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THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the half title page, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 52360More details Price: $30.00 -
THE KILLING OF THE SAINTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Described as the first Cuban-American thriller, this is a story of witchcraft, crime and law, set in the Hispanic communities of Los Angeles. Charlie Morrell, himself Cuban, is a court-appointed investigator assigned to take on the case of two marielitos, followers of the santeria cult, who are accused of a vicious killing. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication, 308 pp. ISBN: 0-517-58509X.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 64477More details Price: $35.00 -
DEAD OF NIGHT
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book and second suspense novel featuring Cuban-American lawyer Charlie Morrell - a story based on the worlds of santeria and the darker one of palo mayombe. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Michael Connelly and T. Jefferson Parker. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-684814269.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82598More details Price: $30.00 -
DEAD OF NIGHT
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book and second suspense novel featuring Cuban-American lawyer Charlie Morrell - a story based on the worlds of santeria and the darker one of palo mayombe. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Dust jacket praise from Michael Connelly and T. Jefferson Parker. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 300 pp. ISBN: 0-684814269.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82599More details Price: $35.00 -
BLOODY WATERS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who is Cuban, and who was a private investigator in Miami. SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14157x.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 24843More details Price: $32.50 -
BLOODY WATERS
Edition: First printing.
New York: Pantheon, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who is Cuban, and who was a private investigator in Miami. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-399-14157x.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (remainder line)
Book ID: 59317More details Price: $16.50 -
BITTER SUGAR: A Lupe Solano Mystery.
Edition: 3rd printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2001) dj. Hardcover - The sixth mystery featuring Cuban-American Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who was a private investigator in Miami. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-380-977818.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63856More details Price: $13.50 -
A MIRACLE IN PARADISE: A Lupe Solano Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Avon, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring Cuban-American Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who was a private investigator in Miami. 277 pp. ISBN: 0-380-977796.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75371More details Price: $16.50 -
BITTER SUGAR: A Lupe Solano Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Cuban-American Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who was a private investigator in Miami. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 315 pp. ISBN: 0-380-977818.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82973More details Price: $30.00 -
A MIRACLE IN PARADISE: A Lupe Solano Mystery.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Avon, (1999). First edition - The fourth mystery featuring Cuban-American Lupe Solano mystery, by an author who was a private investigator in Miami. 277 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 85119More details Price: $20.00 -
THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE.
Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.
New York: HarperPerennial, (1992.). Author's second novel, set in 1949, this is the story of two Cuban brothers, workers by day, musicians by night. Winner of Pulitzer prize. Movie tie-in edition with photo from movie on front cover. 407 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0974516.
Condition: Very good condition (remainder line)
Book ID: 43052More details Price: $9.00 -
THE MAMBO KINGS PLAY SONGS OF LOVE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel, set in 1949, this is the story of two Cuban brothers, workers by day, musicians by night. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and basis for the movie of the same name. 407 pp. ISBN: 0-374-20125-0.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 56104More details Price: $25.00 -
RECLAIMING PARIS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria Books, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this Cuban-American writer who is also a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. 286 pp. ISBN: 1416551123.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 51968More details Price: $17.50 -
LOS GUSANOS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in Miami, Florida in 1981, but spanning six decades of a family's history in Cuba and the US. The title is a derogatory term used by Castro to refer to those who fled Cuba after he came to power. 473 pp. ISBN: 0-060166533.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 63151More details Price: $19.50 -
LOS GUSANOS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (1991). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in Miami, Florida in 1981, but spanning six decades of a family's history in Cuba and the US. The title is a derogatory term used by Castro to refer to those who fled Cuba after he came to power. SIGNED on the page facing the title page. 475 pp
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67169More details Price: $30.00 -
THE CHIN KISS KING.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel chronicling the lives of three generations of Cuban American women in Miami. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-374-121303.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4495More details Price: $18.00