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SUPERIOR DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set in Isle Royale National Park in the midst of Lake Superior. The author's third book and her second mystery, introducing park ranger Anna Pigeon. (Barr was a National Parks ranger herself at the time she wrote this book.) SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Anthony and Agatha awards for best first mystery. 238 pp. ISBN: 0-399-139168.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 74427More details Price: $50.00 -
WHAT LOOKS LIKE CRAZY ON AN ORDINARY DAY.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Avon, 1998. African American writer's first novel, set in a "sleepy North Michigan community." 244 pp. ISBN: 0-380-79487x.
Condition: Near fine.
Book ID: 35543More details Price: $10.00 -
THE KEEPERS OF TRUTH.
Edition: First printing.
London: Phoenix House / Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award winning Irish writer's fifh book, a novel set in 1980s obsessed by a murder. "Truth" is the name of the moribund local newspaper. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp. ISBN: 1-861591780.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 79576More details Price: $35.00 -
THE RESURRECTIONISTS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning Irish writer's sixth book, a novel set in 1979 small town America. . . "a thriller that bubbles up from the tawdry stew of its central character's fringe existence. Frank Cassidy is a clinically depressed, all-but-impoverished New Jersey man who receives word that his uncle Ward (who raised Frank after his parents were killed) has died. Frank's reaction is telling: perhaps there's a piece of Ward's Michigan farm that has been willed to him. Traveling in a succession of stolen cars, Frank gets to his snowbound destination and finds that Ward's death is shrouded in mystery; worse, Frank is implicated in the crime." 360 pp. ISBN: 1-861591950.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual toning to the pages)
Book ID: 73937More details Price: $20.00 -
THE LONG WHITE.
Edition: First printing.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - 1988 Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner, selected by Robert Stone who stated her writing is 'animated and sympathetic, wry and aware. Her characters are vivid and unpredictable. She is able to convey a sense of life lived in time and place with great immediacy. ' Collection of short stories set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-87745-2164.
Condition: Association copy, INSCRIBED on the title page to fellow writer Nancy Packer and dated in 1989. Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 31489More details Price: $42.50 -
THE LONG WHITE.
Edition: First printing.
Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - 1988 Iowa Short Fiction Award Winner, selected by Robert Stone who stated her writing is 'animated and sympathetic, wry and aware. Her characters are vivid and unpredictable. She is able to convey a sense of life lived in time and place with great immediacy. ' Collection of short stories set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 194 pp. ISBN: 0-87745-2164.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 33186More details Price: $17.50 -
BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First David Loogan novel. An engrossing bibliomystery, SIGNED on the title page and dated 8-1-09, in the year of publication. 338 pp.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 62609More details Price: $45.00 -
MOTOR CITY BLUE.
Edition: First printing.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Detroit private investigator, Amos Walker. SIGNED on the title page. 219 pp. ISBN: 0-395294479.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65789More details Price: $100.00 -
STARVATION LAKE.
Edition: Later printing, trade paperback.
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2009). SIGNED - The author's award winning first novel, set in the small town of Starvation Lake in upper Michigan, and published as a trade paperback original. SIGNED on the title page. 370 pp. plus a reading guide. ISBN: 1-416563628.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 65335More details Price: $25.00 -
THE SKELETON BOX: A Starvation Lake Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third novel in this award winning series, set in the small town of Starvation Lake in upper Michigan. Mysterious burglaries are plaguing the town. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1416563662.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65334More details Price: $35.00 -
BLOOD IS THE SKY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. INSCRIBED on the title page "to --- Greetings from da U.P, eh?" and dated in the year of publication. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301154.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 70656More details Price: $35.00 -
THE HUNTING WIND: An Alex McKnight Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop and ex-baseball player Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-268947.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 70658More details Price: $35.00 -
DIE A STRANGER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp. ISBN: 9870312640217.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62002More details Price: $30.00 -
THE HUNTING WIND: An Alex McKnight Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop and ex-baseball player Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-268947.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 63302More details Price: $28.50 -
LET IT BURN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set mostly in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. In this book, he returns to Detroit, and relives the events leading up to his being shot - a vivid picture of the city then and now. SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 9870312640217.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 63915More details Price: $31.50 -
BLOOD IS THE SKY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301154.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 64822More details Price: $28.50 -
WINTER OF THE WOLF MOON.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000). SIGNED first edition - Second in the award-winning series set in Paradise, in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 67030More details Price: $40.00 -
MISERY BAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. An apparent suicide by hanging of a college student on a cold winter night at Misery Bay is revealed to be just the first murder by a vengeful serial killer. SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-0-312-380434.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 68935More details Price: $30.00 -
ICE RUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301219.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 55041More details Price: $25.00 -
DIE A STRANGER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. 277 pp. ISBN: 9870312640217.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76280More details Price: $17.50 -
ICE RUN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301219.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 70657More details Price: $30.00 -
LET IT BURN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set mostly in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. In this book, he returns to Detroit, and relives the events leading up to his being shot - a vivid picture of the city then and now. 274 pp. ISBN: 9870312640217.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 73557More details Price: $17.50 -
THE HUNTING WIND: An Alex McKnight Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop and ex-baseball player Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-268947.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69486More details Price: $30.00 -
WINTER OF THE WOLF MOON.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second in the award-winning series set in Paradise, in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-312252951.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77035More details Price: $20.00 -
BLOOD IS THE SKY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated June 18, 2003 - in the month of publication. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312-301154.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69481More details Price: $30.00 -
NORTH OF NOWHERE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery in the award-winning series set in the remote wild country of Michigan's Upper Pensinsula and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop Alex McKnight. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-312-268971.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 70660More details Price: $35.00 -
THE HUNTING WIND: An Alex McKnight Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Third mystery in the award-winning series set in upper Michigan and featuring private eye and former Detroit cop and ex-baseball player Alex McKnight. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-268947.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77028More details Price: $17.50 -
RETURNING TO EARTH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grove Press, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'tender, profound and magnificent novel about life, death and finding redemption in sometimes unlikely places.' At the center of this story is Donald, a middle-aged Chippewa-Finnish man, who is slowly dying of Lou Gehrigs Disease, and begins dictating family stories he has never before shared with anyone, hoping to pass on this history to his children. INSCRIBED by Harrison on the title page in . 280 pp. Flyer from signing event laid in. ISBN: 0-802118380.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (an unread copy, a few tiny specks to dj.)
Book ID: 81350More details Price: $85.00 -
THE SUMMER HE DIDN'T DIE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of three novellas - the title story, "Republican Wives" and "Tracking" plus an author's note on tracking. 277 pp. Dust jacket art by Russell Chatham. ISBN: 0-871138921.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 66811More details Price: $25.00 -
BLUE WOLF IN GREEN FIRE: A Woods Cop Mystery.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press (Globe Pequot Press), (2002.). First edition - The second "Woods Cop" mystery, featuring hard-boiled Conservation Officer Grady Service and set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. 347 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 35409More details Price: $18.00
