Search Results: Christmas from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1990. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, lightly rubbed along edges, with protective mylar cover. . Jack Dwyer title. Christmas. "Gorman's short,.. mystery features detective Jack Dwyer (previously seen in The Autumn Dead ), who is hired by one of the owners of Avanti, a chic restaurant/nightclub in an unnamed American city, to deal with "some problems" ostensibly caused by residents of a nearby homeless shelter. Imperious Richard Coburn charges Dwyer to figure out how anyone could have sneaked into his heavily protected restaurant. Before Dwyer can tackle the task, he is fired by another of the restaurant's backers, the vulpine Tom Anton. Several days later, Coburn is murdered, and his gorgeous, none-too-grieving widow re-hires Dwyer to locate the killer. Lots of people have a motive: Coburn was a womanizer and a snob. The restaurant staff hated him for being abusive and demanding;… Read More

Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2003. 1st prtg. (Originally published in 1947 in England, this is the first American edition). The fourth and final title in the Lady Lupin Quartet. Fine, unread copy of this trade size paperback. Lady Lupin Lorrimer Hastings is the young, lovely, scatterbrained and kindhearted newlwed wife to the vicar of St. Marks in Glanville, Sussex. Her old society pals, Tommy and Duds Lethbridge, first met in "Who Killed the Curate?", try to erase the memories of WWII by throwing an old-fashioned Christmas party in a manor house the've recently inherited. "Dancing with Death" is a marvelous portrait of the postwatr austerity in Britian, in addition to being perhaps the best plotted book in the series. The party does not go well from the start and on New Year's morning one of Dud's pretty twin cousins is found dying in her bed. Lady Lupin is called in and chaos soon follows.. First US Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

N.Y.: Doubleday Crime Club, 1988. 1st edition, so stated, October, 1988. Fine in dust jacket, lightly rubbed, one small nick, not price clipped. It's Christmas time in Clairmont City, but none of the characters is merry, in this latest addition to the ongoing series featuring police detective George Kelso. Sergeant Kelso and his partner, detective Karl Smith, investigate a murder in which the victim sustained two wounds, from two different guns. Kelso's job is further complicated by the wife of the victim, manipulative Carla, whom he has not seen in the 10 years since she broke off their college romance. The story focuses on Kelso's struggle to handle this conflict of interest objectively as he searches among the numerous false trails and convincing suspects for the true killer. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Crown, 1991. Uncorrected Page proofs, near fine in wraps. NYC at Christmas time and a serial killer is loose. The NYPD must clear the case --- but not in the usual fashion but rather by "Exceptional Clearance"-- a special procedure allowed only when the po;ice feel that the criminal is beyond the reach of the law and must be dealt with in a way that is outside the usual boundaries of the law itself.. First Edition. Wraps. Near Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Crown, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dj. NYC at Christmas time and a serial killer is loose. The NYPD must clear the case --- but not in the usual fashion but rather by "Exceptional Clearance"-- a special procedure allowed only when the po;ice feel that the criminal is beyond the reach of the law and must be dealt with in a way that is outside the usual boundaries of the law itself.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Bridgehampton: NY: Bridge Works Publishing, 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD Winner for Best Novel. The 2nd Ellis Portal title. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Picador, 2000. London: Picador, 2000. First Edition UK, Fine in a Fine dustjacket, with publisher's wraparound band intact. Author's first book. Nominated for an ANTHONY AWARD, a BARRY AWARD, A CREASY DAGGER AWARD, a GOLD DAGGER AWARD, and an EDGAR AWARD.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1993. 1st ed., Paperback Original, reading crease, slight spine slant.. The Third Peter Bartholomew title set at Christmas on Nastoba, a fictional island based on Cape Cod. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1997. 1st edition so stated. Fine in unclipped dust jacket. Hong Kong with the territory's last colonial Christmas before Britian hands control to China. Claire Raymond, an American foreign correspondent and new mother becomes involved with the murder of an English boy and the disappearance of another child from her apartment building. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc, 1977. First edition, so stated. Page edges slightly dusty else near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, $8.95 intact, lightly rubbed, in protective mylar cover. A holiday-themed collection, each featuring Jules Maigret. Many of the stories feature observant and resourceful children, frightened yet resolute, who bring out the paternal streak in the childless Maigret. 326 pages.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1994. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Twenty three stories. Includes : Charles Dickens; Mrs J. H. Riddell; Erckmann-Chatrain; Thomas Hardy; Edward Lucas White; Dolf Wyllarde; Marjorie Bowen; Margery Lawrence; Joseph Shearing; Ronald Duncan; Muriel Spark; Derek Stanford; H. R. F. Keating; Maggie Ross. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1994. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Twenty three stories. Includes : Charles Dickens; Mrs J. H. Riddell; Erckmann-Chatrain; Thomas Hardy; Edward Lucas White; Dolf Wyllarde; Marjorie Bowen; Margery Lawrence; Joseph Shearing; Ronald Duncan; Muriel Spark; Derek Stanford; H. R. F. Keating; Maggie Ross. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2004. 1st edition, December 2004. Published in an edition of 353 copies (plus 2 copies for copyright registry registry) as a gift for friends of Crippen & Landru Publishers. Cover design by Deborah Miller. Copies were not for sale. A fine, unread copy in cream colored, stiff covers. 18 pages. Very unusual. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers, Stapled. New/No Jacket. Illus. by Miller, Deborah. Book.

