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  • SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERIOUS FRIEND OF OSCAR WILDE. by Brown, Russell A.
    Brown, Russell A.
    SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MYSTERIOUS FRIEND OF OSCAR WILDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - "It's 1895 and deadly games are afoot in London." 176 pp. ISBN: 0-312022808.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66583
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  • THE DOUBLET AFFAIR. by Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    THE DOUBLET AFFAIR.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the author's highly praised mystery series set in Tudor England and featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and 'secret agent' for Elizabeth I. In this she finds her torn between loyalty to the Queen and to her husband, who is an ardent Catholic. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-752807277.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83940
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  • TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court. by Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    Buckley, Fiona (pseudonym of Valerie Anand)
    TO RUIN A QUEEN: An Ursula Blanchard Mystery at Queen Elizabeth I's Court.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Scribner, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth in the author's highly praised mystery series set in Tudor England and featuring Ursula Blanchard, waiting woman and 'secret agent' for Elizabeth I. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-684862689.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83054
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  • COFFIN ON THE WATER. by Butler, Gwendoline
    Butler, Gwendoline
    COFFIN ON THE WATER.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1989). dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1946 London, and the one which introduced the young Scotland Yard detective, John Coffin. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-312-025610.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 44801
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  • SCARLET WOMEN. by Christilian, J. D.
    Christilian, J. D.
    SCARLET WOMEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "thriller about a PI who overcomes a corrupt political system in order to solve a prostitute's murder in 1871 Manhattan." Among those making an appearance are Jim Fisk, Jay Gould and Emma Wells. First novel by this author under this pseudonym. 294 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 1556114753.

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    New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A "thriller about a PI who overcomes a corrupt political system in order to solve a prostitute's murder in 1871 Manhattan." Among those making an appearance are Jim Fisk, Jay Gould and Emma Wells. First novel by this author under this pseudonym. 294 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 1556114753.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 45303
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  • FROM THE CHARRED REMAINS. by Calkins, Susanna.
    Calkins, Susanna.
    FROM THE CHARRED REMAINS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in 1666 London, where the Great Fire decimated an already plague-ridden London. Former lady's maid Lucy Campion, now apprenticed to a printer, finds herself involved in the mystery of "a dead body that should have been burned up in the fire but miraculously remained intact - the body of a man who died not from the plague or the fire, but from the knife plunged into his chest." SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 978-1250007889.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to the edges of textblock)

    Book ID: 81177
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  • A GAME OF LIES. by Cantrell, Rebecca.
    Cantrell, Rebecca.
    A GAME OF LIES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in her award winning series featuring Hannah Vogel, a young woman struggling to make it as a journalist in 1930s Berlin in the years of the rise of the Nazis. In this novel she is covering the 1936 Olympics while posing as a travel reporter and as a lover of an SS officer - and also smuggling secrets out of Germany to Switzerland. Glossary, author's note. 318 pp. ISBN: 978-0765327338.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70266
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  • A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS. by Cantrell, Rebecca.
    Cantrell, Rebecca.
    A CITY OF BROKEN GLASS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in her award winning series featuring Hannah Vogel, a young woman struggling to make it as a journalist in the years of the rise of the Nazis. In this novel she travels with her adopted son from Switzerland to Poland to write a piece on the feast of St Martin, but when she stumbles across over a thousand Polish Jews who have been deported from Germany, she finds herself returning to an increasingly dangerous Berlin to find the young daughter of one of refugees, who died in childbirth. SIGNED on the title page. Glossary, author's note. 334 pp. ISBN: 978-0765327345.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88093
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  • A TRACE OF SMOKE. by Cantrell, Rebecca.
    Cantrell, Rebecca.
    A TRACE OF SMOKE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009). First edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Hannah Vogel, a young woman struggling to make it as a journalist in 1931 Berlin in the years of the rise of the Nazis. Glossary, author's note. Received the Bruce Alexander and Sue Feder awards for historical fiction. 300 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64785
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  • THE ITALIAN SECRETARY: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes. by Carr, Caleb.
    Carr, Caleb.
    THE ITALIAN SECRETARY: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Holmes is called to the assistance of Queen Victoria. Afterword by John Lellenberg. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-15480.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75448
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  • THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS. by Carr, Caleb.
    Carr, Caleb.
    THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS.

    Edition: First trade edition.

