Search Results: MONTANA from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1980. 1st. Ed. FINE/VERY GOOD. DJ has nicks and scruffs. Small tear to bottom of back cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Trade, 2001. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Hyperion Books, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's fourth book. A well-received novel of the "new Montana," written by the daughter of novelist and poet Jim Harrison. "o many things are happening in the Montana town of Blue Deer as winter slides gradually into spring: Sheriff Jules Clement is falling in love and seriously thinking of quitting his job; his best friends, Peter and Alice, are finally getting married, planning a huge wedding in the splendid old Sacajawea Hotel, where the restoration is causing major problems; a local millionaire is becoming even richer by an art bequest from one of his late wives. Harrison writes of all these events with so much apparent pleasure that she at first seems to be in danger of neglecting the mystery in this fourth book in her acclaimed series (An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence, etc.). True, a woman does freeze to death on… Read More

N.Y.: Walker, 1994. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Lightly soiled at page edges else about fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. Art dealer Alix Thorssen gets involved in a murder investigation when her brother-in-law is arrested for a murder on the Salish reservation in Montana. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. 1st edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover.. The plan was to develop the virus in Montana. The cattle were the first test. The next step would be production in Argentina and then it would be time to sell. But they didn't count on the one man who could stop them-- a hard-headed rancher named Judd Jefferson, who had nothing left to lose.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Walker, 1993. 1st ed. Spine darkened from sun, along with top of rear cover, covers lightly soiled, unread copy. Advance Uncorrected Proofs of her Debut Novel with a letter from Michael Siedman, noted Mystery editor, laid in and signed by Siedman "Gritty realism and a modern sensibility permeate this promising debut set in Billings, Mont. Half-Jewish, half-Irish Catholic, PI Phoebe Siegel is hired by farm wife Mary Kuntz to investigate the extreme personality change that has transformed her formerly drug-abusing teenage daughter Jennifer since she began treatment with Dr. Victor Stroud at the Whispering Pines sanatorium. Initially reluctant, Phoebe takes the case when Mary discloses that a Stroud-induced complaint by Jennifer may have led to the suicide of Phoebe's beloved policeman brother, Ben, a few years earlier. Phoebe, who discovers Mary is the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the state, sneaks into Whispering Pines and finds disturbing evidence of coercion and… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1992. 1st ed. A fine copy of this Paperback Original. Montana.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1994. 1st Edition, July 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. SIGNED COPY. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "The author of the Yellowstone Kelly mysteries introduces a new regional detective in Montana cattle inspector and sometime sheriff's deputy, Gabriel Du Pre, a Metis, whose ancestors are French and Cree. The 40-year-old widower and father of two daughters wrestles with the mystery of a newly discovered, three-decades old plane wreck with the remains of a rancher, his wife and a third headless, handless corpse. In the process of investigating, Du Pre becomes acquainted with the man whose family bought the ranch where the wreck was later found. He also uncovers the tainted history of his deceased parents and an eccentric aunt who lives in Canada and searches an old gold mining claim once owned by his father to discover the answer that links his family with the rancher's. Distinguished by realistic… Read More

N.Y.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994. First Edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by author at title page. Fang Mulheisen, Detroit police detective extraodinaire, is back - this time on a mission to the high dusty plains of Montana, where Helen Sedlacek seems to have surfaced. Readers of Jackson's previous work will remember that Helen, daughter of the late, hardly lamented Mafia don Big Sid Sedlacek, exacted vengeance for her father's murder by chopping down the leader of the Detroit mob with a double-barreled 12-gauge, then disappeared with a truck full of stolen cash. Now, months later, a man fitting the description of Joe Service -- Helen's lover and Mulheisen's longtime underworld nemesis -- arrives in a Butte hospital in a coma, having been shot in the face at close range. Then Mario Soper, a mob hit man with an open contract to kill Joe, turns up dead in a… Read More

N.Y.: Hyperion, 1995. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Montana setting. Author's first book. 1st ed. A well-received first novel of the "new Montana," written by the daughter of novelist and poet Jim Harrison. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. It is the story of a young Pinkerton agent from "back east" who is thrust upon the violent streets. of Butte, Montana in 1917.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Hyperion Books, 1996. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 2ND book. A well-received first novel of the "new Montana," written by the daughter of novelist and poet Jim Harrison. "wo corpses, a birthday and a hangover only add to the difficulties already facing sheriff Jules Clement, as Blue Deer, Mont., fills up with tourists for the annual summertime Wrangle. Environmental lawyer Otto Scobey and Bonnie Siskowitz, a local lass with a taste for partying, have been run over while inside their small tent. Otto's work on Dragonfly, a planned posh spread of condos, resort and nature preserve, prompts Jules to suspect anyone connected to the project. Dragonfly folks claim all is well and Otto will be sadly missed. That story doesn't jibe, however, with Jules's discovery of the dead man's ex-wife, a Dragonfly partner, in Otto's kitchen with his… Read More

