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

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 2003. 1st edition, June 2003, with complete number line beginning with 1. Spine lean else about fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. . Author's first book. An AGATHA AWARD Nominee. Introducing Sweeney St. George, an art historian in Boston with a special interest in the art of death. Sweeney becomes interested in Byzantium, Vermont, an arts colony that flourished in the late nineteenth century, when she comes upon a photograph of the striking gravestone of a girl who drowned, and may have been murdered, in 1890. The stone is in a tiny cemetery surrounded by other beautiful, if unremarkable, headstones, some dating back hundreds of years. But the unsigned sculpture that marks this young woman's grave is of extremely high quality and the artist is unrecognizable. Sweeney is soon hooked, not only on the mystery of who created the beautiful sculpture but also on the details of the events surrounding the… Read More

N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1999. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Grafton's fans will be thrilled with this knockout 15th Kinsey Millhone mystery, which deals with Kinsey's first marriage. In a complex story that zigzags between past and present, the California PI gets involved again with her first ex-husband, former cop Michael "Mickey" Magruder, who initially reappears in her life by chance when she comes across memorabilia he kept after their separation 14 years earlier. The mementos include an undelivered letter addressed to Kinsey, providing Mickey with an alibi for the beating death of Vietnam vet Benny Quintero, the unproven charge against Mickey that prompted Kinsey to leave him. Conscience-stricken, Kinsey looks up acquaintances from her early marriage, questioning her judgment and values at the time..." --PW. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dutton/Plume, 1993. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. An Arly Hanks mystery. An AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. "Joy to the world! Arly Hanks, chief of police in Maggody, Arkansas, is back. It's Christmas in Maggody, and the town is all agog over the impending visit of country-western singer Matt Montana, who hopes to jump start a booze-ravaged career with press coverage of his heart-warming return to his hometown. One small problem: Matt's only relative in Maggody is an aging aunt who lives in the county home and has a tendency to listen to aliens from outer space on her hearing aid. Not to worry. Before you can say "money-spending tourists," the pious mayor's wife, Mrs. Jim Bob Buchanon, has sprung into action. Soon stores have been renamed in Matt's honor, souvenir shops opened, and the Montana homestead refurbished in country-cosy style. The disappearance of Matt's aunt from the home puts something of a wrinkle into the plans, leaving… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co (Metropolitan Books), 1997. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The third installment of this mystery series featuring Fred Taylor and set in the Boston/Cambridge art world. "It's not easy writing a mystery set in the art world without sounding like you're imitating Jonathan Gash's Lovejoy novels. Luckily, Kilmer's Fred Taylor mysteries don't feel like imitations. Kilmer, a painter and art dealer, certainly knows his field. In this third entry in the series, Taylor investigates a murder involving a rare seventeenth-century painting and a decapitated victim. The tale is chock-full of fascinating hints for readers interested in collecting fine art, and--unlike many experts-turned-writers (certain lawyers, say, or physicians)--Kilmer knows how to construct a plot. O Sacred Head.... like its predecessors, it's very well… Read More

N.Y.: Dutton, 1990. 1st edition, November 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Review copy with publishers sheet laid in. Author's first novel. "Axel Pimlitz, age 37, works for the Boston Record-Transcript in this first novel by Paisner ( Heartlands: An American Odyssey ). Other reporters move on to the news desk, but Axel, who calls adult fantasy phone lines a few times each day and masturbates in a graveyard when he's feeling particularly down, has been writing obits for 15 years. The apparent suicide of Andy Vaughn, a Boston University student, followed by the murder of a high school athlete, marks the beginning of a tortuous path out of self-absorption for Axel, who is the first to learn the victims' fathers had served together in Vietnam. Axel, who occasionally escapes to a reservoir deep under Boston proper, forms an attachment to Andy's mother, Margo, while a Boston cop… Read More

N.Y.: William Morrow and Co., Inc., 2017. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Best friends Noah Sadler and Abdi Mahad have always been inseparable. But when Noah is found floating unconscious in Bristol's Feeder Canal, Abdi can't--or won't--tell anyone what happened. Just back from a mandatory leave following his last case, Detective Jim Clemo is now assigned to look into this unfortunate accident. But tragedy strikes and what looked like the simple case of a prank gone wrong soon ignites into a public battle. Noah is British. Abdi is a Somali refugee. And social tensions have been rising rapidly in Bristol. Against this background of fear and fury two families fight for their sons and for the truth. Neither of them know how far they will have to go, what demons they will have to face, what pain they will have to suffer. Because the truth hurts. 432 pages.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Mysterious Press, 1995. 1st ed, with complete number line beginning with 1. . Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A Sara Kelling title set at the Wilkins Museum.."The latest in MacLeod's series of Sarah and Max Kelling mysteries more than meets the standards of her earlier works, filled as ever with touches of comedy, eccentric characters, and mild suspense, all in a neatly depicted Bostonian setting. Left on her own, while her art-detective spouse Max Kelling is in Argentina on a job, Sarah holds down the office, nearly gets herself killed, secures child care for her son (whose nurse is ill), probates an estate, and solves the murder of the woman who named Sarah her executor. Sarah is impressively competent, but she is aided by her houseman/butler Charles and a local police detective, both of whom are wise to the adventures that beset the Kelling family. MacLeod's tendency to restate the case, via Sarah updating relatives and police… Read More

