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

N.Y.: Checkerbooks, Inc., 1949. 1st printing. A fine copy with one tiny nick at head of spine, paper is age toned, lightly soiled at rear cover. Checkerbooks #7. [.15 cover price]. Vintage paperback. Cover illustration by Leon H. Leiderman. Checkerbooks only published 12 titles and these slender volumes are very difficult to find in this nice shape. 94 pgs. When Quentin Morlaix net the beautifu French noblewoman, Mademoiselle de Chesnieres, he wished he were a Marquis instead of a mere fencing master. Suddenly and unexpectedly the wish vcame true and he found himself caught up in a whirlpool of excition adventures and the international intrigue of the French Revolution.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Leiderman, Leon H.. Vintage Paperback.

N.Y.: Graphic Books, 1956. First edition. A Graphic Original, 1956. [.25 cover price] Small scrape at spine edge else as fine as you could want! A bright, tight copy with page edges still bright red. A Graphic Mystery # 123, PBO, Great GGA cover by Walter Popp. Listed in Gary Lovisi's book: Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks. Features Max Keene; Chicago, IL. "You'll die a hero Copper -- if I have to kill you myself". That was the savage, silent oath Max Keene swore against Chicago's sinningest son, Detrective Timothy Flynn -- hireling of killers -- bleeder of rackets -- dealer in dolls both dead and alive.... First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Popp, Walter. Vintage Paperback.

N.Y.: Graphic Publishing Company, 1955. 1st edition, Graphic Original (so stated) #111. Paperback Original. Cover illustration by Walter Popp, GGA. Listed in Gary Lovisi's book: Dames, Dolls & Delinquents: A Collector's Guide to Sexy Pulp Fiction Paperbacks Vintage Paperback [.25 cover price]. Reading crease else a near fine, tight copy. There was some kind of new racket in town, and private detective Max Keene decided it was in his own best interest to find out who the big boss was. Not that he didn’t care about breaking the back of an organized theft ring, but when one of the ring’s gorgeous young female operatives wound up dead in a sexually charged homicide and Max got fingered, it gave him an added “incentive” to bring the killer to justice. However, standing in the way was a seemingly endless maze of mis-turns and half-clues, all interwoven with a long parade of low-life characters. What Max Keene hadn’t expected, though, was to be smitten by the charms… Read More

Richmond: VA: Pussycat Press, 1998. First edition, with number line beginning with 1. A fine copy of Oversize trade paperback original. SIGNED by the author. Racy and brilliant, The Virginia Ghost Murders invents a whole new category of mystery, where the spirits of the dead play an eerie and at times terrifying role. The pursuit of crime amidst the occult is the special talent of the unforgettable Amanda Poe, a strange and beautiful detective who is a mystery in her own right. Ghosts and gunfights, torture and murder, kinky sex and corruption, are all in plenty as The Virginia Ghost Murders deftly moves back in time between serial killings in present-day Virginia, and the crimes of the slave-owning South before the Civil War. Scary, instructive, and titillating, The Virginia Ghost Murders merges crime with both history and the world beyond, even taking us to a personal meeting with the famous Edgar Allan Poe himself.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980. 1st edition, boards with one quarter white cloth over black paper, shows very light fading at edges else Near fine in near fine dust jacket, one small closed tear, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. During the reign of Camelot in America, people had faith in their leaders and asked what they could do for their country. In 1961 two armies squared off to fight a war that would last nearly twenty years: the best soldiers of J. Edgar Hoover's "new breed" and the two most powerful Mafia families in New York.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Toronto: PaperJacks, Ltd., 1986. 1st edition, April 1986. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, reading creases, edgewear, a few minor creases, a middle set of pages are age toned but not most the book. A very good copy. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel. Toronto. Author's first book. As a dangerous killer stalks women on the streets of Toronto, a young schoolgirl is kidnapped in what appears to be an unrelated incident. But as Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders examines the evidence, he uncovers a disturbing web of false identities, drug trafficking, and worse, police corruption. Racing against time, can Sanders put all of the puzzle pieces together in time to protect those he cares about most? Scarce. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1990. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "A series of house burglaries--well organized except for the unexpected murder--lead to the poisoning death of famous singer/actress Clara von Hohenkammer at her lavish Toronto home. At first Inspector John Sanders suspects one of her family; then, after tracing the theft ring to her house, he widens his range. As in Murder in Focus (Macmillan, 1989), Sanders's love Harriet Jeffries assists. The plot flows smoothly for the most part, unhampered by in-depth characterization and enlivened by the on-again-off-again nature of John and Harriet's relationship." -- Library Journal . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1946. 1st. spine lettering rubbed, very light wear to edges, else about fine. Hollywood. 1st. spine lettering rubbed, very light wear to edges, else about fine. Hollywood. Mystery set in Hollywood when the stand in for an actor is murdered while the real star is away. The star assumes the life of the murdered man to solve the crime. . First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

