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IN THE GAME. A Virginia Kelly Mystery.
Edition: First printing in wrappers. No hardcover edition.
Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, 1991. First edition - Author's first novel, a mystery set in the lesbian society of Chicago. The catchy beginning will draw you in. 171 pp plus 9 pp publisher's ads,. ISBN: 1-562800043.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (bookstore stamp on half title page)
Book ID: 89606More details Price: $16.50 -
PRETTY BALLERINA.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Chicago ex-con, unlicensed private detective Harding. ISBN: 0-684-814641.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89530More details Price: $18.50 -
CLARK AND DIVISION.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: SOHO Press, (2021). First edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 89182More details Price: $30.00 -
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CLARK AND DIVISION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: SOHO Press, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-1641292498.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 89173More details Price: $30.00 -
KISS IT GOODBYE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring Chicago ex-con, unlicensed private detective Harding and his fearless girlfriend, Allison. 334 pp. ISBN: 0-684-870630.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 89121More details Price: $19.50 -
FAMILY PICTURES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, third book, The author's second novel, third book, one which spans forty years in the life of a large Chicago family as it explores the effect on the family of a beautiful autistic son. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0163976.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (corners slightly bumped)
Book ID: 89078More details Price: $16.50 -
BORROWED TIME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second mystery featuring former Chicago cop turned PI Cass Raines who is asked to investigate the death of a man found floating in Lake Michigan - the scion of a wealthy family, but who was terminally ill. Who would want to kill a dying man? SIGNED on the title page. 373 pp.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.) Uncommon signed.
Book ID: 88599More details Price: $40.00 -
THIS FAR NO FURTHER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel, a crime thriller. Sue Grafton called it one of the most exciting mystery debuts in years. Introduces Harding, former private investigator in Chicago, until a case turned on him, and now an ex-con working off the books, 333 pp. ISBN: 0-684-814633.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (sunning to spine of dj) .
Book ID: 87926More details Price: $19.50 -
BRUSH BACK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2015) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A V. I. Warshawski novel - although she doesn't want anything to do with Frank Guzzo, an old friend from high school, she can't turn down his plea for help - and finds her own life in danger. SIGNED on the title page . 459 pp. ISBN: 9780-399-160578.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small initials on front endpaper)
Book ID: 87915More details Price: $30.00 -
BLACKLIST.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A V. I. Warshawski novel, one which goes back to McCarthy-era blacklists and forward to some of the unfavorable aspects of the Patriot Act. SIGNED on the title page . 415 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150854.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87870More details Price: $30.00 -
GUARDIAN ANGEL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte Press, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh V.I. Warshawski mystery. Great gritty Chicago setting. SIGNED on the title page. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-385-299311.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87869More details Price: $27.50 -
CRITICAL MASS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring private investigator V. I. Warshawsky who is asked to help when the daughter of a Holocaust survivor finds herself in danger - "the daughterÕs troubles turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg of lies, secrets, and silence, whose origins go back to the mad competition among America, Germany, Japan and England to develop the first atomic bomb." SIGNED on the title page. 465 pp. ISBN: 978-0399160561.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87866More details Price: $30.00 -
DEADLOCK.
Edition: Reprint.
New York: Reader's Digest, (2020.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - An attractive edition of the second V. I. Warshawsky mystery, set in Chicago, originally published in 1984. A title in the "Best Mysteries of All Time" series. Includes an expanded section "about the author" at the end of the book. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp.
Condition: Fine in black boards with silver lettering and illustration on the spine in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87859More details Price: $30.00 -
NO SHOW OF REMORSE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth novel featuring Chicago private investigator Malachy Foley, who has applied to have his law license reinstated - but he still steadfastly refuses to express remorse for his actions. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-312252404.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 86876More details Price: $18.50 -
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 -
THE HAZARD OF THE DIE.
Edition: First edition.
By the author, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - "An historical novel of two Chicago families whose lives met, merged and forever changed destinies." A larger than usual (7 1/4 inches wide) and rather heavy, but very sturdy volume, bound in blue cloth with gilt lettering. 670 pp.
Condition: Good only in a near fine dust jacket (missing the front endpaper and title page, but otherwise just about fine, minor edgewear to dj) Very uncommon - no copies in Worldcat, not found in the Library of Congress.
