Pictorial boards with no jacket as issued. Ex-library from a retirement community and very gently used. Spot on p. 1, otherwise text is clean and bright. A quite attractive copy. "On the Cornish moor where Sister Joan lives with other Sisters of the Daughters of Compassion, a shadowy figure is stalking the night, slashing trees. When Father Malone's housekeeper is found dead, suicide is the verdict - but Sister Joan and her old friend, Detective Sergeant Mill, think otherwise. When Sister Joan is sent to the presbytery to work as temporary housekeeper, the stage is set for a race agai... View More...
Ex-library with typical library markings, stamps, and pocket. Beige boards with black lettering. Corners worn, edge wear and a little chipping, some tape residue to boards, interior good. Jacket in protective plastic covering, minor edge wear, a little sunning. Overall a good reading copy. ; Originally published in paperback in 1958 as The Death Dealers, the first hardback edition was published by Walker & Company in 1968. ; Ex-Library; 7 " - 9 " Tall; 210 pages; Originally published in 1958 as "The Death Dealers", this is another of the Good Doctor's excellent forays into mys... View More...
Spine/covers show slight creasing/shelf wear. Back bottom cover and last few pages are bumped/chipped. "The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury. And that's only the beginning! Gary Soncji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read."; 16mo - over 5¾" -... View More...
Spine very slightly slanted, corners very slightly bumped. A bright, tight, attractive copy. "The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury. And that's only the beginning! Gary Soncji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" ... View More...
Slight shelf wear. "Rocksburg's new mayor is a 34-year-old physical fitness fanatic, a moralizing do-godder -- and a man very eager to spiff up the police departement. And that's just the beginning of Police Chief Mario Balzic's troubles. An unidentified young woman is shot down on the streets; the apartment of a known drug dealer is torn apart as federal narcotics agents sit idly by; and Balzic finds that his closest ally is the Reverend Rutherford Rufee, a preacher who doubles as Rocksburg's vice lord. As Balzic struggles to get to the bottom of the case, he finds himself in a plea-ba... View More...
Spine slightly slanted and darkened, corners slightly bumped, one chipped, owner's seal on title page. After ten years as the prosecuting attorney for Iron Cliffs County, Paul Biegler was defeated by Mitchell Lodwick and is now struggling to make his way as a defense attorney. It seems like an open and shut case when he is called to defend an Army lieutenant whose wife was raped and beaten and who then shot and killed the rapist in front of a dozen witnesses. Biegler seizes the only chance – persuading the jury that Lt. Manion was acting on an ‘irresistible impulse’ – that he was legally insa... View More...
Spine a bit creased, minor edge wear, crease across top corner of front cover. Dampstains along right hand of top edge from cover to cover, and a small waterstain at bottom corner. Text is not affected, but covers have paperlifts at each corner (1 1/4 x 3/4" at top, small at bottom. Text is clean and unmarked, a good reading copy. After ten years as the prosecuting attorney for Iron Cliffs County, Paul Biegler was defeated by Mitchell Lodwick and is now struggling to make his way as a defense attorney. It seems like an open and shut case when he is called to defend an Army lieutenant whos... View More...
Spine well creased, scuffed, and slanted, corners bumped, some edge wear, chipping, rubbing. A few pages creased, some yellowing. Text is clean and unmarked. "Indianapolis social worker Adele Buffington has her hands full with child welfare, a difficult daughter and a private-eye boyfriend. But when a man breaks into the office, copies a file, then disappears-followed by the discovery of a corpse with an unflattering note to social workers pinned to his lapel-Adele digs for answers. What file had the intruder photocopied? Was it a coincidence the murder victim had a name identical to on... View More...
Slight spine slant, slight edge wear. Owner's name and store stamp on front free end paper. Jacket shows some edge wear, chipping, esp. along spine, rubbing. Text is clean and unmarked. "Returning to the Caribbean island of St. Matthew's for a holiday, Chief Superintendent of Scotland Yard Henry Tibbett and his wife, Emmy, looked forward to a relaxing time in the sun. But beneath the calm surface is the menace of a vicious drug ring and a conspiracy to gain a stranglehold on island life. . . When an elderly English spinster vanishes on what should have been the first lap of her homeward ... View More...
Large print edition. Corners slightly bumped, spine slightly slanted. a little rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. "It's the early 1980s. Crack cocaine has made its devastating appearance. Violence is escalating, morality is declining. Things are happening that never happened before. One of those things is the brutal kidnapping of an innocent 12-year-old girl. But this kidnapper has made a deadly mistake. He has brought Boomer Frontieri back to life . . . a NYC detective forced to retire after being wounded, Boomer thirsts to return to the life he loved. When an old friend turns to him fo... View More...
