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New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket with edge wear and tiny chip to . top corner.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Seminary student Owen Keane and his former love, Mary Fitzgerald, investigate the disappearance of another student and find a mystery involving murder, drugs, and an elusive lost sonnet by John Keats. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 259 pages .

New York: Scribner. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Light soil top edge, light stain bottom corner of text block that does not . affect text.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. One of the most haunting buildings in New York City, the Deadhouse sits on a small island in the middle of the East River. The abandoned structure, like the ghostly remains of a castle, plays in the imagination as a site of mystery and intrigue - a likely place for murder. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Appears unread.. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. The Manhattan waterfront is one of New York City's most magnificent vistas, boasting both the Statue of Liberty and the George Washington Bridge. But Detective Mike Chapman will discover the perils that lurk along this seemingly benign expanse as he takes on his most personal case yet - the disappearance of Alex Cooper. ; 8.8 X 6.1 X 1.4 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Toned edges.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is deeply involved in a complicated, high-profile homicide case. Defendant Brendan Quillian, a prominent young businessman, is charged with the brutal strangulation of his beautiful young wife, Amanda. His conviction is not a certainty: Quillian was conveniently out of town on the day of the killing, and he has hired a formidable defense attorney who seems one step ahead of Cooper as the trial opens. But with the help of detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, she is confident she can prove Quillian paid a hit man to commit the crime. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches; 397 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Toned top edge.. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. The author takes readers behind the scenes of New York City's theater world - from Lincoln Center to the lights of Broadway - in this riveting novel, rich with cutting-edge legal issues, skillful detective work, and heart-stopping suspense. ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 1.5 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on front . endpaper. Faint foxing top edge, prior owner bookplate front pastedown.. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. In Central America, a priest, Father Francis O'Healey, is flung to his death from a helicopter at eight hundred feet. In New York City, the helicopter pilot walks into a West Side precinct house and confesses to the crime. The detective picks up a tangled trail marked by two more murders and mysterious pressures put on the normal justice system. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 282 pages; Signed by Author .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on front . endpaper. Prior owner bookplate to front pastedown, light top edge foxing.. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Brings to life the dramatic and shmeful period of McCarthyism, and tells the story of foreign correspondent, Bruce Bacon, who is railroaded into jail by a congressional committee. Howard Fast himself was a target of McCarthy adn served time in jail for refusing to reveal the names of people who he believed were being falsely accused. ; 8.8 X 6.0 X 1.2 inches; 324 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Thornwood Pub Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Has been gently read; light rubbing to jacket.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. From the opening scenes to its explosive conclusion, Side Effects is captivating, filled with unending action, suspense and surprises. The main characters - including a hit man with his own surprising revelations, a golden retriever, and a small boy - are compelling and memorable. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Straight and tight with lightly soiled . edges; jacket with small tear top back panel near spine.. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. When a teenaged girl dies in his emergency room for no apparent reason, San Francisco physician Dr. Gabe Austin investigates and learns that a megacorporation's newest anti-viral medication may have fatal side effects. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 247 pages .

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Blue dot top edge.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Andrew Bassett, retired Professor of Botany, does not care for Christmas. Not for him the holly and the ivy, the turkey and the trimmings. He prefers to spend it with his like-minded friends, the Cahills, in the peace of their country home. But peace and good will are not to be: the day before Christmas Eve, their neighbor, Sir Lucas Dearden, is blown up by a bomb. ; 8.5 X 5.7 X 0.8 inches; 182 pages .

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight with . light foxing top edge. Light shelf wear to back panel of jacket.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. The Cheshire Moon is out tonight, a thin, sharp smile lurking among the stars and nobody in LA is going to get any sleep. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 285 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Light rubbing to jacket with tiny abrasions to spine edge.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. A ruthless pair of quirky, sociopathic killers for hire, a father figure returned from the grave, a series of killings so cleverly executed that murder isn't even suspected, much less connected to other deaths. All these elements combust in this chilling novel. ; 10.4 X 6.4 X 1.5 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. After her good friend Godwin has an unexpectedly nasty quarrel with his significant other, John, Betsy Devonshire finds herself with a roommate. Betsy and Godwin discover John dead in his home and Godwin is arrested for the murder. Betsy knows her friend couldn't be the killer and sets out to prove it. ; Needlecraft Mystery; 8.2 X 5.3 X 1.1 inches; 288 pages .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild are thrilled to have raised over twenty thousand dollars for the National Heart Coalition through pattern sales and a design contest, but they're less pleased when the representative who accepts the check at the annual convention disappears with it. ; Needlecraft Mysteries; 8.1 X 5.1 X 1.1 inches; 256 pages .

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Second Thursday Next novel. Small . spots front board.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. The love of her life has been eradicated by the corrupt multinational Goliath, and to rescue him Thursday must retrieve a supposedly vanquished enemy from the pages of "The Raven". But Poe is off limits to even the most seasoned literary interloper. Enter a professional: the man-hating Miss Havisham from Dickens's Great Expectations. ; 8.9 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 416 pages .

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2007. Second Printing. Hardcover. Thursday Next is grappling with a host of new problems in the Book World: a recalcitrant new apprentice, the death of Sherlock Holmes, and the inexplicable departure of comedy from the once-hilarious Thomas Hardy novels. ; 8.4 X 5.6 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages .

New York: Viking Penguin. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light speckling top edge of book.. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday Next returns to Swindon accompanied by the dithering Danish prince Hamlet. Caring for both is more than a full-time job, and Thursday decides it's definitely time to get back her husband, Landen. Fortunately, those responsible for Landen's eradication have pledged to right the wrong. ; 7.9 X 5.5 X 1.5 inches; 383 pages .

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2003. First American Edition. Hardcover. Exhausted by her stint as Miss Havisham's apprentice at Jurisfiction, Thursday Next is delighted by a respite in the Character Exchange Program in the Well of Lost Plots, a place filled with linguistic chaos, lousy books, and a murderer. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.25 inches; 375 pages .

New York: St. Martin's. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Second book in the Jane Wheeler . Mystery series. Has been gently read.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Jane Wheeler is delighted when an estate sale turns up a whole room packed full with 1950s saloon ephemera and she makes a deal to buy the whole room. As she's cataloging her find, Jane makes a gruesome discovery: a highly personal, unusual, and creepy collectible that she is sure the saloon keeper would have preferred to keep to himself. ; 8.2 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 307 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Just a hint of a lean to book.. 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. London, 1850: A young Charles Lenox struggles to make a name for himself as a detective…without a single case. Scotland Yard refuses to take him seriously and his friends deride him for attempting a profession at all. But when an anonymous writer sends a letter to the paper claiming to have committed the perfect crime-and promising to kill again-Lenox is convinced that this is his chance to prove himself. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 292 pages .