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  • Dee, Ed.
    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: 35838
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  • 14 PECK SLIP. by Dee, Ed.
    Dee, Ed.
    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: 5701
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  • MARS PRIME. by Dietz, William.
    Dietz, William.
    MARS PRIME.

    Edition: Paperback original - first printing.

    New York: New American Library - ROC, (1992). SIGNED first edition - A killer is on board a colony ship on a way trip to Mars. SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-451452089.

    Condition: Good overall- minor wear to covers, usual toning to pages, straight spine.

    Book ID: 86115
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  • CITY OF LIGHT. by Doane, Michael.
    Doane, Michael.
    CITY OF LIGHT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel, an intricate literary thriller - Zane is "an American in Paris, where he unravels coded computer messages for an agency that clandestinely monitors civil wars, terrorism and human rights abuses worldwide. Haunted by thoughts of his mother, a jailed '60s radical, Zane desperately seeks three men: a Nigerian poet turned fanatic revolutionary, an English colleague who has disappeared in Africa, and a Swedish doctor who assists mercenaries in "humane" forms of torture. . . The action shifts from a Parisian jazz club to Nigeria and then to Mali" (PW) SIGNED on the half title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-394581075.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82471
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  • RED TEAM BLUES. by Doctorow, Cory.
    Doctorow, Cory.
    RED TEAM BLUES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant who roams California in a comfortable touring bus - a story of "cryptocurrency, global financial shenigans and the secret wars that underlie the modern world. " SIGNED on the title page. 212 pp. ISBN: 978-1608091492.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 88270
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  • RED TEAM BLUES. by Doctorow, Cory.
    Doctorow, Cory.
    RED TEAM BLUES.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2023). SIGNED first edition - Novel featuring Martin Hench, a self-employed forensic accountant who roams California in a comfortable touring bus - a story of "cryptocurrency, global financial shenigans and the secret wars that underlie the modern world. " SIGNED on the title page. An uncommon advance issue with the pages in typescript. 415 pp.

    Condition: Fine in light blue printed wrappers (a new copy)

    Book ID: 88613
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  • DON'T LET GO. by Gagnon, Michelle.
    Gagnon, Michelle.
    DON'T LET GO.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2014.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Out of Time, Nowhere to Run" The author's third novel for young adults, a thriller about a 16 year old girl, an orphan, a victim - and a gifted computer hacker, now on the run with a few other survivors. The final volume in this trilogy. INSCRIBED on the title page with the word "Best." 310 pp. ISBN: 9780062102966.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 68233
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  • DON'T TURN AROUND. by Gagnon, Michelle.
    Gagnon, Michelle.
    DON'T TURN AROUND.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Off the Grid, On The Run" The author's first novel for young adults, a thriller about a 16 year old girl, an orphan, a victim - and a gifted computer hacker. SIGNED on the title page with the word "Best." 310 pp. ISBN: 9780062102904.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 55352
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  • MAGAZINE BEACH. by Gannett, Lewis.
    Gannett, Lewis.
    MAGAZINE BEACH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: HarperPrism, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller set in the near future: nuclear devices have been planted under the Antarctic ice which will flood the world when detonated. 416 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1052353.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (toning to the pages, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 43838
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  • THE FOURTEEN-DAY CONSPIRACY. by Gilliland, Jean.
    Gilliland, Jean.
    THE FOURTEEN-DAY CONSPIRACY.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    St Petersburg, Florida: Valkyrie Press, (1980). First edition - The author's first novel, a speculative thriller set in 1983, at what was the near future at the time this book was published, the story of a frantic attempt to obtain the formula for a pollution-free and revolutionary new fuel. Illustrated by Robert G. Cannon. 199 pp. ISBN: 0-934616094.

    Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers - some rubbing to the covers, sunning to the spine, but a tight copy, no creases. .

    Book ID: 84859
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  • NEST: A Thriller. by Goodkind, Terry,
    Goodkind, Terry,
    NEST: A Thriller.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Skyhorse Publishing, (2016.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by this writer best known for his science fiction and fantasy. Kate Miller thought she was an ordinary woman living in Chicago, but when she is involved in a police investigation into a brutal murder she makes a shocking discovery: she has the ability to identify killers just by looking in their eyes. 428 pp. ISBN: 978-1510722873.

