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THE PATRIARCH: A Bruno, Chief of Police Novel.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2015. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery novel featuring Bruno, Chief of Police (and the only policeman) in the small town of Saint-Denis in the Dordogne. "Bruno is invited to the lavish birthday celebration of World War II flying ace and national icon Marco 'the Patriarch' Desaix, itÕs the fulfillment of a boyhood dream. But when the party ends in the death of Gilbert, MarcoÕs longtime friend, itÕs another day on the job for the chef de police." A series which celebrates the pleasures of friendship, good food and good wine. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 978-0385354172.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (crease to front flap of dj)
Book ID: 86108More details Price: $40.00 -
ALL THE DEAD LIE DOWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth novel by this Edgar award winning author and the third featuring Texas based crime reporter Molly Cates, who finds herself investigating the death of her father 25 years ago - a death ruled as suicide at the time. SIGNED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-385-478585.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82649More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RED SCREAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First in a new series featuring Texas based crime reporter Molly Cates. Winner of the 1994 Edgar award for best mystery. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-385-46858X.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64037More details Price: $24.50 -
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her third book, and second mystery featuring Texas crime reporter Molly Cates - the first won the Edgar, and this novel was the winner of the McCavity, Anthony and the Dashiell Hammett awards.. Laid in is Walker's business card SIGNED by her with the words "All the best.". ISBN: 0-385-468598.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 64038More details Price: $30.00 -
THE RED SCREAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First in a new series featuring Texas based crime reporter Molly Cates. Winner of the 1994 Edgar award for best mystery. SIGNED on the title page. In addition, Walker's address label is on the front endpaper, and a handwritten envelope from Walker with a business card inside is laid in. The business card includes a brief SIGNED note. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-385-478585.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 64039More details Price: $40.00 -
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First edition - Her third book, and second mystery featuring Texas crime reporter Molly Cates - the first won the Edgar, and this novel was the winner of both the 1996 McCavity and Anthony awards. 398 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 44836More details Price: $25.00 -
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1995. SIGNED first edition - Her third book, and second mystery featuring Texas crime reporter Molly Cates - the first won the Edgar, and this novel was the winner of both the 1996 McCavity and Anthony awards. SIGNED on the title page. 398 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60507More details Price: $30.00 -
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her third book, and second mystery featuring Texas crime reporter Molly Cates - the first won the Edgar, and this novel was the winner of the McCavity, Anthony and the Dashiell Hammett awards.. ISBN: 0-385-468598.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 60620More details Price: $24.50 -
UNDER THE BEETLE'S CELLAR.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Doubleday, 1995. First edition - Her third book, and second mystery featuring Texas crime reporter Molly Cates - the first won the Edgar, and this novel was the winner of both the 1996 McCavity and Anthony awards. 398 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 35260More details Price: $20.00 -
RULES OF THE KNIFE FIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - centers around a bizarre murder and climaxes in a tightly fought court trial. Mostly set in the San Francisco bay area. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0156465.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35791More details Price: $15.00 -
THE TWO DUDE DEFENSE.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, (1985). dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second mystery featuring private eye Hector Gronig, set in San Francisco. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-06-015408x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59336More details Price: $16.50 -
THE IMMEDIATE PROSPECT OF BEING HANGED
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth mystery, Massachusetts setting. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-670-822477.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line, light toning to pages.)
Book ID: 59746More details Price: $15.00 -
THE TWO DUDE DEFENSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1985). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second mystery featuring private eye Hector Gronig, set in San Francisco. INSCRIBED on the half title page - "for my buddy --- the rose of Marin." 218 pp. ISBN: 0-06-015408x.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 59748More details Price: $25.00 -
A CRIME OF PRIVILEGE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A thriller about power, corruption and the law in America. A murder on Cape Cod - a rape in Palm Beach - and what they have in common is the presence of a member of one of America's most powerful families. SIGNED on the title page. 413 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58783More details Price: $30.00 -
A CRIME OF PRIVILEGE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Ballantine, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A thriller about power, corruption and the law in America. A murder on Cape Cod - a rape in Palm Beach - and what they have in common is the presence of a member of one of America's most powerful families. INSCRIBED on the title page. 413 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 58784More details Price: $32.50 -
RULES OF THE KNIFE FIGHT.
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third novel - centers around a bizarre murder and climaxes in a tightly fought court trial. Mostly set in the San Francisco bay area. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0156465.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5910More details Price: $12.50 -
THE APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY
Edition: First edition.
