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PINK VODKA BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning science fiction author's first mystery novel - a blend of suspense, humor and some hard drinking. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312077661.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 83116More details Price: $20.00 -
DEATH AND BLINTZES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors' first mystery novel, set in the Jewish community of Boston in the Depression of the 1930s and introducing Belle Appleman, a young widow, garment worker, union menber and devotee of "True Detective" magazine and so when a body is discovered along the Esplanade, she determines to put her skills to work as an amateur sleuth. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-802756255.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 82366More details Price: $20.00 -
ORCHESTRATED DEATH.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introduces Inspector Bill Slider, who has been passed over once again for promotion. INSCRIBED on the title page. 256 pp. . ISBN: 0-684-193884.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77215More details Price: $35.00 -
AN OPTION ON DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Emerson Ward novel - when Jessica Pearson is shot by a bullet through his front window, he embarks on a search for the truth behind her death, a search which takes to the Bahamas, Florida, New York and back to Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-396-092217.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (line on bottom edge, some short closed tears to dj, wear to ends of dj spine)
Book ID: 75136More details Price: $21.50 -
AN OPTION ON DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd Mead, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Emerson Ward novel - when Jessica Pearson is shot by a bullet through his front window, he embarks on a search for the truth behind her death, a search which takes to the Bahamas, Florida, New York and back to Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-396-092217.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 75135More details Price: $27.50 -
A SMALL AND INCIDENTAL MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, set on an island in the Chesapeake Bay and introducing Doll, an experienced diver and sometime sleuth. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-684-191393.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some rubbing to the dj, hint of spine slant)
Book ID: 65063More details Price: $16.50
