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  • IN THIS RAIN. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    IN THIS RAIN.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Delacorte, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Suspense novel set in New York City, featuring former city investigator Joe Cole and his partner Ann Montgomery. SIGNED on the half title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0385338042.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62119
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  • NO COLDER PLACE. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    NO COLDER PLACE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, 1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - New York private investigator Bill Smith, with the help of his fellow PI Lydia Chin, goes undercover as a mason on a Manhattan construction site plagued by problems. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-312-16811x.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (small spot to lower edge of front board)

    Book ID: 71142
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  • IN THIS RAIN. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    IN THIS RAIN.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in New York City, featuring former city investigator Joe Cole and his partner Ann Montgomery. SIGNED on the half title page. 387 pp. ISBN: 978-0385338042.

    Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72092
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  • A BITTER FEAST. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    A BITTER FEAST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery by this award-winning author set in New York City's Chinatown, featuring American born Chinese private investigator Lydia Chin and her sometimes partner Bill Smith and involving smuggled aliens, dope,and an attempt to organize the restaurant workers. SIGNED on the title page. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192592.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (initials on front endpaper, small peeled spot on rear pastedown)

    Book ID: 72093
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  • REFLECTING THE SKY. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    REFLECTING THE SKY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery in this award-winning series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-312-244274.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 72094
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  • SHANGHAI MOON. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    SHANGHAI MOON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Ninth mystery featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. SIGNED on the title page. 373 pp. ISBN: 978-0312245566.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72095
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  • REFLECTING THE SKY. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    REFLECTING THE SKY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The seventh mystery in this award-winning series featuring Lydia Chin and Bill Smith. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-312-244274.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77502
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  • A BITTER FEAST. by Rozan, S. J.
    Rozan, S. J.
    A BITTER FEAST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery by this award-winning author set in New York City's Chinatown, featuring American born Chinese private investigator Lydia Chin and her sometimes partner Bill Smith and involving smuggled aliens, dope,and an attempt to organize the restaurant workers. INSCRIBED by Rozan on the title page with calligraphic stamp below her signature. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-312-192592.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84003
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  • THE MANACLE. by Sagola, Mario J.
    Sagola, Mario J.
    THE MANACLE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Macmillan, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - A cop only lives long enough to shackle one of a thief and murderer's wrist before he is gunned down. The fugitive, marked by the handcuff dangling from his arm, eludes the manhunt and holds an Italian-American family hostage in their home. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-02-6067005.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 70051
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  • THE DISENCHANTED DIVA: A Rick and Rosie Mystery. by Santini, Rosemarie.
    Santini, Rosemarie.
    THE DISENCHANTED DIVA: A Rick and Rosie Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 2nd mystery featuring Rick Ramsey and Rosie Caesare, the "two in-love sleuths in pursuit of modern marriage and old fashioned justice. . . Rick Ramsey could hardly refuse aunt Amanda's plea to help save her beloved cats. But the mission turns out to be more than he bargained for when he discovers the dismembered body of a young girl hidden in the basement of his Aunt Amanda's Park Avenue apartment building." 215 pp. ISBN: 0-312010206.

    Condition: Very near fine in pale yellow boards with copper titles on spine in a near fine dustjacket (sticker ghost on back cover of dj).

    Book ID: 88698
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  • THE KILLING ART. by Santlofer, Jonathan.
    Santlofer, Jonathan.
    THE KILLING ART.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in the New York City art world, this is the third Kate McKinnon novel - "a story of bitter revenge, where the past invades the present and a decades-old secret proves fatal. "Illustrated with original artwork by the author. 372 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0541075.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 53888
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  • GLASS ON THE STAIRS. by Scherf, Margaret (1908-1979)
    Scherf, Margaret (1908-1979)
    GLASS ON THE STAIRS.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, (2006). A Henry and Emily Bryce comedy mystery set in Manhattan, and originally published in 1954. New biographical introduction. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-915230-909.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 64808
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  • ADJACENT LIVES. by Schwamm, Ellen,
    Schwamm, Ellen,
    ADJACENT LIVES.

    Edition: 3rd printing, just one month after the first.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel, set in New York City, the story of an unexpected affair between a married woman and a married man. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-39450142X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88657
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  • ADJACENT LIVES. by Schwamm, Ellen,
    Schwamm, Ellen,
    ADJACENT LIVES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in New York City, the story of an unexpected affair between a married woman and a married man. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-39450142X.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder marks)

    Book ID: 78664
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  • CLAIRE MARVEL. by Schwartz, John Burnham.
    Schwartz, John Burnham.
    CLAIRE MARVEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The author's third novel, set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New York City, in France. From the front flap: [this] 'brings readers into a world so real and beautifully drawn that one does not want the story to end. ..A chance meeting in a rainstorm becomes a defining moment of transforming emotion for graduate students Claire Marvel and Julian Rose, two people whose hearts have long been protected behind walls of wit, intelligence, and innate caution. Neither could imagine what lies in store for them: The unexpected unfolding over a dozen years of a great and difficult love.' Cover praise from Frank McCourt. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-38550344X.

