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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: 81162More details Price: $30.00 -
FIRST LADY.
Edition: First printing - a special hardcover advance issue.
Condition: Fine in black cloth, no dust jacket as issued. An uncommon advance issue.
Book ID: 81163More details Price: $40.00 -
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: 40308More details Price: $16.50 -
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: 65131More details Price: $16.50 -
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: 65072More details Price: $17.50 -
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: 23468More details Price: $25.00 -
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: 62362More details Price: $16.50 -
UNCOMMON CLAY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2001)
dj. 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: 60259More details Price: $30.00 -
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: 27751More details Price: $20.00 -
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: 28377More details Price: $19.50 -
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: 37802More details Price: $16.50 -
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: 39756More details Price: $12.50 -
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: 47308More details Price: $12.50 -
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: 61850More details Price: $15.00 -
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: 4385More details Price: $19.50 -
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: 26835More details Price: $28.50 -
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: 56339More details Price: $10.00 -
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: 47072More details Price: $10.00 -
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: 14620More details Price: $16.50 -
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: 84652More details Price: $16.50 -
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: 61744More details Price: $30.00