Spine slightly slanted with one crease, minor edgewear and bumping. A bright, attractive copy. "Not far from a fashionable Mayfair pub called I Am the Only Running Footman lies the body of a blond shopgirl. She has been strangled with her own scarf - a fact that reminds Scotland Yard's Richard Jury of an unsolved murder in Devon, where the irascible local constable Brian Macalvie presides. Macalvie is convinced the two deaths are connected. Jury has nothing to tie them together but the fatal scarves. . . until he visits the stately home of his only suspect. And there, amid marble hall... View More...
Black boards, 596 pp, map of Calder Moor and environs on pastedowns and end papers. Spine slanted, corners slightly bumped, slight edge wear, interior clean and unmarked. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear with a small chip at base of spine. A nice copy. "Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped . . . lost . . . injured . . . when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge . . . a young man and woman. Each met death in a different fashion. Each died violently. "To Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, ... View More...
A bright, tight, attractive copy. "When a motorcyclist hits his car broadside, Michael Barnes, Member of Parliament, leaves the scene of the accident. Later on, he has second thoughts about what he id and he reports the incident to the police. Although Barnes was innocent of any wrongdoing in the actual cause of the accident, he is prosecuted. Worse yet, many observers who had been in the vicinity of the mishap are prepared to testify against him. All the action in this superb 'trial procedural' takes place inside the courtroom. In a series of cross-examinations, lawyers attempt to f... View More...
Blue cloth with gold lettering. Corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing. Jacket in new Brodart, a little edge wear and rubbing. A bright, attractive copy. ; Anthology of 16 of Catherine Aird's short stories. ; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 168 pages; "Who poisoned Anna Macmillan with a deadly dose of antimony? What caused the temperature of a health club sauna to rise so dramatically that its occupant was dead withing minutes? Where are the priceless pearls which vanished during a country house weekend and how was the code to an eminent scientist's high-tech alarm system broken on the day... View More...
Ex-library with usual markings, plus back FEP torn out when retired. Some edgewear/chipping to boards and jacket. Jacket in protective wraps and taped to the boards. Shelf-cocked. Some darkening. "Innocent Blood is a novel that goes far beyond the bounds of the mystery story to explore the themes of the growth of love and the search for identity. Philippa Palfrey, adopted as a child, exercises her legal right to apply for a copy of her birth certificate when she becomes eighteen. Although she has always had a fantasy of being the illegitimate daughter of an aristocratic father and now d... View More...
Spine somewhat creased, shelf-cocked, corners bumped. Remains of price tag on front cover, owner's name on ffep. About half the pages have the upper right corner creased. "The Indian police inspector is sent to attend an international conference on drug smuggling; and in cold, drizzling London he is faced with his first case outside India. The girl, Ranee, niece of relatives of Ghote who live in London, has vanished-seduced, kidnapped, murdered, so her relatives allege, by the notorious pop singer Johnny Bull. Ghote is hounded by the relatives into spending his few leisure hours from the... View More...
Spine somewhat creased, slanted, and sunned, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a bit of spotting on leading edge. Text is bright and unmarked. An attractive copy. Eighth in the Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover series. "This time, Scotland Yard sends Detective Chief Inspector Dover and his woeful assistant MacGregor off on the Stately Home circuit to look into murder. Since Lord Crouch, master of Beltour, can hardly make ends meet despite the hoards of tourists visiting the manor, his hospitality is meager - though his vegetarian sister, Lady Priscilla, would love to cook for Dover. And th... View More...
Ex-library with usual stamps and markings, back free end paper torn out. Spine slanted, moderate edge wear, chipping, spine cracked in a couple places exposing the webbing. Jacket in protective wrap, taped to boards, shows some edge wear, chipping, darkening. Text is clean and unmarked.
"Chief Detective Inspector Henry Tibbett of England's C.I.D. finds himself in a desperate and shocking situation. His wife, Emmy, is the prime murder suspect when the body of one of her old friends is found by the police."; Ex-Library; 7¾" - 9¾" Tall View More...
Spine slanted, ex-libraby with usual stamps, back endpaper removed. DJ enclosed in protective wraps, taped to boards. "Sexy, savvy private eye Fidler knows the US/Mexican border better than the Border Patrol. He cut his teeth down there while learning the smuggler’s trade from his late, unlamented Uncle Jake. So when Special Agent Aaron Sharp, the man who once saved Fiddler’s life, is executed in Mexico, Fiddler heads south to ask some unpopular questions. An encounter with a sniper convinces Fiddler that he is target number 2 in the ancient game of murder-for-profit. But whose profit... View More...