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

    Book ID: 43397
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  • CLAIRE MARVEL. by Schwartz, John Burnham.
    Schwartz, John Burnham.
    CLAIRE MARVEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, set in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New York City, and in France. From the front flap: [this] 'brings readers into a world so real and beautifully drawn that one does not want the story to end. ..A chance meeting in a rainstorm becomes a defining moment of transforming emotion for graduate students Claire Marvel and Julian Rose, two people whose hearts have long been protected behind walls of wit, intelligence, and innate caution. Neither could imagine what lies in store for them: The unexpected unfolding over a dozen years of a great and difficult love.' Cover praise from Frank McCourt. 317 pp. ISBN: 0-38550344X.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 44076
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  • Scoppettone, Sandra
    I'LL BE LEAVING YOU ALWAYS

    Edition: First printing.

    Boston: Little Brown, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Lauren Laurano mystery.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (a new unread copy, with very minor signs of handling.)

    Book ID: 9452
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  • THE MYSTERY OF THE OTHER HOUSE. by Seaman, Augusta Huiell.
    Seaman, Augusta Huiell.
    THE MYSTERY OF THE OTHER HOUSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947. Hardcover first edition - Seaman's second to last book, set against the background of New York in the 1870's. In her brief author's note Seaman refers to legends found in old New York City histories which tell of an elderly gentleman who living in Greenwich Village who was rumored to be the Lost Dauphin. The model for the 'other house' in the story was The Old Merchant's House on East Fourth St. Red and cream illustrated endpapers, frontispiece. Author's note. 211 pp

    Condition: Very good condition overall in tan cloth boards - bookplate on front endpaper, corners slightly bumped, otherwise clean and tight.

    Book ID: 71288
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  • THE GENIE OF SUTTON PLACE. by Selden, George.
    Selden, George.
    THE GENIE OF SUTTON PLACE.

    Edition: Fourth printing.

    New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1976.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The story of a wondrous summer when Tim Farr gets his own special genie, Abdullah (or Dooley, for short), whose help he needed so badly. A story which mixes magic and the commonplace, by the author of the classic Newbery Honor award book "The Cricket in Times Square." INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper - for .... with luck and magic and all good things. George Selden ("Jerry" as you know.) 175 pp. Dust jacket art by Leo and Diane Dillion. Uncommon signed.

    Condition: Near fine in a good only dust jacket. (chipping and wear to the dj at the ends of the spines and the corners of the folds, toning to the spine of the dj.)

    Book ID: 37688
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  • NIGHTCAP: A Quentin Jacoby Mystery. by Smith, J. C. S.
    Smith, J. C. S.
    NIGHTCAP: A Quentin Jacoby Mystery.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1984. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring retired New York transit policeman and reluctant sleuth, Quentin Jacoby. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-689-114117.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 66622
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  • Smith, Mitchell
    KARMA.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller - set in motion when a man witnesses a woman plunging 30 stories to her death from the top of a half-completed skyscraper. 345 pp. ISBN: 0-525-937730.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 36016
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  • LAST CHANCE FOR GLORY. by Solomita, Stephen,
    Solomita, Stephen,
    LAST CHANCE FOR GLORY.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Otto Penzler Books / Macmillan, 1994. First edition - "Attempting to clear their homeless and retarded client of a murder charge, criminal lawyer Maxwell Steinberg and Marty Blake, a private eye down on his luck, team up to prove the case was a frame job" - and then they run into real trouble. 310 pp.

    Condition: Fine in pale blue printed wrappers.

    Book ID: 73236
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  • THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER. by Spark, Muriel
    Spark, Muriel
    THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Short novel set in New York City, where Spark was living at the time, an incisive portrait of a couple whose past returns to haunt them. 146 pp. ISBN: 0-670379603.

