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LIARS' LEGACY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Kensington, (2020) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second international thriller set in the world of espionage featuring the elusive twins Jack & Jill who find themselves caught between two superpowers. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-1496718655.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 90373More details Price: $28.50 -
GYPSY.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - "The Ritz Hotel in occupied Paris is rocked by an explosion on 17 January 1943. Millions of francs worth of diamonds destined for the Third Reich are missing. The international safe-cracker Gypsy has surfaced and is about to hold the city and its Occupier to ransom. The unlikely team of Jean-Lous St.-Cyr of the Surete and Hermann Kohler of the Gestapo are joined by Herr Max of the Internationalen Krminalpolizei in this, their ninth investigation." 256 pp. ISBN: 0-094771502.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (usual significant toning to the pages)
Book ID: 89471More details Price: $20.00 -
BADGER GAMES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ex-freelance contractor for the Mob, Joe Service and Helen Sedlacek are hired by a cadre of rogue government agents to find a missing operative in a search that takes them a drug-smuggling ring in Kosovo to the mountains of Butte, Montana. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 0-871138514.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 87320More details Price: $40.00 -
THE AMBER ROOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first suspense novel - "a riveting cat-and-mouse game set within the world of international art thieves, assassins, and age-old rivalries. From the opening shocker set in a Nazi concentration camp to the chilling battle within a mountain-top castle, [it] carries the reader on a harrowing journey into a past best left undiscovered." (James Rollins) SIGNED on the title page. Writer's note. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-345460030.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 85985More details Price: $65.00 -
THE POWER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Warner, (1990). First edition - An international techno-thriller by the author probably best known for "Panic in Needle Park." An American scientist begins investigating the Soviet Union's use of paranormal forces for defense purposes. 406 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (reading creases on spine).
Book ID: 83655More details Price: $17.50 -
BRANDENBERG.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second international thriller by this former journalist - although set after the reunification of Germany, it has its roots in Nazi Germany. "In Berlin a political activist is gunned down in the street. In Paraguay a smuggler is killed in a hit-and-run. And then an elderly German businessman puts a gun in his mouth in his luxurious South American mansion. Joseph Volkmann, a member of an elite European security force, finds himself drawn into the mystery of the brutal deaths, investigating a link between the seemingly random cases that cost the journalist who connected them his life." 292 pp. ISBN: 0-312154836.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83654More details Price: $21.50 -
THE HUNTING SEASON.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1986) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel written under this pseudonym by this Scottish author and playwright, an international thriller featuring ex-intelligence officer and playwright Anthony Moore, and introducing loner Harry Sedall - "a thinking man's Bond, crossed with a ladies' man Smiley." The novel begins on a cross channel ferry and ranges from there to London, the Stratford Ontario Shakespeare festival and to the frozen wilderness of Ontario, where the hunting season is really on. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-030080029.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 83653More details Price: $21.50 -
YEAR OF THE TIGER.
Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )
London: Michael Joseph, (1996). First edition - International thriller set in the Himalayas in 1961 featuring Paul Chavasse, the dramatic tale of the rescue of a scientist from Chinese soil who held information vital to the West. 248 pp.
Condition: Fine in printed red and white wrappers (sticker of literary agency on first page)
Book ID: 82948More details Price: $20.00 -
RULES OF DECEPTION.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - International thriller which begins with a couple climbing in the Swiss Alps when a blizzard sets in, and in trying to escape the storm, the wife falls into a crevasse and is killed. SIGNED on the title page. 390 pp. ISBN: 978-0385524063.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 82684More details Price: $31.50 -
THE CAIRO AFFAIR.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.
Book ID: 82660More details Price: $30.00 -
SPY ACROSS THE TABLE.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2017). SIGNED first edition - The author's fourth novel, a thriller featuring Jim Brodie, a San Francisco antique dealer, who inherited his father's detective agency in Tokyo. When two of his friends are killed backstage at the Kennedy Center, Brodie is enlisted - off the books - to help track down the assassin. Fast-paced, often brutal. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 358 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 82581More details Price: $30.00 -
THE POWER OF THE BUG.
Edition: First US printing (but printed in England from the British sheets)
New York: St Martin's, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth novel in the Jennifer Norrington series by this prolific author (who wrote under many names - Drummond is what he used for his spy novels). The three friends - Jenny, Sandy and Colly - are on the warpath after a friend of Colly dies from a fall off a cliff in Vermont. 224 pp.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line)
Book ID: 82518More details Price: $18.50 -
COUNTERSTRIKE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - International thriller by this prolific author - There was a high-level plot to assassinate Gorbachev at a Geneva summit meeting but when the conspirators decide at the last to call off the plot, they learn that the psychopathic hit man - Moran - doesn't relinquish a project of this nature and he will kill anybody who gets in his way. The CIA, FBI, KGB and Soviet military intelligence all pool wits and resources to apprehend this deadly sociopath. 383 pp. ISBN: 0-688087779.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short closed tear at top of spine of dj)
Book ID: 82515More details Price: $16.50 -
THE DEVIL'S BANKER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Delacorte, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Thriller set in the international world of high finance and intrigue, a world where money is the ultimate weapon of war, and introducing forensic accountant Adam Chapel. INSCRIBED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-385-337272.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80552More details Price: $30.00 -
THE DEVIL'S BANKER.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Delacorte, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Thriller set in the international world of high finance and intrigue, a world where money is the ultimate weapon of war, and introducing forensic accountant Adam Chapel. SIGNED on the title page. 392 pp. ISBN: 0-385-337272.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 80551More details Price: $30.00 -
BEQUEST.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel (third book), a thriller set in Moscow: "A Secret Russian File; A Dangerous Legacy, The Chase Begins." SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. 346 pp. ISBN: 978-0755356355.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some toning to the edges of the textblock).
