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  • THE RIVER SORROW. by Holden, Craig.
    Holden, Craig.
    THE RIVER SORROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. SIGNED by Holden on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Review copy with publisher's material laid in, including a letter of praise from James Ellroy. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

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

    Book ID: 29431
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  • THE RIVER SORROW. by Holden, Craig.
    Holden, Craig.
    THE RIVER SORROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket. (some crinkling to upper edge of dj,)

    Book ID: 46475
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  • THE RIVER SORROW. by Holden, Craig.
    Holden, Craig.
    THE RIVER SORROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 41554
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  • THE RIVER SORROW. by Holden, Craig.
    Holden, Craig.
    THE RIVER SORROW.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Michigan author's first book, a highly praised literary thriller, featuring a young doctor, a former addict who had beaten his habit and gotten a 2nd chance, and an old-time police detective whose gut instincts tell him that the doctor is responsible for the murders that have shattered this small Midwest city. INSCRIBED on the title page "For .. . . thanks for the start" and dated in the year of publication. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-385-312075.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72762
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  • Holtzer, Susan
    CURLY SMOKE

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: St Martin's, 1995. SIGNED first edition - The second mystery featuring amateur sleuth and computer consultant Anneke Haagen. SIGNED on title page.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 8566
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  • BLACK DIAMOND. by Holtzer, Susan.
    Holtzer, Susan.
    BLACK DIAMOND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring amateur sleuth and computer consultant Anneke Haagen, her lover, police lieutenant Karl Genesko and student journalist Zoe Kaplan. The roots of this mystery lie in the late 1800's when the lumber industry was booming in Northern Michigan. Author's note. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-312-171749.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 54364
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  • SILLY SEASON by Holtzer, Susan
    Holtzer, Susan
    SILLY SEASON

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED. A mystery at the University of Michigan. ISBN: 0-312-200102.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 9338
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  • CURLY SMOKE by Holtzer, Susan
    Holtzer, Susan
    CURLY SMOKE

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring amateur sleuth and computer consultant Anneke Haagen, set in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-312-134584.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (short tear on back cover of dj)

    Book ID: 74873
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  • DEATH WEARS A RED HAT. by Kienzle, William X.
    Kienzle, William X.
    DEATH WEARS A RED HAT.

    Edition: First printing.

    Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, Inc., (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Father Koesler mystery, set in Detroit, Michigan. 304 p. ISBN: 0-8362-61119.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket. (closed tear to lower edge of dj.)

    Book ID: 47035
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  • MICHIGAN ROLL. by Kakonis, Tom.
    Kakonis, Tom.
    MICHIGAN ROLL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, introducing Timothy Waverly, once a professor, now an excon and a professional gambler in Florida, who returns to his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. SIGNED on the half title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312022522.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 64749
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  • CRISS CROSS. by Kakonis, Tom.
    Kakonis, Tom.
    CRISS CROSS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel, a funny, fast-paced, ad ultimately shocking, crime caper set in Michigan. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-312-037287.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 50207
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  • BATTLE CREEK. by Lasser, Scott.
    Lasser, Scott.
    BATTLE CREEK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, a story of amateur baseball, set in a small town in Michigan, but also a novel about hope and relationships and enduring dreams. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-688-167853.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70488
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  • BATTLE CREEK. by Lasser, Scott.
    Lasser, Scott.
    BATTLE CREEK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, a story of amateur baseball, set in a small town in Michigan, but also a novel about hope and relationships and enduring dreams. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-688-167853.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 22870
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  • BATTLE CREEK. by Lasser, Scott.
    Lasser, Scott.
    BATTLE CREEK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel, a story of amateur baseball, set in a small town in Michigan, but also a novel about hope and relationships and enduring dreams. 266 pp. ISBN: 0-688-167853.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 50268
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  • BOOTSTRAPPER. by Link, Mardi Jo.
    Link, Mardi Jo.
    BOOTSTRAPPER.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1913. First edition - "From broke to badass on a Northern Michigan farm." When Link's marriage ends in divorce after 19 years, and she is facing bankruptcy and foreclosure, she is still determined to save the farm, and to raise her sons there. 209 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 73063
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  • THE EDITH WHARTON MURDERS: A Nick Hoffman Mystery. by Raphael, Lev.
    Raphael, Lev.
    THE EDITH WHARTON MURDERS: A Nick Hoffman Mystery.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1999). A satire of academic pretensions - academia at its worst when murder occurs at a convention on Edith Wharton at a thinly disguised Michigan State University. A title in the Stonewall Inn Mysteries series. 227 pp. ISBN: 0-312-198639.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 58720
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  • BILLY DEAD. by Reardon, Lisa.
    Reardon, Lisa.
    BILLY DEAD.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Viking, 1998. First edition - Prizewinning playwright's first novel. Set in a small Michigan town this is the story of Ray, who was, with his older brother Billy, the ones who started all the fights, fueled all the gossip, had all the hard luck - and now Billy is dead, brutally murdered - Alice Munro called this a 'brave, heartwrenching debut. I couldn't look away.' 260 pp.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 72327
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  • CLOSE SOFTLY THE DOORS. by Roat, Ronald Clair.
    Roat, Ronald Clair.
    CLOSE SOFTLY THE DOORS.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1991. First edition - The first in a series - introduces Stuart Mallory as a detective who returns to his Western Michigan hometown.

    Condition: Fine in printed white wrappers.

    Book ID: 2069
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  • WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I THINK. by Woiwode, L. [Larry]
    Woiwode, L. [Larry]
    WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, I THINK.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1969. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a novel set in the woods of Upper Michigan. Winner of the William Faulkner Foundation Award. 309 pp. Went quickly into later printings, and rather uncommon in the first printing.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46385
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  • Woiwode, Larry.
    INDIAN AFFAIRS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1992. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this Western writer which brings back the characters - Chris and Ellen - and the setting - a cabin in the Upper Michigan woods - as his first book, the prize-winning 'What I'm Going to Do I Think.' 290 pp. ISBN: 0-689-121555.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 34257
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