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Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 432 pages. Women's Murder Club, No. 1. Imagine a killer who thinks "What is the worst thing anyone has ever done?" and then does something far worse! Now imagine four womena police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter, and a medical examinerwho pursue this killer by sidestepping their bosses and giving each other a hand. The combination adds up to the most exciting thriller series debut since A Is for Alibi. The four women, who call themselves the Womens Murder Club, develop lifelong bonds as they pursue a killer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer everbefore a shocking resolution that turns everything about the case upside down. A major new series from James Patterson that will rival the popularity and sales of his Alex Cross novels. Huge TV miniseries tie in: NBC will air a major… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Recipes on end pages. 296 pages. When one of her guests dies after eating her twenty-seven ingredient chili con carne, Eugenia Potter makes it her quest to find the person or persons who added a twenty-eighth--and fatal--ingredient to the recipe. .

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black boards and spine imprinted in silver with title and author. Grey endpapers. Full letter line H G F E D C B A . 252 pages. A Hercule Poirot Mystery, No. 13. Alice Ascher, a shopkeeper in Andover, is bludgeoned to death at her place of work. Next to die is Miss Bernard in Bexhill, then Mr. Clarke in Churston. More disturbing than the alphabetic sequence of the killings or the ABC Railway guide that the killer leaves at the scene of each crime are the taunting notes Hercule Poirot receives each time the killer is about to strike again. It is one of Poirot’s most challenging cases yet. .

New York: Villard. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Faint impression of previous price on end page. Stated First Edition with full number line beginning with 2.. . 290 pages. A Dr. Sylvia Strange , No. 2. From the author of <I>Dangerous Attachments</I> comes a new novel of suspense featuring forensic psychologist Dr. Sylvia Strange. When her testimony inadvertenly leads to a rapist's acquittal, Dr. Sylvia Strange herself becomes the target of a bizarre serial murderer - a sadist who stalks killers released through legal loopholes. .

New York: Forge Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 364 pages. A Nellie Bly Mystery, No. 1. The world’s most famous reporter, the intrepid Nellie Bly, teams up with science fiction genius Jules Verne, the notorious wit and outrageous rogue Oscar Wilde, and the greatest microbe-hunter in history, Louis Pasteur. Together, they must solve the crime of the century. They are all in Paris—the capital of Europe and center of world culture—for the 1889 World’s Fair. A spectacular extravaganza dedicated to new industries, scientific discoveries, and global exploration, its gateway is the soaring Eiffel Tower. But an enigmatic killer stalks the streets and a virulent plague is striking down Parisians by the thousands. Convinced that the killings are connected to the pandemic, Nellie is determined to stop them both... no matter what the risks. .

New York: Pocket Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Lavendar boards with purple spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 256 pages. Hired to protect Lucinda Merrill, the star of a low-rated soap opera, from an obsessed fan, struggling actress Annie McGrogan begins the job with enthusiasm, until Merrill's husband is murdered and Annie is named number one suspect. .

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Gold boards with gold spine imprinted with title and author in gold, Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 336 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 25. Mary Daheim’s bestselling novels, set in Alpine, a picturesque village tucked away in the Cascade Mountains, have charmed a generation of mystery lovers with suspenseful tales of the peril that bubbles up from below the serene surface of small-town life. An ill wind blows through Alpine, but Advocate publisher Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge seem immune to the prevailing angst. The newlyweds’ domestic idyll is most definitely over when a dead man is discovered near the fish hatchery and nobody has a clue as to his identity. Vida Runkel may have insight, but Emma’s redoubtable House & Home editor is mad at the world and saying little. Moreover, whispers of scandal travel through the… Read More

Williamsburg, VA: Astra Publications. Fine. 1995. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 259 pages .

Pleasantville, NY: Impress Group. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 2000. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 527 pages. The Best Mysteries of All Time .

New York: Kensington Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Tan boards with brown spine imprinted with title and author in gold. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 287 pages. A Trash "n" Treasure Mystery, No. 1. Determined to make a new start in her quaint hometown on the banks of the Mississippi, Brandy Borne never dreams she'll become the prime suspect in a murder case...Moving back in with her eccentric, larger-than-life mother, Brandy Borne finds small-town Serenity anything but serene. It seems an unscrupulous antiques dealer has swindled Vivian out of the family's heirlooms. But when he is found run over in a country lane, Brandy becomes Murder Suspect Number One--with her mother coming in a very close second...The list of other suspects is impressive--the victim's business seems to have been based on bilking seniors out of their possessions. And when the Borne "girls" uncover a few… Read More

New York: Walker. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 244 pages. Private investigator Dave Garrett thinks that tailing an estranged wife for signs of infidelity will be a breeze. But the case quickly takes a more serious tone when she dies in a suspicious car fire .

