Search Results: MAINE from Murder By The Book

NY: Doubleday, 1995. First edition, January 1995, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Holly Winter and Alaskan malamute Rowdy are in Maine at the Waggin' Tail dog camp, but when Holly receives a sympathy card for the loss of her pet, she wonders if it is a sick joke or if Kimi, her other Malamute, is in jeopardy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 1994. 1st edition, October 1994, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, very light rubbing at corners, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. Laid in is a bookmark for this title in the series.. Featuring recipes, quilting lore and murder, Page's sixth entry in the Faith Fairchild series centers around the Massachusetts housewife and caterer's next-door neighbor, occasional employee and friend, Pix Miller. Early in the summer on Sanpere Island, Maine, Pix and her daughter check the construction work on the Fairchilds' summer cottage and discover a quilt-wrapped body buried where the foundation will soon be poured. Dead is Mitchell Pierce, an antiques seller and house restorer with a host of enemies on the island. While her daughter begins work at the island summer camp, Pix wonders about the blue X stitched on the edge of… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1994. 1st edition, September 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. The second Blanche White mystery. When Blanche White, black domestic worker extraordinaire, moved north to Boston, she thought it would be a better place to raise her kids, especially when she managed to get them both into a private school. But they appear to be getting as much attitude as education, as they start correcting Blanche's English and acting snotty about homeless people. When Blanche and the kids are invited to Amber Cove, an exclusive, all-black resort in Maine, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to observe her children with their wealthy friends and try to figure out how to stop them from becoming people she doesn't want to know. Along the way, Blanche gets an insider's view of the color and class divisions within the black community. Blanche stands out… Read More

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2000. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, ( £10.00 price still intact), with protective mylar cover. Author's follow up to his hugely successful debut, "Every Dead Thing". The second book in the Charlie "Bird" Parker series. A young woman and her young son die at the hands of an unknown killer, and the past and present collide for Charlie Parker. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Belfast & Unity: Maine: North Country Press, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket, lightly wrinkled from mylar protector. His First book. Maine. A Jack McMorrow Mystery . True 1st ed with the words A Jack McMorrow Mystery bleeding into the text of the newspaper background as opposed to being blocked out in and orange-red background.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

St. Martin 1985 1st ed., slight spine slant, page edges lightly soiled else near fine in dj, worn at head & foot of spine. 2nd Sara Deane/ set on the Coast of Maine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1993. 1st edition, August 1993, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dj. Maine locale. "A top-notch mystery with a drop-dead beginning, Healy's eighth John Cuddy novel, following the Shamus-nominated Shallow Graves , is loaded with red herrings and brightened by small moments of warmth. When three members of a fun-loving foursome are crossbowed to death in a Maine summer house, sole survivor Steve Shea becomes the prime suspect. The evidence against him is considerable: his bloody footprints are found around the house; he's discovered holding the weapon; his dead wife Sandra and his dead friend Hale Vandemeer had been lovers. While Steve, who isn't a very likable sort, may be innocent of the murders, he may be guilty of something else: his job for a weapons manufacturer is extremely secretive and the killings coincide with a big sale. Boston PI Cuddy finds other angles of note: Hale's car-dealer brother has financial woes; Hale and… Read More

N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1993. 1st edition, August 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Boldy signed in his familiar hand at title page. "A top-notch mystery with a drop-dead beginning, Healy's eighth John Cuddy novel, following the Shamus-nominated Shallow Graves , is loaded with red herrings and brightened by small moments of warmth. When three members of a fun-loving foursome are crossbowed to death in a Maine summer house, sole survivor Steve Shea becomes the prime suspect. The evidence against him is considerable: his bloody footprints are found around the house; he's discovered holding the weapon; his dead wife Sandra and his dead friend Hale Vandemeer had been lovers. While Steve, who isn't a very likable sort, may be innocent of the murders, he may be guilty of something else: his job for a weapons manufacturer is extremely secretive and the killings coincide with a big sale.… Read More

