Search Results: Private Eye from Murder By The Book

LYLE STUART, 1989. 1st ed. S.F. private eye Jeremiah St. John's 2nd case.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A.: Naiad Press, 1987. 1st ed. PBO, large oversize trade pbk. Set in Victoria, British Columbia. Author's 1st book. A Caitlin Reece title.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. Trade Paperback Original.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1994. 1st edition, August 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, ightly rubbed, couple of small tears at head of spine, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Dust jacket illustration by John Dawson. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "The final book of Kuhlken's WW II trilogy, begun with The Loud Adios , which won the publisher's Best First PI Novel Award in 1991, is set in the 1951 world of hot jazz, hard-boiled fiction and black-and-white television. PI Tom Hickey, who plays jazz saxophone and clarinet, has set off from his Tahoe, Nev., cabin and his sweet, slightly slow, pregnant wife Wendy to investigate the murder charge against Cynthia Tucker Jones, an old girlfriend, in San Diego. Hickey's involvement sets off a chain of kidnappings which endanger the lives of his Tahoe neighbor, a casino owner; his former partner, 70-year-old Leo Weiss; Wendy; their unborn… Read More

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1949. 1st paperback printing, July 1949. Dell Mapback #316. Vintage Paperback. Front cover Illustration by Gerald Gregg. Back cover map of section of "Manhattan Island / Scene of Rough and Bloody Action" Very lightly soiled, spine edges rubbed, else about fine. When a lush brunette turns up unexpectedly dead in a stranger’s bed, and an antique dealer (who is "mostly legit") settles down in an easy chair with a dagger in his back, and a big-time gambler drops all bets on the kitchen floor in a pool of blood -- then Peter Chambers, fiction’s most eye-catching, hard-boiled private eye, finds himself staked out as victim number 4 in a high-priced game of death and international intrigue. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the book is removed.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Very Good-Near Fine. Illus. by Gregg,… Read More

New York: Poseidon Press, 1987. 1sted. Very minor soiling at page edges else fine in dust jacket. The 2nd Whistler title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York: Poseidon Press, 1987. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. The second book in the acclaimed Whistler series. Whistler, a sentamental private eye in Hollywood, California was first introduced to his readers in " In La-La Land We Trust - 1986. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1989. 1st edition, June 1989, with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy of this Paberback Original. Newark P.I. Ezell "Easy" Barnes. A SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE for Best Paperback.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Vintage Crime, 1989. First Vintage books edition, July 1989. Light soiling at page edges else about fine. Editied by Lillian Hellman and with a 23 page introduction by her. Nine short stories, many featuring the Continental Op. Includes the unfinished novel, Tulip. 451 pages. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Book.

NY: Dell Distributing, 1991. 1st ed., A fine unread copy of this Paperback Original and SHAMUS Award Nominee novel. New York P.I. Joe Noonan. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

NY: Dell Distributing, 1991. 1st ed., reading crease, very light edgewear else near fine copy of this Paperback Original and SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE novel. New York P.I. Joe Noonan. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Delacorte, 1988. 1st edition, September 1988, slight spine slant else near fine in dust jacket. SHAMUS AWARD Nominee and SILVER DAGGER AWARD WINNER. Published in England as Toxic Shock. "The fifth and finest in Paretsky's praised series returns heroine Victoria (V. I.) Warshawski, lawyer/private detective, to describe mysterious circumstances arising from a seemingly insignificant case. A visit to a childhood friend in South Chicago, Caroline Djiak, ends with Warshawski agreeing to look for the father Caroline never knew and whom neither her mother Louisa, although she's dying, or maternal grandparents will name. Almost at once, however, Caroline begs the detective to stop the search. She is badly frightened when a co-worker in a neighboring recycling plant is murdered, but Warshawski won't quit the investigation now that she suspects criminals have a bigger motive for killing than keeping the father's identify secret. The decision to fight on entangles V. I. with the… Read More

NY: Pocket Books, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The latest in the musical titles -Killing Me Softly - Night and Day, etc. for P.I. Gideon "Bud" Lowry. Set in Key West. Unread copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Random House, 1976. 1st ed. Pages beginning to brown else about fine in very lightly soiled dust jacket. Private eye Max Roper returns to investigate the murder of a Mr. Universe body-builder which takes place in the gym where Max works out. Front dust jacket is photo of Mr. Olympia and future governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books 1994, 1994. 1st ed. Paperback Original. Reading creases, slight spine roll else a very good copy of the 2nd Vinnie Altobelli title. Arizona. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Paperback Novel of the Year.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. Paperback Original.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus London 1990, 1990. 1st ed. Page edges age toned else fine in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by the author at title page.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Delacorte, 1990. 1st Edition, March 1990 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. MACAVITY AWARD FINALIST for Best Novel. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "The sixth adventure of Chicago private eye Victoria Iphenigia Warshawski begins with arson and proceeds to homicide as the intrepid V.I. contends with ambitious politicians, a construction-business scam, a corrupt cop and the best intentions of her closest family friends. Trouble erupts when her sweet, crafty and alcoholic aunt Elena, burned out of her SRO hotel, appears with a young hooker friend at V.I.'s Northwest Side apartment. The friend's body is found, along with V.I.'s wallet, at a major downtown construction site soon after the detective is bewildered by mysterious warnings not to get involved with the political campaign of a Hispanic woman to whom she has pledged support..."--- PW1st ed. Light wear… Read More

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Out-of-Print. LIMITED EDITION, one of 250 copies SIGNED by SPILLANE and by editors MAX ALLAN COLLINS and LYNN F. MEYERS, JR.. Cover Illustration by Gail Cross. A treasury of riches for Spillane fans. It includes in short-story form two Mike Hammer cases which later appeared as novels; a long lost Hammer story; the transcript of a Mike Hammer playlet; three reproductions of rare comic books featuring Mike's predecessors-- Mike Lance and Mike Danger-- who were also created by Spillane; as well as fourteen articles by Spillane when he himself lived a life of adventure --- diving for sunken treasure, racing sports cars, working in a circus, and chasing hot rod moonshiners. Edited and with an introduction by Spillane experts Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Meyers Jr. Each copy of the Limited Edition contains an audio CD of three Mike Hammer radio adventures.. Signed by All Contributors. First Edition. Hard Cover.… Read More

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, 2004. 1st prtg. Fine unread copy of the trade paperback, still in shrinkwrap. A treasury of riches for Spillane fans. It includes in short-story form two Mike Hammer cases which later appeared as novels; a long lost Hammer story; the transcript of a Mike Hammer playlet; three reproductions of rare comic books featuring Mike's predecessors-- Mike Lance and Mike Danger-- who were also created by Spillane; as well as fourteen articles by Spillane when he himself lived a life of adventure --- diving for sunken treasure, racing sports cars, working in a circus, and chasing hot rod moonshiners. Edited and with an introduction by Spillane experts Max Allan Collins and Lynn F. Meyers Jr.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. New. Trade Paperback.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2002. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Boston's gritty, female private eye digs into the murderous ways of the Big Dig.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Ivy Books, 1990. 1st ed. August, 1990. a fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. Busy private eye Robert Miles must track down a missing spouse, find out who is harrassing a black female lawyer, and nab some anti-Semitic vandals, all while investigating con man Randy Kahn. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.