Book ID: 79590More details Price: $28.50 -
THE APOSTLE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria - Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-146586579.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock)
Book ID: 78838More details Price: $15.00 -
MORNING SPY, EVENING SPY.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2006). First edition - The author's second book, an espionage thriller set in the days leading up to 9/11. "CIA officer, Paul Patterson, who had run Kareem as an agent during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, sets out to track him down. Patterson navigates a shadow land of intrigue in England, Africa, the Middle East, and the U.S., where truth and lies seem to merge." 304 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers (lower corner of back cover slightly bumped but an unread copy) An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 78610More details Price: $18.50 -
THE BIRDS OF PREY.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: McGraw-Hill, (1978) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel, an international espionage thriller. "On a May night in 1968, the plane carrying the French Chief of Staff General Ailleret explodes over the island of Runion in the Indian Ocean, killing all aboard except for one. Four years later, writer Charles Stone is drawn irresistibly into the mystery that still surrounds the General's death." 247 pp. ISBN: 0-070548609.
Condition: Good in very good dust jacket. (spine slant, corners bumped)
Book ID: 78600More details Price: $12.50 -
ACT OR WAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. 353 pp. ISBN: 978-1476717128.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (ink initials on front endpaper, short tear to bottom edge of dj).
Book ID: 78529More details Price: $14.50 -
ACT OR WAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2014) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. 353 pp. ISBN: 978-1476717128.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 78528More details Price: $16.50 -
THE ATHENA PROJECT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism. "Tucked away in a remote corner of North Carolinas Fort Bragg, behind rows of razor wire and heavily armed guards, lies the headquarters of the nations most elite counter-terrorism unit - the United States Armys 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta. Here, a brilliant new approach to combating terrorism has just been born. Its codename: The Athena Project." It will recruit, train and deploy female warriorson some of the most exciting and dangerous international assignments the world has ever seen. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1439192955.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 78527More details Price: $16.50 -
CODE OF CONDUCT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-1476717159.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket
Book ID: 78510More details Price: $15.00 -
CODE OF CONDUCT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-1476717159.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (remainder mark)
Book ID: 78509More details Price: $15.00 -
FOREIGN AGENT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atria (Simon & Schuster), (2016). Hardcover first edition - A thriller of international terrorism, featuring ex Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath. 335 pp. ISBN: 978-1476789354.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78505More details Price: $18.50 -
A HOODED CROW.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Harper Collins, (1992). First edition - A novel of international espionage as Sir Kenneth Aubrey and tough Patrick Hyde as they race across Africa in an attempt to thwart an evil and greedy man. 425 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 78279More details Price: $15.00 -
BLOWBACK:A Vanessa Pierson Novel.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Blue Rider Press / Penguin, (2013). SIGNED hardcover first edition - An espionage thriller by former CIA ops officer Valerie Plame - her first novel - and thriller writer Sarah Lovett, introducing covert CIA ops officer Vanessa. SIGNED on the title page by Lovett. SIGNED bookplate by Plame laid in. 324 pp. ISBN: 978-0399158209.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76501More details Price: $30.00 -
ADVENTURES WITH DANGEROUS WOMEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by the author of The James Bond Trivia Quiz Book. A television scriptwriter becomes accidentally involved with Nazi-hunters and war criminals, the FBI, and a series of beautiful, mysterious, and dangerous women." Review copy with publisher's flyer laid in. 303 pp. ISBN: 1-556111231.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped)
Book ID: 76473More details Price: $16.50 -
BLACK LEOPARD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, an environental and political thriller, set in a deceptively stable nation of Terre Diamantee, a former Belgian colony in West Africa, and using the author's experience as US Foreign Service officer in the Ivory Coast to make the background realistic. . Dvaid Trowbridge, an American field biologist is trying to track the elusive leopard in the rain forest - but then three murders occur at the forest station--and he is ambushed also. Review copy with publisher's material, author's photo laid in. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-679447024.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76268More details Price: $21.50 -
DOWN AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Macmillan, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who had spent "twenty years travelling widely in Europe and the Far East as a diplomat, then working in counter-terrorism and for the United Nations. He draws on this experience to describe the secret world of espionage with insight and great authenticity." One review stated that his novels remain among the most iconic, chilling and gripping spy novels ever published. In this book, "British agent David Nairn investigates the link between two seemingly unrelated incidents--an exchange of prisoners between the Russians and British and the murder of a Chinese agent in Nepal, six years later." 304 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-025485202.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 76120More details Price: $16.50