New York: Pocket Books, 1993. Hardcover first edition - Review copy with publisher's material laid in. Basketball mystery set in San Francisco.
Condition: F/F.
Book ID: 5911More details Price: $20.00 -
A DIME TO DANCE BY
Edition: First edition.
New York: Harper & Row, 1983. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery set in Massachusetts where former highschool football hero and rookie lawyer Chuckie Bishop finds himself investigating a shooting, helped and sometimes hindered by his boozing barroom buddies and ex-highschool classmates.
Condition: NF/VG (closed tear back cover.)
Book ID: 5912More details Price: $25.00 -
ONE CRIED MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dembner, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - a mystery set in the world of the theater in Manhattan, by a writer who was himself an actor. ISBN: 0-942637-216.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 17354More details Price: $18.00 -
RESURRECTION ROAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2005). Hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery set in Hilton Head, South Carolina, featuring Bay Tanner, former forensic accountant, and with her father, a retired judge, partner in an investigative firm. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-312337930.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71599More details Price: $15.00 -
WAKING DREAM
Edition: First printing.
New York: St. Martin's, 1987. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel.
Condition: NF/NF (flaps creased).
Book ID: 3161More details Price: $12.50 -
THE TURQUOISE DRAGON.
Edition: First printing.
San Francisco: Yolla Bolla Press Book - Sierra Club Books, (1985.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Environmental writer's first work of fiction - a mystery "thriller with an ecological twist. George Kilgore a forester living quietly in the foothills of California's rugged Klamath Mountains stumbles into a deadly web of intrigue when he discovers the body of a murdered biologist friend." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-8195.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 39337More details Price: $15.00 -
THE TURQUOISE DRAGON.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.
San Francisco: Yolla Bolla Press Book - Sierra Club Books, (1985.). First edition - Environmental writer's first work of fiction - a mystery "thriller with an ecological twist. George Kilgore a forester living quietly in the foothills of California's rugged Klamath Mountains stumbles into a deadly web of intrigue when he discovers the body of a murdered biologist friend." 230 pp. ISBN: 0-87156-7105.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 39540More details Price: $9.00 -
SILINSKI MASTER CRIMINAL.
Edition: Early reprint.
New York & Cleveland: International Fiction Library, (c. 1930.) dj. Hardcover - Vintage 1911 mystery by this classic writer. 343 pp.
Condition: Good in blue cloth (rather striking color illustration from dust jacket pasted to front cover of book)
Book ID: 60786More details Price: $14.50 -
THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
Edition: Early reprint.
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, (c. 1928.). Hardcover - Vintage 1920s mystery by this classic writer.
Condition: Very good in black cloth with red-orange lettering, no dustjacket.
Book ID: 27237More details Price: $12.50 -
THE FEATHERED SERPENT.
Edition: Early reprint.
New York: McKinlay, Stone and Mackenzie, (c. 1928.). Hardcover - Vintage 1920s mystery by this classic writer. A title in the Scotland Yard Mystery Library series. Glossy frontispiece. 315 pp.
Condition: Very good in red cloth with gold lettering on spine (lettering somewhat dulled), no dustjacket.
Book ID: 78469More details Price: $12.50 -
THE GUEST OF HONOR
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, 1989. Hardcover first edition - A novel of suspense and political intrigue.
Condition: NF/NF.
Book ID: 10050More details Price: $12.50 -
THE SECOND LADY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: New American Library - NAL, (1980) dj. Hardcover first edition - An international thriller. On a state visit to Moscow, Billie Bradford, the beautiful and brilliant wife of the President of the United States, is abducted and a Russian agent is put in her place. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-453003885.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88217More details Price: $21.50 -
A CASE OF LOYALTIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1986). Hardcover first edition - Her first novel, set in Oakland where a young girl and a friend are picked up in a stolen car - the same car from which a shot had been fired, killing a man who "was not a nice man." Three detectives from the Oakland police force are determined to get to the bottom of his life, just in case Tricia really was as innocent as she claimed to be. ISBN: 0-312123329.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 69777More details Price: $15.00 -
SO SHALL YOU REAP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's fourth mystery, set in the New York Hudson River valley, a story of old secrets erupting and events from 200 years ago recurring as the town plans its bicentennial. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-385-422148.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (appears unread)
Book ID: 74933More details Price: $15.00