    Condition: Near fine in a very near fine dustjacket (light crease on front endpaper.)

    Book ID: 75316
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  • THE LAW OF NINES. by Goodkind, Terry,
    Goodkind, Terry,
    THE LAW OF NINES.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Putnam, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller - 'Your mother was twenty-seven when it came to her. Now you're twenty-seven, and it's come to you.' 502 pp. ISBN: 9780399156045.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (an unread copy.)

    Book ID: 52620
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  • GLASS TIGER. by Gores, Joe.
    Gores, Joe.
    GLASS TIGER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. A thriller featuring an ex-Ranger, ex-sniper for a CIA front who is brought back from the life of peace he was living in Kenya to help track down an assassin who has vowed to kill the President of the US. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-151011214.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 43621
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  • GLASS TIGER. by Gores, Joe.
    Gores, Joe.
    GLASS TIGER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller featuring an ex-Ranger, ex-sniper for a CIA front who is brought back from the life of peace he was living in Kenya to help track down an assassin who has vowed to kill the President of the US. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-151011214.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81967
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  • GLASS TIGER. by Gores, Joe.
    Gores, Joe.
    GLASS TIGER.

    Edition: Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harcourt, Inc., (2006.). SIGNED first edition - INSCRIBED on the title page "To S--- Sell them books, baby!" and dated in the year of publication. A thriller featuring an ex-Ranger, ex-sniper for a CIA front who is brought back from the life of peace he was living in Kenya to help track down an assassin who has vowed to kill the President of the US. 306 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in printed gray wrappers.

    Book ID: 50938
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  • THE SILENT DEAD. by Honda, Tetsuya.
    Honda, Tetsuya.
    THE SILENT DEAD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2016) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first crime novel featuring Reiko Himekawa, a young female homicide detective with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, to be published in the US. Translated from the Japanese by Giles Murray. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-1250061591.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 74651
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  • Hurwitz, Gregg.
    THE KILL CLAUSE.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: HarperCollins, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Described as 'the breakout thriller of the year' this story of a father determined to get revenge for the rape and murder of his daughter is both an intense action story and one which heartwrenchingly presents a terrible loss. Cover praise from Robert Crais, Christopher Reich and Joe Lansdale (who called it 'a white knuckle thriller of the first order. Smart, with a little twist of the wicked.') 386 pp.

    Condition: INSCRIBED on the title page. Fine (a new copy) in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 30293
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  • MYSTERIES OF ALGIERS. by Irwin, Robert.
    Irwin, Robert.
    MYSTERIES OF ALGIERS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York & London: The Viking Press, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a political thriller set in the winter of 1959-60 as the French settlers in Algeria are making their final stand against the liberation forces of the F.L.N. A book which explores both the psychology of a traitor and the inevitable failure of imperialism. 203 pp. ISBN: 0-670818224.

    Condition: Ex-library with relatively fewl markings, ttape ghosts, and overall tight and clean in a near fine unmarked dj.

    Book ID: 86664
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  • WHERE ALL LIGHT TENDS TO GO. by Joy, David.
    Joy, David.
    WHERE ALL LIGHT TENDS TO GO.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Putnam, (2015). First edition - Southern author's very highly praised first novel, a Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. "The area surrounding Cashiers, North Carolina, is home to people of all kinds, but the world that Jacob McNeely lives in is crueler than most. His father runs a methodically organized meth ring, with local authorities on the dime to turn a blind eye to his dealings. Having dropped out of high school and cut himself off from his peers, Jacob has been working for this father for years, all on the promise that his payday will come eventually." 260 pp.

    Condition: Very near fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps, letter from publisher bound in (some toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 78699
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  • OFF THE RECORD. by Joyce, Joe.
    Joyce, Joe.
    OFF THE RECORD.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Norton, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by a veteran political journalist. "When the body of an up-and-coming politician is found in a harbor one morning, Dublin journalist Seamus Ryle scents the makings of a story that could revive his flagging career. Drawn further into a case laced with political scandal and police bungling, Ryle is determined to solve the mystery." 343 pp. ISBN: 0-393-028291.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 85926
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  • THE GRID (original title "The Gridiron.") by Kerr, Philip.
    Kerr, Philip.
    THE GRID (original title "The Gridiron.")

