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  • NOVEMBER ROAD: A Novel. by Berney, Lou.
    Berney, Lou.
    NOVEMBER ROAD: A Novel.

    Edition: Book of the Month Club edition (same size and quality as trade edition).

    New York: William H. Morrow, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A novel by this Edgar-award winning author set against the assassination of JFK. . . "Frank Guidry's luck has finally run out. A loyal street lieutenant to New Orleans mob boss Carlos Marcello, Guidry has learned that everybody is expendable. But now its his turn - he knows too much about the crime of the century: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy." SIGNED on the title page. 299 pp. ISBN: 978-0062663849.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (stamp on front endpaper).

    Book ID: 87916
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  • THREE HOURS IN PARIS. by Black, Cara.
    Black, Cara.
    THREE HOURS IN PARIS.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: SOHO Press, (2020). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in 1940, in Paris which has just fallen to the Nazis - a young American markswoman has been recruited by British intelligence and dropped into the city with a dangerous goal - assassinate Hitler. SIGNED on the title page. 345 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 78833
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  • BADGER GAME. by Bowen, Michael.
    Bowen, Michael.
    BADGER GAME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - His second novel, first mystery, set in New York City in 1962. The title refers to an avant-garde work of art - one which is found slashed to pieces, and the artist dead. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-312028644.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 82466
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  • BADGER GAME. by Bowen, Michael.
    Bowen, Michael.
    BADGER GAME.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, first mystery, set in New York City in 1962. The title refers to an avant-garde work of art - one which is found slashed to pieces, and the artist dead. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-312028644.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (some light toning to the pages)

    Book ID: 73936
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  • BLESS THE BRIDE. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    BLESS THE BRIDE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy. SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. 261 pp. ISBN: 978-0312628109.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75008
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  • NAUGHTY IN NICE. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    NAUGHTY IN NICE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Berkley, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The fitth novel in the Royal Spyness series, set in the 1930s. and featuring Lady Georgiana, "34th in line to the throne and everyone's favorite penniless heiress." SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. 326 pp. ISBN: 978-0425227886.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66251
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  • DEATH OF RILEY. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    DEATH OF RILEY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy (the first in the series won the Agatha Award for best novel.) Enjoyable, and an interesting reconstruction of actual historical events of the time. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. ISBN: 0-312-282117.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 77762
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  • OH DANNY BOY. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    OH DANNY BOY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The iftth book in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. When Sullivan is being held in the Tombs, accused of accepting bribes, it is up to Molly to prove he is being framed.. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Historical note. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-312328176.

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

    Book ID: 77595
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  • THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. Suffering from depression after her miscarriage, Mollie and Daniel gratefully accept an invitation to spend Christmas in a mansion on the Hudson River, only to discover tension ruling the household. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-1250125729.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (a bit of discoloration to bottom edge of textblock).

    Book ID: 77433
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  • HEIRS AND GRACES. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    HEIRS AND GRACES.

    Edition: First paperback printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2013). SIGNED - A novel in the Royal Spyness series, set in the 1930s. and featuring Lady Georgiana, "34th in line to the throne and everyone's favorite penniless heiress." SIGNED on the title page. Includes a preview for the next book in the series, 'Queen of Hearts.' 292 pp. plus 4 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 978-0425260036.

    Condition: Fine (as new)

    Book ID: 80840
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  • HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan. She and her husband, Daniel, a captain in the New York police force, have been invited to spend their honeymoon in Newport, Rhode Island. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0312628109.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 75009
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  • TELL ME, PRETTY MAIDEN. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    TELL ME, PRETTY MAIDEN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh book in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-312349432.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dustjacket (toning to edges of textblock, pages).

    Book ID: 77314
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  • IN A GILDED CAGE. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    IN A GILDED CAGE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth book in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-31238534X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83461
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  • THE LAST ILLUSION. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    THE LAST ILLUSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy - in this book she is hired by Harry Houdini partly as an investigator, partly as a bodyguard. SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. 279 pp. ISBN: 978-0312628109.

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

    Book ID: 59987
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  • FOUR FUNERALS AND MAYBE A WEDDING. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    FOUR FUNERALS AND MAYBE A WEDDING.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Berkley Prime, (2018) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in the Royal Spyness series, set in the 1930s. and featuring Lady Georgiana, "34th in line to the throne and everyone's favorite penniless heiress." SIGNED on the title page. 291 pp. ISBN: 978-0425283523.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87917
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  • IN DUBLIN'S FAIR CITY. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    IN DUBLIN'S FAIR CITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth book in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. In this, Molly returns to Ireland to search for an actor's sister, left behind when the family fled the famine. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the month of publication - March 12, 2007. Historical note. 265 pp. ISBN: 0-312328192.

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

    Book ID: 65665
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  • CROWNED AND DANGEROUS. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    CROWNED AND DANGEROUS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Berkley, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel in the Royal Spyness series, set in the 1930s. and featuring Lady Georgiana, "34th in line to the throne and everyone's favorite penniless heiress." SIGNED on the title page. 307 pp. plus historical note. ISBN: 978-0425283486.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 83460
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  • FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    FOR THE LOVE OF MIKE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2005) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy and Daniel Sullivan, a captain in the New York police force. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-31232815X.

