- Keyword = Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, mysteries:historical, bibliomystery, African American Mystery
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THE SHAPE OF SNAKES.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 28551More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SHAPE OF SNAKES.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (light creasing to the first several pages.)
Book ID: 28552More details Price: $24.00 -
ACID ROW.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 8th novel by this Edgar award winning writer. SIGNED by the author on a blank prelim page. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-399-148620.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46274More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ECHO
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2007.). Highly-praised author's fifth novel of psychological suspense and mystery, centered around the death of a homeless man. Walters has won many awards include the Creasey, Edgar and the Golden Dagger. 338 pp. ISBN: 9780307277107.
Condition: Good overall - wear to covers, edges.
Book ID: 46987More details Price: $8.50 -
THE DARK ROOM
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. Hardcover - Award winning author's 4th novel. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140786.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 48477More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BREAKER.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth novel of suspense by this Edgar-winning author, set on the south coast of England where a woman's body is found washed up on the beach and her 3 year old daughter is found abandoned 20 miles away. 356 pp. ISBN: 0-333-747127.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52498More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SCULPTRESS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, winner of the Edgar Award for best mystery, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-312-099096.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 53480More details Price: $18.00 -
FOX EVIL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar-award winning author's ninth novel, a psychological thriller about a man who becomes the victim of a campaign accusing him of murdering his wife - and worse. Winner of the 2003 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-312-099096.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 69272More details Price: $18.00 -
THE DARK ROOM
Edition: First US edition.
New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning author's 4th novel. ISBN: 0-399-140786.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (light edgewear)
Book ID: 3449More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE
Edition: First US edition.
New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - a gripping mystery that begins with a suicide - or was it murder? -in a small English village. Winner of Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel. ISBN: 0-312-113773.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line)
Book ID: 3524More details Price: $18.00 -
THE ECHO
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Putnam, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly-praised author's fifth novel of psychological suspense and mystery, centered around the death of a homeless man. Walters many awards include the Creasey, Edgar and the Golden Dagger. ISBN: 0-399-142517.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 6534More details Price: $20.00 -
THE SCOLD'S BRIDLE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - a gripping mystery that begins with a suicide - or was it murder? -in a small English village. Winner of Britain's Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel, and one of my favorites of her books. ISBN: 0-312-113773.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 10045More details Price: $25.00 -
FEAR OF LANDING.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this noted epidemiologist, veterinarian and ecologist - "On the islands of Java and Bali in the early 1980s, Western governments are pouring millions of dollars into development schemes even as Indonesian strongman President Suharto violently stifles dissent. For Canadian veterinarian Abner Dueck, the spice islands are an exotic locale for the seemingly mundane work of examining dead cows and working with old friends" - until two of his friends are murdered. 223 pp. ISBN: 1590583493.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 45833More details Price: $18.00 -
HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-316-02583.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47198More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GOLDEN ORANGE.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Suspense novel set in Newport Beach - a world of yachts, millionaires, plastic surgery and bikini-basking - on California's gold coast in Orange County, and featuring ex-cop Winnie Farlow. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-688-094082.
Condition: Very good in very good- dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj, rubbing to folds)
Book ID: 47284More details Price: $21.50 -
FINNEGAN'S WEEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. Wambaugh's book mark laid in. ISBN: 0-688-128017.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 47336More details Price: $28.00 -
THE CHOIRBOYS.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An early Wambaugh title,the first police novel he wrote after leaving the force. "A powerful dark comedy about 10 men in blue in a patrol squad attempting to stay sane in an insane world." SIGNED on the title page. 346 pp. ISBN: 0-440-053633.
Condition: Good only in a good dustjacket (reading wear, some edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 48504More details Price: $27.50 -
HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. 343 pp.
Condition: Nea fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 60479More details Price: $20.00 -
FUGITIVE NIGHTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Palm Springs, California and in the desert surrounding it, by this former Los Angeles police officer. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-688-111289.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28410More details Price: $30.00 -
HOLLYWOOD STATION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 36021More details Price: $45.00 -
THE GOLDEN ORANGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Newport Beach - a world of yachts, millionaires, plastic surgery and bikini-basking - on California's gold coast in Orange County, and featuring ex-cop Winnie Farlow. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-688-094082.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37604More details Price: $35.00 -
FLOATERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous crime novel focusing on the adventures and misadventures of two "water cops" who man a Harbor Patrol boat in San Diego's Mission Bay. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-553-103512.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43393More details Price: $28.00 -
FINNEGAN'S WEEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-688-128017.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43394More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Morrow, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Crime novel set in the California desert, in a town which is a 'sand-blown, down-scale outpost' of Palm Springs, featuring Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Sydney Blackpool. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-688-05958-9.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). Laid in is a bookmark with Wambaugh's police shield and a list of his books.
Book ID: 43395More details Price: $18.50 -
DEADLY SLIPPER: A Novel of Death in the Dordogne.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, (2006). The author's first novel - a "literary mystery about a womans search for her long-missing sister [which] takes readers to the ruggedly beautiful Dordogne region of Franceand into the exotic world of orchid-hunting, where the discovery of a new species can be deadly." 301 pp. ISBN: 1400079527.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 67586More details Price: $10.00 -
COAST HIGHWAY 1.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second mystery, the first to be published in hardcover. ISBN: 0-8027-55690.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (toning to pages, spine slant, remainder mark front edge)
Book ID: 19562More details Price: $20.00 -
THE CACTUS GARDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A noir thriller by the former writer for 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Miami Vice.' Set in Southern California, where daredevil DEA agent Jack Walker finds himself with a chance to get inside a drug smuggling empire. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from authors James Crumley, Stephen Hunter among others. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-671-882651.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82066More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CACTUS GARDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A noir thriller by the former writer for 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Miami Vice.' Set in Southern California, where daredevil DEA agent Jack Walker finds himself with a chance to get inside a drug smuggling empire. Cover praise from authors James Crumley, Stephen Hunter among others. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-671-882651.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 53539More details Price: $18.00 -
STATE V. JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a legal thriller involving a battle between two hardened attorneys. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-446-51688-0.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72575More details Price: $18.00 -
RAISING CAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller involving racism in a small town in western Maryland and a fanatical religious cult with bizarre snake rituals.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13806More details Price: $12.50