    New York: Random House, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel featuring forensic pychiatrist Dr. Lazlo Kreizler (from 'The Alienist') but this time the mystery is told by former street urchin Stevie Taggert. Set in the late 19th century. 629 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-435328.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 21471
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  • THE STRANGLER VINE. by Carter, M. J. [Miranda]
    Carter, M. J. [Miranda]
    THE STRANGLER VINE.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2015) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel (preceded by two works of nonfiction published as Miranda Carter) Set in colonial India in 1837, this introduces Blake and Avery, an unlikely investigative pair - "William Avery is a young soldier with few prospects except rotting away in campaigns in India; Jeremiah Blake is a secret political agent gone native, a genius at languages and disguises, disenchanted with the whole ethos of British rule, but who cannot resist the challenge of an unresolved mystery." Historical note and afterward, Glossary, map endpapers. 369 pp. ISBN: 978-0399171673.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74669
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  • THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery. by Casey, Donis.
    Casey, Donis.
    THE RETURN OF THE RAVEN MOCKER: An Alafair Tucker Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - The ninth in this award-winning mystery series set in Oklahoma in the 1910s and featuring Alafair Tucker, a mother of ten. It is 1918 and as war is raging in Europe, the deadly influenza epidemic is sweeping through Boynton. ISBN: 978-146207549.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 72203
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  • THE WRONG GIRL: The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse. by Casey, Donis.
    Casey, Donis.
    THE WRONG GIRL: The Adventures of Bianca Dangereuse.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2019). First edition - The first book in a new series set in 1920s Hollywood - the era of the silent screen - by the author of the award-winning Alafair Tucker series. Author's note. 234 pp.

    Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 81813
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  • SNOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE. by Chesney, Marion.
    Chesney, Marion.
    SNOBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - An Edwardian Murder Mystery, a combination of murderous intrigue and high society, by an author best known for the Agatha Raisin and Hamish MacBeth series written under the pseudonym of M. C. Beaton. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-31230451X.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 78296
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  • A SEASON OF KNIVES. by Chisholm, P. F. (pseudonym for Patricia Finney.)
    Chisholm, P. F. (pseudonym for Patricia Finney.)
    A SEASON OF KNIVES.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery set in 1592, featuring Sir Robert Carey, formerly in the court of Queen Elizabeth and now the new Deputy Warden of the West March on the lawless borderlands of England and Scotland. The second novel published under this pseudonym. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-340609397.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (rather severe toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 87305
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  • A FAMINE OF HORSES: A Sir Robert Carey Mystery. by Chisholm, P. F. (pseudonym for Patricia Finney.)
    Chisholm, P. F. (pseudonym for Patricia Finney.)
    A FAMINE OF HORSES: A Sir Robert Carey Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1592, introducing Robert Carey, formerly in the court of Queen Elizabeth and now the new Deputy Warden of the West March on the lawless borderlands of England and Scotland. The first novel published under this pseudonym. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-340609125.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (rather severe toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 77860
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  • DEATH COMES AT THE END. by Christie, Agatha.
    Christie, Agatha.
    DEATH COMES AT THE END.

    Edition: First UK printing.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, (1945) dj. Hardcover first edition - Christie's only historical mystery, although as the wife of an archeologist, she had taken part in several expeditions to Egypt. This is set in Thebes, in ancient Egypt, in 2000 B.C. 160 pp. ISBN: 0-553-350137.

    Condition: Good only in red board in a good dustjacket (some edgewear to the boards, and fading to the edges, previous owner's name dated 1945, in a price-clipped dust jacket with some minor edgewear.)

    Book ID: 87924
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  • IT HAD TO BE YOU. by Churchill, Jill.
    Churchill, Jill.
    IT HAD TO BE YOU.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth book in the Grace and Favor series, set in 1933 in a small town on the Hudson River. 219 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0528435.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line)

    Book ID: 70387
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  • THE FAITHFUL DEAD. by Clare, Alys.
    Clare, Alys.
    THE FAITHFUL DEAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fith book in the Hawkenlye Mystery series set in and around the Weald of Kent. Double page map of Outremer and Europe. "Hurrying to Hawkenlye Abbey to enlist the help of Abbess Helewise, Josse finds she has a problem of her own - a decomposing body has been discovered, naked and killed by an expert hand. When JosseÕs brother, Yves, arrives, the three are hurled into a mystery with roots that reach back further than the Second Crusade." 241 pp. plus a family tree. ISBN: 0-340793295.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. One of the most difficult titles in this series to find as a hardcover first edition.