Book ID: 83855More details Price: $30.00 -
BLOODY MARY: A Jacqueline 'Jack' Daniels Mystery.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Hyperion, (2005.). First edition - Second mystery featuring the tough, smart and vulnerable Chicago cop, Jack Daniels - part mayhem and murder with a large dash of humor. 307 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83368More details Price: $18.00 -
AN IMAGE OF DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Chicago documentary filmmaker Ellie Foreman. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 285 pp. ISBN: 1-590581016.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82893More details Price: $25.00 -
LONG COLD FALL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first crime novel and the first in the series featuring Cooper MacLeish, a Vietnam veteran and Chicago taxi driver. When he hears of the apparent suicide of a former lover his investigation reveals not only that it could not be suicide, but that her missing 14 year old son may be his. SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-399135650.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82602More details Price: $35.00 -
THE BEACH UMBRELLA.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
Chicago: Swallow Press, (1970). Black author's first book, winner of the first Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction in 1970. Stories set mostly on Chicago's South Side, depicting ordinary people whose lives are transfigured by some small chance or choice. Preface by Vance Bourjaily, which comments on the fact that Colter did not attend the Iowa School, so it was a surprise when he won the award. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8040-05559.
Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (some sunning to the spine, but a clean and straight copy, no creasing).
Book ID: 81925More details Price: $17.50 -
AT THE CITY'S EDGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, features former Iraq war veteran Jason Palmer and Chicago cop Elena Cruz. SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-312-360320.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80562More details Price: $30.00 -
A PICTURE OF GUILT.
Edition: First printing.
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Ellie Foreman. The Library Journal review stated "Chicago industrial filmmaker Foreman becomes involved in a murder case when she inadvertently provides a filmed alibi for the accused. Despite her testimony, the jury convicts him owing to an unconcerned defense lawyer, lack of supporting witnesses, and derogatory cross-examinations. Then, a fearful woman approaches Ellie with crucial evidence that could save the now-convicted man, but she dies that night in a suspicious car wreck. Before long, Ellie fancies links between the lawyer and smugglers - if not the mob. Recommended." SIGNED on the title page. 313 pp. ISBN: 1-590580737.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79668More details Price: $25.00 -
BROKEN PLACES.
Edition: First paperback printing.
New York: Kensington, (2019). SIGNED - Author's first mystery introducing PI Cass Raines "who took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized by the incident, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now sheÕs the head of a one-woman private investigation agency." SIGNED on the title page. Includes a preview of the next book in the series. 436 pp. ISBN: 978-1496714886.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 79320More details Price: $17.50 -
FIXED IN HIS FOLLY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, introducing Chicago private investigator Malachy Foley. Edgar Award nominee for Best First Novel. SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-312130740.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 77097More details Price: $31.50 -
SOMEBODY ELSE'S LIFE.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1988). A highly respected, middle-aged college philosophy professor becomes dissatisfied with his life and suddenly craves wealth. He and his lover, an art conservator, create an audacious 16th century forgery and alternate identities for themselves. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-060914548.
Condition: Very good (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 76751More details Price: $10.00 -
BITTER MEDICINE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth V. I. Warshawsky mystery, set in Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-688064485.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 74228More details Price: $50.00 -
DEADLOCK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dial Press, 1984. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second V. I. Warshawsky mystery, set in Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-385279337.
Condition: Very good in very good- dust jacket (lower corners slightly bumped, edgewear to the dj especially at the ends of the spine.)
Book ID: 70947More details Price: $150.00 -
SEEING THE ELEPHANT: A Saxon Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1992). dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring Los Angeles actor/private investigator Saxon - when he hears that an old friend and drinking buddy, a career Chicago cop, has been found dead in a seedy hotel room, he flies there for the funeral. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-312-070810.
Condition: Fine in a very good dust jacket (appears unread, but dj has some edgewear, a short closed tear to lower edge of back cover and a ghost of a sticker on the front cover).
Book ID: 69728More details Price: $16.50 -
THE THIRD RAIL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third thriller featuring Michael Kelly, cynical cop turned private investigator, a hard-boiled story set in Chicago. Author's note. 284 pp. ISBN: 9780307272508.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68142More details Price: $16.50 -
TELL NO TALES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery in the highly praised series featuring African American homicide detective Marti MacAlister. Set in Chicago. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-312-200676.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 66397More details Price: $16.50
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