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  • THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS. by Abella, Alex.
    Abella, Alex.
    THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64477
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  • THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS. by Abella, Alex.
    Abella, Alex.
    THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the half title page, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 52360
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  • ORIGIN. by Abu-Jaber, Diana
    Abu-Jaber, Diana
    ORIGIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Norton, (2007). First edition - Her third novel, fourth book - a suspenseful literary mystery set in Syracuse, New York, where there is a number of unexplained 'crib deaths.' 388 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 58218
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  • Allen, Garrison.
    BASEBALL CAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Kensington, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th mystery set in Empty Creek, Arizona and featuring Penelope Warren, ex-Marine, Peace Corps veteran and now bookstore owner, and her 25 pound Abyssinain cat, Mycroft (Big Mike.)

    Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 16045
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder.

    Edition: Limited, signed edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. One of 250 copies of the first edition numbered and SIGNED by Ambler on the limitation page. Specially bound in burgundy cloth with gold lettering in a matching slipcase. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-892962380.

    Condition: Fine in fine slipcase.

    Book ID: 80392
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL: True Tales of Bloody Murder.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-892962380.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (light foxing to the edges of the textblock and to the dust jacket, price-clipped)

    Book ID: 72924
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  • THE ABILITY TO KILL and Other Pieces. by Ambler, Eric.
    Ambler, Eric.
    THE ABILITY TO KILL and Other Pieces.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Bodley Head, (1963) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of essays on both historical criminal trials and more contemporary ones. Includes a series of The Lizzie Borden Memorial Lectures and other pieces. Second state with chapter on James Hanratty, . 222 pp

    Condition: Very near fine in red cloth with gold lettering in a near fine dustjacket (some toning to the white background on the spine and top edge of the dj) .

    Book ID: 80406
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  • SHAMAN WINTER. by Anaya, Rudolfo.
    Anaya, Rudolfo.
    SHAMAN WINTER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in New Mexico, featuring Sonny Baca, by this award-winning Chicano writer. Map of Onate's route in 1598. SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-446-523747.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80710
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  • MIDNIGHT COME. by Anthony, Michael David (1942 - 2003)
    Anthony, Michael David (1942 - 2003)
    MIDNIGHT COME.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Colllins Crime Club, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third in a short series of novels centered around Canterbury Cathedral and featuring Colonel Richard Harrison, retired from government service, who acts as secretary to the Diocesan Dilapidations Board at Canterbury Cathedral. A poison pen letter alleging gross sexual misconduct leads him into an investigation where he stumbles on two bodies horrifically murdered. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-002326485.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 79415
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  • THE HAUNTED PORTRAIT. by Ashton, Ann (pseudonyn of John Kimbro 1929-2004)
    Ashton, Ann (pseudonyn of John Kimbro 1929-2004)
    THE HAUNTED PORTRAIT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel written using this pseudonym by the author best known for the Phenwick Women series. Set in the Berkshires, this the story of a young heiress who sets out to restore a long unoccupied but once oppulent mansion where a double murder had occurred more than a century before. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-385113633.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (faint remainder spray bottom edge)

    Book ID: 84109
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  • MURDER AT THE ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes. by Asimov, Isaac.
    Asimov, Isaac.
    MURDER AT THE ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Humorous mystery set at a booksellers' trade show and featuring Asimov himself. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-385-113056.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped)

    Book ID: 73916
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  • Asimov, Isaac.
    MURDER AT THE ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, (1976.) dj. Hardcover - Humorous mystery featuring Asimov himself. 246 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (bookplate, clipped corner on dj.)

    Book ID: 31991
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  • Asimov, Isaac.
    MURDER AT THE ABA: A Puzzle in Four Days and Sixty Scenes.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1976. dj. Hardcover - Humorous mystery featuring Asimov himself.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 22792
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  • ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES. by Asimov, Isaac.
    Asimov, Isaac.
    ASIMOV'S MYSTERIES.

    Edition: Early printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, (1968) dj. Hardcover - A collection of thirteen of his short science fiction mysteries together with an overall introduction and brief comments on each story. 240 pp. Dust jacket art by James McMullan.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but a tight copy in a very good dj (spine label, original price of $5.95) .

    Book ID: 83989
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  • AUNT DIMITY BEATS THE DEVIL. by Atherton, Nancy.
    Atherton, Nancy.
    AUNT DIMITY BEATS THE DEVIL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Viking, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth Aunt Dimity mystery - Lori Shepherd goes to Wyndhurst Hall to evaluate a rare book collection.. INSCRIBED on the title page with a stamp of Reginald the pink flannel rabbit, and dated in the year of publication. Also stamped with "the end" on the final page. 245 pp. plus final recipe. ISBN: 0-670-891797.

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

    Book ID: 74423
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  • SECRET SANTA. by Atkins, Ace
    Atkins, Ace
    SECRET SANTA.

    Edition: First printing, a slim chapbook.

