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THE ECHO
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (2007.). Highly-praised author's fifth novel of psychological suspense and mystery, centered around the death of a homeless man. Walters has won many awards include the Creasey, Edgar and the Golden Dagger. 338 pp. ISBN: 9780307277107.
Condition: Good overall - wear to covers, edges.
Book ID: 46987More details Price: $8.50 -
THE DARK ROOM
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. Hardcover - Award winning author's 4th novel. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140786.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (some edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 48477More details Price: $12.50 -
THE DEVIL'S FEATHER.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77498More details Price: $35.00 -
FEAR OF LANDING.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this noted epidemiologist, veterinarian and ecologist - "On the islands of Java and Bali in the early 1980s, Western governments are pouring millions of dollars into development schemes even as Indonesian strongman President Suharto violently stifles dissent. For Canadian veterinarian Abner Dueck, the spice islands are an exotic locale for the seemingly mundane work of examining dead cows and working with old friends" - until two of his friends are murdered. 223 pp. ISBN: 1590583493.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 45833More details Price: $18.00 -
THE GOLDEN ORANGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Newport Beach - a world of yachts, millionaires, plastic surgery and bikini-basking - on California's gold coast in Orange County, and featuring ex-cop Winnie Farlow. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-688-094082.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 37604More details Price: $35.00 -
FLOATERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous crime novel focusing on the adventures and misadventures of two "water cops" who man a Harbor Patrol boat in San Diego's Mission Bay. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-553-103512.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43393More details Price: $28.00 -
FINNEGAN'S WEEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-688-128017.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43394More details Price: $30.00 -
THE SECRETS OF HARRY BRIGHT.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Morrow, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Crime novel set in the California desert, in a town which is a 'sand-blown, down-scale outpost' of Palm Springs, featuring Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective Sydney Blackpool. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-688-05958-9.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot). Laid in is a bookmark with Wambaugh's police shield and a list of his books.
Book ID: 43395More details Price: $18.50 -
FUGITIVE NIGHTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Palm Springs, California and in the desert surrounding it, by this former Los Angeles police officer. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-688-111289.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 28410More details Price: $30.00 -
HOLLYWOOD STATION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 36021More details Price: $45.00 -
HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. 343 pp.
Condition: Nea fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. A surprisingly uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 60479More details Price: $20.00 -
HOLLYWOOD CROWS.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-316-02583.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47198More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GOLDEN ORANGE.
Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).
New York: Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Suspense novel set in Newport Beach - a world of yachts, millionaires, plastic surgery and bikini-basking - on California's gold coast in Orange County, and featuring ex-cop Winnie Farlow. SIGNED on the title page. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-688-094082.
Condition: Very good in very good- dust jacket (some wear to the ends of the spine of the dj, rubbing to folds)
Book ID: 47284More details Price: $21.50 -
FINNEGAN'S WEEK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. Wambaugh's book mark laid in. ISBN: 0-688-128017.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 47336More details Price: $28.00 -
THE CHOIRBOYS.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1975.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An early Wambaugh title,the first police novel he wrote after leaving the force. "A powerful dark comedy about 10 men in blue in a patrol squad attempting to stay sane in an insane world." SIGNED on the title page. 346 pp. ISBN: 0-440-053633.
Condition: Good only in a good dustjacket (reading wear, some edgewear to the dj.)
Book ID: 48504More details Price: $27.50 -
DEADLY SLIPPER: A Novel of Death in the Dordogne.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard, (2006). The author's first novel - a "literary mystery about a womans search for her long-missing sister [which] takes readers to the ruggedly beautiful Dordogne region of Franceand into the exotic world of orchid-hunting, where the discovery of a new species can be deadly." 301 pp. ISBN: 1400079527.
Condition: Very near fine.
Book ID: 67586More details Price: $10.00 -
COAST HIGHWAY 1.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1983. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second mystery, the first to be published in hardcover. ISBN: 0-8027-55690.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (toning to pages, spine slant, remainder mark front edge)
Book ID: 19562More details Price: $20.00 -
THE CACTUS GARDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A noir thriller by the former writer for 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Miami Vice.' Set in Southern California, where daredevil DEA agent Jack Walker finds himself with a chance to get inside a drug smuggling empire. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from authors James Crumley, Stephen Hunter among others. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-671-882651.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82066More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CACTUS GARDEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pocket Books, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A noir thriller by the former writer for 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Miami Vice.' Set in Southern California, where daredevil DEA agent Jack Walker finds himself with a chance to get inside a drug smuggling empire. Cover praise from authors James Crumley, Stephen Hunter among others. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-671-882651.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 53539More details Price: $18.00 -
RAISING CAIN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Legal thriller involving racism in a small town in western Maryland and a fanatical religious cult with bizarre snake rituals.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 13806More details Price: $12.50 -
STATE V. JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a legal thriller involving a battle between two hardened attorneys. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-446-51688-0.
Condition: Very good in a very good dustjacket.
Book ID: 16213More details Price: $15.00 -
STATE V. JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a legal thriller involving a battle between two hardened attorneys. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-446-51688-0.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72575More details Price: $18.00 -
DEAD MAN'S HAND: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Trade paperback original.
Boonsboro, MD: Hilliard Harris, (2007). SIGNED - Seventh book in this award winning series featuring Connor Westphal, set in California's gold rush country where Connor runs a weekly newspaper. Josh, a deaf activist, has proposed creating a self-sufficient deaf community in an old ghost town, and getting many of the future residents jobs at the controversial local casino. INSCRIBED on the first page. 181 pp. ISBN: 978-1591332091.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 71972More details Price: $17.50 -
SIGN OF FOUL PLAY: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Paperback original - first printing.
New York: Bantam, (1998.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery set in a small town in the California Gold Country (where we are located!) INSCRIBED on the title page. 275 pp. Promotional postcard laid in. ISBN: 0-553-575872.
Condition: Very near fine (usual light toning to the pages - no creases)
Book ID: 55156More details Price: $10.00 -
THE RIGHT TO REMAIN SILENT: A Connor Westphal Mystery.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Bantam, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Third book in this award winning series featuring deaf journalist and amateur sleuth, Connor Westphal, set in California's gold rush country where Connor runs a weekly newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 1-568659881.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj)
Book ID: 76439More details Price: $19.50 -
MURDER ON THE AIR.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Berkeley, CA: Nolo Press, (1984). First edition - First mystery by the couple who started the Nolo Press, and featuring an unlikely duo of homicide investigators: Lt James Rivers and Sara Tamura, a sansei who is also the first Japanese woman to work as a violent crimes investigator in Berkeley. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-917316770.
Condition: Good overall - spine slant, wear to base of spine, contents clean.
Book ID: 84087More details Price: $14.50 -
DOG HEAVIES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: TOR, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery in the award winning series featuring Lucas Hallam, ex-gunslinger and Texas Ranger, now working as a Hollywood as a private eye during the days of the silent films. ISBN: 0-312-931603.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 19130More details Price: $20.00 -
GRAVEN IMAGES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second highly acclaimed mystery, featuring true crime writer Garner Quinn. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140808.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 74932More details Price: $16.50 -
GRAVEN IMAGES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second highly acclaimed mystery, featuring true crime writer Garner Quinn. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140808.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (remainder mark.)
Book ID: 31559More details Price: $13.50 -
BROOMSTICKS OVER FLAXBOROUGH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Eyre Methuen, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - The seventh book in the Flaxborough series. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-413450201.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket. (minor edgewear to dj, original price of 1.80 still present.
Book ID: 87242More details Price: $90.00
