Light blue cloth with dark blue lettering. Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 310 pages; "She’s had enough. Stephanie Plum has finally quit bounty hunting and is in the market for a new job. Preferably one which doesn’t involve being shot at, blown up or kidnapped. The trouble is, she can’t stop wondering about the missing men who all disappeared, without a trace, on the same day. And her super-hot mentor Ranger is making her an offer she can’t refuse. And someone is trying to kill her. It’s starting to seem like it’s not th... View More...
Cover has come loose from the book proper. Cover shows some creasing, corners bumped, 1/2" tears at top and bottom of spine. Initials on ffep, some foxing, text is quite clear. Lancer # 73-814 appears to be a 1969 reprint of the 1966 paperback original. "One mad killer. . . Jack the Ripper, the most depraved murderer the world has ever known. Two great detectives. . . Ellery Queen and Sherlock Holmes, match wits in a unique duel to solve a baffling mystery." "presented with the full approval of the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and is a legitimate addition to the Holmes ... View More...
Slight edge wear, binding tight. A bright, attractive copy. The first Penny Spring and Sir Toby Glendower mystery. "American anthropologist Penelope Spring and British archeologist Tobias Glendower are traveling in the Mediterranean. One day in a Greek amphitheatre, Penny comes upon the corpse of a beautiful young movie actress. And Toby discovers a body there too, that of a black actor decked out as a Roman gladiator. Investigating among the cast and crew filming 'The Travels of Telemachus,' they encounter enough plausible suspects to confound themselves and the Turkish police. At st... View More...
Spine/covers show a little creasing. Slight shelf wear, a few pages with the upper left corner creased. "Tony Villiers was the hardest, most ruthless man Gabrielle had ever fallen in love with. That is why she had married him. Why she had divorced him. And why she was horrified to learn that she would be working with him again by order of British Intelligence. Raul Montera was the handsomest, most gallant man Gabrielle had ever mete. That was why she would have gone to bed with him even had she not been under orders to do so. Why she was filled with joy at his all-consuming love for her.... View More...
Spine slanted and creased, corners slightly bumped. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked. "Nina McFall can't wait to take a long-overdue vacation from the pressures - and dangers - of 'The Turning Seasons' set. The rambling old farmhouse she's rented in upstate New York seems the ideal spot for a long, peaceful rest. With her friend Robin Tally to keep her company, and the prospect of a visit from Nina's lover, police detective Dino Rossi, what could possibly go wrong? As it turns out, plenty. Nina soon finds out that ten years ago, the beautiful young woman who lived in th... View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, edgewear/chipping along bottom, ex-library with usual stamps. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards, some edgewear along bottom. Text has spots on a few pages. "It was the middle of a sunny May morning when the old man, thin and shabby, made his way up the Heimrichs' driveway...and suddenly collapsed on the gravel. He was Old Tom, self-appointed handyman for the community of Van Brunt, New York, and someone had shot him. The question was, why would anyone care enough about this harmless eccentric, the roving gardener, to want to kill him? Is there more to Old T... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped w/ tiny chip, cracked at title page, ex-library but only one plate/stamp. DJ in protective wrap taped to boards. "Escaping a proposal of marriage from Sheriff Paul Davidson, Anna Pigeon takes a post as a temporary supervisory ranger on remote Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, a grouping of tiny islands in a natural harbor 70 miles off Key West. This island paradise has secrets it would keep, not just in the present, but in shadows from its gritty past, when it served as a prison during the Civil War, and for the Lincoln assassination conspirators af... View More...
Spine slightly slanted/creased, minor edgewear/bumping, 1/4" closed tear along lower edge. A bright, attractive copy. "Regan Reilly is in New York attending a crime conference organized by her celebrity-author mother. . . and enjoying time with a new beau, Jack ‘no relation’ Reilly. It’s not long before trouble finds her: a family friend, Thomas Pilsner—the president of the Settlers’ Club on Gramercy Park—desperately needs help. Two Settlers are dead, diamonds they were donating to the flagging club have vanished, and Thomas is rapidly becoming the prime suspect on all counts. As ... View More...
Ex-library with minimal stamps and markings, spine slightly shelf-cocked, corners bumped. Jacket is price clipped and taped to boards. "Mike Fortney and his partner Leeds manage to cruise above the standard police stress-pools of coffee and Pepto-Bismol-they're water cops in the 'Club Harbor Unit,' manning a patrol boat on San Diego's Mission Bay. . . . But now their days are anything but typical, because the America's Cup international sailing regattas have come to town and suddenly San Diego is swarming with yacht crazies of every nationality, the cuppies who want to love them, and. . .... View More...
Spine/covers somewhat creased. Minor shelf wear, shelf-cocked.
"Diamonds, diamonds everywhere. Rough-cut, icy smooth, glistening hard -- a fortune in black-market jewels slips through calculating hands in Manhattan's fabulous diamond center. Saul Handy, a diamond salesman and an ex-cop, does his job and doesn't look for trouble. But trouble finds him -- he is the prime suspect in a monumental robbery and triple murder."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View More...
