Search Results: Authors starting with N from Murder By The Book

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho Press,, 2001. 4th printing. Near fine copy of the trade paperback. Introducing Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia, a Sicilian stationed in Florence. He wants to go south for Christmas to be home with his family for the holiday, but is laid up with the flu. At this awkward moment, the death of a retired Englishman is reported. Guarnaccia must discover the identity of the criminal and the motive for the crime before he can take the train home for the holidays.. Later Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

London, United Kingdom: Collins Crime Club, 1988. 1st edition. Fine in fine, unclipped dust jacket £9.95 intact, in protective mylar cover. [FLORENCE]. A NY Times selection for notable crime novels Out giving his wife driving lessons, Marshal Guarnaccia of the Carabinieri witnesses a disturbance in the streets involving a local eccentric, “crazy Clementina.” When the woman is found dead in her apartment soon after the incident of an apparent suicide, the marshal is puzzled and immediately suspects foul play. But who would have a motive to kill her? As the marshal dives into the case and reconstructs Clementina’s tragic past, his investigation dredges up the events surrounding a disastrous flood some twenty years earlier and a controversial piece of legislation with profound effects on the lives of Italy’s mentally unstable residents.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2005. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia is an unusual protagonist for a crime novel: he's neither a Bond-like sophisticate nor a recovering loser; a Sicilian living in Florence, he's neither on his own turf nor in a strange land. A modest family man, a quiet and calm observer--but no macho silence, mind you--he makes his way in a town he's come to know. In lovely measured language, the author unfolds the story of a woman's body found in a pond in the Boboli Gardens. The victim is unrecognizable, so it's some time before Guarnaccia, calling on an intriguing assortment of artisans and others in his neighborhood, discovers that she's Akiko, a young Japanese apprentice to the shoemaker Peruzzi. Guarnaccia digs for answers, but when he finally identifies Akiko's mysterious lover, the chief suspect in her death, the marshal for once… Read More

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2005. 1st printing with complete number line beginning with 1. Trade paperback, Advance Reader's Edition. "Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia is an unusual protagonist for a crime novel: he's neither a Bond-like sophisticate nor a recovering loser; a Sicilian living in Florence, he's neither on his own turf nor in a strange land. A modest family man, a quiet and calm observer--but no macho silence, mind you--he makes his way in a town he's come to know. In lovely measured language, the author unfolds the story of a woman's body found in a pond in the Boboli Gardens. The victim is unrecognizable, so it's some time before Guarnaccia, calling on an intriguing assortment of artisans and others in his neighborhood, discovers that she's Akiko, a young Japanese apprentice to the shoemaker Peruzzi. Guarnaccia digs for answers, but when he finally identifies Akiko's mysterious lover, the chief suspect in her death, the marshal for once regrets knowing the… Read More

London: UK: Headline, 2007. 3rd printing. Reading crease, light wear along edges else a good to very good copy. NOT REMINDERED. A serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbul, seemingly targeting gay men. A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper'? Inspector Mehmet Suleyman is assigned to the case, and is shocked to discover that the victim's body has been delivered to forensics entirely 'clean'. Has someone tampered with vital evidence? Meanwhile a young carpet dealer, on the brink of a huge sale, is discovered in the mangled remains of his Jeep, a bullet between his shoulder blades. The deal would have made him - the carpet he wanted to sell used to belong to Lawrence of Arabia. Did the young salesman know too much? Inspectors Cetin Ikmen and Suleyman uncover an incredible story and quickly realise that behind even the most respectable facade lurk passion, savagery and madness.... Later Edition. Pictorial… Read More

London: Headline, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. This is the author's second book. Inspector Cetin Ikmen and forensic pathologist Arto Sarkissian have known each other since childhood despite the differences in religion, race and salaries. When a young Armenian man is found dead in an apartment Cetin wonders what is making his old friend, an Armenian himself so uncomfortable. A fascinating glimpse into a city layered with history and violence. Very small print run has already sold out.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: A Bonded Mystery, 2009. 1st US edition. Nice tight, clean copy. NOT REMAINDERED. Inspector Ikmen and Inspector Suleyman return in Arabesk, Barbara Nadel's third novel in the gripping Inspector Ikmen series. When the wife of one of Istanbul's best known popular singers is found dead and his baby daughter missing, the newly promoted Inspector Suleyman, scion of one of Turkey's most aristocratic families, finds himself plunged into the magnificently vulgar, overblown world of Arabesk music, dominated by an ageing star, the monstrous chanteuse, Tansu. . 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1999. 1st edition, February 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Second Artie Cohen title. "Artie Cohen isn't your average New York City cop. Born Artemy Maximovich Ostalsky in Moscow, Artie left Russia at 16, spent some time in the Israeli Army, then came to America and joined the NYPD, where his background gives him special tools to use in fighting imported criminals. Now, after the misadventures chronicled in his first outing (Red Hot Blues, 1998), Artie is officially on "extended leave without pay," but foreign-flavored crime still swirls around him. When a good friend in the diamond business finds a dead Chinese girl in his shop, he calls on Artie. The family of Ricky Tae, who was badly wounded saving Artie's life, begs him to help their daughter break her drug habit?fueled by an exotic kind of irradiated heroin from China known as Hot… Read More

