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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: Very good in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 16213More details Price: $15.00 -
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Bantam, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Third book in this award winning series featuring deaf journalist and amateur sleuth, Connor Westphal, set in California's gold rush country where Connor runs a weekly newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 1-568659881.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj)
Book ID: 76439More details Price: $19.50 -
DEAD MAN'S HAND: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Trade paperback original.
Boonsboro, MD: Hilliard Harris, (2007). SIGNED - Seventh book in this award winning series featuring Connor Westphal, set in California's gold rush country where Connor runs a weekly newspaper. Josh, a deaf activist, has proposed creating a self-sufficient deaf community in an old ghost town, and getting many of the future residents jobs at the controversial local casino. INSCRIBED on the first page. 181 pp. ISBN: 978-1591332091.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 71972More details Price: $17.50 -
SIGN OF FOUL PLAY: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Bantam, (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery set in a small town in the California Gold Country (where we are located!) INSCRIBED on the title page. 275 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-553-575872.
Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to the pages - no creases)
Book ID: 55156More details Price: $10.00 -
MURDER ON THE AIR.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press, (1984). First edition - First mystery by the couple who started the Nolo Press, and featuring an unlikely duo of homicide investigators: Lt James Rivers and Sara Tamura, a sansei who is also the first Japanese woman to work as a violent crimes investigator in Berkeley. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-917316770.
Condition: Good overall - spine slant, wear to base of spine, contents clean.
Book ID: 84087More details Price: $14.50 -
DOG HEAVIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery in the award winning series featuring Lucas Hallam, ex-gunslinger and Texas Ranger, now working as a Hollywood as a private eye during the days of the silent films. ISBN: 0-312-931603.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 19130More details Price: $20.00 -
GRAVEN IMAGES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second highly acclaimed mystery, featuring true crime writer Garner Quinn. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140808.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 31559More details Price: $13.50 -
GRAVEN IMAGES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second highly acclaimed mystery, featuring true crime writer Garner Quinn. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140808.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74932More details Price: $16.50 -
BROOMSTICKS OVER FLAXBOROUGH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Eyre Methuen, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh book in the Flaxborough series. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-413450201.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (minor edgewear to dj, original price of 1.80 still present.
Book ID: 87242More details Price: $90.00 -
HOPJOY WAS HERE: A Murder Ink. Mystery #53.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Dell, (1982). A whodunit in the classic tradition, the third in the Flaxborough Chronicle series, featuring Inspector Purbright and originally published in 1962. 169 pp plus ads. ISBN: 0-440136253.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages, no creasing, appears unread)
Book ID: 81717More details Price: $11.50 -
THE NOORIABAD FILE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Scribner's, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - A world scale mystery falls into the hands of financial analyst Mike Ellis, whose involvement becomes more dire when his wife and daughter are unwittingly entrapped. Author's first novel. ISBN: 0-684-16292X.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (prev owner's name creasing to flap of dj, some wear at dj edges.)
Book ID: 19881More details Price: $20.00 -
SECOND LIFE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (2015). First edition - Award winning author's second novel, a psychological thriller. "When Julia learns that her sister has been violently murdered, she wants to know why.. . As she becomes entangled with a dangerous stranger online, shes losing herself . . . losing control . . . perhaps losing everything. This search for answers will jeopardize her marriage, her family, and her life." 415 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76441More details Price: $18.50 -
DEADLY SWEET.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Mysterious Press, 1994. First edition - Florida noir. Eddy Priest, a non-practicing lawyerm is aiming for the simple life as a sailboat salesman on Florida's west coast, until a woman contacts him asking for help - and after he turns her down, she is found dead in her car in a canal beside the road. 350 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed red wrappers.
Book ID: 85611More details Price: $17.50 -
CONS.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: SOHO Press, (1992). First edition - Uncommon advance issue of this author's first book -set in North Carolina, this is a noir novel about an ex-con trying to go straight. 231 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed lime green wrappers.
Book ID: 83429More details Price: $25.00 -
STEAL AWAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel - "Randall is glib, handsome and crooked. But he has a code of honor. Although he sold cars and real estate for a living before, with moving up to burglary there are a few things he won't do for money." 293 pp. ISBN: 1569470677.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68968More details Price: $16.50 -
MURDER ON SAFARI.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1987). dj. Hardcover first edition - Murder mystery set against the backdrop of a bird-watching safari in Kenya. ISBN: 0-396-090613.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (prev owner's name stamped on front endpaper, otherwise a tight and clean copy.)
Book ID: 28412More details Price: $18.00 -
DECEPTIONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a thriller. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517496.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner.)
