Category: Mystery

Glass Village

Price: $17.00

Publisher: Boston, Little Brown & Co : 1954

Seller ID: 006724

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

281 pp. Rebound in sturdy green library binding, with red and white design on front board. Ex-library with usual stamps and pocket. Corners bumped, spots on a few pages, but overall clean and unmarked.

A murder mystery set in a small New England village that challenges the principles of justice and due process.; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Goldilocks

By: McBain, Ed

Price: $3.05

Publisher: New York, Warner Books : 1996

Seller ID: 000089

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine shows some slight creasing. Minor shelf wear. Sticker on back cover stamped with 1997 date.; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall
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Good old Stuff, The

By: MacDonald, John D.

Price: $4.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Fawcett Gold Medal : 1983

Seller ID: 000483

ISBN-13: 9780449125632

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Ex-library, with typical markings and stamps. Spine has been taped, although it appears only slight creased. Covers are somewhat creased/bumped with some ordinary shelf war. "The Good Old Stuff" has been selected to give readers a taste of John D. MacDonald's great fiction. 'The Simplest Poison' is a straight detective story. 'Miranda' is psychological suspense. 'Noose for a Tigress' is about a woman who wanted too much. You'll recognize the inimitable MacDonald touch in the portraits of his characters -- professional criminals, city cops, afventurers, and amateur sleuths. " Featu...
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Grand Jury

By: Friedman, Philip

Price: $3.75

Publisher: New York, Ivy Books : 1997

Seller ID: 000447

ISBN-13: 9780804112956

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine, covers show some creasing, some shelf wear, scuffs. "The New York police seize more than a million dollars tainted with heroin powder, implicating two elderly and distinguished Chinatown residents. Their case is rushed before the grand jury. Susan Linwood and David Clark are strangers before being asked to serve in the name of justice. Yet as prosecutor Dan Mahoney presents the drug conspiracy case, they soon become completely absorbed with the proceedings -- and increasingly with each other. As Mahoney struggles with facts that refuse to fit the crimes his superiors have told hi...
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Grievance : A Rugs Carlucci Novel

By: Constantine, K. C.

Price: $9.95

Publisher: New York, NY, Mysterious Press : 2000

Seller ID: 001974

ISBN-13: 9780892966486

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket

Spine a bit slanted, jacket shows slight edge wear. A clean, attractive copy.

"Class war writ in blood colors the Rocksburg streets. . . A brutal regimen of down-sizing had shut down steel production and eliminated 2/3 of the factory's workforce-a policy enforced by steel magnate J.D. Lyons. If Lyons accomplished his business objectives, he has since paid the ultimate price. For J.D. Lyons has just been found in the trunk of his Jaguar, bent over a bag of golf clubs and sporting a small-caliber bullet wound at the base of his skull."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Guardian of the Horizon (Amelia Peabody Mystery #16)

By: Peters, Elizabeth

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, William Morrow : 2004

Seller ID: 8692

ISBN-13: 9780066214719

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Ex-library with stamp on front pastedown and pocket on back end paper. Corner bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, does not appear to have been taped, a little edge wear. Overall, a nice copy. ; Sixteenth in the Amelia Peabody Mystery series. ; Amelia Peabody; Ex-Library; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾" Tall; 399 pages; "A hitherto lost journal of the indomitable Amelia Peabody has been miraculously recovered: a chronicle from one of the 'missing years' - 1907-1908 - shedding new light on an already exceptional career, a remarkable family ... And an unexpected terror. " O...
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Hard Candy

By: Baxter, Mary L.

Price: $2.40

Publisher: Don Mills, ON, Canada, Mira : 1998

Seller ID: 001648

ISBN-13: 9781551664408

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good+

Slightly shelf-cocked, corners bumped, slight edge wear.

