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A GOOD NIGHT TO KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Police procedural featuring New York City Lieutenant Norah Mulcahaney. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134034.
Condition: Near fine in a near fine dust jacket (some toning to the pages, remainder mark) The hardcover first edition is surprisingly uncommon.
Book ID: 61737More details Price: $18.50 -
THE VIPER.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Complex crime novel featuring police detective Fredrik Broman set on the island of Gotland, in Sweden. Translated by Per Carlsson. 358 pp. ISBN: 978-0312642327.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 69302More details Price: $16.50 -
COLD LIGHT OF DAY.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Walker, (1984( dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth novel featuring Detective Chief Inspector Kelsey and Sergeant Lambert, as they investigate the murder of a wealthy young, and well-liked, investment broker. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-802755925.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 66884More details Price: $15.00 -
THE BLUE HOUR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel featuring Tim Hess, a semi-retired veteran cop, the classic loner, staring at a death sentence of his own- cancer - who has been given the job of tracking down a killer who has been abducting young women in Orange County. SIGNED on a blank preliminary page. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-786862882.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 67490More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BLUE HOUR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel featuring Tim Hess, a semi-retired veteran cop, the classic loner, staring at a death sentence of his own- cancer - who has been given the job of tracking down a killer who has been abducting young women in Orange County. SIGNED on the title page. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-786862882.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72403More details Price: $28.50 -
THE JUDAS SHEEP.
Edition: First printing.
London: Headline (Hodder), (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third book in this highly praised series featuring Detective Inspector Charlie Priest of the Yorkshire force, and written with a wry humor. Priest is officially on sick leave, but this ends abruptly when Mrs. Marina Norris's chauffeur is found dead from unnatural causes - that is, a blast to the head from a Kalashnikov - and she hasn't been home since the murder. Her husband - an American tobacco tycoon - is distinctly unfazed by the murder and his missing wife. Meanwhile, drug smugglers on the Hull to Rotterdam run also demand Priest's attention. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-747213658.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (light toning).
Book ID: 86608More details Price: $120.00 -
EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - Rebus is back! He comes out of retirement to help DI Siobhan Clarke with her investigation into the death of a senior government prosecutor. 345 pp. ISBN: 978-1409159360.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87645More details Price: $24.50 -
RATHER BE THE DEVIL.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - A John Rebus thriller set in Edinburgh. 310 pp. ISBN: 978-1409159407.
Condition: Near fine in fine dust jacket (toning to edges of textblock).
Book ID: 88911More details Price: $18.50 -
EXIT MUSIC.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventeenth novel in the series featuring Glasgow Detective Inspector John Rebus, in which the murder of a dissident Russian poet intrudes into his tying up of loose ends before his retirement. SIGNED on the title page with a small doodle beneath. 380 pp. ISBN: 9780752868608.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 53477More details Price: $45.00 -
STANDING IN ANOTHER MAN'S GRAVE.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2013.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Five years after his retirement, Edinburgh Detective Inspector Rebus is back, investigating three apparently unrelated disappearances of young women along the same stretch of a remote highway. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the month of publication - 1/25/13. 388 pp. ISBN: 9780316224581.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 56268More details Price: $40.00 -
LET IT BLEED
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.). SIGNED first edition - A Inspector John Rebus mystery, set in Edinburgh, Scotland. SIGNED on the title page with a small doodle of a hanged man. 287 pp.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped.)
Book ID: 56275More details Price: $65.00 -
THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Second novel featuring Detective Malcolm Fox, a member of the division known as 'the complaints' (or internal affairs, in the US.) SIGNED on the title page with a knots and crosses doodle, 391 pp. ISBN: 9780316039772.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages) in a near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 58673More details Price: $21.50 -
THE IMPOSSIBLE DEAD.
Edition: First US printing.
New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel featuring Detective Malcolm Fox, a member of the division known as 'the complaints' (or internal affairs, in the US.) SIGNED on the title page with a knots and crosses doodle, 391 pp. ISBN: 9780316039772.
Condition: Near fine (usual toning to the pages) in a fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 62149More details Price: $30.00 -
STRIP JACK.
Edition: First US printing.