N.Y.: Scribners, 1999. 1st ed. Complete number line. Fine in fine dust jacket. A story of a family of three on a wilderness hike that results in nine year old Jessica spending the night lost in the woods listening on her transistor radio to her hero, relief pitcher, Tom Gordon. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Avon Books, 1996. 1st ed. very light wear else near fine in price clipped dust jacket. 1786 Maine setting. Highly regarded Author's first mystery. Nominated for EDGAR, ANTHONY, AGATHA, BARRY, DILYS and MACAVITY AWARDS. "Set in 1786 in the township of Rufford, Maine, Lawrence's impressive historical suspense debut poses a fascinating conundrum and vivifies the society in which it arose. The story centers on the investigation by midwife Hannah Trevor of the rape and strangulation death of a young mother, Anthea Emory. According to a letter presumably written by Anthea, the dead woman was raped on three successive nights, by three different men, before one of them finally killed her. One of the three men accused is Daniel Josselyn, father of Hannah's illegitimate seven-year-old daughter. Because the marks on Anthea's neck match the imprint of Daniel's three-fingered hand, he becomes the target of a lynch mob and flees in search of Anthea's husband, whom he… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 1994. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST for Best Mystery. Retired Amsterdam cop Henk Grijpstra gets a frantic phone call from his old partner, Rinus de Gier - now living on an island near Jamestown, Maine-- who thinks he may have killed his girlfriend. He can't remember, he was drunk. He is being blackmailed, he may be arrested. Will his old partner please fly over at once? Could de Gier possibly be a murderer?. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Crime, 1994. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by Van de Wetering at front free endpaper. ANTHONY AWARD FINALIST for Best Mystery. Retired Amsterdam cop Henk Grijpstra gets a frantic phone call from his old partner, Rinus de Gier - now living on an island near Jamestown, Maine-- who thinks he may have killed his girlfriend. He can't remember, he was drunk. He is being blackmailed, he may be arrested. Will his old partner please fly over at once? Could de Gier possibly be a murderer?. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Putnam, 1996. 1st ed. Page edges lightly darkened as usual with this title, else a fine copy in dust jacket. SIGNED and dated on title page; A Jack McMorrow title; Maine locale. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Putnam, 1996. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges beginning to brown as usual with this book, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR at title page. The third Jack McMorrow title. "Jack McMorrow, seen before in Bloodline and Deadline, is a former New York Times reporter now working for a small paper in Maine. Covering the courthouse, he senses a good story in Donna Marchant, a young woman complaining of domestic abuse but ignored by the autocratic assistant district attorney, Linda Tate. McMorrow writes about Donna's plight, arousing the wrath of her loutish boyfriend, Jeff Tanner. When Donna is murdered, suspicion falls not only on Tanner but also on McMorrow, whom police suspect of having become too close to his subject. Looking for answers, McMorrow gets puzzlingly little cooperation from Donna's sister, who cares only about taking over as mother to Donna's little… Read More

Putnam, 1996. 1st ed. Printed wrappers, Uncorrected Proof. Second book in the series. REPORTER JACK McMORROW IS ASKED TO HELP A WOMAN WHO IS BEING ABUSED BY HER BOYFRIEND. WHEN SHE ENDS UP DEAD JACK STARS ASKING QUESTIONS. Maine. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Avon Books, 2000. 2nd printing.. Near fine in dust jacket. Ellen Chambers is unable to stop her teenage daughter from marrying an abusive man ten years her senior, and her husband, Scott, refuses to see any problem. So when an attractive man appears at the wedding and tells Ellen it would be easy enough to get rid of her new son-in-law, a small part of her is ready to listen. The would-be helper is her husband's nephew, Neal. He soon demonstrates his ability to accomplish anything he wants, whether it is remodeling Ellen's barn in 12 days or convincing her that he has the perfect way to kill her daughter's new husband. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dembner Books, 1989. 1ST. ed. FINE/NEAR FINE. Stories of murder and mystery in the state of Maine. Red dot to bottom of book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Remainder.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Press, 1990. 1st ed. with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Roz Howard title, Penobscot Bay, Maine setting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Bantam, 1996. 1st edition, April 1996, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.. Haddam's cheerfully brazen homage to Christie's "Ten Little Indians" "Described in the story as "Philadelphia's own Armenian-American Hercule Poirot," Gregor Demarkian tags along with his friend, fantasy novelist Bennis Hannaford, when she attends a distant relative's disastrous 100th birthday party. Tasheba Kent, once a silent screen star, caused a scandal in the 1930s when she ran off with her equally famous brother-in-law, Cavender Marsh, after her sister's mysterious death in France. The couple ensconced themselves in a gloomy mansion on an island off the coast of Maine and became recluses. For her birthday, however, they plan to auction off some of their possessions, an event drawing a motley assemblage of interested folk, including Cavender's daughter, whom he abandoned as… Read More

Bantam, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The latest work from award winning author. Two brothers in Maine find themselves involved with a strange young lady. It eventually leads to murder. A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.