"He's crossed the line no homicide cop ever should. He's involved with a suspect. Emotionally and physically. And it's something he knows is wrong. But that's nothing. She's got a whole list-a murdered husband, vicious threats, missing money, a missing will, the fear of losing everyone and everything she loves. . . Falling for the wrong man-that's damn far down the list. Until he arrests her for murder."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Headed for a Hearse [abridged] (Dell Great Mystery Library No. 6)

By: Latimer, Jonathan

Price: $7.25

Publisher: New York, Dell Publishing : 1957

Seller ID: 002282

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Slight spine slant, corners bumped, minor edge wear, scuffing along spine. A few pages have the top corner creased, as do a few with creased at the bottom corner. A little darkening but text is clean and unmarked. "He was a wealthy man who'd enjoyed privacy all his life. He had it still: a private cell in the death house, a private knowledge of his innocence of murder, and a very private Doomsday, all his own. Then, with his execution only six days away, he hired a private detective to find the real killer. That was when trouble stopped being his personal property, and murder became ...
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Henrietta Who?

By: Aird, Catherine

Price: $4.50

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books : 1981

Seller ID: 000909

ISBN-13: 9780553203042

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Spine, covers slightly creased. Slight shelf wear. "The townspeople would have said Larking, with its stone rectory and thatched farmhouses, was typical of a thousand other English villages. As it happened, this was true. And everyone in Larking thought they knew everything about everyone else. In that they found they were mistaken. . . especially the morning the postman found Grace Jenkins murdered. She had lived quietly at Boundary Cottage for twenty-one years, but there was a great deal about Grace the townspeople didn't know. And Detective Inspector C. D. Sloan soon discovered they kn...
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Henrietta Who?

By: Aird, Catherine

Price: $3.75

Publisher: New York, Bantam Books : 1981

Seller ID: 007784

ISBN-13: 9780553203042

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine slightly creased, rolled, a little edge wear and rubbing. Upper corners of last 30 pages have some moisture related waviness. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. "The townspeople would have said Larking, with its stone rectory and thatched farmhouses, was typical of a thousand other English villages. As it happened, this was true. And everyone in Larking thought they knew everything about everyone else. In that they found they were mistaken. . . especially the morning the postman found Grace Jenkins murdered. She had lived quietly at Boundary Cottage for twent...
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Hero for Leanda

By: Garve, Andrew

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row : 1978

Seller ID: 003838

ISBN-13: 9780060804299

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Very Good-

Spine slightly slanted/creased, minor bumping, PO name inside. Text starting to yellow, but clean and unmarked.

"Down on his luck, yachtsman Mike Conway agrees to sail to Heureuse, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles from the nearest land, and rescue a Middle-Eastern revolutionary leader interned by the British."; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Hero for Leanda

By: Garve, Andrew

Price: $5.75

Publisher: New York, Harper & Brothers : 1959

Seller ID: 003839

ISBN-13: 9780060804299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Spine somewhat slanted, edgewear with some chipping, especially at spine ends, cracking at back pastedown. Text is clean and unmarked.

"Down on his luck, yachtsman Mike Conway agrees to sail to Heureuse, an island in the Indian Ocean a thousand miles from the nearest land, and rescue a Middle-Eastern revolutionary leader interned by the British."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Hide and go Seek

By: Garve, Andrew

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New York, Popular Library : 1966

Seller ID: 002287

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fair

Reading copy. Covers detached from text block, which has neatly cracked into two pieces. All pages are present, one dog-eared, and are clean and unmarked. A little edge wear to covers. "Gwenda was beautiful and pregnant. Susan was beautiful and rich. Alan was engaged to marry both. When he decided he'd rather be rich than a father, he was faced with a dilemma. How could he get off the hook with Gwenda-who would make a fuss-without losing Susan, who would be furious if she found out. Murder was one possible solution, but it might not work. Then Alan came up with a better scheme-a perf...
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Highland Laddie Gone (Elizabeth MacPherson mystery)

By: McCrumb, Sharyn

Price: $3.45

Publisher: New York, Ballantine Books : 1991

Seller ID: 005268

ISBN-13: 9780345360366

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine creased, slanted, minor edge wear, some creasing to covers, a little yellowing but text is clean and unmarked. A solid reading copy. "Elizabeth MacPherson gets the chance to revel in the rites of the old country at the annual Glencoe Mountain Games, the Scottish festival where several hundred like-minded Americans celebrate their ancestors' folkways. But the innocent ethnic fair is cursed when the loathed Colin Campbell is found murdered. The deceased was so universally disliked that it's difficult to distinguish the doers from the want-to-doers. Then a second murder silences ever...
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Home Body (A Jack McMorrow novel)

By: Boyle, Gerry

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Berkley Prime Crime : 2004

Seller ID: 006586

ISBN-13: 9780425196113

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine

394 pp., Uncorrected Proofs. Spine somewhat slanted. A bright, attractive copy.

