Search Results: Titles starting with J from Murder By The Book

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Holt 1993, 1993. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "In her 10th alphabet adventure, southern California PI Kinsey Milhone is working again for California Fidelity, navigating her way through a plot-driven tale that will remind readers of her earliest appearances, despite Grafton's deft introduction of new material. Shady financier Wendell Jaffe has recently been decreed dead, five years after his real estate empire collapsed and he disappeared from his beloved 35-foot ketch off the coast, an apparent suicide. California Fidelity has just paid his widow $500,000. But then Jaffe is spotted in Mexico with another woman. Kinsey's investigation lands her in some tough spots--such as a drunken stranger's hotel room where she pretends to be a hooker--gets her shot at and leads to a dramatic resolution at sea. It also introduces her to a genealogist who requires Kinsey to… Read More

N.Y.: Henry Holt, 1993. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "J" is for Jaffe: Wendell Jaffe, dead these past five years. Or so it seemed until his former insurance agent spotted him in the bar of a dusty little resort halfway between Cabo San Lucas and La Paz. "In truth, the facts about Wendell Jaffe had nothing to do with my family history, but murder is seldom tidy and no one ever said revelations operate in a straight line. It was my investigation into the dead man's past that triggered the inquiry into my own, and in the end the two stories became difficult to separate." Five years ago, when Jaffe's thirty-five-foot Fuji ketch was found drifting off the Baja coast, it seemed a sure thing he'd gone overboard. The note he left behind admitted he was flat broke, his business bankrupt, his real estate gambit nothing but a huge Ponzi scheme about to collapse,… Read More

London, United Kingdom: Orion Publishing Group, Limited, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED by Rankin at title page. An omnibus edition collecting the three novels that Rankin wrote under the name 'Jack Harvey' in the mid-1990s. Contains Witch Hunt, Bleeding Hearts and Blood Hunt. With a new introduction by the author. 787 pages.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Gollancz, 1984. 1st ed. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, £ 7.95 price intact, with protective mylar cover. His 3rd book. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: The Mystery League, Inc, 1930. 1st edition. Black cloth with green titles. Page edges mottled, slightly age toned else a near fine copy in dust jacket, a couple of chips, and rear cover is moderately soiled along with lettering at front. Jacket is not clipped. Mystery League titles did not have the price on an inside flap as they were mostly priced at .50 cents. Who was Jack O'Lantern? To Scotland Yard he was one of the cleverest criminals ever to pit his wits against their machinery for man-finding. He was many things to many people -- but no one really knew who he was......It was adapted into a 1931 West End play of the same title and subsequently into the 1932 film "Condemned to Death" directed by Walter Forde and starring Arthur Wontner, Gillian Lind and Gordon Harker.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Gene. Book.

Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. 1st US edition. Trade paperback. Something truly unique from this author. It is one of the rarest forms known to literature, a detective novel in verse, Keating has developed his rhyme-crime in nearly 300 fourteen-line stanzas.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket. Book.

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1951. 1st pbk printing, November 1951, Dell Mapback #549. Small nick at spine foot, light wear, light remains of ink initials else near fine. Robert Stanley cover illustration. Rear cover: Map of "Boston" Mass. with 2 insets. Vintage Paperback. A hidden fortune in art, but before he can recover it, Kent must find the killer who stole the Jade Venus. Until the old art professor is viciously murdered, Kent Murdock believes that he himself is the only one who knows the deadly secret of the Jade Venus, which he has trailed from Italy to Boston. The unlovely daub of paint is worthless art, but it is soon apparent that somebody is willing to go to any lengths of theft, kidnapping, and homicide in order to possess it. Before Murdock catches up with the ill-omened picture and a very surprising killer, he tangles with a ruthless group of international hijackers and twice comes very close to death himself. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil… Read More

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1988. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1, light wear along edges, lightly soiled at page edfe else near fine in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Beautiful stylized jacket by John Jinks. The twelth entry in the Lovejoy series. Lovejoy's latest and best-yet caper is set in the teeming, steaming diversity of Hong Kong where Gash plumbs the passions of his famous antique "divvy" and scamsman sleuth. Forced to flee England after the police destroy his latest forgery, Lovejoy ends up in the Hong Kong airport where he is relieved of his worldly possessions and forced to fend for himself. His first benefactor, an antiques dealer, is shot shortly after their meeting; he is saved next by an expatriate gigolo who needs a partner to accommodate excess business. Though successful at his newest trade, Lovejoy's divvying talenthe can spot a real antique in a warehouseful of fakesmust out. Soon he is also working for a powerful Triad with tentacles reaching… Read More

VILLARD BOOKS, 1990. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dj. The epic story, sweeping from Brazil to Europe to Chicago in the twenties, of Candido Cavalcanti, a playboy posing as a revolutionary; Samantha Franck, a left-wing heiress; and Aliotchka Alekhine, a Russian spy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Arlinton House Norwalk: CT 1981 3rd prtg. Large, oversize stiff wraps, heavily illus. About fine. 3rd prtg. Large, oversize stiff wraps, heavily illus. About fine..