    Book ID: 89109
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  • ASHES OF THE ELEMENTS. by Clare, Alys.
    Clare, Alys.
    ASHES OF THE ELEMENTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the second book in the Hawkenlye Mystery series. Double page drawing of Hawkenlye Abbey. "Hidden in the depths of Wealden Forest, a man hacks at the thick roots of a fallen oak tree. Drawn to a clearing by a strange and eerie song, he witnesses an incredible sight , . . As if some ancient curse is reawakened, the man meets with a violent end, killed instantly by a flint-headed spear." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-340739339.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89107
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  • Clare, Alys.
    ASHES OF THE ELEMENTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - True first edition of the second book in the Hawkenlye Mystery series. Double page drawing of Hawkenlye Abbey. "Hidden in the depths of Wealden Forest, a man hacks at the thick roots of a fallen oak tree. Drawn to a clearing by a strange and eerie song, he witnesses an incredible sight , . . As if some ancient curse is reawakened, the man meets with a violent end, killed instantly by a flint-headed spear." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-340739339.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 89108
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  • THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE. by Cleverly, Barbara.
    Cleverly, Barbara.
    THE LAST KASHMIRI ROSE.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    New York: SOHO Press, (2011.). The author's first novel, and the first in the Joe Sandilands series set in India during the 1920s. 276 pp. plus an except from 'The Blood Royal.'. ISBN: 0-7867-12465.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 87593
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  • THE PLACE TIGER. by Cleverly, Barbara.
    Cleverly, Barbara.
    THE PLACE TIGER.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth Joe Sandilands novel set in 1922, where a tiger turned man-eater is terrorizing the northern villages of Ranipur. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 304 pp. ISBN: 1-841198129.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 75396
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  • RAGTIME IN SIMLA. by Cleverly, Barbara.
    Cleverly, Barbara.
    RAGTIME IN SIMLA.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Carroll & Graf, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second in the Joe Sandilands series set in India during the 1920s. On the way up to the Himalayan hills to Simla, the summer capital of the British Raj, Commander Sandilands' traveling companion, a Russian opera singer, is killed by a single shot. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-12465.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 53842
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  • THE DAMASCENED BLADE. by Cleverly, Barbara.
    Cleverly, Barbara.
    THE DAMASCENED BLADE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third Joe Sandilands novel set in 1922, where Joe, on secondment from Scotland Yard, is spending a fortnight's leave with an old army friend, commander of the frontline fort at Gor Khatri, where an uneasy truce has been holding with the Afghans to the North. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-841196762.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 75395
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  • RAGTIME IN SIMLA. by Cleverly, Barbara.. Appreciation by H. F. R. Keating.
    Cleverly, Barbara.. Appreciation by H. F. R. Keating.
    RAGTIME IN SIMLA.

    Edition: Limited, signed first edition.

    Gladestry, UK: Scorpion Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1919 colonial India. Numbered 40 out of 80, and SIGNED by the author on the limitation page. Includes an essay of appreciation by H. F. R. Keating. Bound in marbled boards and half leather, gilt lettering on spine. 370 pp. ISBN: 1-87356757X.

    Condition: Fine in fine original mylar dust jacket.

    Book ID: 71194
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  • A BROOD OF VIPERS. by Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    A BROOD OF VIPERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Being the fourth journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII (not counting his wives.). ISBN: 0-312-139381.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 7524
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  • THE GRAIL MURDERS: Being the third journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII. by Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    THE GRAIL MURDERS: Being the third journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Otto Penzler Books / Simon & Schuster, (1993.) dj. Hardcover - A Sir Roger Shallot mystery set in England during the reign of Henry VIII.Author's note. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-7472-05140.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 58269
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  • THE POISONED CHALICE: Being the second journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII. by Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    Clynes, Michael (pseudonym of Paul Doherty.)
    THE POISONED CHALICE: Being the second journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked conspiracies and horrible murders perpetrated in the reign of King Henry VIII.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Headline, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Sir Roger Shallot mystery set in England during the reign of Henry VIII. Includes list of historical personages and author's note. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-7472-05140.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages, otherwise tight and clean.)

    Book ID: 51052
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