New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Black boards and spine with title and author imprinted in silver. Gray endpapers . 255 pages. A Hercule Poirot Mystery, No. 19. You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?"Ominous words for Hercule Poirot to overhear on his first night of vacation in the Holy Land. They come true when a tourist is murdered in full view of her fellow sightseers. And not surprising. The "horror of a woman" was loathed not only by her own children, but by every stranger who crossed her path. Who wanted to do the harridan in? Who didn't? At the Solomon Hotel, sympathy is with the killer. But Poirot has a job to do--and with this many suspects, and this many motives, deduction will take a miracle. .

New York: Viking. New in New dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line.. 240 pages. An Aunt Dimity Mystery, No. 17. Nancy Atherton's seventeenth cozy mystery featuring the beloved Aunt Dimity-the original paranormal detective When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch, her new neighbors welcome her with open arms-and inquiring minds. Among them is Lori Shepherd, who isn't fooled by Amelia's unassuming persona. Amelia is, in fact, a world-famous artist with a rabid and eager-to-stalk fan base. In order to keep peace in Finch, Lori must help Amelia conceal her identity. Amelia, meanwhile, sets about working on the riddle that brought her to town in the first place. A fragment of a family diary hints that one of Amelia's ancestors might have been Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch. Following the clue, Lori hunts through Finch's darkest and most secret corners, all the while dodging nosy neighbors and Amelia's… Read More

Memphis, TN: Guild Bindery Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Debut novel. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 . 258 pages .

New York: Arcade Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First US Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line.. 288 pages. A Brock and Kolla Mystery, No. 6. Following her ordeal in the stakeout at the Silvermeadow supermall, Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla is on leave, so burned out that she is tempted to quit the force for good. But nothing can keep her from the hunt in this puzzling new case. Professor Max Springer, a distinguished if controversial academic, has been brutally murdered on the steps of a London university. Springer was known for his stand against Islamic extremism, but was that motive enough to kill him? While Kathy and Brock start looking for answers in London's Arab community, rivalries within the university point in another direction. Springer's colleague, a professor of medical genetics, become involved. Is he as troubling a figure as he seems? Meanwhile, why would somebody leak information about this sensitive… Read More

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First American Edition with full number line. . Chief Inspector Wexford, No. 20 . After weeks of rain, Chief Inspector Wexford has just finished moving his books and furniture upstairs to protect them from the rising waters when the telephone rings. Two local teenagers and their babysitter have gone missing. Wexford isn’t particularly worried, since these things usually sort themselves out. But as hours stretch into days, he begins to suspect he has a kidnapping on his hands. The stakes get even higher when a member of the missing trio turns up dead in the woods nearby. In the course of his investigation, Wexford must deal with a neighbor whose alibi is questionable, a religious cult and its sylvan rituals, someone close to the children’s family who nurses a terrible secret, and the babysitter’s ex-husband, who reveals the woman’s… Read More

New York: Vintage Books. Fine. 2007. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover; Deckle-edged; Blue boards quarterbound in black with title and author on spine in silver . 350 pages. A Sonchai Jitpleecheep Mystery, No. 3. Royal Thai Police detective and devout Buddhist Sonchai Jitpleecheep returns as he investigates a mysterious snuff film in which the victim is Damrong, a woman whom he had once loved obsessively, following a haunted trail that leads to Bangkok's most exclusive men's club while dealing with his never resolved feelings for Damrong .

New York: Vintage. New in New dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover; Deckle-edged; Blue boards quarterbound in black with title and author on spine in silver . 322 pages. A Sonchai Jitpleecheep Mystery, No. 3. Royal Thai Police detective and devout Buddhist Sonchai Jitpleecheep returns as he investigates a mysterious snuff film in which the victim is Damrong, a woman whom he had once loved obsessively, following a haunted trail that leads to Bangkok's most exclusive men's club while dealing with his never resolved feelings for Damrong .

New York: Knopf. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny tear at tail of dust jacket.. Protected in a removable archival cover. Stated First Edition.. 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches. 336 pages. Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, "plotting to resurrect my newspaper career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff." Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba "accident," might be the stiff of Jack's dreams - if only he can figure out what happened. Standing in the way are (among others) his ambitious young editor, who hasn't yet fired anyone but plans to "break her cherry" on Jack; the rock star's pop-singer widow, who's using the occasion of her husband's death to re-launch her own career; and the soulless, profit-hungry owner of the newspaper, whom Jack once publicly humiliated at a stockholders'… Read More

New York: St Martins Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Three spots of missing color on back (production error? Doesn't appear rubbed) . Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition: August 1994 with full number line. . 264 pages. A Benjamin Franklin Mystery, No. 4. Desperate to recover a coveted family heirloom gem, Lady Shenstone seeks the aid of American investigator Benjamin Franklin and his young apprentice, Nick Handy, who goes undercover at the studio of a local artist where the gem had last been seen. .