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HOT SHOTS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's third mystery featuring police detectives Jack Willows and Claire Parker, set in Vancouver, British Columbia, and involving a lost shipment of heroin. The first book in this series was winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. 192 pp. ISBN: 0-670-830143.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket. (as new, but with a remainder line.)
Book ID: 46478More details Price: $16.50 -
MIDNIGHT CAB.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Cannongate, (2005.). First edition - Gripping first novel - the story of a young man's search for his mother who abandoned him when he was 3 - winner of the Ellis Award for best first novel when it was originally published in Canada in 2002.
Condition: Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 31372More details Price: $18.50 -
DEJA DEAD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Scribner's, 1997. SIGNED first edition - The author's highly praised first mystery, winner of the Ellis award for best first novel and finalist for the Dilys award. Set in Montreal and featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan, this is a gripping story of a serial murderer with a very realistic background. The author is herself a forensic anthropologist for both the state of North Carolina and the province of Quebec - SIGNED on the title page. The popular television series 'Bones' is loosely based on these books. Recommended. 409 pp.
Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers. Fairly uncommon, even though this was a heavily promoted book - with incredible praise both from medical examiners and other writers!
Book ID: 32282More details Price: $40.00 -
COLD IS THE GRAVE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Morrow, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks mystery, set mostly in Yorkshire. INSCRIBED on the title page "For -- Enjoy!". Winner of the Arhur Ellis Award. 369 pp. ISBN: 0-380-978083.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 52401More details Price: $25.00 -
COLD IS THE GRAVE.
Edition: First printing.
Toronto: Viking, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - True first edition of this Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks mystery, set mostly in Yorkshire and London - Despite his ongoing feud with his boss, Banks is called in by Chief Inspector Riddle to find his runaway 16 year old daughter.. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Arhur Ellis Award. 451 pp. ISBN: 0-670-893013.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70751More details Price: $40.00 -
SWANN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: The Viking Press, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel which tells the stories of four very different people - including a feminist scholar, a literary biographer, a small-town librarian - whose lives become entwined in the mysteries surrounding the life and murder of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet. Winner of the Arhur Ellis Award. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-670-82822x.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket. (usual toning to the pages, remainder line.)
Book ID: 34327More details Price: $15.00
