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THE BUZZARDS MUST ALSO BE FED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring Japanese American former FBI agent, Mark Shigata - who is now sheriff of a small town in Texas. ISBN: 0-8027-57731.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 21362More details Price: $18.00 -
SHE CAME TOO LATE.
Edition: First US printing in wrappers, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press, 1987. First edition - Author's first mystery - introduces radical feminist Emma Victor. ISBN: 0-89594-2437.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 13712More details Price: $12.00 -
SHE CAME TO THE CASTRO
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth Emma Victor mystery by the Lambda Award-winning author. SIGNED.
Condition: Fine in fine dustjacket (as new.)
Book ID: 5619More details Price: $25.00 -
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MURDER INK: Revived, Revised, Still Unrepentant Perpetrated by Dilys Winn.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Workman Publishing, (1984.). "Fresh trouble brewing from 40 new conspirators plus the tea mystery so definitive that you can smell it." In addition to including a book within a book - "The Tainted Tea Tragedy" this includes contributions from such writers as P.D. James, Thomas Perry, Gladys Mitchell, Edward Gorey, Joseph Hansen, Catherine Aird and many others. Illustrated with photographs and drawings throughout. Index to authors. 398 pp. ISBN: 0-89480-7773.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89177More details Price: $13.50 -
THE CARTEL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel in this "Power of the Dog" series, set on the Mexican-American border - "an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge." 616 pp. ISBN: 978-1101874998.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 88394More details Price: $25.00 -
CITY ON FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel in an epic new crime trilogy, set in New England in the 1980s and focusing on Danny Ryan, and themes of family, love, honour, loyalty and betrayal amongst the Irish and Italian mobsters who have until now co-existed peacefully in Providence, Rhode Island. A contemporary retelling of the Iliad. 371 pp. ISBN: 978-0062851192.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89012More details Price: $24.50 -
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z.
Edition: First US printing and first hardcover edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a 3 strike loser, who happens to kill a Hell's Angel - and is offered a deal by the DEA. Great desert survival story. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454292.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 17708More details Price: $35.00 -
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
London: Century, (1997). SIGNED first edition - The true first edition of this novel about a 3 strike loser, who happens to kill a Hell's Angel - and is offered a deal by the DEA. Great desert survival story - and a really good read! SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-7126-77542.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wraps with self-flaps (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 70609More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DEATH AND LIFE OF BOBBY Z.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997 dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of a 3 strike loser, who happens to kill a Hell's Angel - and is offered a deal by the DEA. Great desert survival story. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454292.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot).
Book ID: 37557More details Price: $28.00 -
CALIFORNIA FIRE AND LIFE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Suspenseful novel featuring Jack Wade, genius arson investigator, fire claims adjuster and inveterate surfer. SIGNED by the author.Winner of the Shamus Award for best PI novel.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 9596More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CARTEL.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2016). SIGNED - The second novel in this "Power of the Dog" series, set on the Mexican-American border - "an action-filled look at the drug trade that takes you deep inside a world riddled with corruption, betrayal, and bloody revenge." SIGNED on the title page. 616 pp. ISBN: 978-1101873748.
Condition: Good overall (tape repair to base of spine)
Book ID: 78499More details Price: $22.50 -
JUDGMENT DAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel of mystery and terror." When a wealthy couple decides to purchase an old Norman church, a church which had been haunted by a legend of murder and wickedness, and transport it to their California suburb, it seemed like an amusing idea at first - until the legend came to life. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-312-446764.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88684More details Price: $20.00 -
JUDGMENT DAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel of mystery and terror." When a wealthy couple decides to purchase an old Norman church, a church which had been haunted by a legend of murder and wickedness, and transport it to their California suburb, it seemed like an amusing idea at first - until the legend came to life. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-312-446764.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, rubbing to the black background of the dj)
Book ID: 63153More details Price: $16.50 -
THE LAST HOUSEWIFE.
Edition: First printing.
Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark. (2022) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a "pitch-black thriller about a woman determined to destroy a powerful cult and avenge the deaths of the women taken in by it, no matter the cost." 385 pp. ISBN: 978-1728229911.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87975More details Price: $21.50 -
THE TWENTY-YEAR DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 83041More details Price: $35.00 -
BUY BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A noir crime novel set in New York's underworld - "Tom Davin is a Brooklyn investigator in a jam. His girl friend split and stuck him with four cats and a debt to a ruthless loan shark. He arranges an art theft to cover his debt - only someone swipes the paintings from his crew." 309 pp. ISBN: 9780312601881.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 57811More details Price: $17.50 -
DEADLY STAKES.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Walker, 1989. Hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring computer genius Jason Reddy and martial arts devotee Jessica Munroe written under the Wiser pseudonym by husband and wife team, Harry and Linda Friedman.
Condition: Fine in a fine dusjacket.
Book ID: 3986More details Price: $18.00 -
SOFT MONEY: A Filomena Buscarsela Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Filomena Buscarsela, a New York street smart investigator, and former cop, originally from Ecuador, who has traded in her uniform for single motherhood. SIGNED on the title page. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-525-945458.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77275More details Price: $30.00 -
23 SHADES OF BLACK.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Signet, (1998). SIGNED - An unusual first mystery, featuring a New York street smart cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela. Nominated for the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp. ISBN: 0-451-197488.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 66573More details Price: $14.50 -
BLOOD LAKE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring Filomena Buscarsela, a former New York street smart cop originally from Ecuador, turned private investigator. In this novel, she takes her young daughter back to Ecuador to see their extended family, and a priest, who had helped her in the past, is gunned down in front of her. SIGNED on the title page. Highly recommended. Glossary, 324 pp. ISBN: 0-312-281862.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall tight and clean in a fine, unmarked, dust jacket .
Book ID: 67049More details Price: $16.50 -
23 SHADES OF BLACK.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.
East Setauket, NY: TIP/The Imaginary Press, (1997). SIGNED first edition - An unusual first mystery, featuring a New York street smart cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela. Nominee for the Edgar. SIGNED on the title page. 270 pp. Cover illustration by Angela Bocage. ISBN: 0-965681416.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58075More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GLASS FACTORY.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Dutton, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Mystery, featuring a New York street smart investigator, and former cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela - and is now a single parent trying to raise her 3 year old daughter in a city full of toxins. SIGNED on the title page. 215 pp.
Condition: Fine in pale green printed wrappers.
Book ID: 60867More details Price: $28.50 -
23 SHADES OF BLACK.
Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing.
New York: Signet, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover - An unusual first mystery, featuring a New York street smart cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela. Nominee for the Edgar. Originally published as a paperback original by a small press, so this book club edition is the first hardcover edition of this title. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj)
Book ID: 62075More details Price: $23.50 -
RED HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring Filomena Buscarsela, a former New York street smart cop originally from Ecuador, now an apprentice to a private investigator. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312-28182X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62076More details Price: $30.00 -
THE GLASS FACTORY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring a New York street smart investigator, and former cop who is originally from Ecuador - Filomena Buscarsela - and is now a single parent trying to raise her 3 year old daughter in a city full of toxins. SIGNED on the title page. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-525-945458.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62077More details Price: $30.00 -
RED HOUSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring Filomena Buscarsela, a former New York street smart cop originally from Ecuador, now an apprentice to a private investigator. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312-28182X.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 62663More details Price: $25.00 -
BLOOD LAKE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring Filomena Buscarsela, a former New York street smart cop originally from Ecuador, turned private investigator. In this novel, she takes her young daughter back to Ecuador to see their extended family, and a priest, who had helped her in the past, is gunned down in front of her. SIGNED on the title page. Highly recommended. Glossary, 324 pp. ISBN: 0-312-281862.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 62664More details Price: $30.00 -
WATCH ME GO.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (tanning to edges of textblock)
Book ID: 83218More details Price: $18.50 -
THE SALAZAR GRANT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Rinehart, (1959.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, a mystery set in the old mining towns of New Mexico. 253 pp. Dust jacket design by Bill Feder.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (tanning to the pages, edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 45079More details Price: $18.00 -
THE HARBINGER EFFECT.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989.). First edition - Her second novel, an international espionage thriller which begins when a Soviet photojournalist sneaks into an American embassy in West Africa asking for asylum. 322 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed yellow wrappers.
Book ID: 48946More details Price: $15.00
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