N.Y., N.Y.: Warner Books Inc, 1997. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Publisher letter and review laid in. Introducing NYPD Detecitve Mel Fink. Salinger's debut novel is a well-crafted thriller that will grip readers from start to finish. The story opens with NYPD detectives Fink and Barton investigating the murder of an arms seller employed by Parker Global, a large defense contractor also selling to Third World countries. The second chapter switches to Southeast Asia, where U.S. Army medic Zach Johnson has been a POW/MIA for the past 25 years. Not all politicians and military brass are elated when Corporal Johnson emerges from the Cambodian jungle; in fact, someone wants him dead. Short chapters cut between a large cast of interesting characters, who are brought together by cleverly contrived circumstances for a fast-paced denouement. Along the way, numerous plot twists provide genuine suspense." -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker Publishing Co., 1997. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. An ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. Fourth novel in the mystery series featuring New Orleans private eye Lew Griffin. Griffin is a survivor, a black man in New Orleans, a detective, a teacher, a writer. Having spent years finding others, he has lost his son...and himself in the process. Now a derelict has appeared in a New Orleans hospital claiming to be Lewis Griffin and displaying a copy of one of Lew's novels. It is the beginning of a quest that will take Griffin into his own past while he tries to deal in the present with a search for three missing young men.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 2003. 1ST. ed. FINE/FINE - A HISTORICAL CUBAN MYSTERY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Durban House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2001. 1st ed, fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. P.I. Lucas Rook races to find a serial killer who is murdering young girls. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine/No Jacket. Paperback Original.

Dallas: Texas: Durban House Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges very lightly soiled else fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Author's first novel. Fast, deadly espionage thriller. On the front end paper in quotation marks "Sit in the waves.." with initials RS scribbled and a Chinese chopmark next to the intials. The author is a martial arts master. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: St. Martin, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dj. Freelance Western writer Taggart Roper takes a job to look into a recently murdered local prostitute's past which leads him straight to the estate of a rich and famous television evangelest.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: International Polygonics, LTD, 1990. 1st printing, June 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. (Orig. pub. by Simon, 1944). Pages just starting to age tone else a near fine copy of this trade Paperback. Sanders, as himself, is finally getting a break from playing The Falcon and The Saint films by making a Western. Someone is shot during a scene, despite all the guns supposedly being loaded with blanks. When it’s quickly discovered it may have been Sanders’ gun that did the killing, he removes the evidence. He’s suspected anyway, yet can’t reveal what he’s done because it will only make him look more guilty. So Sanders must use everything he’s learned playing The Falcon and The Saint in order to find the real killer.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Zann, Nicky. Book.

N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. First Edition, 2nd Impression. A fine copy in red cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and gilt decoration on lower right front cover, in near fine unclipped dust jacket, $5.95 price intact, light wear at spine head. EDGAR AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel.. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Putnam, 1994. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover.The sixth in the fine Lucas Davenport series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Putnam, 1997. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Very light soiling at page edge else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A non-series efffort by this master story teller. "Anna Batory, deceptively thin and small for a woman who is both emotionally and physically tough, heads an L.A. unit of video freelancers who search for news by night. The story begins in medias res with the crew covering first an animal rights protest and then a young man's jumping from a building to his death. That night, Jason O'Brien, Anna's back-up cameraman, is viciously slain. It soon becomes apparent that the violence is connected to and aimed at Anna. Jake Harper, a former policeman and father of the jumper, becomes Anna's bodyguard and lover. This thriller has an appealing heroine and well-developed secondary characters. The dialog is clever and hard-edged, black humor abounds, and the romance factor is handled deftly..."--Library… Read More

N.Y.: Putnam, 1999. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "The vast popularity of the Prey novels is probably due, not so much to this dependable hero as to Sandford's clever plotting, sure pacing and fully rounded villains--as well as his smart prose. As if acknowledging his series' hero's unflashy demeanor, Sandford, in his 10th Prey book (after Secret Prey), allows two gleefully unrecalcitrant female antagonists to steal the show from Davenport. Clara Rinker's life as a murderer and mob hit woman begins when she is raped at age 16 and beats her assailant dead with a baseball bat. Years later, the other femme fatale, sociopathic Minneapolis defense lawyer Carmel Loan, hires Rinker to kill the wife of property attorney Hale Allen, whom Carmel desires; within days, she has Hale in bed. The storyline spools out as a cat-and-mouse among the women and Davenport, with the villainesses… Read More

Putnam, 1996. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Lucas Davenport title. "The title tells it true, and applies not only to myriad characters in Sandford's electrifying eighth "Prey" thriller, but also to the novel's readers. From the opening scene, in which series hero, Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport, and his team stalk and kill a female bank robber, the story will clamp down like a bear trap on all who open its covers. That robber is Davenport's prey, but those beloved by the cop and his men become prey in turn when the slain thief's husband, Dick LaChaise, and his two sidekicks, all ex-bikers with militia mentalities, vow revenge unto death. Davenport, who in his spare time designs computer games that have made him wealthy, soon learns two disturbing facts: that suicidal enemies are close to unstoppable, and that his addiction to this real-life "game" is powerful… Read More