N.Y.: Walker and Company, 1991. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Country mansion in American Midwest at Christmas, isolated by a snowstorm. 4th Peter and Kori Brichter mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1958. 1st edition. Light wear at edges, pages browning as usual, o/w near fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket, unclipped ($2.95 price still intact). NYC at Christmas time. It's about a professional killer named John Tree, whose full name is John Running Tree, member of the Shoshone tribe, Native American by both blood and culture. He's been summoned from his Wyoming ranch by the Chicago syndicate to go to New York City and dispose of an S. Harris. Like many fictional killers Tree has a code: he doesn't kill women. When he arrives in New York he learns that S. Harris is Susan Harris, which dismays him. Then he wonders if he can go thru with the job. Tree's ultimate decision is a turning point for S. Harris as well as himself. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Illus. by Hoffman, Lawrence H.. Book.

N.Y: Mysterious Press, 1994. 1st ed. A fine, as new copy., stapled wraps. A new Pharoah Love short story specially published by The Mysterious Bookshop as a 1994 Christmas gift to its customers. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Small Press.

N.Y.: Viking, 1995. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Langton is a WINNER OF THE GRAND MASTER AWARD from the Mystery Writers of America. Cover and Illustrations by Langton. " As this enormously appealing tale winds its way through the byzantine complexities of town and gown, smug Harvard professor and former detective Homer Kelly, in his 11th appearance (after Divine Inspiration), figures out whodunit well after his wife, Mary--and the reader. In Cambridge, Mass., the annual Christmas Revels celebrating the Winter Solstice are being meticulously planned by beauteous Sarah Bailey, whose obsessively jealous husband, Morgan, an ornithologist, is clearly pinpointed as the deranged killer of all her imagined suitors. As a folksinger, an attorney and a dancer are dispatched with grisly efficiency, the self-satisfied Homer ignores the suspicions of demure, astute Mary. Meanwhile, much of Harvard's… Read More

N.Y.: Putnam, 1992. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Paper beginnig to show age toning, else fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Devon MacDonald title. Review Copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: David R. Godine Publisher, Incorporated, 1985. 1st ed. Fine in dj, just a trace of soiling at rear panel else fine. Mario Balzic title. Christmas time. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London: UK: Hodder & Stoughton, 1986. 1st ed. just a trace of soiling at top of page edges, paper is begining to age-tone, else fine in dust jacket,, not price clipped, [£9.95 intact], with protective mylar cover. . Mario Balzic title. Christmas time. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.