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New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 1993. BX2 - An advance reading copy paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, staple on the front cover near the center edge from a senior publicist's business card stappled to the inside surface of the front cover, light discoloration and shelf wear. This is a title in the author's Agatha Raisin mystery series. A British mystery set in the rural English Cotswolds. The main character longs for a little romance and excitement and sees the arrival in town of a handsome new veterinarian as a chance for romance. There is something sinister under the vet's charming veneer and when he is killed Agatha finds herself working with her male neighbor to solve the death. This is doubly difficult for her because the neighbor had rebuffed her earlier friendly overtures. By the author of "Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death," "Death of a Glutton," "Death of a Prankster," "Death of a Snob,"… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Bloomsbury Publishing, Limited, 2001. BZ5 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with the usual library stamps on the title page and back endpaper. A mystery novel set in Cardiff, Wales. The city is booming and the Welsh Assembly has just kicked off. Also, a man is found dead in his flat one week after this great event. He was old Cardiff through and through. He was a black kid from Tiger Bay and found fame and fortune in the 1950s as a boxer and lightweight champion of the world. His death brings the "Wurriyaas" back together again, five lost souls looking for a place in their city's brave new millennium. By the author of "Five Pubs, Two Bars and a Nightclub," "Faithless," "Into the Badlands," and "Bloody Valentine." 241p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 5.75"x8.25". Ex-Library.

New York: Random House, 2000. E2 - An advance reader's edition paperback book SIGNED by David Liss on the title page in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Benjamin Weaver is an outsider in eighteenth-century London: a Jew among Christians; a ruffian among aristocrats; a retired pugilist who, hired by London's gentry, travels through the criminal underworld in pursuit of debtors and thieves. 9"x6", 435 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1994. CB6 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus the book is very slightly shelf cocked plus there is some very light tape staining on the outside board surfaces from where the dust jacket was taped to the boards plus there are the usual library stamps and label on the top outside paper edges and front endpaper. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This is a title in the author's Kate Ivory mystery series. 203p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 5.75"x8.5". Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1991. CF1 - A first American edition advance reading copy (ARC)/uncorrected proof book in very good- condition with no dust jacket as issued (trade paperback). An unread, tight, clean, sound copy in blue wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus a book rep's note in blue ink on the back cover. A mystery set in 1482 after Richard III has staged his bloody coup against the Woodvilles and seized the English throne. The new king declares Edward IV's, his brother the previous king's, and young sons unfit heirs to the throne. The two princes disappear into the London Tower and the question is did they die there or did they somehow escape. By the author of "The Angel of Death." 192p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, USA: Viking Penguin, 1987. BC3 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with minor overall shelf wear plus the usual library label, stamps, and label on the spine, title page and inside surface of the back cover plus a patch (about 0.25"x2") where a label has been removed plus some very light yellowing of the outside paper edges. A book about a policeman who has secretly hated a man, a former schoolmate, but who cannot bring himself to sign off on his first police statement as to cause of death. The problem is that he is not completely confident that he had nothing to do with the other's grisly come-uppance. John Bingham is the pseudonym of Lord Clanmorris of MI5. This is the author's first novel. 240p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

New York, New York, USA: Birch Lane Press, 1989. BD6 - A hard cover first edition in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy quarter bound in pale pink cloth with white paper covered boards with blue-green lettering on the spine with some noticable foxing on the top outside paper edges. The dust jacket is in very good- condition with significant edge wear plus some creasing to the front and back endflaps. A thriller in which Princess Diana is captured by terorists while on vacation. 276p.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: Walker and Company, 1969. BF2 - A tight, clean, sound copy with minor overall shelf wear with some tape staining the outside surfaces of the front and back boards and the front and back fixed and free endpapers from where the dust jacket endflaps were taped to the boards plus there is a tiny patch of board showing (about 0.25") at the bottom left corner of the back board plus there are the usual library stamps, labels, and pocket on the top, bottom, and right outside paper edges, the front and back free endpapers, the title page, and the copyright page plus there is some light soiling and yellowing on the outside paper edges plus ther eis some very, very light edge wear and soiling along the top and bottom edges of the boards plus the book is slightly shelf cocked. The dust jacket shows minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light fading on the spine plus there is a library label on the spine plus there is tape staining on the front and back endflaps from where… Read More

New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 1997. BF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the top outside paper edges and front endpaper plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve. This one of the author's Keith Calder mysteries set amid the world of sport shooting in Scotland. Wallace James hears about how an important landowner has apparently drowned while fishing while his longtime enemy was reportedly nearby. Wallace happens to overhear a CB radio conversation that suggests that the man's death involved blackmail and something more sinister than an accident. By the author of "Fred in Situ," "The Loose Screw," "Mud in His Eye," and "Sting in the… Read More

New York: Random House, 2004. C5 - A first edition hardcover book SIGNED by David Liss in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners and edgewear, light discoloration and wear. Moments after his conviction for a murder he did not commit, at a trial presided over by a judge determined to find him guilty, Benjamin Weaver is accosted by a stranger who cunningly slips a lockpick and a file into his hands. In an instant he understands two things... 9.5"x6.5", 381 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 1990. BH6 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear. This one of the author's Lovejoy mysteryies. Lovejoy is back as a movie consultant about the robbery of London's British Museum. The job seems like easy money but Lovejoy comes under police suspicion for the murder of a reclusive antiques counterfeiter. The police attribute the disappearance of another antiques dealer to Lovejoy also. To add to these problems, a crooked dealer and his crew attack Lovejoy and ruin his house. Lovejoy comes to the conclusion that his work on the movie seems to be connected to all these problems. The movie director's lovely assistant then seduces him into obedience and he is ordered to rob the crooked dealer's Russian Exhibition, a show made possible by one of the movie's principal backers. Lovejoy hides among the film extras to escape his many… Read More