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  • NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE. by Beinhart, Larry.
    Beinhart, Larry.
    NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: William H. Morrow, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, winner of the Edgar Award, introducing private investigator Tony Casella - a new breed of detective, one who has seen both sides of the law, both sides of a drug bust. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-688-060579.

    Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (crease to flap of dj)

    Book ID: 89681
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  • Blauner, Peter.
    SLOW MOTION RIOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, an Edgar winning mystery - the story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem with the only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 37795
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  • SLOW MOTION RIOT. by Blauner, Peter.
    Blauner, Peter.
    SLOW MOTION RIOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, winner of the Edgar award for best first novel. The story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem - the only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64622
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  • Blauner, Peter.
    SLOW MOTION RIOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, an Edgar winning mystery - the story of an 18 year old determined to be the head of his own crack cocaine kingdom in Harlem. The only thing standing between him and his dream is his probation officer. Cover praise from such diverse writers as Katherine Dunn, Andrew Vachss and Oliver Stone, among others. 431 pp. ISBN: 0-688-100686.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 4215
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  • ENOUGH ROPE by Block, Lawrence.
    Block, Lawrence.
    ENOUGH ROPE

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Morrow, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A massive collection of Block short stories, arranged by character - Rodenbarr, Keller, Scudder, etc - includes all the stories from his previous collections plus two dozen new stories. Three of the stories won the Edgar award. SIGNED on the title page. 883 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0188901.

    Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket. (a bit of wear at the bottom of dj spine.)

    Book ID: 43648
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  • BILLINGSGATE SHOAL by Boyer, Rick
    Boyer, Rick
    BILLINGSGATE SHOAL

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning first mystery - introduces Doc Adams, an oral surgeon and a "regular guy" whose curiosity about an apparently stranded fishing boat off Cape Cod leads him into danger and death. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-395-320410.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73922
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  • BILLINGSGATE SHOAL by Boyer, Rick
    Boyer, Rick
    BILLINGSGATE SHOAL

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First edition - Edgar award winning first mystery - introduces Doc Adams, an oral surgeon and a "regular guy" whose curiosity about an apparently stranded fishing boat off Cape Cod leads him into danger and death. 272 pp.

    Condition: Good overall in printed orange wrappers - spine slant, wear at bottom of spine. An uncommon advance state.

    Book ID: 6078
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  • BLACK CHERRY BLUES. by Burke, James Lee
    Burke, James Lee
    BLACK CHERRY BLUES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (foxing to edges of textblock, few spots to interior of dj.)

    Book ID: 90580
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  • CIMARRON ROSE. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    CIMARRON ROSE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Hyperion, (1997.). First edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82360
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  • CIMARRON ROSE. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    CIMARRON ROSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52237
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  • CIMARRON ROSE. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    CIMARRON ROSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (vertical crease on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 80886
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  • Burke, James Lee
    CIMARRON ROSE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62580.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 27051
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  • CIMARRON ROSE. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    CIMARRON ROSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Edgar Award. The UK edition preceded the US edition. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-752804863.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 80887
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  • BLACK CHERRY BLUES. by Burke, James Lee
    Burke, James Lee
    BLACK CHERRY BLUES.

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring ex-New Orleans cop Dave Robichaux and one of the best in the series. Winner of the Edgar award for best novel. 290 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-316-116998.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (faint stamp on top edge of textblock) .

    Book ID: 90898
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  • CIMARRON ROSE. by Burke, James Lee.
    Burke, James Lee.
    CIMARRON ROSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series featuring attorney and former Texas ranger Billy Bob Holland. Winner of the Edgar Award. The UK edition preceded the US edition. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-752804863.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82359
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  • THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL. by Burns, Rex.
    Burns, Rex.
    THE ALVAREZ JOURNAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1975) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first mystery novel and the first in a series of police procedurals featuring half-Chicano, half-Anglo Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver, Colorado. Winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel. INSCRIBED on the half title page. Laid in is what appears to be a photocopy of a single page note by Burns to book collector Dale Carter. 200 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0105763.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (bit of fading to upper edge of boards)

    Book ID: 92684
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  • Clark, Robert.
    MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 39713
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  • Clark, Robert.
    MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.

    Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (slight spine slant)

    Book ID: 37158
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  • MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION. by Clark, Robert.
    Clark, Robert.
    MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Picador, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192177.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75110
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  • Clark, Robert.
    MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Picador, 1998. First edition - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in 1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (upper corner slightly bumped.)