    New York: Mysterious Bookshop, 2015. SIGNED first edition - An original short story, one of a series commissioned by the bookshop as a holiday gift - each is set during the Christmas season and at least partially takes place in the bookshop. SIGNED on the title page. Unpaginated (24 pp)

    Condition: Fine in stapled illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 81012
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  • VINTAGE. by Baker, David.
    Baker, David.
    VINTAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book a " humorous and evocative debut novel about a food journalist's desperate attempt to save his career - and possibly his marriage - by tracking an extremely valuable bottle of wine stolen by the Nazis over half a century ago." 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1501112515.

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

    Book ID: 64967
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  • THE COLLECTORS. by Baldacci, David.
    Baldacci, David.
    THE COLLECTORS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second suspense thriller in The Camel Club series, 'led by the mysterious and lethal Oliver Stone.' Illustrated endpapers. 438 pp. ISBN: 0-44653109X.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (some toning to top edge of textblock).

    Book ID: 87747
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  • THE COLLECTORS. by Baldacci, David.
    Baldacci, David.
    THE COLLECTORS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second suspense thriller in The Camel Club series, 'led by the mysterious and lethal Oliver Stone.' Illustrated endpapers. 438 pp. ISBN: 0-44653109X.

    Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket ( toning to edges of textblock).

    Book ID: 87748
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  • RUNNING WILD. by Ballard, J. G.
    Ballard, J. G.
    RUNNING WILD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989,) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fascinating novella about the brutal murders of all 32 adult members of an exclusive gated community in West London. 104 pp. Designed by Chip Kidd. ISBN: 0-374-252882.

    Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (tear to back cover of dj, dj folded slightly offcenter.)

    Book ID: 57563
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  • LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD. by Banbury, Jen.
    Banbury, Jen.
    LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

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

    Book ID: 29033
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  • LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD. by Banbury, Jen.
    Banbury, Jen.
    LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. In addition the author wrote "It's a weird goddamn world. Here's a taste of it." 296 pp. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

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

    Book ID: 74336
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  • LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD. by Banbury, Jen.
    Banbury, Jen.
    LIKE A HOLE IN THE HEAD.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1998.) dj. Hardcover - 'A raucous bumpercar ride through neo-noir territory, with a wickedly hard-boiled female protagonist at the wheel.' The author's high acclaimed debut novel, featuring Jill, a 'part-time bookseller and full-time wise-ass' who purchases and resells a Jack London first edition that lots of not too pleasant characters want back. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-316-171107.

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

    Book ID: 43612
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  • COMPLICITY. by Banks, Iain.
    Banks, Iain.
    COMPLICITY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (1995). First edition - A literate thriller of a modern day avenger whose inflicts a series of savage 'punishment fits the crime' attacks.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. Publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 59996
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  • STRIVING WITH GODS. by Bannister, Jo.
    Bannister, Jo.
    STRIVING WITH GODS.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, one which introduces Clio Rees, who has given up her practice as a physician to write mysteries. 178 pp. Jacket by Bob Korn. ISBN: 0-38519482X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light remainder spray to bottom edge)

    Book ID: 77159
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  • MAN OVERBOARD: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne. by Barer, Burl.
    Barer, Burl.
    MAN OVERBOARD: The Counterfeit Resurrection of Phil Champagne.

    Edition: First printing.

    Salt Lake City: Northwest Publishing, (1995). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ten years after Champagne's supposed death in a boating accident, he is arrested for printing counterfeit currency. He didn't fake his death, he claims - he just didn't deny it, seizing it as an opportunity to become in death one thing he had never been - an adventurer. A very funny true crime story. INSCRIBED on the title page. 182 pp. ISBN: 1-569018154.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75869
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  • THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRONTE. by Barnard, Robert.
    Barnard, Robert.
    THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRONTE.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Inspector Perry Trethowan mystery, involving a previously unknown Bronte manuscript, a crazy collector, a smooth millionaire, a shifty evangelist and lots of violence. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-684-179105.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 59598
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  • THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRONTE. by Barnard, Robert.
    Barnard, Robert.
    THE CASE OF THE MISSING BRONTE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: The Crime Club by Collins, (1983) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Inspector Perry Trethowan mystery, involving a previously unknown Bronte manuscript, a crazy collector, a smooth millionaire, a shifty evangelist and lots of violence. SIGNED by the author on the front free end paper. 182 pp. ISBN: 0-002314894.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 88869
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  • JANE AND THE MAN OF THE CLOTH: Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery. by Barron, Stephanie (pseudonym of Francine Mathews.)
    Barron, Stephanie (pseudonym of Francine Mathews.)
    JANE AND THE MAN OF THE CLOTH: Being the Second Jane Austen Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second in this delightful series with Jane Austen putting her keen powers of observation to the task of solving the puzzle at High Grange Down. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's foreword. ix, 274 pp. Dust jacket art by Carol Inouye. ISBN: 0-553-102036.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54159
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  • JANE AND THE BARQUE OF FRAILITY: Being a Jane Austen Mystery. by Barron, Stephanie (pseudonym of Francine Mathews.)
    Barron, Stephanie (pseudonym of Francine Mathews.)
    JANE AND THE BARQUE OF FRAILITY: Being a Jane Austen Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth in this delightful series with Jane Austen using her wit to save herself and her sister from being convicted of the murder of a minister. Editor's afterword. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp. Dust jacket art by Kimiko Y. Craft. ISBN: 0-553-82267.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (comment inked on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 72364
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