Spine slightly slanted, corners bumped, reading crease and some cover creasing, minor edge wear, hole punched in upper corner of front cover. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. ; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 246 pages; Originally published in 1932, "Footsteps in the Dark" was Georgette Heyer's first mystery novel, expanding her brilliant writing career from historical and Regency novels. "It wasn't the lack of modern conveniences that made a summer spent at the ancient priory mansion such an unsettling experience. It was the ghost - or whatever was groaning in... View More...
Spine a bit slanted with some scuffing, light reading crease, a little edge wear, minor cover creasing and scuffing. Overall a nice copy. ; New Dell 958. ; Mike Shayne; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 192 pages; "The young reporter was sitting on a powder keg and it exploded right in Mike Shayne's face. " The kid had stumbled on a juicy story. He planned to use it for blackmail, but a bullet put an end to his scheme. " The whole rotten mess was none of Mike Shayne's business ... Until a mob that played dirty made it his affair. " Then Mike had to hit back with his own brand of dynamite... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings plus rear fep torn out. Spine slanted and cracked through in a couple places, although all pages still firmly attached. Corners bumped, some edge wear, some darkening. Jacket shows edge wear/chipping and some soiling. Enclosed in protective wraps and taped to boards. "'Girl in Coma Inherits Fortune'-that is how the headlines read when terminally ill tycoon Ellis Esterland was beaten to death at a stop on the Florida Turnpike two years ago-murdered as his daughter lay unconscious, never to recover from a road accident. When she died a few weeks later, the bu... View More...
Spine, covers show a little creasing & ordinary shelf wear. "Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault, a bold, brilliant killer from her past. Soon she realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain leading up to one ultimate kill: Scarpetta herself. Now she must stay her own fears and keep step with a psychopath who is always one step ahead, both everywhere and nowhere. But even with the help of her FBI and police comrades, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play. Having repeatedl... View More...
Spine/covers show a little creasing, corners bumped. "Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Brooks Gault, a bold, brilliant killer from her past. Soon she realizes that Gault's murders are but a violent chain leading up to one ultimate kill: Scarpetta herself. Now she must stay her own fears and keep step with a psychopath who is always one step ahead, both everywhere and nowhere. But even with the help of her FBI and police comrades, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play. Having repeatedly plung... View More...
Very slight edgewear, 1/3" tear on back. Inscribed by the author: "To _____ -- Thanks for taking the photo. Cheers! Peter Robinson." A bright, tight, attractive copy. "After moving his family from London, Chief Inspector Alan Banks is feeling all too at home in the picturesque market town of Eastvale. A crime wave seems to have followed him north. Teenage thugs are burglarizing the homes of elderly women, culminating in murder. And a Peeping Tom is on the loose, menacing the women of Eastvale. To appease the outraged local feminists, the police bring in psychologist Jen... View More...
Minor shelf wear, darkening. Spine has a crease that looks like a publisher's defect. "Gideon's lot is an unenviable one on this lovely May day. To the cases at hand are about to be added troublesome inquiries from the New York police, and information from them about 1) a suspected rapist (American) now in London, and 2) the imminent arrival in that city of a big-league confidence man; the tragic case of Signor Lucci and the orgies on premises owned by him; and the shenanigans of a light-hearted couple named Barnett -- the husband, Barney, is also light-fingered, while his wife is an abso... View More...
Boards show a little scuffing, but have chipping all along the bottom edge. Dampstains at bottom inside covers. Corners bumped. Jacket shows some darkening and top and bottom are chipped. Again some dampstains inside jacket. Owner signed inside cover. "Gideon's lot is an unenviable one on this lovely May day. To the cases at hand are about to be added troublesome inquiries from the New York police, and information from them about 1) a suspected rapist (American) now in London, and 2) the imminent arrival in that city of a big-league confidence man; the tragic case of Signor Lucci and the ... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings and back free end paper torn out. Spine slanted, front board starting to pull away from text block, minor edge wear. Jacket has a couple brownish stains in back and is in protective wraps taped to boards. Text is clean and unmarked. "Gideon's lot is an unenviable one on this lovely May day. To the cases at hand are about to be added troublesome inquiries from the New York police, and information from them about 1) a suspected rapist (American) now in London, and 2) the imminent arrival in that city of a big-league confidence man; the tragic case of Signor Lu... View More...
"Here Creasey-Marric studies a British general-election campaign, fascinating in its similarities and contrasts to our own, and examines especially its police aspects -- the protection of candidates (from burglars among other things), the dangerous activities of extremists of right and lerft (which go so far as the theft of an atomic device) -- and the regular police problems, which persist no matter what the electoral situation . . . The novel is wholly admirable, and no one else could possibly have written it. " Anthony Boucher; 6" - 7" Tall; 176 pages View More...