Spine slanted, corners bumped, some creasing to front cover, store stamps inside cover and on front end paper. A nice copy. "A twenty-year-old barrel of genuine Pennsylvania Dutch sauerkraut isn't Magdalena Yoder's idea of a great wedding present from her future father-in-law. Especially when it has a corpse in it. And it sure puts Mennonite-born Magdalena, owner of the picturesque PennDutch Inn, in a pickle. She has just one week before she ties the knot with the man of her dreams -and this bride of forty-four will allow nothing to delay her nuptials, even murder. Of course, Magdale... View More...
Corners bumped, slight shelf wear. Signed by author on title page. "When Isaiah Justice, owner and publisher of 'The Defender,' a small-town newspaper, dies of cyanide poisoning, his death makes the front page of his own paper and becomes the focus of an investigation by the paper's top reporters, Howard Justice, the Old Man's son, and Leeroy Hicks, who comes from humbler origins. Then 'The Defender's' major stockholders receive a takeover bid from the gemtrex Group, a large, shady corporation that had been trying to buy out the Old Man when he was conveniently murdered. Did Gemtrex hav... View More...
Spine is well-creased and shelf-cocked. Covers slightly creased, tears on front cover at bottom (1") and top (1/4") of spine. Corners bumped including a fair number of pages. Some darkening. Stamp and black marking inside front cover. "The cast of characters reads like a Who's Who in the Theatre. The restored Dolphin Theatre has a new hit play, inspired by the discovery of an authentic Shakespearean glove. But when greed becomes one of the main charactes in the play, the old Victorian playhouse becomes a "Theatre of Terror." Inspector Alleyn of Scotland Yard is assigned t... View More...
"Carmen saw the scam. She didn't mean to. But now Carmen and Wayne, her ironworker husband, have to pay. Because Blackbird kills clean. Richie kills crazy. And though these partners may be seriously mismatched, neither one has ever been know to hesitate when a working gun can settle all bets and take care of any living evidence. . ."; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall View More...
Spine somewhat slanted, cover creased, corners bumped. Ex-library with minimal stamps, small tear on free endpaper. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "Store detective Elizabeth Parker was a fan of television crime writer and producer Robert Foye. She marveled that a layman could write so knowledgeably of professional criminals. However, she stopped marveling when she caught him stealing from a display counter. In an attempt to bring Foye to heel, Elizabeth accepted his offer of a job as advisor on his show. Unfortunately, she failed to consider that even lady detectives are first ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, PO name inside. DJ has very slight shelfwear. A bright, attractive copy.
"Amos Walker follows a cold trail into the great jazz past of Detroit, all to help his friend Iris, she of the golden skin and the profile of an Egyptian princess. But the venture hots up all too fast when unknowns threaten Iris's life - and warn Amos off in no uncertain terms."; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall View More...
A little edge wear and darkening, binding fairly tight. Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. "'Found drowned, my foot,' said the pathologist two minutes after looking at the body. The unidentified young man pulled from the salt water near the little fishing village of Edsway hadn't drowned after all. And he hadn't been a bather either, observed Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan. One simply didn't go swimming in a shirt and trousers. Not voluntarily, that is. And then there was the matter of the mysterious copper weight stuffed in the dead man's pocket. . . and the ... View More...
Spine slightly slanted, wraps creased, corners somewhat bumped. Ex-library with minimal stamps. Text is bright, clean and unmarked. "Someone has leaked a top secret Pentagon document to the Monitor newspaper in London. Who? In the bastions of the New Right and the committee rooms of the Peace Movement, rumor buzzes. Will the leak set off the final holocaust? When Inspector Brian King of the Special Branch, rather than a CID officer, is given the case, Andrew Taggart of New Politics smells something fishy and decides to do a little investigating on his own account. From Cambridge, En... View More...
Spine slanted and creased, minor edgewear; text yellowing, but clean and unmarked. "Nina McFall, star of 'The Turning Seasons,' America's most popular soap, is always glad to hear from her devoted fans. But lately she's been getting passionate letters from a man calling himself her 'Secret Lover,' and swearing he'll let nobody come between them. Nina doesn't take it seriously - until a delegation of fans arrives at Meyer Studios, and shortly thereafter the actor playing her lover on the show turns up dead in the Hudson River. Now she's sure 'Secret Lover' means business. Detective Li... View More...
