Search Results: Proof 4 from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Grove Press, 1993. 1st ed., fine in decorated wraps, uncorrected proof. "In transposing to an Iranian setting the conventions of the thriller--the hard-drinking detective, the threatened heroine, the frantic escape from a brutal adversary--Koenig invests his story with unusual resonance. Here the familiar figure of the honest cop plays his role in the unfamiliar milieu of Teheran's fundamentalist Islamic society, as he becomes a threat to the government itself. Conducting a routine murder investigation to solve the death of a sexually mutilated young woman, chief homicide detective Darius Bakhtiar discovers the existence of a state-sponsored terrorist group, the Brides of Blood. This secret sorority of virgins, fanatical in their religious devotion, are trained to martyr themselves in terrorist aggression. After Bakhtiar uncovers evidence of sanctioned efforts to arm Iran with biological weapons, he and Maryam Lejavardi, the beautiful former Bride he has begun to protect and love, are… Read More

NAL, 1989. 1st ed., covers very lightly rubbed else fine. Advance reading copy, wraps. NYC Police procedural.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

NY: Carroll & Graf, 2000. A first-class collection of tales from winner's of the world's most prestigious mystery awards. Includes Vachss, John Mortimer, Stuart Kaminsky, S.J. Rozan, Peter Robinson..... 400 pages.. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Scribners 1987 (April), 1987. 1st ed. Uncorrected Page Proof, Lightly sunned, lightly soiled else near fine in wraps. Ins. Thanet title. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Forge, 2000. Uncorrected Page proofs, slight spine lean, spine sunned else very good-near fine in wraps. John Reed is the first of a new breed of humanity. From birth, he has been able to heal the sick and see into people's souls. A cabal of conspirators is searching for alien babies using "remote viewers," psychicalyy gifted men and women. Police detective Caruso is dying, and John Reed may be his only chance for a cure... if he can find him. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good-Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

Simon, 1999. fine copy with the great hologram cover. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

Overlook Press Woodstock: NY 1998 (March) Uncorrected Proof. fine, unread copy. Laid in is a color xerox of front panel of proposed dj. 1st ed. very light soiling to yellow covers. Benny Cooperman title. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1985. 1st ed. Uncorrected page proofs, reading crease, lightly soiled, else fine in wraps. NYC. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

Walker 1990 Uncorrected page proofs, very light wear else near fine. Suffolk-Essex locale. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

St. Martin's, 1993. 1st ed, light soiling at page edges else near fine, decorated wraps. Advance uncorrected proof. A Father Dowling title. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1986. 1st ed., fine, uncorrected proof in wraps. Author's first book takes place at Ambelhurst, a big monastic school. Now every aspect of the vast institution -- monks, boys, lay masters, household staff, even visiting parents -- comes under the scrutiny of Inspector Evan Morgan, a devout Wesleyan Methodist.. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Avon Books, 1999. 1st ed, fine in decorated wraps, Uncorrected Proof. Oversize paperback. Medical thriller set in NYC. "The life-and-death struggle waged daily in the ER is a constant, integral part of Dr. Evelyn Sutcliffe's existence. Her home is her refuge from the frenzy, the anxiety, the uncertainty, and the blood. But now a dear friend clings to life by the barest of threads: a colleague struck down by poison he ingested while cooking in Evelyn's Manhattan apartment kitchen. On a night when she was supposed to be celebrating her anniversary with her significant other, psychiatrist Phil Carchiollo, and a few of their closest chums, Evelyn instead finds herself back in the emergency room, frantically trying to save a friend-and haunted by the knowledge that the deadly mushrooms he consumed were intended for on or more of her invited guests....or for Evelyn herself. A murderer striking perilously close to home is not the only event disturbing Dr. Sutcliffe. She and the rest… Read More