has some spotting to rear pastedown and endpaper with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. A new task for Inspector Ghote, most delightful of fictional detectives, and one yet more daunting perhaps than any he has hitherto encountered. He is ordered off to a vast old house buried deep in the heat-soaked Indian countryside to protect an aged, unpopular and rigidly obstinate judge of the British Raj era, against whom death threats have been made. Ghote soon finds that his opponent is not the unknown who has been sending threatening letters, but the old judge himself. C3C. Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Crime Fiction, Inspector Ghote, Bombay Fictional Detective 000231360x

KENT, NORA

The Finger-Post

London, Macdonald. 1945, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Dark blue title on light blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with fading to spine. Internally there is foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked with no inscriptions. A novel set in West Cumbria of murder and suspense. C3D. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Murder Mystery, West Cumbria

KERNICK, SIMON

The Bone Field

London, Century. 2017, First. (ISBN: 9781780894539). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine Dustjcket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 204 pages. When the bones of a young woman, Kitty Sinn, who went missing without trace in Thailand, are discovered in the grounds of a school just outside London, an enduring mystery takes on a whole new twist. Kitty's boyfriend at the time, and the man who reported her missing, comes forward and tells DI Ry Mason of the Met's Homicide Command that he knows what happened to Kitty and who killed her. But soon he is shot dead. Now, the only link to Kitty lies 500 miles away in the Bordeaux countryside where a middle-aged teacher, Charlotte Curtis, lives alone. But Charlotte is in terrible danger because she possesses a single piece of information that will blow Kitty's case wide open. Only two people know how to find her. One is private detective Tina Boyd, and the other is a man who wants her dead as quickly as possible... D4C. Fine/Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Thailand Murder, Bordeaux 9781780894539

LOVESEY, PETER

On the Edge

New York, Mysterious Press. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892963638). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. First US Edition, First Printing February 1989. A murder and suspense novel set just after World War II, of two women, Rosie and Antonia, who both want to get rid of their husbands, and Antonia formulates a scheme to eliminate their mates, one involving the London Tube and a good shove in the proper spot. NOT EX LIB B2E. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Murder Mystery 0892963638

MARSTON, EDWARD

Tragedy on the Branch Line

London, Allison and Busby. 2021, First. (ISBN: 9780749026042). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price-clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. 381 pages. When Berard Pomeroy finds a letter slipped under his door in the early hours, he flies into a panic. After dashing off a short note to his friend , he hands it to the porter at Corpus Christi College before hastening on to the railway station, boarding a train leaving Cambridge. However shortly after disembarking at his destination, the undergraduatelies dead on the platform.Inspector Colbeck and Sergeant Leeming are summoned by the Master of the college to investigate Pomeroy's untimely demise. With the Boat Race on the horizon, the president of the Cambridge Boat Club believe their Oxford rivals responsible for the death of their cox, who had been heralded in the press for his talent. Yet it seems Pomeroy had ruffled many feathers during his short time at the university. With academic disputes, sporting rivalry and clandestine romance in play, the Railway Detective will have to disentangle the many threads of Pomeroy's life in order to answer the truth about his death. L. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Railway Detective Series, Inspector Colbeck 9780749026042

MASTERS, ANTHONY

Dead Man at the Door

London, Viking. 1992, First Edition. (ISBN: 0670841285). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very clean, tight and unmarked copy in laminated boards which has a small tear to spine tail (half an inch). 'Where do the strange dreams come from that transport Gary to Jackson's garage every night? And what can they mean? The locals think the garage is haunted, but that could just be superstition, and certainly Gary and his family, newcomers to the Isle of Wight, are not finding the islanders easy to understand. Then Gary meets Ted - Ted who's friendly but oddly secretive - what share does he have in Gary's powerful, relentless dream which, night by night, draws him closer to the visitor he knows now stands at the door? NOT EX LIB A1B. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Supernatural Fiction, Isle of Wight 0670841285

MASTERS, ANTHONY

The Good and Faithful Servant

London, Constable. 1999, First. (ISBN: 0094788200). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good copy which has minor marks to front top edge and to lower front edges. Internally there is age toning to closed edges and to the margins of pages else unmarked. Dustjacket has wear to top edge and is not price clipped. A Constable Crime novel featuring Daniel Boyd, ex- Metropolitan Police CID, to whom a new identity does not present a problem as it not only provides him with a fresh start but also a completely new life. Boyd's family died in a car crash with him driving. He rejoins the Met in a different capacity as an undercover officer, infiltrating a South London criminal family. 20. Very Good/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Ex Metropolitan Police Cid Daniel Boyd 0094788200

MASTERS, ANTHONY

Murder Is a Pretty Business

London, Constable. 2000, First Edition. (ISBN: 0094802505). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. Rowland Griff, Headmaster of St. Clouds boarding school for boys in Dorset, lies on the floor of his study, his throat has been cut, and Griff;s ancient parrot, Hamlet, gazes down at the gathering pool of blood - who's a pretty boy then ? he squawks. NOT EX LIB D4E. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Murder Mystery, Crime Fiction 0094802505

SMITH ALEXANDER MCCALL

The Sunday Philosophy Club (Signed Copy)

London, Little Brown. 2004, First Edition. (ISBN: 0316728179). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page with no dedication. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A new series from the author of 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency', set in Edinburgh, genteel home to ladies who lunch, attend concerts, art exhibitions and - for this is not a showy city - do good by stealth. Ladies for whom chanterelle mushrooms are the only hint of the 21st century, ladies such as Isabel Dalhousie. But behind Rdinburgh's regimented Georgian facades, its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty, lust, and murderous intent. Isabel knows this, in fact relishes it, and as an accomplished philosopher and editor, she knows all about the difference between good and bad, which is probably why she is an amateur sleuth. And instinct tells her the man who tumbled to his death in front of her eyes to his death after a concert in the Usher Hall didn't fall, he was pushed. L. Fine/Fine. Signed by Author.

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Sonstige Stichworte: Murder Mystery Crime Fiction, Edinburgh, Isabel Dalhousie 0316728179