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GOING CRAZY IN PUBLIC.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Morrow, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery featuring fire chief and former arson investigator Mac Fontana, set in the sleepy Washington town of Staircase. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-688-137504.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 40147More details Price: $12.50 -
THE DEAD HORSE PAINT COMPANY.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Morrow, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring fire chief and former arson investigator Mac Fontana, set in the sleepy Washington town of Staircase. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-688-137512.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65130More details Price: $17.50 -
HELP WANTED: ORPHANS PREFERRED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring fire chief and former arson investigator Mac Fontana, set in the sleepy Washington town of Staircase. SIGNED on the title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-688-093337.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 71041More details Price: $25.00 -
THE DEAD HORSE PAINT COMPANY.
Edition: Later printing.
New York: Morrow, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring fire chief and former arson investigator Mac Fontana, set in the sleepy Washington town of Staircase. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-688-137512.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket.
Book ID: 71934More details Price: $28.50 -
TWICE BURNED.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which pits a streetwise cop and an expert in arson investigation against a "morally twisted arsonist, bent on destroying much - if not all- of modern Chicago by fire." 196 pp. ISBN: 0-802754988.
Condition: Good only in a good dust jacket (upper corner of both boards bumped, other edgewear to dj)
Book ID: 84194More details Price: $15.00 -
TROMBONE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Weidenfield, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Bakersfield, California and Los Angeles - a 'poignant and powerful portrait of the ties between father and son.' 247 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-13591.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket (rem dot.)
Book ID: 15133More details Price: $12.50 -
TROMBONE
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Weidenfield, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Bakersfield, California and Los Angeles - a 'poignant and powerful portrait of the ties between father and son.' 247 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-13591.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 20136More details Price: $16.00 -
THERMAL IMAGE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by a writer who is himself an Operational Station Officer in the London Fire Brigade. "Steve Jay is a fireman on the edge. Crippling debts and the recent return of his unfaithful partner, Jenny, are getting between him and the job he loves. A horrific fire in an East London fashion store tests him and his watch to the limit. And when an old friend offers him serious money to investigate a series of suspicious fires, it sounds like the answer to his prayers. His decision to accept the case plunges him into a nightmare of arson and murder." SIGNED on the title page. 358 pp. ISBN: 0-340820152.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (would be fine except for the inevitable toning to the pages) .
Book ID: 84610More details Price: $35.00 -
BEYOND RECOGNITION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, 1997. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring Seatte forensics investigator Sergeant Lou Boldt and the department's psychologist Daphne Matthews. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-7868-62408.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 25612More details Price: $30.00 -
THE FIRST VICTIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Seattle forensics investigator Sergeant Lou Boldt. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-64400.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35451More details Price: $15.00 -
THE FIRST VICTIM.
Edition: Book club edition (full size).
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Mystery featuring Seattle forensics investigator Sergeant Lou Boldt. SIGNED on the title page. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-64400.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (closed tear to upper edge of front cover of dj.)
Book ID: 37415More details Price: $19.50 -
THE FIRST VICTIM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Seattle forensics investigator Sergeant Lou Boldt. 381 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-64400.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72010More details Price: $17.50 -
CHANGO'S FIRE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 82646More details Price: $28.50 -
CHANGO'S FIRE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 82647More details Price: $28.50 -
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Linden Press / Simon & Schuster, 1980. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the small town of Fallsview, NY, a town seemingly like others within a few hours of the city - until an arsonist set about burning down the whole town - the houses and businesses - and the town's terrified citizens, under the strain of increasing suspense and horror, begin to view even their oldest friends and neighbors as enemies. 250 pp. Review copy with publisher's letter and slip laid in. ISBN: 0-671254596.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (creases to dj flaps).
Book ID: 78310More details Price: $18.50 -
A FLUSH OF SHADOWS: Five short novels featuring Constance Leidi and Charlie Meiklejohn.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of five shorter pieces featuring Leidi and Meiklejohn, including their first case "With Thimbles, with Forks, and Hope" and two - "Torch Song" and "All for One" - which had never been published before. INSCRIBED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-312130759.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77818More details Price: $35.00
