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  • FIRST LADY. by Malone, Michael.
    Malone, Michael.
    FIRST LADY.

    Edition: First printing.

    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - In the small college town of Hillston, North Carolina, a town heralded as an emblem of the "new South, a young womans body has been found - murdered, mutilated, tagged and addressed to Lt. Justin Savile V and Police Chief Cuddy R. Mangum. Since this was the second body found clothed in a Guess T-shirt, the press dubs this as the work of a serial killer they call the "Guess Who Killer" and pressure mounts on the police to find the killer. SIGNED on the title page. In addition to being a gripping and literate mystery, this is a picture of the changing politics and culture in the South. 430 pp. ISBN: 1-570717435.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81162
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  • FIRST LADY. by Malone, Michael.
    Malone, Michael.
    FIRST LADY.

    Edition: First printing - a special hardcover advance issue.

    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - In the small college town of Hillston, North Carolina, a town heralded as an emblem of the "new South, a young womans body has been found - murdered, mutilated, tagged and addressed to Lt. Justin Savile V and Police Chief Cuddy R. Mangum. Since this was the second body found clothed in a Guess T-shirt, the press dubs this as the work of a serial killer they call the "Guess Who Killer" and pressure mounts on the police to find the killer. SIGNED on the title page. In addition to being a gripping and literate mystery, this is a picture of the changing politics and culture in the South.…

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    Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks Landmark, (2001). SIGNED hardcover first edition - In the small college town of Hillston, North Carolina, a town heralded as an emblem of the "new South, a young womans body has been found - murdered, mutilated, tagged and addressed to Lt. Justin Savile V and Police Chief Cuddy R. Mangum. Since this was the second body found clothed in a Guess T-shirt, the press dubs this as the work of a serial killer they call the "Guess Who Killer" and pressure mounts on the police to find the killer. SIGNED on the title page. In addition to being a gripping and literate mystery, this is a picture of the changing politics and culture in the South. Includes a letter from the author bound in. 430 pp. ISBN: 1-570717435.

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    Condition: Fine in black cloth, no dust jacket as issued. An uncommon advance issue.

    Book ID: 81163
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  • HOME FIRES. by Maron, Margaret
    Maron, Margaret
    HOME FIRES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 8th mystery by this award-winning writer - features North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. ISBN: 0-89296-6556.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 40308
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  • WINTER'S CHILD. by Maron, Margaret
    Maron, Margaret
    WINTER'S CHILD.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2006.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-8095.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 65131
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  • DEATH'S HALF ACRE. by Maron, Margaret.
    Maron, Margaret.
    DEATH'S HALF ACRE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York & Boston: Grand Central Publishing, (2008). First edition - Mystery novel set in rapidly changing rural North Carolina featuring sleuth and judge Deborah Knott. 262 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 65072
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  • Maron, Margaret
    HOME FIRES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 8th mystery by this award-winning writer - features North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. ISBN: 0-89296-6556.

    Condition: SIGNED on the the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 23468
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  • RITUALS OF THE SEASON. by Maron, Margaret
    Maron, Margaret
    RITUALS OF THE SEASON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-8095.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 62362
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  • UNCOMMON CLAY. by Maron, Margaret
    Maron, Margaret
    UNCOMMON CLAY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Warner, (2001)
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    . SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. SIGNED by author on title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-7201.

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

    Book ID: 60259
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  • Maron, Margaret
    KILLER MARKET

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1997.
    dj
    . SIGNED hardcover - The fifth mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. SIGNED by author on title page. ISBN: 0-89296-6548.

    Condition: Fine in very good+ dust jacket (light edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 27751
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  • Maron, Margaret.
    STORM TRACK.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A Deborah Knott mystery, set in North Carolina. SIGNED by author on title page. ISBN: 0-89296-6564.

    Condition: Near fine in a good dust jacket (edgewear to dj.)

    Book ID: 28377
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  • Maron, Margaret
    HOME FIRES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Mysterious Press, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 8th mystery by this award-winning writer - features North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. ISBN: 0-89296-6556.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 37802
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  • RITUALS OF THE SEASON. by Maron, Margaret
    Maron, Margaret
    RITUALS OF THE SEASON.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Mysterious Press, (2005.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery featuring North Carolina judge Deborah Knott. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-8095.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 39756
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  • CRUEL DOUBT. by McGinniss, Joe.
    McGinniss, Joe.
    CRUEL DOUBT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A riveting account of small-town murder; a terrifying tale of a seemingly ordinary family whose lives and illusions about each other were shattered one hot summer night in 1988." Drugs, the fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons and the desire to inherit his stepfather's money led a North Carolina State Student to arrange for the brutal murder of his stepfather and the attempted murder of his mother. Photographs. 460 pp. ISBN: 0-671-679473.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 47308
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  • BAROQUE AND DESPERATE: A Den of Antiquity Mystery. by Myers, Tamar
    Myers, Tamar
    BAROQUE AND DESPERATE: A Den of Antiquity Mystery.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Avon, (1999) dj. Hardcover - Mystery featuring North Carolina antique dealer Abigail Timberlake. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-7394-01688.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61850
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  • NEW MUSIC: A Trilogy. by Price, Reynolds.
    Price, Reynolds.
    NEW MUSIC: A Trilogy.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Theatre Communications Group, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Three interrelated plays which trace a family's life in a North Carolina town over a period of 37 years - from before World War II to the Vietnam era. 367 pp. ISBN: 1-55936-0151.

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

    Book ID: 4385
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  • Sharp, Paula
    THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. ISBN: 0-06-0159898.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 26835
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  • THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE. by Sharp, Paula
    Sharp, Paula
    THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1988.). Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. 340 pp

    Condition: Good overall in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped).

    Book ID: 56339
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  • THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE. by Sharp, Paula
    Sharp, Paula
    THE WOMAN WHO WAS NOT ALL THERE.

    Edition: Trade paperback.

    New York: Harper & Row, (1988.). Author's first novel, the story of a woman and her four children, set mostly in a small Southern town in the 1960's and 70's. 340 pp

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 47072
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  • HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL. by Shivers, Louise.
    Shivers, Louise.
    HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL.

    Edition: 3rd printing.

    New York: Random House, 1983. dj. Hardcover - Southern author's first book, set in a small tobacco farming community in North Carolina in 1937. A classic story of what happens when a handsome stranger comes to town, this is freshly told, and vivildy atmospheric. In her review, Eudora Welty called Shivers 'richly endowed and sure of her way.'. ISBN: 0-394-523881.

    Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket.

    Book ID: 14620
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  • THE RETURN. by Sparks, Nicholas.
    Sparks, Nicholas.
    THE RETURN.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2020) dj. Hardcover - The story of an injured Navy doctor, who returns to a cabin in North Carolina which he inherited from his grandfather and begins to put his life back together. Review copy with publisher's letter laid in. 355 pp. The dust jacket is reversable with a spring cover on the front and a Christmas cover on the back. ISBN: 978-1538728574.

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

    Book ID: 84652
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  • Steinke, Darcey,
    UP THROUGH THE WATER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Virginia-born author's first novel, the story of a divorced woman and her 16 year old son, set during a summer on an island just off the coast of North Caroline. SIGNED on the title page. 162 pp. ISBN: 0-385246870.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 61744
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