Scribners, 1997. The second entry in the fine Capt. Thomas Maynard series. A Civil War commander who was killed during the war and buried in 1864 is seen walking the streets of a dusty gold-mining town in Montana Territory in 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY,NY: St Martin's Press Inc.,U.S., 2006. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Author's first book. Both an EDGAR and DILYS AWARD NOMINEE. Because 1893 is a tough year in Montana, any job is a good job. When Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer sign on as ranch hands at the secretive Bar VR cattle spread, they're not expecting much more than hard work, bad pay, and a comfortable campfire around which they can enjoy their favorite pastime: scouring Harper's Weekly for stories about the famous Sherlock Holmes. When the boys come across a dead body that looks a whole lot like the leftovers of an unfortunate encounter with a cattle stampede, Old Red sees the perfect opportunity to employ his Holmes-inspired deducifyin' skills. Putting his ranch work squarely on the back burner, he sets out to solve the case. Big Red, like it or not (and mostly he does not), is along for the wild ride in this clever,… Read More

N.Y.: Henry Holt, 2001. 1st edition (due out January, 2001). Fine copy. Laid in is a copy of letter to the publisher from Barbara Peters, owner of The Poisoned Press praising the book. On Missoula's coldest day of the year, the police pull Clay Bennett's corpse from the weeds. For the cops, his death is an open-and-shut case, the result of a drunken brawl gone out of control. For repo woman Meg Gardner, who'd been looking to snag Bennett's Jeep, his death is an opportunity: without him around to make life difficult, the job should be a breeze. But rumors about a mysterious missing military plane --and about her own father's other family --leave Meg feeling decidedly uneasy about the cops' casual assumptions. Only one year out of prison, romantically involved, and working the first legitimate job she's ever had, Meg has a lot to lose. So when Bennett's Jeep is stolen from outside her house, instinct and experience demand she walk away. Driven by haunting suspicions… Read More

Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1992. 1st edition, September 1992, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. THE ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Sergeant Beau McAllister of the Montana State Highway Patrol. When he checks out a reported armed robbery at Joe Bell's truck stop he finds an amazing shootout between an enraged Joe Bell and a band of Dakota Indians firing back-- with bow and arrows. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2003. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. Montana setting. "Sometimes it seems as if there's almost too much meat on Gentry's debut, a juicy Montana mystery introducing Ansel Phoenix, who draws dinosaurs for a living. To her Indian heritage (she's half-Blackfoot), Ansel adds artistic skills and scientific knowledge plus professional standing as president of the Pangaea Society, "a non-profit, community-based organization devoted to the study of fossils." A traumatic childhood incident has left Ansel sensitive to slights over her Indian blood but proud of her heritage. On a fossil-hunting field trip with a group of students, Ansel finds the grave of a recently murdered colleague and former lover, Nick Capos. Unwilling to reveal her past involvement and… Read More

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1985. 1ST. ED. FINE/FINE. Following the tracks of sheriff Chick Charleston and his highly-educated sidekick, Jason Beard. This case surrounds the death of local call girl. Set in Montana.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1947. 1st pbk printing, Dell Mapback #203. Vintage paperback. Front cover illustration by Gerald Gregg. Rear map by Ruth Belew. Rear map of "The Ranch Country-- Scene of the Murders," the N-Bar-L ranch of Lloyd and Elinor Norton and Blair Leighton and surronding area in Montana. Mild peeling of the laminate at the edge, couple of cover creases else a very good copy. The state has accused beautiful young Elinor Norton of murder, and she refuses to mount a defense. Guilt is written all over her elegant features, but her childhood best friend refuses to believe it when Elinor confesses to the crime. Forced into a dull marriage against her will, Elinor is just beginning to adjust to life with Lloyd when she meets the man who will tear her world apart. Blair Leighton is her husband's best friend and was his companion in the war, and he has a charm that makes Elinor quiver from the inside out. At first, her husband is oblivious to this illicit attraction, but when the… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1995. 1st edition, April 1995, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. Calling up chilling images of the hostage fiasco in Waco, Tex., this beautifully paced debut opens with a bang, as white supremacist (and federal fugitive) Glenn Ables, holed up on a Montana mountaintop with his wife and five children, ambushes local law officials who have come to serve an eviction notice. Through a computer blunder, former crack FBI hostage negotiator John Banish, recently discharged from alcohol addiction treatment, is assigned to handle this hostage situation-and attendant media circus. The ensuing struggle between Ables and Banish forms the nub of this tension-filled tale, peopled with compelling-albeit somewhat stereotypical-characters and crackling with true-to-life bureau-babble about politics and turf wars on both local and national levels. Hogan's primitive… Read More