- Keyword = Mystery - Suspense & Detective Fiction, mysteries:historical, bibliomystery, African American Mystery
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THE MAN WITH THE CLUBFOOT.
Edition: Early reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c 1918) dj. Hardcover - Vintage mystery - cover proclaims it "the greatest secret-service novel of recent times." 323 pp plus 7 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Good in dark green cloth (color illustration from dust jacket pasted to front cover of book, lettering on spine rubbed and difficult to read)
Book ID: 60787More details Price: $14.50 -
THE PURITY LEAGUE.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Putnam, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - A cynical middle-aged journalist with one lung and a bad leg finds himself getting involved in a mysterious international organization called 'The Purity League.'
Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 20629More details Price: $16.00 -
THE WIDOW'S WAR.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Rawson Wade, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Former double agent Hugh Ryan is retired and running a health spa in the English countryside -until the widow of a deposed Caribbean ruler checks in, determined to take back the country - and to enlist the services of Ryan. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-89256-1289.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 69731More details Price: $15.00 -
MISSING AT TENOCLOCK
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1994. Hardcover first edition - First novel written by John Miles under this pseudonym, set in a sleepy mountain town in Colorado.
Condition: F/F.
Book ID: 3156More details Price: $15.00 -
THE SAILCLOTH SHROUD.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Viking, 1960. dj. Hardcover -
Condition: Very good in good dust jacket (some paper missing from spine of dj.)
Book ID: 19228More details Price: $14.50 -
THE DIAMOND BIKINI.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
London: Simon & Schuster, (1988). A title in the Blue Murder series. A hard-boiled noir mystery by one of the masters of the genre - two Chicago hoodlums and a beautiful nightclub singer hide out in the bayous of the deep South, but then she disappears wearing nothing but a G-string encrusted with diamonds. Originally published as a paperback original in 1956. 155 pp. ISBN: 0-671652753.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (usual toning to pages)
Book ID: 88207More details Price: $14.50 -
MURDER IN ADVENT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St, Martin's, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery involving the sale of an original copy of the Magna Carta, featuring banker sleuth Mark Treasure. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-312-552971.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 2379More details Price: $12.50 -
WEDDING TREASURE.
Edition: First American edition.
New York: St Martin's, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition -
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket. (peeled spot on ffep, soiling on dj)
Book ID: 2539More details Price: $12.50 -
JACOB'S LADDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A political thriller by the noted African American novelist (who was a reporter in West Africa in the 1960's)
Condition: Very good+ in a near fine dustjacket (initials on front endpaper and slight shelfwear to lower edges of boards- very slight chipping to the black background of the dj, but overall in bright and beautiful condition -)
Book ID: 9260More details Price: $35.00 -
JACOB'S LADDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A political thriller by the noted African American novelist (who was a reporter in West Africa in the 1960's)
Condition: Ex-library, but a very tight clean copy with minimal markings in a dj with significant edgewear, incl 1 long closed tear with associated creasing, chip at bottom of spine.
Book ID: 9261More details Price: $12.50 -
THE BERHAMA ACCOUNT
Edition: First printing.
Far Hills, NJ: New Horizon Press, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A humorous suspense tale of politics and romance on the tropical island of Berhama by this highly praised African American novelist. A review copy with publisher's slip attached to front pastedown.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.)
Book ID: 9408More details Price: $30.00 -
SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Introduces former AAA baseball player Hank Prince, "Atlanta's most engaging private eye." 255 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-569.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 48803More details Price: $15.00 -
SLOW DANCE IN AUTUMN: A Hank Prince Mystery Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Introduces former AAA baseball player Hank Prince, "Atlanta's most engaging private eye." SIGNED on the title page and also INSCRIBED on the facing page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-934601-569.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76413More details Price: $30.00 -
BLOODSTAINED KINGS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second novel, a gritty and realistic suspense novel set in New Orleans and the rural south, by this English writer who is both a screenwriter and film producer, and a practising psychiatrist specializing in treating heroin addicts. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-679-450092.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 42230More details Price: $16.50 -
BLOODSTAINED KINGS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Jonathan Cape, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel, set in New Orleans and the rural south, by this English writer who is a practising psychiatrist specializing in treating heroin addicts. SIGNED on the titel page. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-224-041606.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (usual toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 52006More details Price: $35.00 -
SISTERS OF THE ROAD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1986. First edition - The third feminist mystery featuring Pam Nilsen - in this one the search for a young girl brings her into contact with the world of teenage prostitutes and runaways on the streets of Seattle and Portland. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-931188-458.
Condition: Near fine condition (remainder mark, bookstore stamp.)
Book ID: 52280More details Price: $11.50 -
TROUBLE IN TRANSYLVANIA.
Edition: First printing.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Cassandra Reilly mystery- called "a wonderful blend of travel writing, feminism and political commentary." 277 pp. ISBN: 1-878067-346.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 13710More details Price: $14.50 -
SISTERS OF THE ROAD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1986. First edition - The third feminist mystery featuring Pam Nilsen - in this one the search for a young girl brings her into contact with the world of teenage prostitutes and runaways on the streets of Seattle and Portland. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-931188-458.
Condition: Fine condition.
Book ID: 19752More details Price: $12.50 -
SISTERS OF THE ROAD.
Edition: A trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1986. First edition - The third feminist mystery featuring Pam Nilsen. ISBN: 0-931188-458.
Condition: Tape on spine, contents very good.
Book ID: 19918More details Price: $10.00 -
SISTERS OF THE ROAD.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
Seattle: Seal Press, 1986. First edition - The third feminist mystery featuring Pam Nilsen - in this one the search for a young girl brings her into contact with the world of teenage prostitutes and runaways on the streets of Seattle and Portland. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-931188-458.
Condition: Near fine condition. (prev owner's name)
Book ID: 32652More details Price: $9.50 -
THE NATURE OF RARE THINGS,
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Carroll & Graf, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Nathaniel Gye, university lecturer and paranormal investigator. When he is asked by a dead man through a medium to investigate his death, he is skeptical - but when his wife disappears on a trip to Italy - a trip the medium also warned against - he finds himself involved. 222 pp. ISBN: 0-786715642.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82351More details Price: $16.50 -
SELECT.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow, (1994.). First edition - A medical thriller which draws upon Wilson's years of experience as a medical practicioner. According to the publisher's comments on the back cover, this was originally submitted anonymously. 332 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 49020More details Price: $15.00 -
SELECT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A medical thriller which draws upon Wilson's years of experience as a medical practicioner. According to the publisher's comments on the advanced edition of this book, this was originally submitted anonymously.SIGNED on the title page. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-688-046185.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 49104More details Price: $30.00 -
IMPLANT
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doherty, (1995.). SIGNED first edition - A novel of medical suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 5589More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LYNDSEY BARRETT
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow, 1998. Author's second novel, but the first to be published in the US - called an "erotic revenge thriller."
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 6490More details Price: $15.00 -
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LYNDSEY BARRATT,
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised psychological and erotic thriller - Welsh author's first book to be published in the US. 394 pp. ISBN: 0-688-152805.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (rem line.)
Book ID: 15311More details Price: $12.50 -
SIMPLE JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77094More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77095More details Price: $18.00 -
THE LIMITS OF JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award-winning series featuring gay journalist Benjamin Justice, set in Southern California SIGNED on the title page . 309 pp. ISBN: 0-385491174.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82823More details Price: $28.50 -
SIMPLE JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69094More details Price: $35.00
