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Price: $3.40
Publisher: New York, NY, Fawcett Gold Medal: 1981
Edition: Twenty-Third Printing
Seller ID: 001300
ISBN: 0449142647
Condition: Very Good
Spine a bit creased, slightly shelf-cocked, corners bumped. Cover price marked out, some darkening. "From all that Travis McGee could gather, it must have been one hell of a party. Four languid days and all the booze they could drink. . . . Ten playful people swinging wild and free, getting drunk, getting bored, swapping partners in the warmth of sun on naked bodies, miles from civilization. It was a blackmail set-up as old as the hills. McGee-that waterfront gypsy-did not want to touch the deal with a ten-foot pole. Except there was another woman involved, a lovely, longing, tende... View more info
Price: $4.95
Publisher: New York, Vintage Books: 1984
Seller ID: 000877
ISBN: 0394724356
Condition: Near Fine
Bottom corner of a few pages are creased. "Introducing British ex-secret service agent Colonel Anthony Gethryn -- attractive, witty, urbane Oxford scholar. In his first private case, Gethryn is faced with the eminent body in the study when he is enlisted by an old friend to solve the mystery of the savage slaying of a Cabinet Minister. "; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
By: Milne, A. A.
Price: $4.95
Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing: 1959
Seller ID: 002286
Condition: Very Good
Dell D321. Corners bumped, some edge wear esp. along spine. A fairly tight, attractive copy. Number 25 in the Dell Great Mystery Library, and the only mystery by the renowned creator of Winnie the Pooh. "The 'Impossible Murder'. . . It couldn't have happened. . . but it did. He couldn't be a killer. . . but he was. Incredible as it seemed , the always fastidious Mark Ablett had actually murdered his own brother, in cold blood and in broad daylight. . . and then disappeared, before the very eyes of a household of week-end guests. Those were the facts. But what, now, was the future? ... View more info
Price: $9.25
Publisher: Chicago, University of Chicago Press: 1994
Seller ID: 007040
ISBN: 0226848736
Condition: Very Good
Small trade paperback (7" x 4.75"), 173 pp, 6 b/w illustrations by van Gulik done in 16th century Chinese illustrated blockprints, sketch map of Paradise Island. Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear and a little rubbing. Interior bright and clean. A nice copy. Three short cases of Judge Dee -- 'The Case of the Callous Courtesan', 'The Case of the Amorous Academician', and 'The Case of the Unlucky Lovers'. "Judge Dee, the bearded detective of ancient China, was only passing through Paradise Island on his way home from the capital when the local magistrat... View more info
By: Frazer, Margaret
Price: $11.00
Publisher: New York, Berkley Prime Crime: 1999
Edition: 5th Printing
Seller ID: 8371
ISBN: 0425172325
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Red over off-white boards, gold lettering. Corners bumped, a little edge wear with a dent to base of spine. Jacket in protective Brodart, slight edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 274 pages; Ninth in the Dame (Sister) Frevisse medieval mystery series. "As reeve of the small village of Prior Byfield, Simon Perryn must rule on many local disputes - a task he often shares with the steward of St. Fridewide's nunnery. But when the steward is accused of dishonesty and forced to step aside, the worldly Dame Frevisse is sent in to replace him. "Her ... View more info
By: Aird, Catherine
Price: $4.35
Publisher: New York, Bantam Books: 1981
Seller ID: 008140
ISBN: 0553207768
Condition: Good
Spine somewhat rolled, creased, a little edge wear and darkening, owner's seal on front end paper. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Catherine Aird's first novel, originally published in 1966. "Sister Anne," said the Mother Superior unperturbed, "died on Wednesday evening some time after supper, probably in the corridor leading from the Great Hall to the kitchens. Her body was put into the broom cupboard and later thrown down the cellar steps." Who would want to kill a cloistered nun? But, astonishingly, someone had. It was as much of a surpris... View more info
By: Garve, Andrew
Price: $5.50
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1978
Seller ID: 006400
ISBN: 0060804505
Condition: Very Good-
Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "If a man spends a night on an uninhabited island with another man's beautiful wife, the husband is not apt to be pleased about it. Especially when the husband is notoriously jealous and considerably older than his wife...."; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall View more info
Price: $5.95