New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The hard to find third Rebus mystery, one of the best police detective series currently being written, and notable for its wonderful evocation of Edinburgh. SIGNED by Rankin on the title page. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-312-105533.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 65180More details Price: $400.00 -
LET IT BLEED
Edition: First US printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Inspector John Rebus mystery, set in Edinburgh, Scotland. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-684830558.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65230More details Price: $225.00 -
FLESHMARKET ALLEY: An Inspector Rebus Novel.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Another novel in this excellent series set in Edinburgh, Scotland - one of the more complex and satisfying book in the series.. Reviewers called this series "brutal but beautifully written" and Rankin a "master of the moody modern police procedural." SIGNED on the title page with a small doodle. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-316-095656.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 65647More details Price: $23.50 -
BEGGAR'S BANQUET.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 21 short stories, including seven featuring John Rebus. SIGNED on the title page. 310 pp. ISBN: 0-75285237X.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 65798More details Price: $30.00 -
THE BLACK BOOK: An Inspector Rebus Novel.
Edition: First printing.
London: Orion, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth novel featuring Inspector Rebus, set in Edinburgh. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. . ISBN: 1857970802.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 68615More details Price: $125.00 -
FLESHMARKET ALLEY: An Inspector Rebus Novel.
Edition: 3rd printing.
Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. Hardcover - Another novel in this excellent series set in Edinburgh, Scotland - one of the more complex and satisfying book in the series.. Reviewers called this series "brutal but beautifully written" and Rankin a "master of the moody modern police procedural." 420 pp. ISBN: 0-316-095656.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (usual light toning to the pages.)
Book ID: 72035More details Price: $15.00 -
WATCHING THE DARK.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013.). First edition - A novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire. 354 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69034More details Price: $21.50 -
IN THE DARK PLACES.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2015.). First edition - A novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire. 354 pp.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 69669More details Price: $21.50 -
BAD BOY.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire - in this one, Banks's daughter Tracy has gone on the run with an attractive but dangerous young man. 405 pp. ISBN: 978-0062004802.
Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (slight spine slant, short closed tear to dj).
Book ID: 69875More details Price: $16.50 -
WATCHING THE DARK.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Chief Inspector Alan Banks series, set in Yorkshire. 354 pp. ISBN: 978-0062004802.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 73465More details Price: $18.50 -
DAPHNE DEAD AND DONE FOR.
Edition: First printing.
London: Constable, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - A police procedural featuring Detective Superintendent George Rogers. 191 pp. ISBN: 0-094701008.
Condition: Very good in a near fine dust jacket (noticeable toning to the pages and the edges of the textblock).
Book ID: 76281More details Price: $16.50 -
FELONY AT RANDOM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza abd the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department, who find themselves dealing with several serious crimes - the kidnapping of a young girl, the brutal murder of an old woman, a mysterious double suicide and more. 239 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a very good dustjacket (stain to lower corner of back cover of dj)
Book ID: 88581More details Price: $16.50 -
APPEARANCES OF DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: William H. Morrow, 1977 dj. Hardcover first edition - A Luis Mendoza mystery, set in Los Angeles. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-688-032389.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket
Book ID: 66542More details Price: $15.00 -
SPRING OF VIOLENCE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 24th mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza and the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department, which has recently been merged with the robbery division. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-688002099.
Condition: Good in good dust jacket (spine slant, some toning and edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 88584More details Price: $15.00 -
MURDER MOST STRANGE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 32nd novel in the highly acclaimed police procedural mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza and the Robery and Homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-688003788.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 88689More details Price: $18.00 -
STREETS OF DEATH.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Morrow, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 27th crime novel featuring Luis Mendoza of the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Linington, wrting as Dell Shannon, was one of the first women to write a police procedural series. 222 pp. ISBN: 0688031226.
Condition: Fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 88541More details Price: $23.50 -
THE SERAPHIM KILL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Detective Lieutenant Abe Rainfinch of the Oklahoma Police Department. The Seraphim was a new nightclub that opened to community outcries, both because it was located in a former church - and because most of the clientele were gay. As the wife of the retired chief of detectives in Oklahoma City, the author has a realistic insight into police procedures. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-802731813.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83504More details Price: $21.50
