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DEATH IS A DRUM . . BEATING FOREVER.
Edition: First printing.
Garden City, NY: Crime Club by Doubleday, 1977. dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery novel featuring Dr. Quarshie, set in West Africa. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-385127839.
Condition: Ex-library with relatively few markings, but with a slanted spine, in a very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 78051More details Price: $13.50 -
RED MANDARIN DRESS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 310 pp. ISBN: 978-0312371074.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70471More details Price: $18.00 -
A CASE OF TWO CITIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0312359850.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 74875More details Price: $18.50 -
ENIGMA OF CHINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 262 pp. ISBN: 978-1250025807.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75767More details Price: $19.50 -
A LOYAL CHARACTER DANCER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel feauturing Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. SIGNED on the title page in both English and Chinese characters. 351 pp. ISBN: 1-56947-3013.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65792More details Price: $45.00 -
A CASE OF TWO CITIES.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Sceptre, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 307 pp. ISBN: 978-0340898529.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 66104More details Price: $17.50 -
ENIGMA OF CHINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 262 pp. ISBN: 978-1250025807.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder dot, small peeled spot under dj flap)
Book ID: 66106More details Price: $15.00 -
WHEN RED IS BLACK.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: SOHO Press, (2002). First edition - The third novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 310 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 67682More details Price: $30.00 -
THE MAO CASE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the award winning series featuring Shanghai Police Inspector Chen Cao. 289 pp. ISBN: 9780312538743.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62040More details Price: $20.00 -
CITY UNDER ONE ROOF.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Berkley, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this Oscar nominated screenwriter, set in a fictionalized version of Whittier, Alaska, a town with a year round population of about 280, most of whom live in the winter in one building. Told in the alternating voices of three women - Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage who finds herself trapped in the town when a landslide closes the only access; a teenager named Amy Lin, who discovered the first body parts, and Lonnie, a 30-something woman with a pet moose. Cover praise from such diverse writers as C. J. Box, Ann Cleeves, Naomi Hirahara and more. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-0593336670.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87976More details Price: $85.00 -
SERIOUS INTENT.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Psychological thriller by this writer who is a master at describing the suspense and horror that is hidden in ordinary lives. ISBN: 0-89296-583-5.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 17085More details Price: $15.00 -
SPEAK FOR THE DEAD.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: The Viking Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - A psychological thriller set in London. 187 pp.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 46995More details Price: $12.50 -
THE COME-ON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - An early work of psychological suspense by Yorke - dj praise from Eudora Welty and Dorothy Salisbury Davis ("a taut story hanging ..on a woman's discovery of her own strength.)
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 2381More details Price: $40.00 -
CRIMINAL DAMAGE
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. Hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, set in a small English town, by one of the masters of the British mystery.
Condition: VG/NF.
Book ID: 5200More details Price: $15.00 -
CRIMINAL DAMAGE
Edition: First American edition.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - A psychological thriller, set in a small English town, by one of the masters of the British mystery.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (remainder dot)
Book ID: 8140More details Price: $15.00 -
A SMALL DECEIT
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Another superbly crafted psychological thriller by this writer who is a master at describing the suspense and horror that is hidden in ordinary lives.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 10053More details Price: $14.50 -
THE LIMBO LADIES.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hurst & Blackett, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 'limbo ladies' are women excluded from English social life because they are widowed, divorced (as is Sarah Marston, the heroine of this novel) or unmarried. A stand alone novel by this prolific British crime novelist, this emphasizes how Sarah comes to value her own strength and independence. 184 pp.
Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, some spine slant and soiling to the edges of the trexblock, but overall good condition in a good dust jacket. Many of Yorke's early books are found most readily as ex-library copies, a fact which is not surprising when one realizes that she was presented with the Golden Handcuffs award by the British library service for becoming the most-borrowed author.
Book ID: 61774More details Price: $40.00 -
SUMMER FLIGHT.
Edition: First printing.
London: Robert Hale, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - Very uncommon first edition of the first novel by this prolific British suspense writer - as Tim Heald commented her "novels were robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog." This story of a man on the run from the police who winds up in a peaceful English village exemplifies that. 190 pp.
