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THE INNOCENTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel in his award winning series featuring Southern California P.I. Wil Hardesty. In 1990 a flash flood unearths the skeletons of seven murdered children. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Shamus Award. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-425-169030.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 64614More details Price: $30.00 -
THE INNOCENTS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel in his award winning series featuring Southern California P.I. Wil Hardesty. In 1990 a flash flood unearths the skeletons of seven murdered children. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. Winner of the Shamus award. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-425-169030.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83028More details Price: $35.00 -
THE GUARDS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2003.). First edition - The first Jack Taylor book, which begins after he is fired from the Garda Siochana - the Guards, Ireland's police force - "an unforgettable story that's gritty, absorbing and saturated with the rough-edged rhythms of the Galways streets. Nominated for the Edgar award, winner of the Shamus Award. 303 pp.
Condition: Fine in glossy printed wrappers.
Book ID: 54201More details Price: $21.00 -
THE GUARDS.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: St Martin's, (2003.). First edition - The first Jack Taylor book, which begins after he is fired from the Garda Siochana - the Guards, Ireland's police force - "an unforgettable story that's gritty, absorbing and saturated with the rough-edged rhythms of the Galways streets. Nominated for the Edgar award, winner of the Shamus Award. 303 pp.
Condition: Very good in glossy printed wrappers (crease on front cover).
Book ID: 60672More details Price: $15.00 -
WHERE IT HURTS.
Edition: 2nd printing.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78361More details Price: $21.50 -
EVERY DEAD THING.
Edition: First printing.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first novel, introducing former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. SIGNED on title page. 485 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-857146.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 88362More details Price: $125.00 -
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A PATSY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery - winner of the Shamus award.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 3976More details Price: $35.00 -
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, set in the small California town of Azalea, where life centers around the church. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32054.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4452More details Price: $21.50 -
COME BACK DEAD: A Scott Elliott Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's seventh mystery and the second in the Scott Elliott series, set in 1955 as television is beginning to take a toll on the film industry - "Hollywood detective Scott Elliott returns to thwart a film sabateur." INSCRIBED on the title page to the late noted Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. Winner of the Shamus award for best Private Eye Novel. 332 pp. ISBN: 0-684-830847.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 67686More details Price: $28.50 -
THE STAKED GOAT.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery in the highly praised series featuring Boston private eye John Francis Cuddy - a great series. Tony Hillerman called the plot idea 'fresh and intriguing'; Robert Parker described this novel as a 'pleasure to read.' Winner of the Shamus Award for best PI novel. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0155159.
Condition: Fine in a fine dustjacket.
Book ID: 70959More details Price: $40.00 -
LOCKED IN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Sharon McCone mystery, Winner of the Shamus Award for best PI novel. 281 pp. ISBN: 9780446581059.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61218More details Price: $17.50 -
BLACK MAPS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an edgy suspense story of white collar crime in the world of high finance (a world with which the author, who worked on Wall Street for 20 years, is very familiar.) Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. ISBN: 1-4000-40752.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 39470More details Price: $19.50 -
DEATH'S LITTLE HELPERS.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second thriller set, like his award-winning 'Black Maps' in the world of high finance (a world with which the author, who worked on Wall Street for 20 years, is very familiar.) Features New York City private investigator who has been hired to find a missing Wall St. analyst. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. ISBN: 1-4000-40795.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87388More details Price: $28.50 -
THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A BEAR. An Alaskan Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Soho Press, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A highly praised (and deservedly so) unusual first book, set against the modern Alaskan frontier, and the surviving pantheism of its indigenous population, nominated for an Edgar, winner of the Shamus award for best first book. 225 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 60614More details Price: $25.00 -
THE WOMAN WHO MARRIED A BEAR. An Alaskan Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Soho Press, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A highly praised (and deservedly so) unusual first book, set against the modern Alaskan frontier, and the surviving pantheism of its indigenous population, nominated for an Edgar, winner of the Shamus award for best first book. INSCRIBED by the author on the half title page: "For Linda, who knows the territory" and dated in 1997. 225 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 74352More details Price: $35.00 -
CALIFORNIA FIRE AND LIFE
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. SIGNED first edition - Suspenseful novel featuring Jack Wade, genius arson investigator, fire claims adjuster and inveterate surfer. SIGNED by the author.Winner of the Shamus Award for best PI novel.
Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 9596More details Price: $30.00
