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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 2003. BARRY NOMINEE. Father Anselm, a English clergman, finds that a Nazi soldier has taken up refuge in his church during World War II. 1st Ed. F/F. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Berkeley Prime Crime, 2003. 1st ed., preceding British edition. Fine in dust jacket lightly wrinkled at rear panel as from being damp but not damaging the covers at all. In the year 1447, powerful men from all the realm of England have been summoned to Parliment in the great pilgrimage town of Bury St. Edmunds. There is intrigue and murder in the political turmoil surrounding the King of England, as a small group of nobles are planning to use this chance to bring down their greatest rival. Into this den and against her will , comes Dame Frevisse under cover of her friendship with Lady Alice of Suffolk. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. Book.

Vanguard 1978 1st ed. slight spine slant else near fine in dj. The third Fr. Dowling.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Donald I. Fine Books, 1993. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Headline, 1988. 1st ed. Purple cloth cover with gilt title to the spine. Fine with one tiny dulled spot and a hint of tanning to the page edges, in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, £ 9.95 intact, in protective mylar cover. Jacet illustration by Clifford Harper. The Fifteenth Chronicle of Brother Cadfael. 205pp. Map drawing to the endpapers. ...SIGNED COPY... Signed by Peter's at title page. In Shrewsbury in 1142, the worst of winter arrives early bringing with it a heavy snowfall. Thus the saftey of the guest-hall roof comes into jeopardy and the brothers are called upon to effect repairs -- despite the weather--before the damage grows. But the icy and treacherous conditions are to prove near fatal for Brother Haluin. His deathbed confession is heard by Brother Cadfael and The Abbot only. And a wicked story it is, of trespasses hard for God or man to forgive. But Haluin doesn't die and when he recovers he determines to make a journey… Read More

NY: Saint Martin's Press, 2002. 1st ed. fine in dj. Medieval mystery featuring Hugh Corbett. The Brothers of the abbey of St. Martin's in-the-marsh usually pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horsemen. But then Abbot Stephen is murdered in his chamber, with the door and windows locked from the inside.... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

London: Headline, 2001. 1st ed., complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by Doherty at title page. Medieval mystery featuring Hugh Corbett. The Brothers of the abbey of St. Martin's in-the-marsh usually pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horsemen. But then Abbot Stephen is murdered in his chamber, with the door and windows locked from the inside.... Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1995. 1st US edition, June 1995, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "The venerable walls of Canterbury Cathedral structure the offbeat plot, foreign intrigue, lively characters, surprising twists and ironic wit of Anthony's (The Becket Factor) rich, labyrinthine mystery. Richard Harrison, a former intelligence major trying to save his marriage to wise, wheelchair-bound Winnie, has retired to the "dull decencies" of diocesan life, entrusted with repairs. He has returned from a summer in Italy to find a tactless new archdeacon hell-bent on cutting costs and to learn that an old Jewish comrade from de-Nazification days in Berlin tried to visit him a month ago. This man later apparently plunged to his death from a train. Harrison then becomes the unwilling bearer of an eviction notice to the frail old rector of a small church, who is soon found dead in… Read More

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. First U.S. edition, December 1991, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "... opens with Dean Henry Parsifal harassing a dog-walker, annoying an antiques dealer, arguing with the church nabobs, and intimidating the choirmaster just before Parsifal is felled by a bit of lurching church masonry. But Canon Grindal, noting Parsifal's similarity to the balding, paunchy, limping Canon Ogelthorpe, wonders whether death struck the wrong man. A cache of IRA material, a pop singer's appearance in York, and the transfer of a noted rebel for the cause of a free Ireland further fuel Grindal's suspicions, especially when he learns that Ogelthorpe's former prison work makes him one of the few who can recognize a marauding terrorist. While Detective Inspector Smart and CID Inspector Southwell (Playing God, The Girl with Red Suspenders) hover at the plot's fringe,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 2003. First edition so stated, April 2003 with complete number line beginning with 1. Light soiling at top edge of pages else fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The 2nd mystery featuring Reverend Clare Fergusson set in a small town in upstate NY. A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. "Spencer-Fleming's second cozy-cum-thriller to feature the Reverend Clare Fergusson, an ex-army helicopter pilot turned Anglican priest, is every bit as riveting as her first, In the Bleak Midwinter (2002). A series of gay bashings, the discovery of PCBs in a local elementary school playground and a brutal murder heat up the Adirondacks town of Millers Kill, N.Y., hotter than the July weather. Clare, rector of St. Alban's Episcopal Church, and the very much married police chief Russ Van Alstyne, who have spent the last six months avoiding each other in hopes of dispelling their mutual attraction, find themselves working… Read More