    Condition: Good overall in a very good dust jacket (peeled area on front endpaper, bookstore stamp)

    Book ID: 71653
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  • THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER. by Spark, Muriel
    Spark, Muriel
    THE HOTHOUSE BY THE EAST RIVER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1973) dj. Hardcover first edition - Short novel set in New York City, where Spark was living at the time, an incisive portrait of a couple whose past returns to haunt them. 146 pp. ISBN: 0-670379603.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 79729
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  • THE LAST COP OUT. by Spillane, Mickey.
    Spillane, Mickey.
    THE LAST COP OUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel featuring ex-cop Gillian Burke, set in New York City. 310 pp. Dust jacket photograph is of Spillane's then wife, Sherri. ISBN: 0-525-14353x.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slightly cocked spine, prev owner's name)

    Book ID: 58440
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  • Tanenbaum, Robert K.
    RESOLVED.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2003. SIGNED first edition - Legal thriller featuring set in New York City and featuring Chief Assistant District Attorney Butch Karp and his wife, the private detective Marlene Ciampi. An escaped prisoner, a convicted killer, decides to come after Karp, whom he blames for putting him away. SIGNED on the title page and dated in May, 2003, three months before the official publication date.

    Condition: Fine (as new) in printed red wrappers.

    Book ID: 25999
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  • NIGHT LIFE. by Taylor, David C.
    Taylor, David C.
    NIGHT LIFE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2015). SIGNED first edition - Historical mystery introducing New York cop Michael Cassidy - who has an unusual background for a cop: his father, an Eastern Europe refugee, is a successful Broadway producer, and his godfather is a Mafia boss. Set in New York City in 1954, when "the Cold War is heating up. Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for Communists in America. The newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary US intelligence agency. And the bodies of murdered young men are turning up in the city." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the…

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    New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2015). SIGNED first edition - Historical mystery introducing New York cop Michael Cassidy - who has an unusual background for a cop: his father, an Eastern Europe refugee, is a successful Broadway producer, and his godfather is a Mafia boss. Set in New York City in 1954, when "the Cold War is heating up. Senator Joe McCarthy is running a witch hunt for Communists in America. The newly formed CIA is fighting a turf battle with the FBI to see who will be the primary US intelligence agency. And the bodies of murdered young men are turning up in the city." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Nominated for the Edgar Award and winner of the 2016 Nero Wolfe Award for Best American Mystery. 332 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 82113
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  • NIGHT WORK. by Taylor, David C.
    Taylor, David C.
    NIGHT WORK.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Second in this award-winning series of historical thrillers featuring New York City cop Michael Cassidy. He "escorts a prisoner accused of murder to Havana on the cusp of Fidel Castro's successful revolution against the Batista dictatorship. After delivering the man to La Caba–a prison and rescuing Dylan McCue, a Russian KGB agent and his now-married former lover, from her scheduled execution, Cassidy returns to New York and retreats into the comforts of alcohol and sex." But when Castro arrives in New York three months later, he is assigned to his protective detail - and Castro has many enemies. SIGNED on the title page and dated…

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    New York: Forge / TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2016). SIGNED first edition - Second in this award-winning series of historical thrillers featuring New York City cop Michael Cassidy. He "escorts a prisoner accused of murder to Havana on the cusp of Fidel Castro's successful revolution against the Batista dictatorship. After delivering the man to La Caba–a prison and rescuing Dylan McCue, a Russian KGB agent and his now-married former lover, from her scheduled execution, Cassidy returns to New York and retreats into the comforts of alcohol and sex." But when Castro arrives in New York three months later, he is assigned to his protective detail - and Castro has many enemies. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Publisher's promotional flyer laid in. 318 pp.

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    Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corners very slightly bumped).

    Book ID: 82114
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  • LADY, DROP DEAd. by Treat, Lawrence (pseudonym of Lawrence Arthur Goldstone, 1903-1998)
    Treat, Lawrence (pseudonym of Lawrence Arthur Goldstone, 1903-1998)
    LADY, DROP DEAd.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Abelard-Schuman, (1960) dj. Hardcover first edition - Rather uncommon vintage mystery by this Edgar award-winning writer who is credited as being the first to write police procedurals. This novel features a private investigator and a patrolman trying to get back onto the homicide squad, both of whom are convinced that the other one is guilty of the murder of the former movie queen Vivian Vixen. 191 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with somel markings, spine slant, tape ghosts and missing front endpaper in a good only copy of the rather fragile dust jacket (spine label)

    Book ID: 78472
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  • THE SHOOTING GALLERY. by Trigoboff, Joseph.
    Trigoboff, Joseph.
    THE SHOOTING GALLERY.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Guilford, CT: The Lyons Press, (2002_. First edition - The author's second mystery featuring Detective Alvin Yablonsky, who is trying to uncover the killer of a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. 331 pp

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. Publisher's letter laid in.

    Book ID: 64070
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