Condition: Good overall in a good dust jacket (bookplate of a lending library mostly hidden by the dj flap, discoloration to the reverse of the lower edge of the dj, with some to the endpapers, spine slant, and other signs of wear.)
Book ID: 61773More details Price: $150.00 -
MURDER IN A COLD CLIMATE
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, 1989. Hardcover first edition - First mystery by this Canadian writer (and father of singer Neil Young.) Introduces Mountie Matthew "Matteesie" Kitologitak, a full-blooded Inuk.
Condition: NF/F (gift inscription on front endpaper.)
Book ID: 7004More details Price: $15.00 -
THE ANGEL'S GAME.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another literate bibliomystery, set in a "dark gothic universe" in Barcelona, Spain, by the author of "The Shadow of the Wind." Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves. 531 pp. ISBN: 9780385528702.
Condition: Fine in illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64314More details Price: $19.50 -
THE NEVER LIST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a compelling thriller: "For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the ÒNever ListÓ: a list of actions to be avoided, for safetyÕs sake, at all costs. But one night, against their best instincts, they accept a cab ride with grave, everlasting consequences. For the next three years, they are held captive with two other girls in a dungeon-like cellar by a connoisseur of sadism. Ten years later, . . . her abductor is up for parole and Sarah can no longer ignore the twisted letters he sends from jail." 303 pp. ISBN: 978-0670026517.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69592More details Price: $17.50 -
TRUST THE LIAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a mystery which pairs a high-school attendance monitor, a young widow, with a 14 year old boy with an active imagination and of "dubious veracity" in a search to Mexico for a killer. SIGNED on the title page with the inscription "Happy Birthday, You have a delightful charming daughter" (not personalized). 179 pp. ISBN: 0-802756972.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages) Uncommon signed..
Book ID: 64774More details Price: $30.00 -
STAND-IN FOR MURDER.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
El Cajon, California: Transition Press, (1969.). First edition - Uncommon mystery by this author best known for her historical children's books. Vintage paperback, original cover price of 75c. 187 pp plus 5 pp of publisher's ads.
Condition: Very good overall (discoloration to the outer edges of some pages, not affecting the text.)
Book ID: 35370More details Price: $9.00 -
HUNGRY FOR IT.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
New York Kensington Books (2008). SIGNED - "Remi Bouchard has enjoyed more than her share of trysts amidst the seduction of South Beach. With good looks, limitless sex appeal, and the wealth and popularity that comes from owning the city's hottest jazz bar and restaurant. " INSCRIBED:on the title page, 300 pp. ISBN: 0-7582-17390.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60781More details Price: $18.50 -
HARDROCK STIFF
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Kurt Muller mystery set in the Aspen, Colorado area - it starts with the murder of a miner of the old school - a "hardrock stiff." 323 pp. ISBN: 0-385-313144.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 35882More details Price: $16.50 -
HARDROCK STIFF
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second Kurt Muller mystery - it starts with the murder of a miner of the old school - a "hardrock stiff." INSCRIBED on the title page by the author to "a great writer and a good dad" and dated in the year of publication. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-385-313144.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 32950More details Price: $35.00 -
INTO THIN AIR
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's highly praised first mystery, introduces Aspen, Colorado's Sheriff Kurt Muller, ex-hippie, single father and a man struggling to make sense of things. SIGNED on title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-385-31311x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 76938More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WHITE LEAGUE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New Milford, CT: Toby Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - A novel about guilt, privilege, and racism in New Orleans by this author who is best known for the Kurt Muller series set in Aspen, Colorado, although actually grew up on the Texas Gulf Coast and in Louisiana. A story involving blackmail, a secret organization, and a white supremacist running for governor of Louisiana. SIGNED on the title page. 477 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78805More details Price: $28.50 -
PARIAH.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Dell, (2000). SIGNED - Third mystery featuring ex-hippie Aspen, Colorado sheriff Kurt Muller. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-440-224438.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 79262More details Price: $12.50 -
PARIAH: A Kurt Muller Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1999). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring ex-hippie Aspen, Colorado sheriff Kurt Muller. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-385319304.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82554More details Price: $30.00
