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  • BORKMANN'S POINT: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery. by Nesser, Hakan.
    Nesser, Hakan.
    BORKMANN'S POINT: An Inspector Van Veeteren Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2006) dj. Hardcover first edition - Although this is not the first novel featuring Van Veeteren, it was his first book to be published in the United States. Winner the Swedish Crime Writer's Best Novel Award in 1994 for this work. Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. A well-written and absorbing policier which describes the search for a serial killer, an ax murderer, in a small seaside town, it is uncommon as a Nordic mystery in that it is set in a fictional country, which is not quite Sweden or any other Northern European country. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-375421963.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (remainder dot)

    Book ID: 82851
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  • A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS. by Ellory, R. J.
    Ellory, R. J.
    A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Overlook Press, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Although this is his fifth book, it is the first to be published by this author in the US - a novel both thoughtful and suspenseful: Joseph Vaughn of Augusta Falls, Georgia is haunted by a series of murders in his hometown fifty years earlier. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Michael Connelly, Alan Furst, Clive Cussler, Ken Bruen and more. 352 pp. ISBN: 978-1890202500.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 62064
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  • A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS. by Ellory, R. J.
    Ellory, R. J.
    A QUIET BELIEF IN ANGELS.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Orion, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His fifth book- a novel both thoughtful and suspenseful: Joseph Vaughn of Augusta Falls, Georgia is haunted by a series of murders in his hometown fifty years earlier. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Death comes cold and unfeeling, the collector of life's taxation" and dated in 2009. 353 pp. ISBN: 9780752873688.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 60920
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  • DARK ROOTS. by Kennedy, Cate.
    Kennedy, Cate.
    DARK ROOTS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Black Cat (Grove / Atlantic), (1980. First edition - First collection of short stories to be published in the US by this award-winning young Australian writer. Issued as a trade paperback original. 182 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 54386
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