Minor edgewear/bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "When Priscilla Pringle, a well-known writer of clerical murder mysteries, learns that the last rector of a West Country village died under questionable circumstances, she decides to see if there's material for a new book. In addition, Priscilla's curiosity is piqued by Captain Bulkington, a peculiar resident of the village who is seeking her advice on an ingenious murder device for a novel he may be writing. As the maniacal plot twist accumulate and Miss Pringle becomes aware of the deadly reality, Sir John Appleby, retired Commission... View More...
Spine/covers a bit creased. Slight shelf wear. "Sir John Appleby could never resist the intrigues of the rich and powerful -- especially when they resulted in murder. So when his host at a house party at the elegant Elvedon Court is found dead amid an extraordinary collection of suspects, Sir John sets to work. It's up to him to determine just who had the strongest motive: the prodigal son, the indiscreet second wife, the "loving" mistress, the shady art dealer -- maybe even the butler. With his usual aplomb, Sir John comes up with the solution, and his own special way of dealing... View More...
Spine has a single slight crease, corners a little bumped, slight edge wear. A clean, fairly tight, attractive copy. "A call from an ex-husband is never welcome. For Berkeley cop Jill Smith it wins a Nobel prize for chutzpah. Her ex wants a favor. His 'friend' and co-worker, Anne Spaulding, is missing. Anne's ransacked apartment-complete with blood-s-rayed walls-gives Jill the chilling feeling that her ex may be up to his arrogant neck in murder. Now Jill's out with the street people of Berkeley and the crazies of People's Park to uncover the fate of a welfare worker. But her best s... View More...
Spine & cover slightly slanted/creased, minor edgewear, PO name inside. Starting to yellow, but text clean and unmarked.
"A bright, young British foreign correspondent in Moscow, Lord Tim Quainton, starts checking up on why the Soviet government has condemned in absentia his girlfriend's father for war crimes committed in 1944 in Loda camps. Suddenly, he finds his own neck in a fast-tightening noose."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine/covers a bit creased, corners bumped. "When Nell MacDermott learns that her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, and three of his business associates have died in an explosion of his new cabin cruiser, she is not only devastated but wracked with guilt. The last time she saw Adam, they had a bitter quarrel over her plan to run for the congressional seat long held by her grandfather; she had told him not to come home. As the investigation into the boat's explosion proceeds, Nell learns that it was not an accident but a bomb. Despite her skepticism, Nell is swayed by her great-aunt Gert... View More...
Remainder mark on bottom edge. DJ has slight shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy. "When Nell MacDermott learns that her husband, architect Adam Cauliff, and three of his business associates have died in an explosion of his new cabin cruiser, she is not only devastated but wracked with guilt. The last time she saw Adam, they had a bitter quarrel over her plan to run for the congressional seat long held by her grandfather; she had told him not to come home. As the investigation into the boat's explosion proceeds, Nell learns that it was not an accident but a bomb. Despite her skeptici... View More...
Spine rolled, creased, corners bumped, some edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A good reading copy.
"Meet the Matthews -- while they last . . . Gregory, Harriet, Gertrude, Zoe, Guy, Stella and Randall. An intriguing family. Fascinating and clever to a fault. The fault is murder. The method most bizarre . . . as Georgette Heyer's witty, world-famous detective, Inspector Hannasyde, discovers in the perfect thriller . . ."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View More...
Ex-library with usual stamps. DJ in protective cover taped to spine. DJ has 1/2" tear on top edge. A bright attractive copy. "Albert Edward, Prince of Wales—bon viveur, playboy, sportsman, "Bertie" to his uppercrust pals—who made his detective debut in Bertie and the Tinman—is off and running with a new and baffling adventure. The prince is pleased to accept the invitation of Lady Amelia Drummond to an October shooting party at her country home. Desborough Hall is one of the great houses of England, the guest list is to his liking—and Lady Amelia herself is a fun-loving y... View More...
Spine, covers are a bit creased. Corners bumped, slight shelf wear. "A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold-blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns -- from Hollywood Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice -- he is haunted by the chuck chuck sound of a knife sinking into flesh. As LAPD homicide detective Petra Connor desperately searches for the murderer, as the media swarms m... View More...
Very slight shelf wear. Jacket is a bit chipped. Likely Book Club edition although not marked as such. "Cornwell delivers a high-stakes Kay Scarpetta novel with an intrigue that will take Kay an ocean's length away from home. The nightmare begins when a cargo ship arriving at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of a stowaway. The autopsy performed by Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta initially reveals neither a cause of death nor an identification. But the victim's personal effects a... View More...