    Book ID: 24603
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  • Clark, Robert.
    MR. WHITE'S CONFESSION.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Picador, 1998. dj. Hardcover - The author's second novel, a complex story of murder set in Minnesota in1939, winner of the Edgar award for best novel of 1998. ISBN: 0-312-192177.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 23594
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  • ROGUE ISLAND. by DeSilva, Bruce.
    DeSilva, Bruce.
    ROGUE ISLAND.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover - First suspense novel by this author, introducing Liam Mulligan, an old-school investigative reporter for a dying newspaper in Providence, Rhode Island, Winner of Edgar Award for best first novel. SIGNED on the title page. Includes a brief introduction in which he describes how he came to write this. 302 pp. ISBN: 9780765374295.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 72697
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  • THE TELLING OF LIES: A Mystery. by Findley, Timothy
    Findley, Timothy
    THE TELLING OF LIES: A Mystery.

    Edition: Book club edition: the first hardcover printing in the US.

    New York: Delta Fiction, (1988.) dj. Hardcover - A story of murder and lying among the summer clientele of an old hotel on the coast of Maine. Published as a trade paperback in the US, and winner of the 1989 Edgar award for best paperback original mystery, even though it had originally been published in hardcover in Canada in 1986.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 23684
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  • WHIP HAND. by Francis, Dick.
    Francis, Dick.
    WHIP HAND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring jockey Sid Halley, probably Francis's most popular protagonist. Winner of both the Edgar Award and the Gold Dagger Award. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-06-011384-7.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (some staining to lower corner of textblock)

    Book ID: 70949
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  • WHIP HAND. by Francis, Dick.
    Francis, Dick.
    WHIP HAND.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1979.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring jockey Sid Halley, probably Francis's most popular protagonist. Winner of both the Edgar Award and the Gold Dagger Award. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-06-011384-7.

    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket (some foxing to the top edge of the textblock, hint of sunning to the spine of the dj, but otherwise a tight, straight and clean copy.)

    Book ID: 49545
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  • POACHERS. by Franklin, Tom.
    Franklin, Tom.
    POACHERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1991.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a very highly praised collection of short fiction about the Deep South - mostly south Alabama. The title novella won an Edgar Award. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-688-167403.

    Condition: Very good in fine dust jacket (remainder line, lower edge of textblock bumped.).

    Book ID: 43949
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  • POACHERS. by Franklin, Tom.
    Franklin, Tom.
    POACHERS.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harper Collins / Perennial, (2000.). The author's first book, a very highly praised collection of short fiction about the Deep South - mostly south Alabama. The title novella won an Edgar Award. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-688-177719.

    Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 59052
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  • THE KING OF THE RAINY COUNTRY by Freeling, Nicolas .
    Freeling, Nicolas .
    THE KING OF THE RAINY COUNTRY

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth book in Freeling's Inspector Van Der Valk series, winner of the 1967 Edgar Award for best mystery. The title is a quote from Baudelaire: "I am like the King of a Rainy Country, Rich, but powerless. . . Nothing brightens my day, not the Hunt, not falconry, Not the dying people below my balcony." and that sets the mood of this story, where Van der Valk has been tasked with finding a missing millionaire and a young girl, a trip that takes him across Europe. While ostensibly a crime novel, it is a story of psychological depth, emphasizing the relationships between the hunter and the hunted,…

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    New York: Harper & Row, (1966) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth book in Freeling's Inspector Van Der Valk series, winner of the 1967 Edgar Award for best mystery. The title is a quote from Baudelaire: "I am like the King of a Rainy Country, Rich, but powerless. . . Nothing brightens my day, not the Hunt, not falconry, Not the dying people below my balcony." and that sets the mood of this story, where Van der Valk has been tasked with finding a missing millionaire and a young girl, a trip that takes him across Europe. While ostensibly a crime novel, it is a story of psychological depth, emphasizing the relationships between the hunter and the hunted, and also a book which reveals a deep knowledge of European history. 188 pp. Dust jacket by Edgar Blakeney.

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    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (light spot on top edge of textblock, tidemark at the upper edge of rear cover of dj, but overall a tight and clean copy, original price of $4.50 on dj flap.)

    Book ID: 93093
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  • IN THE WOODS. by French, Tana.
    French, Tana.
    IN THE WOODS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, (2007). First edition - The author's first novel, featuring Rob Ryan a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad, winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. 429 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 65128
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  • Green, George Dawes
    THE CAVEMAN'S VALENTINE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Time Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Edgar for best first mystery of the year. One of the most complex and unusual protagonists in recent years: an African American Julliard trained concert pianist, who is now homeless and living in a cave in New York's Central Park. Highly recommended. ISBN: 0-446-517224.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 3303
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