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AFTER EFFECTS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
London: Macmillan, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Detective novel featuring Inspector C. D. Sloan of the Calleshire County Constabulary and his assistant, D. C. William Crosby. INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- with good wishes from the author" and SIGNED and dated in the year of publication. Aird's novels have been described as witty and literate, straddling the line between cozies and police procedurals. She received the Crime Writers' Association 'Golden Handcuffs' Award for lifetime achievement. 167 pp. ISBN: 0-333-660102.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 71205More details Price: $50.00 -
AMENDMENT OF LIFE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Macmillan, (2002) dj. Hardcover first edition - Detective novel featuring Inspector C. D. Sloan of the Calleshire County Constabulary and his assistant, D. C. William Crosby A body of a young woman is found in the center of a maze at a stately home. Aird's novels have been described as witty and literate, straddling the line between cozies and police procedurals. She received the Crime Writers' Association 'Golden Handcuffs' Award for lifetime achievement. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-333-593839.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 72592More details Price: $25.00 -
RIVER OF DARKNESS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Viking, (1999). First edition - Novel introducing Detective Inspector John Madden of Scotland Yard, a book which is both a meticulously chronicled police procedural set in 1921, as the police were adjusting to the new forensic science, and use of the insights provided by psychology, and also a look at how the effects of the Great War continue long after its end. Winner of the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere for best international crime novel in 2000 and was nominated for the Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity awards in the United States, Highly recommended. 386 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 83977More details Price: $30.00 -
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S KILLING: A Blanche Hampton Mystery.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel introducing Detective Chief Inspector Blanche Hampton of Scotland Yard, who is investigating the murder of man whose headless corpse was found on Hampstead Heath. 248 pp. ISBN: 0-688110479.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69097More details Price: $16.50 -
AN ABSENCE OF ANGELS.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable & Co., Ltd. (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's seventh novel featuring Detective Chief Inspector Ian Roper. set in a small town in Cornwall. Even though an arrest has been made for the murder of a woman in her kitchen, and the case is officially closed, it continues to bother Roper and he is given the go-ahead to search for her missing daughter. 170 pp. Dust jacket art by Terry Pastor. ISBN: 0-094773505.
Condition: Very near fine in fine dust jacket (light toning to the pages).
Book ID: 74026More details Price: $40.00 -
WYCLIFFE AND THE DUNES MYSTERY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Cornwall, the 19th feauturing Detective Superintendent Wycliffe - "Cochran Wilder disappeared 15 years ago while on a walking holiday in Cornwall. . . . Now his body has been found buried in the dunes and it is clear that he was murdered." 191 pp. ISBN: 0-312-111002.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket (very short tear to upper edge of dj)
Book ID: 69069More details Price: $15.00 -
SPEAK FOR THE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring half-Chicano, half-Anglo Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver. Wager has just switched from the narcotics branch to the homicide section. INSCRIBED on the half title page "To Dale Carter and to his extensive collection of Burnsiania." 249 pp. Dust jacket by John Clarke. Laid in is what appears to be a photocopy of a single page note by Burns to Carter. ISBN: 0-060105267.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81186More details Price: $35.00 -
SPEAK FOR THE DEAD.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, (1978) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring half-Chicano, half-Anglo Detective Gabe Wager, set in Denver. Wager has just switched from the narcotics branch to the homicide section. SIGNED on the title page. 249 pp. Dust jacket by John Clarke. ISBN: 0-060105267.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 81185More details Price: $30.00 -
GARVEY'S CODE.
Edition: First printing.
London: Collins, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - "At 38, Detective Mike Garvey was dogged by disaster . . . and then came the murder at Blackenstone, the bungled investigation and the savage killings which were to follow." 222 pp. ISBN: 0-002312646.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (chip to top edge of front cover of dj).
Book ID: 67285More details Price: $15.00 -
A DOUBLE COFFIN.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 23rd mystery featuring detective (now Commander) John Coffin. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-312-185693.
Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (embossed seal of prev owner.).
Book ID: 48865More details Price: $15.00 -
THE DARK HOURS.
Edition: First printing.
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2021) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring LAPD Detective Renee Ballard, who works the night shift, and Harry Bosch. retired but willing to be her backup, as they try to solve two series of crimes - one that of a brazen methodical killer who struck again on New Year's Eve and the other the vicious attacks of a pair of serial rapists known as the Midnight Men. A detailed police procedural. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. ISBN: 978-0316485647.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 84076More details Price: $40.00 -
ONE DEAD TORY.
Edition: First US printing.
Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third mystery, a police procedural featuring newly promoted Detective Sergeant Judy Best, 219 pp. Dust jacket art by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-88150-3029.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48866More details Price: $15.00 -
MURDER, LONDON - AUSTRALIA.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Roger West mystery. 188 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).
Book ID: 59165More details Price: $28.50 -
MURDER, LONDON - MIAMI.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Roger West mystery. 188 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket (price-clipped).
Book ID: 59599More details Price: $21.50 -
THE EXTORTIONERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1974) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Roger West mystery. One of the last novels Creasey wrote. 188 pp. ISBN: 0-684-139278.
Condition: Near fine in a very good dustjacket (tear to bottom edge of dj).
Book ID: 72908More details Price: $17.50 -
THE EXECUTIONERS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1967) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Roger West mystery, one which deals with the abolition of capital punishment in Great Britain. 217 pp. Striking dust jacket by Charles Mikolaycak.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (corner of a few pages bumped, price-clipped).
Book ID: 59535More details Price: $18.50 -
A SPLINTER OF GLASS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1972) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Superintendent Roger West mystery, set in London. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-684-128403.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 59164More details Price: $28.50 -
OFF TRACK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Superintendant Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Serious Crimes Squad. 331 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 68849More details Price: $15.00 -
FIRST WIFE, TWICE REMOVED.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Thames Valley mystery, featuring Dectective Superintendent Mike Yeadings. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-312-09289X.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69868More details Price: $15.00 -
COLD HANDS.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Superintendant Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Serious Crimes Squad. The body of a customs officer is found on the railroad tracks. 218 pp. ISBN: 0-312-204647.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 69848More details Price: $15.00 -
COLD HANDS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, 2000. First edition - A mystery featuring Superintendant Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Serious Crimes Squad. The body of a customs officer is found on the railroad tracks.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 18428More details Price: $15.00 -
PAYBACK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - A mystery featuring Superintendant Mike Yeadings of the Thames Valley Serious Crimes Squad. 315 pp.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dustjacket (lower corner of several pages creased).
Book ID: 68850More details Price: $13.50 -
14 PECK SLIP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5701More details Price: $17.50 -
14 PECK SLIP.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." SIGNED on the title page. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 82969More details Price: $30.00 -
14 PECK SLIP.
Edition: Book club edition (full-sized, includes complete number line.)
New York: Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 35838More details Price: $12.50 -
TIME EXPIRED: A Jill Smith Mystery.
Edition: Book club edition.
New York: Delacorte, (1993.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery set in Berkeley, California and feauturing homicide detective Jill Smith. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-385-304447.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 48732More details Price: $12.50 -
TIME EXPIRED: A Jill Smith Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Delacorte, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Berkeley, California and feauturing homicide detective Jill Smith. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-385-304447.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 43081More details Price: $28.00 -
THE DEATH OF THE BLUE MOUNTAIN CAT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in this series featuring Chicago police detective John Thinnes and gay psychiatrist Jack Caleb. (The first in the series was awarded the "Malice Domestic" award for best first traditional mystery.) 328 pp. ISBN: 0-312-139624.
Condition: Very near fine in a near fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 57729More details Price: $15.00 -
THE MERCHANT'S HOUSE.
Edition: First US printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 77138More details Price: $25.00 -
THE ARMADA BOY.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 76712More details Price: $35.00
