0446404187 Spine slightly creased, slanted, corners bumped, a little edge wear, small tear to top edge of back cover, a few pages have small tears along bottom edge (not affecting the text). Light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. "A murder committed in front of children is a crime that chills the heart of even a cool-headed NYPD homicide detective like Sigrid Harald. But beneath her icy facade, her feelings and sympathies run deep, and her emotional radar can spot hidden feelings faster than a cop can draw a gun. When a shadowy figure kills a dancer in a little Greenwich Village ... View More...
0553272810 Paperback original, first printing, 213 pp. Spine creased, scuffed along edges, slanted, minor edge wear and rubbing. Gift inscrip. on title page. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A solid copy. "A murder committed in front of children is a crime that chills the heart of even a cool-headed NYPD homicide detective like Sigrid Harald. But beneath her icy facade, her feelings and sympathies run deep, and her emotional radar can spot hidden feelings faster than a cop can draw a gun. When a shadowy figure kills a dancer in a little Greenwich Village theater before an au... View More...
0446404187 Corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, slight reading crease, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. Signed by author on title page. ; Fifth in the Sigrid Harald mystery series. ; Sigrid Harald; 5¾" - 6¾" Tall; 213 pages; "A murder committed in front of children is a crime that chills the heart of even a cool-headed NYPD homicide detective like Sigrid Harald. But beneath her icy facade, her feelings and sympathies run deep, and her emotional radar can spot hidden feelings faster than a cop can draw a gun. When a shadowy figure kills a ... View More...
Slight spine crease, corners bumped, a little edge wear, light reading crease, binding fairly tight. A little tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. "Deep in North Carolina's Tarheel country, financier Jake Honeycutt dies of a shotgun blast while hunting. No one mentions to Kate, his grieving and pregnant wife from New York, that just maybe his death wasn't an accident. With the exception of Lacy, the farm's old curmudgeon of a handyman, everyone from the slow-talking local cop to Jake's slick attorney are as sweet as pecan pie. But when the body of a murdered stran... View More...
Spine slightly creased, corners bumped, minor edge wear, shipping, front cover has a couple small creases, a little rubbing. Front end paper has initials blotted out with black marker that bled through just a bit onto title page. Text is clean and unmarked. Signed by the author on the title page. "Deep in North Carolina's Tarheel country, financier Jake Honeycutt dies of a shotgun blast while hunting. No one mentions to Kate, his grieving and pregnant wife from New York, that just maybe his death wasn't an accident. With the exception of Lacy, the farm's old curmudgeon of a handyman, ... View More...
Spine a bit creased, slanted, corners bumped including a few pages, a little edge wear and chipping, reading crease. A nice copy. Signed by the author on the title page. "Deep in North Carolina's Tarheel country, financier Jake Honeycutt dies of a shotgun blast while hunting. No one mentions to Kate, his grieving and pregnant wife from New York, that just maybe his death wasn't an accident. With the exception of Lacy, the farm's old curmudgeon of a handyman, everyone from the slow-talking local cop to Jake's slick attorney are as sweet as pecan pie. But when the body of a murdered str... View More...
A little edge wear and rubbing, some creasing to lower right corner. A nice copy. ; The first in the Deborah Knott series, and winner of the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for best mystery novel of the year. ; Deborah Knott Mystery; 5" - 6" Tall; 261 pages; "Unconventional, still unwed (at the ripe old age of 34) North Carolina attorney Deborah Knott has done the unthinkable: tossed her hat into the heated race for district judge of old boy-ruled Colleton County. The only female candidate, she's busy defending indigent clients and reeling in voters. Then suddenly, the... View More...
Spine slanted, creased, minor edge wear, some cover creasing. A good reading copy. ; The first in the Deborah Knott series, and winner of the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for best mystery novel of the year. ; Deborah Knott Mystery; 5" - 6" Tall; 261 pages; "Unconventional, still unwed (at the ripe old age of 34) North Carolina attorney Deborah Knott has done the unthinkable: tossed her hat into the heated race for district judge of old boy-ruled Colleton County. The only female candidate, she's busy defending indigent clients and reeling in voters. Then suddenly, the young daug... View More...
0446403237 Spine a bit creased, slanted, corners bumped, slight edge wear. A little browning but text is clean and unmarked. Signed by author in my presence. A nice copy. The first in the Deborah Knott series, and winner of the Edgar, Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards for best mystery novel of the year. "Unconventional, still unwed (at the ripe old age of 34) North Carolina attorney Deborah Knott has done the unthinkable: tossed her hat into the heated race for district judge of old boy-ruled Colleton County. The only female candidate, she's busy defending indigent clients and reelin... View More...
0446677663 Spine slightly slanted, minor edge wear and rubbing, 1" cut at edge of front cover where it meets the spine.Light dampstaining and rippling to upper corner of a number of pages, text not affected. Slight tanning but text is unmarked. A good reading copy. "A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Breul House contains three floors of nineteenth-century art . . . and one Christmas corpse. While dozens deck the halls with antique ornaments, someone permanently decks art historian Dr. Roger Shambley, and this less-than-merry murder lands in the capable hands of Lieutenant Si... View More...
