"The first death looked accidental. The second was as obvious as a murder could be. And now her fiance had narrowly escaped two potentially fatal 'accidents.' A horrified thought crept into Patricia Allison's mind - would her Jim be the third victim?
"Superintendent Hannasyde thought otherwise. For no one had a better motive for murder ...
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"The first death looked accidental. The second was as obvious as a murder could be. And now her fiance had narrowly escaped two potentially fatal 'accidents.' A horrified thought crept into Patricia Allison's mind - would her Jim be the third victim?
"Superintendent Hannasyde thought otherwise. For no one had a better motive for murder than Mr...
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"Aurora 'Roe' Teagarden had always worked for a living, until an unexpected legacy gave her the money to quit her librarian job. Now, with time on her hands, she decides to try selling real estate. Her mother, after all, is Lawrenceton's premier real estate agent, giving Roe a head start on this new career.
"But at her first house showing, Roe discovers the naked corpse of a rival broker in the master bedroom. To make matters worse, one of her mother's colleagues has fallen under suspicion.
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Three complete Inspector Roderick Alleyn mystery novels in one omnibus edition from one of the "Great Ladies" of England's golden mystery age. (1) A Wreath for Rivera, originally published as Swing Brother Swing, is set in England. " The drummer fires a gun as a gimmick during the swing band's final number, and the accordio...
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"Claire Malloy, Farberville's plucky amateur sleuth, feels the pull of summer doldrums until a predicament sends her to a posh lakefront community. Her best friend, Luanne, is having an affair with Dick Cissel, a dentist who just may have murdered his two previous wives. While the police are determined to prove Dick guilty . . . Luanne wants to confirm him [as] . . . prime marriage material."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"Poor and hungry, but determined to win a wager made months earlier and half a world away, mystery writer Christopher Kent swindles breakfast at London's Royal Scarlet Hotel -- and unexpectedly finds himself fleeing a darkened suite occupied by the corpse of a brutally murdered woman. Enlisting the aid of the celebrated sleuth Dr. ...
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"The Reverend Ronald Kemp came to the East End of London with definite ideas of right and wrong, which was only fitting for a minister of God. However, the people of the East End had a few ideas of their own, and the Reverend Kemp quickly found his world torn asunder as he met murderers, prize fighters -- and the Toff!.
Very quickly ...
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A series of murders at a deluxe anglers' resort seem more than 'fishy' to the Fair Hill, NJ Police Department as they use their 'country hick' methods to bait the hook for 'city slickers' killers."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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"A triple shocker featuring the Chambers specialties-high-voltage action, luscious females, and death!"
"The three were full of wanton wiles. And Peter Chambers was more than willing. But then he always was a fall guy for the ladies, especially when they had murder in mind!"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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"Sleuth Regan Reilly is hired as a bodyguard for singer Brigid O’Neill, a rising country star who has been receiving threatening "love notes." Brigid also possesses a "magical" Irish fiddle said to be cursed--whoever takes it out of Ireland will have an accident or face death. Still, Brigid brings it to the Hamptons, where her band will perform at a Fourth of July concert. Chappy Tinka, heir to a thumbtack fortune, and his ditzy wife, Bettina, are their hosts.; 12mo -...
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Navy cloth with gold lettering. Spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket shows a little edge wear with a small crimp to back panel. An attractive copy. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 310 pages; "Just when it seems Stephanie Plum’s life may be calming down, a new threat turns up: the wife of her mentor, Ranger. Only it seems this wife isn’t everything she says she is, and with Plum’s usual protector in danger, Stephanie might actually have to look after Ranger for once.
Problem is Stephanie’s on-again-off-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Mo...
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"Nothing's certain except death and taxes. Catching tax evaders for the Emperor Vespasian looks like a plum position for Marcus Didius Falco, who has teamed up with his old boss, Anacrites, the crotchety chief spy of Rome. Soon, however, Falco is bogged down in bureaucracy, stuck at his stylus, and longing for a good murder to investigate. He gets one when someone kills Leonidas, the Empire's official executioner. Feared by plebeians and citizens alike, Leonidas administered justice with a swift, sure blow. Then he...
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"YOU spot the clues . . . YOU match wits with famous detective Dr. Haledjian . . . YOU solve it! Seventy-nine 'quickie' mysteries, filled with very tricky clues. Answers are given, so you score yourself as a sleuth. Ready, Watson?"; 6" - 7" Tall
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"A man lies dead.
" Was it suicide - or murder?
"Is the witness lying - or telling the trush?
"YOU spot the clues . . . YOU match wits with famous detective Dr. Haledjian . . . YOU solve it!
"Seventy-nine 'quickie' mysteries, filled with very tricky clues. Answers are given, so you score yourself as a sleuth. Ready, Watson?"
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"Tyger Decker is a hard-nosed private dick who moves with the savage speed of a big cat and doesn't mind a little blood. Criminals are his prey, women are his favorite game, and he's ever ready to spring into action at the drop of a corpse. Tyger by the Tail sends Tyger leaping the Atlantic to taste the perils of Old World evil and the pleasures of willing young flesh. A man whom everyone loved to hate is dead, his adoring little girl has seduced Tyger into tracking down the...
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"The body of a student has been found hanged in Venice's elite, highly cloistered military academy. The young man is the son of a doctor and former politician, a member of Parliament who had an impeccable integrity all too rare in Italian politics. Dr. Moro is clearly devastated by his son's death, but while both he and his apparently estranged wife seen convinced that the boy's death could not have been suicide, neither appears eager to help in the investigation of the mysterious circumstances in which he died. Bolstered by...
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"In Feliciano's Faith Healing House (Psychic Dentistry a Specialty), Benigno Feliciano is blown apart in mid-pull by a man who screams his own name over and over and then shoots himself. At first these deaths seem unrelated to two other equally bizarre murders among Manila's poor and homeless, but leave it to Lieutenant Felix Elizalde to find the connection. What does it have to do with the Gnome Home Acrobatic and One-Ring Sawdust Circus Café ...
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"'Millicent came down here Thursday evening. Saturday noon she turns up dead. What happened in between?' I leaned over and sniffed the stopper of the Thermos. The odor of almonds was strong. Cyanide!"; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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"When a beautiful 22 year old woman is found stabbed in her luxurious penthouse, leaving no clues except a collection of erotic love letters, the men and women of the 87th are temporarily stumped. The case heats up quickly, however, when the woman's lover - an attorney and an older man - is found shot on the street, and a match...
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