"Reporter Jack McMorrow befriends a runaway teen, but no sooner do his mother and stepfather try to retrieve him than the terrified stray vanishes again. When the boy's mother is murdered, Jack has no choice but to investigate the heart of a dark and deadly family secret . . . "; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall
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Home to Roost

By: Garve, Andrew

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, Penguin : 1978

Seller ID: 003828

ISBN-13: 9780140047417

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Spine somewhat slanted, chipped at bottom, cover creased, some edgewear/bumping. Text is clean and unmarked.

"The whispering voice on the telephone had reported a corpse. And, indeed, the police found Max Ryland, film star and womanizer, pinned to his floor with a knife. Suspects abound; and first among them is Walter Haines, for the irresistible Ryland had stolen, then abandoned, Haines's beloved wife. A highly successful writer of detective fiction, Haines now confesses to the crime - but is he, or is he not, telling the truth?"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Home to Roost

By: Garve, Andrew

Price: $4.95

Publisher: New York, Penguin : 1978

Seller ID: 003829

ISBN-13: 9780140047417

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Good

Some edgewear/bumping, cover lightly creased/soiled, PO name on free endpaper. Text is clean and unmarked.

"The whispering voice on the telephone had reported a corpse. And, indeed, the police found Max Ryland, film star and womanizer, pinned to his floor with a knife. Suspects abound; and first among them is Walter Haines, for the irresistible Ryland had stolen, then abandoned, Haines's beloved wife. A highly successful writer of detective fiction, Haines now confesses to the crime - but is he, or is he not, telling the truth?"; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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Hornet's Nest

By: Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

Price: $3.75

Publisher: New York, Berkley Publishing Group : 1998

Seller ID: 000489

ISBN-13: 9780425160985

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Fine

Slight shelf wear.

Violence is swarming in Charlotte, and Deputy Chief Virginia West has a mood to match. Another out-of-town businessman has been found murdered, a wise-ass detective has taken her parking slot, and her boss orders her to escort a young reporter (gung ho for the police) on patrol. Patricia Cornwell steps away from Kay Scarpetta with this novel, adding humor to the action, but never loses her sure sense of empathy for the extraordinary and intriguing new characters she has created.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
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Hot Tip

By: Dolph, Jack

Price: $8.25

Publisher: New York, Lawrence E. Spivak : 1951

Seller ID: 004298

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

128 pp. A vintage mystery originally published by Doubleday & Co, this complete and unabridged edition is part of the Bestseller Mysteries series (# B 142) published during and shortly after World War II. Covers show some edgewear and a little scuffing; back cover has some tiny chipping along top edge. Text has dampstain in lower corner, but is clean and unmarked. Cover price is 35 cents. "The lean little dead man on the rubbing table was still warm when I got there. I took one look and refused to sign a medical certificate - my friend Johnny Mallo, the greatest jockey of them all, ...
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Hotshots: A Neil Hamel Mystery

By: Van Gieson, Judith

Price: $14.35

Publisher: New York, HarperCollins : 1996

Seller ID: 004541

ISBN-13: 9780060175122

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Very Good dust jacket

Spine slightly slanted, minor edgewear, ex-library with usual stamps, cracking at p. 20. DJ in protective wraps taped to boards. Text is clean and unmarked. "Albuquerque lawyer/sleuth Neil Hamel faces one of humanity's most primal foes --- fire --- when she investigates the death by flames of an elite firefighter in the Colorado wilderness. It is high summer and the Southwest is tinderbox dry when Neil is approached by the parents of Joni Barker, a "hotshot" (as wildland firefighters are known) who was killed in a highly publicized blaze that threatened several expensive homes....
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Category: Mystery