0385266138 Black cloth with white lettering, 182 pp. Spine cocked, corners bumped, a little edge wear. Likely glue stains on pastedowns and rear end paper, but no other markings or stamps. Jacket in new Brodart, corners bumped, slight edge wear, glue stains on flaps. ; Sigrid Harald; 7 ¾" - 9 ¾" Tall; 182 pages; "A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Breul House contains three floors of nineteenth-century art . . . And one Christmas corpse. While dozens deck the halls with antique ornaments, someone permanently decks art historian Dr. Roger Shambley, and this less-than-merr... View More...
0553274104 Spine slightly slanted, slightly creased, a little edge wear and rubbing. A nice copy. ; Sigrid Harald; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 214 pages; "A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Breul House contains three floors of nineteenth-century art . . . And one Christmas corpse. While dozens deck the halls with antique ornaments, someone permanently decks art historian Dr. Roger Shambley, and this less-than-merry murder lands in the capable hands of Lieutenant Sigrid Harald, NYPD. Sigrid and her detective squad soon discover that their list of suspects is as long as Santa's. From... View More...
0553274104 Ex-library with stamps inside back cover. Spine, covers slightly creased, spine slanted, corners bumped, minor edge wear. An attractive copy. Signed by author on title page. "A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Breul House contains three floors of nineteenth-century art . . . and one Christmas corpse. While dozens deck the halls with antique ornaments, someone permanently decks art historian Dr. Roger Shambley, and this less-than-merry murder lands in the capable hands of Lieutenant Sigrid Harald, NYPD. Sigrid and her detective squad soon discover that their list of s... View More...
0553274104 Spine a bit slanted with a small crease, corners bumped, slight edge wear, a little yellowing. A bright, attractive copy. Signed by the author on title page. "A relic of Manhattan's Gilded Age, the Erich Breul House contains three floors of nineteenth-century art . . . and one Christmas corpse. While dozens deck the halls with antique ornaments, someone permanently decks art historian Dr. Roger Shambley, and this less-than-merry murder lands in the capable hands of Lieutenant Sigrid Harald, NYPD. Sigrid and her detective squad soon discover that their list of suspects is as l... View More...
0553294989 Spine slightly slanted, a bit creased, corners bumped, slight edge wear and rubbing, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. An attractive copy. ; Third in the Sigrid Harald series. ; Sigrid Harald; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 213 pages; "A small-caliber slug sends a prominent lawyer into permanent retirement amid a bonfire of blackmail papers - but the 'respectable' practice hid a capricious, greed-driven attorney with more than one habeas corpus in the closet. Sigrig Harald finds a filing cabinet full of suspects brimming with motive . . . . Now Sigrid must wade through a f... View More...
0553294989 Spine a bit creased, corners bumped including a few pages, minor edge wear including some scuffing along base of spine, binding fairly tight. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy, signed by the author on title page, in my presence. "A small-caliber slug sends a prominent lawyer into permanent retirement amid a bonfire of blackmail papers - but the 'respectable' practice hid a capricious, greed-driven attorney with more than one habeas corpus in the closet. Sigrig Harald finds a filing cabinet full of suspects brimming with motive . . . . now Sigrid must wade... View More...
0553291211 Spine somewhat creased, rolled, light reading crease, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A nice copy. " A young mother is found brutally bludgeoned on the kitchen tiles of her stylish apartment. But her tragic death only highlights the scars this beautiful but cold, self-centered, and demanding woman left on those still alive. For as Lieutenant Harald quickly discovers, more than one person had a motive for killing Julie Redmond. . . her ex-husband and his girlfriend, unable to marry while Julie was alive. . . her chil... View More...
0385195540 Red boards with black lettering, 179 pp. Corners bumped, slight edge wear, speckling to bottom edge. Jacket in new Brodart, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, primarily along spine. Signed by author on title page. An attractive copy. ; 7 ¾" X 9 ¾" Tall; 179 pages; " A young mother is found brutally bludgeoned on the kitchen tiles of her stylish apartment. But her tragic death only highlights the scars this beautiful but cold, self-centered, and demanding woman left on those still alive. For as Lieutenant Harald quickly discovers, more than one person had a ... View More...
0553291211 Spine sunned, corners bumped, a little edge wear and rubbing, light tanning but text is clean and unmarked. A fairly tight, attractive copy. ; Second in the Sigrid Harald mystery series. ; Sigrid Harald; 6¾" - 7¾" Tall; 185 pages; " A young mother is found brutally bludgeoned on the kitchen tiles of her stylish apartment. But her tragic death only highlights the scars this beautiful but cold, self-centered, and demanding woman left on those still alive. For as Lieutenant Harald quickly discovers, more than one person had a motive for killing Julie Redmond. . . Her ex-hu... View More...
0747231524 179 pp. Spine somewhat creased, slanted, edge wear, some cover creasing, corners bent including some pages. Some tanning but text is clean and unmarked. Inscribed by the author on title page. " A young mother is found brutally bludgeoned on the kitchen tiles of her stylish apartment. But her tragic death only highlights the scars this beautiful but cold, self-centered, and demanding woman left on those still alive. For as Lieutenant Harald quickly discovers, more than one person had a motive for killing Julie Redmond. . . her ex-husband and his girlfriend, unable to marry whil... View More...