N.Y.: Continuim , 1989. 1st ed. Fine in dj, after a concise biographical chapter,Skenazy evaluates Cain's entire body of work. Includes film stills, filmogrophy, bibliography. The views of other critics on Cain's work are presented and a full chapter is devoted to Cain and film. Skenazy not only points out the enduring influence of Cain's early novels on film noir, he also demonstrates how Cain's less than successful career as a screenwriter had influenced his greatest novels.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

U.S.A.: Serpents Tail, 1993. 1st ed., fine copy of th is trade paperback original. When Eddie Verlaine, American expatriate, hustler and small-time crook, meets a femme fatale named Jana in Amsterdam, he is drawn into a drugs conspiracy which involves Eddie transporting a large supply of drugs to London. Has Eddie's thirst for money and drugs brought about his undoing?. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Illus. by Grandfield, Geoff. Trade Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Hyperion, 2005. 1st edition. As new, trade paperback. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." --Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice There was never a more astute chronicler of the hits and near-misses of love than Jane Austen. Now, she helps readers discover their inner heroines and get the guy in this witty book of romance and dating strategies. Utilizing wisdom inspired by Jane Austen's novels, from Sense and Sensibility to Pride and Prejudice and beyond, author Lauren Henderson creates an indispensable guide for navigating the all-too-mystifying dating scene. Harnessing the triumphs and pitfalls of Austen's classic characters, Henderson shows how qualities like honesty, self-awareness, and forthrightness always win the right man -- and still let you respect yourself in the morning. A completely new and amusing approach to dating, Jane Austen's Guide to Dating includes insightful personality… Read More

N.Y.: Walker 1991, 1991. 1st ed.,with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. . His 1st book. Author's first P.I. Dave Garrett mystery. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribners, 2001. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Author's first book. An EDGAR AWARD Nominee as well as an ANTHONY AWARD Nominee. " The Jasmine Trade" chillingly introduces 'Los Angeles Times' reporter Eve Diamond to a subculture of "parachute kids," rich Asian teens who are left to their own devices in California while their parents live and work in Hong Kong. Seeking American education and political stability for their children, the affluent parents often leave only an elderly housekeeper in charge of their vulnerable offspring.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.: Harcourt, 2005. 1st edition, so stated with complete letter line beginning with A. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. In 1909 in the rowdy red-light district of Storyville, four players of the new music called "jass" have turned up dead. When Creole detective Valentin St. Cyt begins to investigate, he discovers that every one of the victims once played in the same band, and the only left alive has gone into hiding.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company: Red Badge Mystery, 1946. 1st edition. Red boards with black titles, very light wear else fine in dust jacket, which has trivial wear to the top of the spine and small darkened spot covering publishers name at spine. Dust jacket illustration by LT. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Fawcett, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dj. SIGNED. New Orleans. "Everybody loved easygoing Hamson Brocato, producer of the successful New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but even so he ended up stabbed to death in his kitchen the night of his own JazzFest party. NOPD detective Skip Langdon, Smith's spunky heroine last seen in New Orleans Mourning, gets a ready-made suspect list from the victim's live-in lover, singing star Ti-Belle Thiebaud. Included are Ariel Bruge, Ham's assistant, apparently a woman scorned; his father George, enmeshed with family members in a bitter disagreement over the family's fast food ("Poor Boy's Po' Boys") chain; and Patty, the stepmother Ham was cool about. Skip notes the list's omissions: Ti-Belle herself (often heard arguing with Ham at the top of her powerful voice) and Melody, Ham's teenaged half-sister who vanished the same day Ham died. Skip doesn't miss much as she probes the victim's tangled relationships,… Read More

Nashville: TN: Dowling Press, 1997. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY of the 1st Kate Banning title and author's 1st mystery. Boston native Kate is offered a job with Fleetwood Publications in Nashville.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 1950. 1st ed., light edgewear, small indentation at spine else near fine in dust jacket, small piece out at rear, fraying at head and foot, lightly soiled at rear. Not price clipped, $2.50 price intact. Great cover of a shrouded figure playing with jewels. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Book.