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JUDGEMENT OF DEATH .
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring investigative reporter Joseph Radkin - he is sent to London to take over coverage comparing two sensational murder-by-poison trials -one contemporary and the other Victorian. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-802732178.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 35735More details Price: $12.50 -
THE DYING HOURS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eleventh novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0802121486.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (small number written on bottom edge of textblock)
Book ID: 64058More details Price: $35.00 -
FROM THE DEAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The ninth novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. SIGNED on the title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0802122131.
Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket.(crease to upper edge of back cover of dj)
Book ID: 64059More details Price: $35.00 -
FROM THE DEAD.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2014). First edition - The ninth novel in the dark thriller series featuring Detective Inspector Tom Thorne. 387 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 76430More details Price: $21.50 -
A DOUBLE COFFIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 23rd mystery featuring detective (now Commander) John Coffin. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-312-185693.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner.).
Book ID: 48865More details Price: $15.00 -
THE CROSSING POINT.
Edition: Reprint.
London: Contemporary Fiction, (1961) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in the world of a narrow Anglo-Jewish community in London. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "To dear ---- with love from Gerda." 274 pp.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket.(some edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 71504More details Price: $25.00 -
BLEEDING HEART YARD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & Boston: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin, (2022) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third thriller by this award winning writer featuring DI Harbinder Kaur, freshly promoted and relocated in London. SIGNED on the title page with date 2023. 340 pp. ISBN: 978-0063289277.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 87756More details Price: $45.00 -
THE GOOD TERRORIST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A vivid picture of communal life and of a woman, Alice, the 'good terrorist', who knows how to cope with everything except the vacuum of her own life. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-394-543394.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)
Book ID: 36756More details Price: $15.00 -
THE GOOD TERRORIST.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - A vivid picture of communal life and of a woman, Alice, the 'good terrorist', who knows how to cope with everything except the vacuum of her own life. 375 pp. ISBN: 0-394-543394.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 63849More details Price: $19.50 -
HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Scribner, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by the author of The Time Traveler's Wife - this one is an unusual ghost story set in London. 401 pp. ISBN: 9781439185393.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 54351More details Price: $15.00 -
THE NOCTURNE MURDER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Arbor House, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery (second book) introducing Jane Winfield, an American graduate student, who finds herself suspected of murder, and Andrew Quentin, her dissertation director. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-877958629.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 91572More details Price: $28.50 -
A BROKEN VESSEL.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Julian Kestrel, a Regency dandy, who joins forces with Sally Stokes, a Cockney prostitute and thief - and the sister of his valet, Dipper - to unmask a diabolical murderer in 1820's England. Winner of the Gargoyle Award for Best Historical Novel. This series was unfortunately cut short by the author's death at just 41, when only 4 books had been written. INSCRIBED on the title page "to - -- best wishes" 289 pp. ISBN: 0-340-595434.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (a tight straight copy but with the usual rather severe toning to the pages, initials blacked out on front endpaper.).
Book ID: 60287More details Price: $35.00 -
A BROKEN VESSEL.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Viking, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Julian Kestrel, a Regency dandy, who joins forces with Sally Stokes, a Cockney prostitute and thief - and the sister of his valet, Dipper - to unmask a diabolical murderer in 1820's England. Winner of the Gargoyle Award for Best Historical Novel. This series was unfortunately cut short by the author's death at just 41, when only 4 books had been written. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670849995.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87693More details Price: $24.50 -
ELEGY FOR EDDIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Maisie Dobbs, investigator, set in London in 1933 in between the two world wars. "To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are sceptical about the cause of his death, and recruit Maisie Dobbs to investigate." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 9780062049575.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 56836More details Price: $35.00 -
ELEGY FOR EDDIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Maisie Dobbs, investigator, set in London in 1933 in between the two world wars. "To the costermongers of London, Eddie Pettit is simply a gentle soul with a near-magical gift for working with horses. When he is killed in a violent accident, the costers are sceptical about the cause of his death, and recruit Maisie Dobbs to investigate." SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 9780062049575.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket. (initials on front endpaper)
Book ID: 87765More details Price: $30.00