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

    Book ID: 65664
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  • THE EDGE OF DREAMS. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    THE EDGE OF DREAMS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 14th novel in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan, the wife, Daniel, a captain in the New York police force. SIGNED on the title page. Historical note. 309 pp. ISBN: 978-1250052025.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (name on front endpaper)

    Book ID: 75010
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  • HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY. by Bowen, Rhys.
    Bowen, Rhys.
    HUSH NOW DON'T YOU CRY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in her award winning series set in early 20th century New York and featuring the spunky recent Irish immigrant Molly Murphy - now Molly Sullivan. She and her husband, Daniel, a captain in the New York police force, have been invited to spend their honeymoon in Newport, Rhode Island. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0312628109.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 63603
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  • THE MASTER OF RAIN. by Bradby, Tom.
    Bradby, Tom.
    THE MASTER OF RAIN.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Doubleday, (2002). First edition - The author's highly praised first crime novel, set in 1926 Shanghai, a "city glistening with decadence and ripe with corruption," 437 pp. ISBN: .

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 79074
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  • THE MASTER OF RAIN. by Bradby, Tom.
    Bradby, Tom.
    THE MASTER OF RAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first crime novel, set in 1926 Shanghai. 452 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-385-503970.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hint of spine slant)

    Book ID: 61140
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  • THE WHITE RUSSIAN. by Bradby, Tom.
    Bradby, Tom.
    THE WHITE RUSSIAN.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Bantam Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel set in St. Petersburg, 1917, in a country at war, losing on the battlefield and starving at home "the glittering capital of the Tsarist empire and a city on the brink of revolution - where the jackals of the secret police maneuver for their own survival and their aristocratic masters indulge in one final moment of hedonism." Sandro Ruzsky, chief investigator of the St. Petersburg police department, has just returned from a three-year banishment to Siberia, only to be welcomed back to the city of his birth by the discoveryof a young couple brutally murdered and found on the ice of the frozen river Neva…

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    London: Bantam Press, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel set in St. Petersburg, 1917, in a country at war, losing on the battlefield and starving at home "the glittering capital of the Tsarist empire and a city on the brink of revolution - where the jackals of the secret police maneuver for their own survival and their aristocratic masters indulge in one final moment of hedonism." Sandro Ruzsky, chief investigator of the St. Petersburg police department, has just returned from a three-year banishment to Siberia, only to be welcomed back to the city of his birth by the discoveryof a young couple brutally murdered and found on the ice of the frozen river Neva just outside the Tsars Winter Palace. SIGNED on the title page. 445 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-593050886.

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    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to the pages, 3 streaks on fore-edge of text block)

    Book ID: 84261
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  • THE HONEY HARLOT. by Brand, Christianna (1907 -1988)
    Brand, Christianna (1907 -1988)
    THE HONEY HARLOT.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: W. H. Allen, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of obsession by one of the great writers of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction - a "what if" exploration of the story behind one of the most puzzling maritime mysteries of all time: on December 4, 1872, the Mary Celeste was found adrift off the coast of Portugal with cargo in her hold, food upon her tables, and half-written letters on her captains desk, but not a soul on board. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-49102133X.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 74167
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  • MRS JEFFRIES LEARNS THE TRADE: Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries; Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues; Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries. by Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    MRS JEFFRIES LEARNS THE TRADE: Inspector and Mrs. Jeffries; Mrs. Jeffries Dusts for Clues; Ghost and Mrs. Jeffries.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Berkley (Penguin), (2005.). SIGNED - The first three books in this series of "Victorian Mysteries", originally published as paperback originals. Mrs Jeffries keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon and she keeps him on his toes. She is the secret weapon behind his sucesses at Scotland yard. SIGNED on the title page. 454 pp. ISBN: 0-425-203468.

    Condition: Very good (some light toning to the pages.)

    Book ID: 61205
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  • MRS JEFFRIES SERVES TWO: Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans / Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen. by Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    MRS JEFFRIES SERVES TWO: Mrs. Jeffries and the Best Laid Plans / Mrs. Jeffries and the Feast of St. Stephen.

    Edition: Original book club edition.

    New York: Berkley, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Omnibus edition containing two complete "Victorian mysteries" originally published in paperback. SIGNED on the title page. 418 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-88805.

    Condition: Good only in a good+ dustjacket (scattered underlining and highlighting and marginal notations, prev owner's comments "really enjoyable" etc.)

    Book ID: 49015
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  • MRS JEFFRIES AND THE YULETIDE WEDDINGS. by Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    Brightwell, Emily (Pseudonym of Cheryl Arguile)
    MRS JEFFRIES AND THE YULETIDE WEDDINGS.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Berkley, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A Victorian mystery, featuring Mrs. Jeffries, housekeeper of Inspector Witherspoon of Scotland Yard. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 9780425230466.

    Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 52863
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  • INVITATION TO A FUNERAL. by Brown, Molly .
    Brown, Molly .
    INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312185987.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74118
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  • Brown, Molly .
    INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-312185987.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74119
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  • INVITATION TO A FUNERAL. by Brown, Molly .
    Brown, Molly .
    INVITATION TO A FUNERAL.

    Edition: First printing.

    London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel set in 1676 in Restoration London, one which recreates the London of Pepys and Dryden and interweaves fact and fiction as it features spy-turned-playwright Aphra Behn. "King Charles is on his rocky throne, surrounded by a full complement of spies, lackeys, and mistresses. . .. Nell Gwyn, a longtime favorite, is also still on the scene when a poet-playwright friend, Aphra Behn, enlists her help in the tutelage of would-be actress Elizabeth Decker, mistress of the Earl of Rochester, for the leading part in her newest playa move Aphra hopes will improve her near-penniless state." 288 pp. ISBN: 0-575-061324.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 74120
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