Search Results: Advance Reading Copy from Murder By The Book

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. 1st ed. Near fine copy of the advance reader's edition, wraps. The American debut of this Australian writer who won the prestigious Australian/Vogel Award in 1994 for his first novel, 'Swimming in Silk'. A hardscrabble Australian outback town called Angel Rock .. The inexplicable disappearance of a four-year-old boy .. The apparent suicide of a teenage girl .. The highly charged questions surrounding the silence of the townsfolk .. The mysteries of the land itself begging to be answered .. The outside -- a detective from Sydney -- uncovering the secret community history of deep-rooted family feuds and dark, unshakable obsessions.". First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Reading copy. SIGNED & DATED, Sept. 30 '95. Author's 1st book. Winner of the inaugural Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize. A novel which illuminates the clash between Japanese and American cultures. Brown who is also working on the screenplay for a movie version optioned by filmaker Wayne wang ("the Joy Luck Club", "Smoke") to be produced by Miramax.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Infraread Publishing Group, , 2006. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Advance Reading Copy. On the front cover there is a table of contents for the corrected version: News release, Spec sheet, plot blurbs, photos/ Q&A, mockup review. 323 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Minneapolis: MN: Graywolfe Press, 2014. 1st printing, January 7, 2014. Advance reader's Copy. A fine, as new copy. Publishers information letters laid in. 336 pages. An international literary sensation about an arsonist on the loose in rural Norway and the young man haunted by the story. In 1970s Norway, an arsonist targets a small town for one long, terrifying month. One by one, buildings go up in flames. Suspicion spreads among the neighbors as they wonder if one of their own is responsible. But as the heat and panic rise, new life finds a way to emerge. Amid the chaos, only a day before the last house is set afire, the community comes together for the christening of a young boy named Gaute Heivoll. As he grows up, stories about the time of fear and fire become deeply engrained in his young mind until, as an adult, he begins to retell the story. At the novel's apex the lives of Heivoll's friends and neighbors mix with his own life, and the identity of the arsonist and his… Read More

N.Y.: Harper-Collins, 2006. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of this Advance Reading Copy Trade Paperback Original. Publishers letter laid in. The second book in the Echo Falls Mystery series and the sequel to "Down the Rabbit Hole." The second entry in the Echo Falls Mystery series, as successful as its predecessor, starts with puzzling questions that spring right from Ingrid Levin-Hill's own life: Why is her football-mad older brother suddenly so much stronger, and why has her father been so tense lately? The plot unfolds slowly at first, but Abrahams' exceptional overlay of detail, especially descriptions of the particular stresses and the goofy occurrences that mark Ingrid's experiences as an eighth-grader, makes the story very convincing as the action builds. Ingrid discovers anabolic steroids are behind her brother's improved performance and new aggressiveness (and also behind some of the mysterious behavior of various people in her town), but just as she is about to do… Read More

Penguin, 1995. 1st ed. Advance reading copy in wraps. Near fine very lightly sunned along spine edge and lightly rubbed. A novel by PULITZER WINNING author. Charleen is a divorcee in her mid-thirties, eking out a living as a poet and part-time assistant for an obscure scientific journal. Although she is quick to count her blessings - a son whom she loves, a blossoming relationship with a man, and friends who care about her - Charleen wonders how her life turned out the way it did. Is she a failure? Or is she still struggling to escape the limited world of her childhood? Her search for answers is as exasperating as the meager paycheck she takes to the bank every week. But when she returns home to attend her mother's wedding, Charleen is caught up in a series of unexpected - and terrifying - events. And in coping with these big and small emergencies, she is forced to come to terms with the life she has led and the decisions she has made.. First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Bantam, 1988. Uncorrected page proofs, near fine in wraps, a small bend in the lower corner of the back cover. Very small spotting at rear. Knife / letter opener missing, as are most copies, from the slots on the front cover.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

NAL, 1989. 1st ed., covers very lightly rubbed else fine. Advance reading copy, wraps. NYC Police procedural.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001. 1st edition. A fine copy of the bound galleys, spiral bound. Review Copy with slip laid in. The 2nd book by New Mexico native Ulmer and features B&B owner Christina Garcia y Grant. First Edition. Spiral Bound. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. Advance Reading Copy, near fine in wraps. Included with publishers letter is a copy of a three page letter, highly praising the book by Stephen King. A chilling psychological thriller about a town corroded by the fear of having a killer in its midst -- a nightmare version of Our Town. A GOLD DAGGER AWARD NOMINEE.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

N.Y.: Bloomsbury, 2010. First Edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy of the Advance Reading Copy with publishers letter laid in. In her fourth novel, Ruth Downie brings to life the corruption and treachery of Roman-occupied Britain, as it closes in on her winsome leading man, Gaius Petreius Ruso. Ruso and Tilla, now newlyweds, have moved back to Britannia, where Ruso's old friend and colleague Valens has promised to help him find work. But it isn't the kind of work he'd had in mind-Ruso is tasked with hunting down a missing tax man named Julius Asper. Of course, there's also something else missing: money. And the council of the town of Verulamium is bickering over what's become of it. Compelled to delve deeper by a threat from his old sparring partner, Metellus, Ruso discovers that the good townsfolk may not be as loyal to Rome as they like to appear. While Tilla tries to comfort Asper's wife, an anonymous well-wisher is busy warning the… Read More

Putnam, 1995. 1st ed. A woman inherits an old house and finds it's not as empty as she would like. In fact there's a dead man in the freezer. ARC. First Edition. PAPER. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1993. 1st edition, March 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Advance copy with slip and publishers information sheet laid in. "A suspense thriller, something of a departure for Heckler. Here, a distraught, increasingly desperate mother of a small son discovers and tracks her husband's killer- -who, by the close, is on the prowl for both his followers. Deena, husband Tim, and son Jon have a restaurant get-together in Manhattan, with court artist Martin and jewelry designer Paul- -old friends of Tim's whose families had summered at the same lake upstate. It was at the lake that two beloved women drowned--Paul's adored mother Sarah, and Jenny, the girl Martin was to marry. Deena, Tim, and Jon also vacation at the lake, and it is during a river raft trip that Tim is murdered, bludgeoned and drowned. The reader will learn the serial killer's identity… Read More

Delacorte, 1994. The Diaries of the Famaily Dracula. ARC. First Edition. PAPER. Fine/Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 2001. 1st ed. Advance reading copy, fine in wraps. A MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Aurora: CO: Write Way Publishing, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in pictorial spiral bound wraps; 2nd Trudy Roundtree title; Georgia locale; advance reading copy. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.: St Kitts Press, 1999. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy in dust jacket of this Advance reading Copy, with publishers letter and book mark laid in. 1816 England Death in Exile seems almost lighthearted. Although the peril is just as great for the characters, this reminded me of a P.G. Wodehouse story which features an appearance by Jane Austen...I would not hesitate to read any novel written by Ms. Schunk. -- Murder: Past Tense (The Historical Mystery Appreciation Society). First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Holt, 1997. 1st ed. fine in decorated wraps; advance reading copy. Legal thriller. His first book. First Edition. Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2002. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advance Reader's Edition, wraps. Blues history professor Nick Travers.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

Aurora, CO, U.S.A.: Write Way Publishing, 2000. 1st ed. Near fine copy, spiral bound in full color stiff card covers of the Advance Reading copy.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).