Publisher: New York, Curtis Books:
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 007361
Condition: Good
224 pp. No publishing date listed but probably late 1960s. Spine a bit creased and rolled, corners bumped, a little edge wear, a bit of rubbing and scuffing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. "The Three Days that Shook Manhattan: The police commissioner of New York City was puzzled when he received a communication from C. E. Teal of the C.I.D., informing him that Simon Templar, better known as 'the Saint,' was at present in the United States and suggesting that 'it would be advisable for you, in your own interests, to observe Templar's activities carefully... View more info
Price: $7.95
Publisher: New York, Avon: 1957
Seller ID: 008247
Condition: Very Good
Avon T-199, 191 pp. A little spine creasing, slight edge wear, binding fairly tight. Pages tanned but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "The Saint vs. The Scorpion! "A stack of stolen, illicit love letters adds up to murder - in the hands of - the Scorpion! "A lantern-jawed burglar is sentenced to death by - the Scorpion! "Simon Templar's favorite girl - long-limbed luscious and deadly - does layman service against - the Scorpion! "Those who could have spoken dared not speak, and those who might have spoken died too soon . . . as the Saint and... View more info
By: Fuller, Roy
Price: $8.00
Publisher: New York, Penguin: 1976
Edition: Reprint Edition
Seller ID: 006770
ISBN: 0140017607
Condition: Good+
Some edgewear and bumping, cover has a few scuffs, PO name inside, text somewhat yellowed, but clean. "For years, ever since the break-up of his marriage, George Garner had cultivated a completely self-contained way of life. He lived alone in his Bayswater flat, dividing his time between reading for Cuffs, the publishers, and working on a new book to bolster up his slightly contracting reputation as a novelist. When he was offered the editorship of a new literary quarterly, he felt even more pleasantly secure in his world of books. Then an old school friend disappeared in curious c... View more info
By: Frazer, Margaret
Price: $15.00
Publisher: New York, Berkley Prime Crime: 2006
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 007162
ISBN: 0425207668
Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
White boards with gold lettering, 339 pp. Corners slightly bumped, spine slightly cocked, a bit of edge wear, binding tight. Jacket in new Brodart with a little edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. Fifteenth in the Dame (Sister) Frevisse medieval mystery series. "Summer 1450 -- Since the death of her husband, Anne Blakhall has carried on their shared business as a tailor and embroiderer in the heart of London. Rather than remarry as prosperous London widows usually do, she has taken a lover - David Weir, a foreign merchant who is secretly a Jew and therefore in consta... View more info
By: Frazer, Margaret
Price: $6.25
Publisher: New York, Jove Books: 1993
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 007555
ISBN: 0515111635
Condition: Good
Paperback original, first printing, 234 pp. Spine somewhat creased, rolled, a little edge wear, corners bumped. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. Second in the Sister Frevisse Mystery series and nominated for an Edgar award. "It was Christmastime, and the sisters of St. Frideswide cannot turn away travellers . . . even the players knocking at the nunnery door. But along with the motley troupe comes the grievously wounded husband of the cloister's scullery maid, Meg. They swear they found the drunken wastrel in a ditch . . . but the tale sounds like anot... View more info
By: Frazer, Margaret
Price: $4.55
Publisher: New York, Berkley Publishing Group: 1993
Edition: 5th Printing
Seller ID: 003636
ISBN: 0515111635
Condition: Very Good-
Spine slightly creased, slanted, corners bumped, some edge wear, crease on back corner. A bright, attractive copy. Second in the Sister Frevisse Mystery series and nominated for an Edgar award. "It was Christmastime, and the sisters of St. Frideswide cannot turn away travellers . . . even the players knocking at the nunnery door. But along with the motley troupe comes the grievously wounded husband of the cloister's scullery maid, Meg. They swear they found the drunken wastrel in a ditch . . . but the tale sounds like another song and dance. Especially when two dead bodies are wai... View more info
Price: $5.25
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 002578
ISBN: 0399136118
Condition: Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket
Spine slightly slanted, speckling along edges, very minor bumping/shelfwear. DJ has very minor shelfwear with slight sunning inside. A bright, attractive copy. "When Hartford insurance snoop Dora Conti comes to New York to investigate the violent street murder of a jewelry magnate, she discovers a ‘Sodom on the Hudson,’ where intimacy is measured in carats and kilos, and greed is the fast food of love."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View more info
By: Bradberry, James
Price: $4.20
Publisher: New York, NY, St. Martin's Press: 1995
Seller ID: 001751
ISBN: 0312956363
Condition: Good+
Spine somewhat creased, slanted, corners bumped, slight shelf wear. 2" square patch of white-out inside front cover. "They are titans of talent and ego: six world-famous architects brought to Renzo Piruzzi's magnificent Italian villa to engage in an extraordinary competition. The prize" $5 million-and a priceless architectural text. Unfortunately, the competitors aren't getting their designs off the table. Instead, they're starting to die."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View more info
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Bath, England, Chivers Press: 1989
Edition: Large Print Edition
Seller ID: 005791
ISBN: 1555048404
Condition: Very Good-
A little creasing, corners slightly bumped. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "Keyes, a private investigator, is waiting to meet a business contact in a down-town bar when he overhears a domestic murder being planned in an adjacent booth. When the intended victim shows up at his office she is not the sadistic call-girl that he'd expected. . . far from it! Keyes' fascination with this distressed beauty draws him into an intricate web of double-talk and danger in this gripping and tensely plotted thriller."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: Doss, James D.
Price: $18.75
Publisher: New York, Avon Books: 1995
Edition: Third Printing
Seller ID: 007180
ISBN: 0380724960
Condition: Good
Ex-library with a couple stamps, pocket inside back cover, and 'M' written on top edged. Spine somewhat creased, slanted, corners chipped, minor edge wear and rubbing, reading crease, covers a bit scuffed. Slight browning but text is clean and unmarked. "Daisy Perika has no place in the modern world of cold, rational science. Hers is the realm of the spirit - of ancient and sacred magic. But visions of Coyote and fire have awakened the aged Ute shaman once again to the Dark One's workings amoung the whites of southwestern Colorado. "For Granite Creek police chief Scott Parris,... View more info
By: Doss, James D.
Price: $3.95
Publisher: New York, Avon: 2002
Edition: Fifth Printing
Seller ID: 007181
ISBN: 0380790300
Condition: Good
Spine creased and slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, light reading crease. Text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. "For the tribes of the American Southwest, the annual Sun Dance is among the most solemn and sacred of rituals. But lately Death has been an univited guest at the hallowed rite. "Ute tribal policeman Charlie Moon is puzzled, The deceased Sun Dancers sustained no visible, life-ending injuries, so he is reluctant to call it murder - though there is surely nothing 'natural' about the sudden, inexplicable deaths of two strong and healthy men. U... View more info
By: Walters, Minette
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's Son's: 2001
Seller ID: 005092
ISBN: 0399147330
Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
Spine slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. Jacket shows a little edge wear and rubbing. An attractive copy. "November 1978. The winter of discontent. Britain is on strike. The dead lie unburied, garbage piles in the streets - and somewhere in West London a black woman dies in a rain-filled gutter. Known as 'Mad Annie,' she was despised by her neighbors. Her passing would have gone unmourned and unnoticed but for the young woman who finds her and who believes - apparently against reason - that Annie was murdered."; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View more info
By: Meredith, D.R.
Price: $4.00
Publisher: Thorndike, Maine, G K Hall & Co: 1997
Edition: Large Print Edition
Seller ID: 005789
ISBN: 0783820445
Condition: Good
Spine somewhat slanted, wraps lightly creased & scuffed, minor edgewear & bumping. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "When cowboy artist Willie Russell is brutally slain, Sheriff Matthews hasn't much to go on - only the hoofprints of a spooked horse and Willie's sketches of the beautiful Santiago Crucifix, which had vanished a century before. Frustrated by the bluster of Willie's employer, rancher J.T. Brentwood, and incensed by the possessiveness of the arrogant ranch manager toward J.T.'s beautiful daughter, Angie, the sheriff turns to the story o... View more info