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Warner, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Brainy thriller" set in Los Angeles in the near future - Something has gone wrong with the immensely powerful computer brain that controls the Yu Building, dubbed the Gridiron, and the building has become a serial killer. Built to survive power outages and earthquakes, the computer cannot be turned off. SIGNED on the title page. 451 pp. . ISBN: 0-446520535.

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

    Book ID: 36918
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  • THE LAST PRESIDENT. by Kurland, Michael & S.W. Barton.
    Kurland, Michael & S.W. Barton.
    THE LAST PRESIDENT.

    Edition: First thus- a trade paperback.

    Borgo Press, 2013. SIGNED - A thriller and an alternative history, one which creates a world in which the Watergate burglars were not caught and the paranoid but powerful American president goes out of control. Originally published in 1980 in hardcover - but perhaps even more relevant now than it was then. SIGNED by Michael Kurland on the title page. 329 pp. ISBN: 978-1479400140.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (some wear to edges of back cover, no creasing to spine, appears unread).

    Book ID: 86638
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  • OUT WEST. by Leebron, Fred G.
    Leebron, Fred G.
    OUT WEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." Dust jacket praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-385484208.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84132
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  • OUT WEST. by Leebron, Fred G.
    Leebron, Fred G.
    OUT WEST.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-385484208.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 81824
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  • OUT WEST. by Leebron, Fred G.
    Leebron, Fred G.
    OUT WEST.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, (1997). The author's very highly praised first book, a novel about two young people, both looking for a new start in life, who meet at a hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin district - "the story of two perfectly normal, intelligent, attractive, educated people who somehow become killers." Praise from John Barth, Pinckney Benedict, Madison Smartt Bell (who called it a thinking person's thriller) and more. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-156005468.

    Condition: Very good (light creases to covers. no spine creasing)

    Book ID: 88375
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  • Ludlum, Robert.
    THE GEMINI CONTENDERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dial Press, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fifth novel, a thriller with its roots in a centuries old vault in a Greek monastery and in World War II - a complex, and fast-paced story by a master of the genre. 401 pp. ISBN: 0-8037-30640.

    Condition: Very good in a very good dust jacket (prev owner's name, closed tear to dj.)

    Book ID: 56619
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  • Maas, Peter.
    FATHER AND SON.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Simon & Schuster, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about an IRA gun-running plot. ISBN: 0-671-631721.

    Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped, short closed tear.)

    Book ID: 20638
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  • PALACE OF THE DROWNED. by Mangan, Christine.
    Mangan, Christine.
    PALACE OF THE DROWNED.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Flatiron Books, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in 1966, a suspenseful literary thriller about a British novelist who heads to Venice after a public breakdown. "Years have passed since the initial success of her debut novel, and Frankie has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations of her editor and fans, only to fall short with each new publication. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, Frankie retreats to her friends vacant palazzo in Venice in the hopes of recapturing some of the inspiration that once motivated her. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to befriend her favorite author. . " 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1250788429.

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

    Book ID: 84333
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  • THE CUTOUT. by Mathews, Francine.
    Mathews, Francine.
    THE CUTOUT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller debut in which only one woman can stop the deadly countdown to global terror. The author brings her experience as a former CIA analyst to her realistic work of fiction. SIGNED on the title page. 400 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-553-10893x.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new, appears unread.)

    Book ID: 68568
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  • SECRET AGENT. by Mathews, Francine.
    Mathews, Francine.
    SECRET AGENT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Bantam, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second thriller written under her own name, by this former CIA analyst, a novel inspired by the mystery of Jim Thompson, a "legendary American" who settled in Thailand in 1945, and disappeared in the Cameron Highlands of Malaysia in 1967. SIGNED on the title page. Map. Afterword by the author. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-553-109138.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 77237
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