Book ID: 47022More details Price: $12.50 -
DESERT RAGE: A Lena Jones Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery set in Arizona, featuring private investigator Lena Jones. SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-1464203107.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69219More details Price: $25.00 -
DESERT WIVES: A Lena Jones Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring private investigator Lena Jones, who helps thirteen year old Rebecca escape from Purity, a polygamy compound in a desolate area straddling the Utah - Arizona border. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note 300 pp. ISBN: 1-590580303.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69229More details Price: $25.00 -
DESERT NOIR: A Lena Jones Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing Scottsdale private investigator Lena Jones, a survivor of dozens of foster homes, who becomes involved in investigating the murder of a gallery owner. SIGNED on the title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 1-590580303.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69355More details Price: $25.00 -
THE DOUBLE: An Investigation.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Texas-born author's first mystery novel. "It starts - as so many mysteries do - with a corpse. But in this case the dead man is different. Well, actually he's the same. He looks just like John Reynman. But Reynman has no twin. He has never seen the dead man before. How did the corpse wind up on Reynman's living room floor?" James Sallis (who is in 'Asylum') comments: 'There has to be something in the water in Austin, Texas. Guy sits down to write a nice little mystery and comes up with this?'. SIGNED on the title page with the comment "Halloween, Austin, TX, 1998. See pg 231."
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 68881More details Price: $30.00 -
ESSENTIAL SALTES: An Experiment.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Texas-born author's second experimental mystery novel - there is a murder and a theft, but otherwise this book has little in common with traditional crime fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 243 pp.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 68882More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DOUBLE: An Investigation.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Texas-born author's first novel. "It starts - as so many mysteries do - with a corpse. But in this case the dead man is different. Well, actually he's the same. He looks just like John Reynman. But Reynman has no twin. He has never seen the dead man before. How did the corpse wind up on Reynman's living room floor?" James Sallis (who is in 'Asylum') comments: 'There has to be something in the water in Austin, Texas. Guy sits down to write a nice little mystery and comes up with this?'. SIGNED on the title page with the comment "Signed in the home of John Reynman, Austin, TX." 242 pp. ISBN: 0-312191448.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 68196More details Price: $30.00 -
WHITE MAN RUNNING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel. In 1940s Texas, a 13 year old black boy delivering groceries slashes a woman's attacker with his knife, but knowing that he would not be believed, he flees the town. Forty years later, things have changed and he is a respected attorney running for Congress - but now that long-ago violence is threatening his career and the lives of those around him. 179 pp. ISBN: 0-802756115.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72820More details Price: $20.00 -
THE HALF LIFE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of suspense involving a children's camp, the CIA, and multiple murders in Atlanta.
Condition: Very good+ in a like dustjacket (prev owner's sticker.)
Book ID: 12518More details Price: $12.50 -
A LITTLE LADYKILLING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel, a suspense story set in the San Francisco Bay area, written under this pseudonym.
Condition: Very good + in a good dustjacket with several closed tears.
Book ID: 13804More details Price: $12.50 -
MENGELE'S LEGACY.
Edition: First printing.
Danbury, CT: Rutledge Books, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a medical thriller. "Doctor Izzy Slesinger, America's preeminent protein biochemist, discovers that HIV is not the cause of AIDS, but rather the consequence of a genetically shifted cell designed to wipe out the African races. As Izzy races around the globe, searching for Mengele's missing research, he is chased by modern Nazis who share Hitler's dream of a pure Aryan planet." SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 1-582441855.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78397More details Price: $25.00 -
AN OLD MAN'S GAME: An Amos Parisman Mystery.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Altadena, CA: Prospect Park Books, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, one which brings an old Jewish detective in LA, who doesn't believe in God, out of retirement to investigate the possible murder of a charismatic rabbi, who dropped dead over lunch at Canter's Deli. He hires ex-wrestler Omar Villasenor to provide some much-needed muscle, and they provide an entertaining tour of L.A. while they track down a killer with a surprising motive. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp plus a 1 pg glossary. ISBN: 978-1945551642.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85570More details Price: $22.50 -
CONSIDER THE CROWS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: St Martin's, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED. The second novel featuring Susan Wren, introduced in "The Winter Widow.". ISBN: 0-312-097727.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24248More details Price: $27.50 -
CONSIDER THE CROWS.
Edition: First edition.
New York: St Martin's, 1993. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel featuring Susan Wren, introduced in "The Winter Widow.". ISBN: 0-312-097727.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy.)
Book ID: 24249More details Price: $25.00