N.Y.: Walker Books, 2005. 1st ed., June 2005. A fine, unread copy of Advanced Reading Copy with publishers letter to book store owner laid in. An Artie Cohen mystery, NYC. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1998. 1st U.S. edition, March 1998. [ previously published as 'Red Mercury Blues in Great Britian], with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book introducing NYC cop Artie Cohen, who has no intention of looking back to the past he left behind twent-five years earlier in Moscow. But when a former Russian general is shot to death, a friend of Artie's father, he takes the case which lands him in the heart of the Brighton Beach Mafia and eventually to Moscow. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1990. 1st ed.,first printing, February 1990. Near fine copy of this Paperback Original. The 4th Lt. Kevin Broskey title. Broskey's got a thing about guys who kill cops, even if the guy happens to be on the mayor's payroll. Then one killing leads to another, and a health spa with some nasty habits is connected to a blackmail scheme. Broskey's as welcome as a wasp nest. The brass want him gone, his partner is probably on the take, and his neigbors insist that he cut his lawn. The trouble with Broskey is that he's from New York, and he never can take a hint... 295 pages. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Soho Crime, 2016. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of the Advance Uncopyedited edition due out July, 2016. 224 pages. Zen-Noir master Nakamura returns to the Tokyo of The Thief, where a young grifter named Yurika finds herself in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with the shadowy crime lord Kizaki. Yurika is a freelancer in the Tokyo underworld. She poses as a prostitute, carefully targeting potential johns, selecting powerful and high-profile men. When she is alone with them, she drugs them and takes incriminating photos to sell for blackmail purposes. She knows very little about the organization she’s working for, and is perfectly satisfied with the arrangement, as long as it means she doesn’t have to reveal anything about her identity, either. She operates alone and lives a private, solitary life, doing her best to lock away painful memories. But when a figure from Yurika’s past resurfaces, she realizes there is someone out there who knows all her secrets: her losses, her… Read More

London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1987. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. First of a new series of books on Great Murder Trials of the Twentieth Century, one of Britian's most famous lawyers reconstructs the controversial trial of Robert Wood in 1907 and the strange events leading up to it. Murder was a capital offence punishable by hanging and until this remarkable trial no one accused of murder had ever given evidence in his own defence.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial, 2001. 1st prtg. A fine copy of this trade paperback. "After Holmes's death, Dr. John Watson decides to write the great man's biography, but his ad in the Times requesting letters and interviews elicits only Mycroft Holmes's ire and an anonymous note warning him to abandon the project. In looking at Holmes's Stradivarius, Watson is reminded of Victor Sigerson, the odd and flamboyantly attired fellow--an accomplished musician, juggler and magician--who had given the valuable violin to the famous sleuth. The good doctor recalls being baffled by the way Holmes had taken to Sigerson, pursuing his violin practice with an uncharacteristic enthusiasm. Watson had never learned the surprising nature of what Sigerson and Holmes shared besides their love of music..." --PW. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback.

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: David R Godine Pub, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in price clipped dust jacket. 1st prtg. A fine copy of this trade paperback. "After Holmes's death, Dr. John Watson decides to write the great man's biography, but his ad in the Times requesting letters and interviews elicits only Mycroft Holmes's ire and an anonymous note warning him to abandon the project. In looking at Holmes's Stradivarius, Watson is reminded of Victor Sigerson, the odd and flamboyantly attired fellow--an accomplished musician, juggler and magician--who had given the valuable violin to the famous sleuth. The good doctor recalls being baffled by the way Holmes had taken to Sigerson, pursuing his violin practice with an uncharacteristic enthusiasm. Watson had never learned the surprising nature of what Sigerson and Holmes shared besides their love of music..." --PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St. Martin's, 1986. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Nastase, the controversial Rumanian champion tennis player, has produced an almost respectable thriller sprinkled with insider details of the international male tennis circuit. The story follows various tennis typesthe poor French Canadian on his way up, the "Mad Montenegrin" with his amusing on-court antics, and "King Koras" Belynkas, the popular American champion (and the novel's central character)through the French Open, Wimbledon, and finally the U.S...." -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Sag Harbor, NY, U.S.A.: The Permanent Press, 1994. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's first book. Limited to 1600 copies. Hired as P.R. director of New York's famous Krinsky Research Center, ex-reporter Bert Swain is thrust into the role of detective when a member of the research staff drops out of sight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY 10014: PENGUIN Group (USA) Inc., 2006. 1st pbk printing, 2006, so stated. Fine as new copy. EDGAR AWARD FINALIST FOR Best Paperback Book. Cricket aficionado, devoted son, part-time private investigator and occasional idol to West London's thug-ites, Tommy Akhtar is hired by a lovely prostitute to uncover the whereabouts of a missing friend, last seen meeting a client at a local hangout, but his case takes a dark turn when he becomes embroiled in a sinister murder investigation.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Illus. by Gibson, Benjamin. Trade Paperback Original.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1997. 1st US edition, February 1997. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, with a couple of creases, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Plumbing the troubled waters of the relations between men and women in her fifth Francesca Wilson story (after Death Among the Dons), Neel delivers a clear-eyed view of both domestic conflict, which hovers over Francesca's marriage, and domestic violence, which haunts the crime she solves.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1994. 1st edition, September 1994, with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. The second Blanche White mystery. When Blanche White, black domestic worker extraordinaire, moved north to Boston, she thought it would be a better place to raise her kids, especially when she managed to get them both into a private school. But they appear to be getting as much attitude as education, as they start correcting Blanche's English and acting snotty about homeless people. When Blanche and the kids are invited to Amber Cove, an exclusive, all-black resort in Maine, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to observe her children with their wealthy friends and try to figure out how to stop them from becoming people she doesn't want to know. Along the way, Blanche gets an insider's view of the color and class divisions within the black community. Blanche stands out… Read More