N.Y.: Bantam Crime Line, 1992. 1st edition, March 1992 Paperback Original, light reading crease else fine. On the eve of St. Patrick's Day festivities, a young nun in training is murdered. "Retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian, last seen in Haddam's Halloween mystery, Quoth the Raven , takes on a new and engrossing murder case in time for St. Patrick's Day. Duty in the form of an anxious John Cardinal O'Bannion beckons Demarkian to Maryville, N.Y., where aspiring nun Brigit Ann Reilly has been found dead during a furious rainstorm, her corpse covered with water moccasins. Demarkian's expertise with poison is put to use as he determines that Brigit's death was caused by hemlock rather than snakebite and that the snakes were merely snuggling up to her body for warmth; however, he is perplexed because water moccasins are not indigenous to the North. Suspicion falls upon the owners of local menageries--Sam Harrigan, an actor who escapes media attention by living in Maryville,… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte, 1997. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Book Club. "Mother Lavinia Grey, vicar of St. Bede's in Fisherville, New Jersey, escapes with a few parishioners to an Episcopal monastery on the Hudson for a few days of quiet. Unfortunately, other guests include the Rev. Rupert Bingley, who wants to shut down Lavinia's church, and racist politician Rodman Sedgewick, who once tried to brain Lavinia with a polo mallet. When someone murders an aged brother at the monastery, Lavinia's suspicions naturally turn to Rodman..." Library Journal. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Macmillan London 1989, 1989. 1st ed. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. Mark Treasure gets involved in the renovations of a Church in West London. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

NY,NY: St Martins Press, 1993. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A Reverend Theodora Braithwaite mystery. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1995. 1st US edition, May 1995, so stated. with full number line (10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1). Fine in dust jacket. 498 pages. On a freezing night in December 1180, a sudden storm of sinister and devastating power strikes the town of Beverley in the see of York. At the tempest's height a mysterious hooded figure brings a newborn child for baptism to the great Minster Church while a crippled priest is healed of his affliction and made youn g Peter's guardian by the time the figure vanishes. An elderly priest is struck down from behind, a young boy hangs himself in shame, and the sacred shrine of St. John of Beverly is left exposed to the diverse greeds, desires, and failings of common men.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Macmillan U.K., 2003. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Review slip from the US distributor. The fifth Merrily Watkins title. 550 pages. It appears that the unlovely village of Underhowle is home to a serial killer. But as the police hunt for the bodies of more young women, Rev. Merrily Watkins fears that the detective in charge has become blinkered by ambition. Meanwhile, Merrily has more personal problems, like the anonymous phone calls, the candles and incense left burning in her church, and the alleged angelic visitations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st edition, May 1991, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. the 3rd Matilda Worthing title..When an assistant priest is poisoned during Mass, Jolliston Valley winemaker Matilda Worthing delves into the death, uncovering a murky morass lying beneath the surface of the wealthy parish. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Orleans, MA, U.S.A.: Paraclete Press, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED and DATED 9/05/02 by the author. Third book in the Brother Bartholomew Faith Abbey series. Against the backdrop of the Gold cup Regatta, which annually draws the top ocean racers in the world to Bermuda, Brother Bartholomew finds himself sent to investigate a brutal case of tortue and murder. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Brewster: MA: Paraclete Press, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine as new, in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The second title in the Faith Abbey Mystery Series, following the well-received debut of "A Matter of Roses" in November 1999, will delight mystery fans who have been eagerly awaiting Brother Bartholomew's return. It was the feast of St. Francis, and the lawn in front of Faith Abbey's new church was filled with townspeople and abbey members bringing their creatures, great and small, to the Blessing of the Animals. Brother Bartholomew was joyfully immersed in this happy chaos, when his pager vibrated. Returning the call, he learned from Dan Burke, Eastport's Chief of Police, that they'd just had their second 'hundred-year weather event' in two years. The body of a woman had washed ashore, and there was evidence that she had been tortured before drowning. The Chief was about to go down to the… Read More

N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1988. 1st edition, December 1988 with complete number line beginning with 1. Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over grey boards, bright red lettering on spine. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. " 'A Novena For Murder' and 'Advent of Dying' introduced author Sr. O'Marie and her disarming amateur sleuth, Sr. Mary Helen (MH) of a Catholic college in San Francisco. In her 70s but still sharp-eyed and an incurable snoop, MH is devoutly religious and equally devoted to fighting crime. As the nun's third tale gets underway, she's just returned with her confederate, Sr. Eileen, from a meeting in Manhattan of OWL (Older Women's League). Hearing that one of the lay OWL members, widowed Erma Duran, has disappeared, MH prods Eileen into helping her investigate. They question Al Finn, who owns the apartment building where Erma has lived for years, but learn little. Nor do the sisters gain much from… Read More