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A FLUSH OF SHADOWS: Five short novels featuring Constance Leidi and Charlie Meiklejohn.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five shorter pieces featuring Leidi and Meiklejohn, including their first case "With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope" and two - "Torch Song" and "All for One" - which had never been published before. INSCRIBED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-312130759.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77818More details Price: $35.00 -
SMART HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel feauturing Charlie Meiklejohn, a retired cop, and psychologist Constance Leidl, who investigate a murder in the "Smart House," a fully automated home of the future. INSCRIBED on the title page. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-312026420.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of light rubbing to the ends of the spine and folds of the dj)
Book ID: 77819More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GOOD CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of psychological suspense by this writer best known for her science fiction, Shortly after moving into a big new home in Oregon, four children, ranging in age from 6 to 15, find themselves facing the unimaginable. When their parents die unexpectedly, they agree to tell a lie - a big lie - so they can remain together in their home. INSCRIBED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312179146.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 77851More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DARK DOOR: A Science Fiction novel.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1990. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Charlie Meiklejohn / Constance Liedl mystery. INSCRIBED on the title page. ISBN: 0-575-04695-3.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).
Book ID: 78165More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DEEPEST WATER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000). SIGNED hardcover first edition - After Jud Connors is murdered in an isolated lakeside cabin in the Oregon Cascades, his daughter Abby, who is also his literary executor, searches the clues in his unfinished work, the final book in a trilogy, to uncover events that occurred in during the Vietnam War and to separate fact from fiction in an attempt to identify who had reason to want him dead. INSCRIBED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-312261438.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79900More details Price: $40.00 -
OH SUSANNAH!
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A humorous and suspenseful story involving a librarian with amnesia, a smuggling airlines pilot with 4 wives, and a remarkable cat. SIGNED on the title page.
Condition: Very good- in a very good + dustjacket (glue remnants under dj flaps, spine slant.)
Book ID: 13584More details Price: $30.00 -
THE HAMLET TRAP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first Charlie Meiklejohn / Constance Liedl mystery - this one set at the theater company in Ashland, Oregon. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-312-940009.
Condition: Near fine (hint of a spine slant) in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13680More details Price: $17.50 -
THE DARK DOOR: A Science Fiction novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Charlie Meiklejohn / Constance Liedl mystery.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual stamps and tape marks, but a good copy overall in a very good, unmarked dustjacket.
Book ID: 13681More details Price: $12.50 -
SWEET, SWEET POISON
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th Charlie Meiklejohn & Constance Leidl mystery, set in the small rural town of Spender's Ferry in upstate New York. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-312-04433x.
Condition: Very good+ in good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 18394More details Price: $16.50 -
SEVEN KINDS OF DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth Charlie Meiklejohn - Constance Leidl mystery, set at an artists' colony in Maryland. ISBN: 0-312-082908.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 22483More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BEST DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery, this one set in Eugene, featuring Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway. Map. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-109377.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 40474More details Price: $16.50 -
SKELETONS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense by this author best known for her science fiction - A young woman with an eidetic memory is housesitting for her grandfather in a remote Oregon location when she finds herself tormented by strange and menacing noises at night - this leads her to an exploration of her family's past, which takes her from Oregon to New Orleans and uncovers far-reaching and dangerous secrets. INSCRIBED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-312300751.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 88358More details Price: $45.00 -
DEATH OF AN ARTIST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel of pyschological suspense set in a small town on the Oregon coast. 279 pp. ISBN: 978-0312658618.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69321More details Price: $16.50 -
NO DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the high Oregon desert, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209533.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 63297More details Price: $15.00 -
JUSTICE FOR SOME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 52717More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BEST DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery, this one set in Eugene, featuring Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Map. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-109377.
Condition: Very good + in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 12447More details Price: $28.50 -
MALICE PREPENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Murder mystery set in Oregon - a novel of courtroom suspense featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. SIGNED on the title page. 412 pp,. ISBN: 0-312-143648.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81738More details Price: $28.50 -
SMART HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel feauturing Charlie Meiklejohn, a retired cop, and psychologist Constance Leidl, who investigate a murder in the "Smart House," a fully automated home of the future. SIGNED on the title page. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-312026420.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of light rubbing to the ends of the spine and folds of the dj)
Book ID: 81739More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BEST DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery, this one set in Eugene, featuring Oregon attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. Map. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-312-109377.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81743More details Price: $31.50 -
DEFENSE FOR THE DEVIL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in an Oregon coastal town, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. SIGNED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-312-19854x.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 81752More details Price: $31.50 -
JUSTICE FOR SOME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Oregon judge Sarah Drexler. SIGNED on the title page. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-093195.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (light toning to pages).
Book ID: 81753More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GOOD CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of psychological suspense by this writer best known for her science fiction, Shortly after moving into a big new home in Oregon, four children, ranging in age from 6 to 15, find themselves facing the unimaginable. When their parents die unexpectedly, they agree to tell a lie - a big lie - so they can remain together in their home. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-312179146.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73157More details Price: $17.50 -
NO DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the high Oregon desert, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209533.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74293More details Price: $35.00 -
DEFENSE FOR THE DEVIL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in an Oregon coastal town, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-312-19854x.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (crease to final leaf)
Book ID: 74294More details Price: $35.00 -
DESPERATE MEASURES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Legal thriller set in a small Oregon community, featuring attorney Barbara Holloway. INSCRIBED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 0-312-27663x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Review copy with publisher's material laid in.
Book ID: 74295More details Price: $35.00 -
SEVEN KINDS OF DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth Charlie Meiklejohn - Constance Leidl mystery, set at an artists' colony in Maryland. INSCRIBED on the title page. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-312-082908.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (a tight, apparently unread copy.)
Book ID: 77628More details Price: $30.00 -
DOWN ON PONCE.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Atlanta, Georgia: Longstreet Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - Former Atlanta news photographer's first novel - described as 'hard-boiled, hilarious and harrowing.' SIGNED on the title page. 279 pp. ISBN: 1563524317.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60821More details Price: $20.00 -
SIDESWIPE.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: St Martin's, (1987). Hardcover - Crime novel featuring Hoke Moseley, a burnt-out Miami homicide detective. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-312001886.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71466More details Price: $12.50 -
THE WAY WE DIE NOW.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
London: Arrow Books, (1992.). The last novel featuring Miami homicide detective Hoke Moseley, 245 pp. ISBN: 0-09-9600307.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 49257More details Price: $10.00 -
TRAGEDY IN PEWSEY CHART.
Edition: First edition.
New York & London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1929. Hardcover first edition - A rather scarce copy of the first crime novel by this author (she wrote 12 novels between 1929-1947), a story of a gang of drug smugglers and jewel thieves and of two young people who find themselves in danger when their paths cross that of the gang. Features Scotland Yard dectective Ambrose Nixon. 314 pp.
Condition: Fair condition only in black cloth with red lettering, no dust jacket (spine slant, some fraying to the ends of the spine and rubbing to the lettering, faint library stamps but no other markings. Synopsis glued to front pastedown)
Book ID: 84070More details Price: $35.00
