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  • BLOOD RAIN: An Aurelio Zen Mystery. by Dibdin, Michael.
    Dibdin, Michael.
    BLOOD RAIN: An Aurelio Zen Mystery.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Pantheon, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 7th mystery and novel of psychological suspense featuring Roman Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen (the first in the series - Ratking - won the CWA Gold Dagger Award.) Set in Sicily against the backdrop of the ancient city of Catania. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-375-409157.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86147
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  • A MURDEROUS PROCESSION. by Franklin, Ariana (pseudonym of Diana Norman)
    Franklin, Ariana (pseudonym of Diana Norman)
    A MURDEROUS PROCESSION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In 1176, King Henry II sends his daughter Joanna to Palermo to marry his cousin, the king of Sicily. Henry chooses Adelia Aguilar, a medical doctor and native of Sicily, to travel with the princess. The fourth in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, this is an excellent historical novel which portrays a world just beginning to slide into the grip of the Inquisition. Author's notes. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-399-156283.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (remainder line.)

    Book ID: 56373
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  • Yerby, Frank.
    THE SARACEN BLADE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Historical novel set in the worlds of heretic and fanatic, Christian and Sarecen, Jew and Catholic, Sicilian and German, in early 13th century Europe - a time of the excitement of the Crusades and of the poverty of the serfs. Map endpapers. Historical notes, 405 pp. Dust jacket by Julian Paul.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some crinkling from dampness to the rear cover of the dj, tear along rear fold, now protected by an archival cover.)

    Book ID: 38329
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