FREUNDLICH BOOKS, 1985. EX-NY COP NOW LIVING IN R.I. - GREAT PROCEDURAL WORK.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

SCRIBNER'S, 1994. A true first edition of one of the sought after Martha Vineyard series.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Norton, 1990. 1st American edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Very light soiling at page edge else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. This political thriller set in Ireland was a bestseller there and caused some apprehension in political circles. "Early one winter morning a mysterious gunman kills a dog on a quay; hours later the drowned corpse of a prominent young politician is fished out of the harbor. A reporter, his marriage a wreck and his career a shambles, believe there's a connection between the two events. His investigations lead to revelations that shatter personal reputations and threaten to topple the government. This may sound like another concoction of formula American political suspense fiction, but actually it's refreshingly different. It is set in contemporary Ireland and peopled with sharply drawn characters ranging from parliamentarians to shady businessmen to IRA operatives. This is… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 2005. First edition, September 2005, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. A couple of very light stains at foreedge else a near fine copy in fine dust jacket. The author's acclaimed first book, an EDGAR AWARD WINNER for Best First Mystery. "Schwegel's instantly engrossing debut crime novel begins with the bungled bust of child molester Marko Trovic: after Samantha "Smack" Mack, a chain-smoking, hard-drinking Chicago police officer, and her partner and ex-lover, Fred, storm a pitch-dark tenement house, Smack wakes later with a nasty concussion, but Fred, shot during the attempted arrest, never does. Police officials decree that Smack's "friendly fire" killed Fred, but she's sure there were others in the room with them that night. Reeling from her concussion, Smack is given administrative leave, but offered little support (or hope of commitment) from her married lover, detective Mason Imes.… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 2006. 1st edition, March 2006 , with complete number line beginning with 1. Lightlly soiled at page edges, small "dent' to page edge else about fine in dust jacket,, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Not a remaindered copy as so many are. A MACAVITY WINNER OF THE SUE FEDERER HISTORICAL AWARD and a BARRY AWARD NOMINEE. New York City in the summer of 1902: Molly Murphy is seriously considering giving up her dream of being a private investigator to move west, away from the alluring-but-deceptive police captain, Daniel Sullivan. But when Daniel suddenly winds up in jail, the target of a bribery probe, Molly has no choice but to help him clear his name--a challenge that becomes far more complicated when Molly has to track down a serial killer as well. This is the fifth Murphy mystery, and it's a beautifully constructed historical one that catapults readers back in time and immerses them in turn-of-the-twentieth-century… Read More

NY: Crown, 1991. 1st ed. near fine in lighty used dj. Author's 1st book. "With an agreeable, medium-boiled tone, this first entry in a projected series features ex-CIA agent B. F. Hopper, who is called on for help by a friend in the Boulder, Colo., police when a member of a Buddhist sangha (congregation) is killed and brutally mutilated. Then another member is killed and differently disfigured. Just after Hopper realizes that a key may lie in the Buddhist chakras (energy centers), the nastiness threatens his new lover. On the trail of a satanic cult, Hopper is aided by old mentor (and deus ex machina) Stryker Stephens and by the super-rich father of the first victim. The climactic scene amid the satanists is a bit pat but the procedural elements are well handled and the killer is chillingly deranged." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY: Crown, 1991. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED by the author at title page. Author's 1st book. Publishers post card laid in. Colorodo "With an agreeable, medium-boiled tone, this first entry in a projected series features ex-CIA agent B. F. Hopper, who is called on for help by a friend in the Boulder, Colo., police when a member of a Buddhist sangha (congregation) is killed and brutally mutilated. Then another member is killed and differently disfigured. Just after Hopper realizes that a key may lie in the Buddhist chakras (energy centers), the nastiness threatens his new lover. On the trail of a satanic cult, Hopper is aided by old mentor (and deus ex machina) Stryker Stephens and by the super-rich father of the first victim. The climactic scene amid the satanists is a bit pat but the procedural elements are well handled and the killer is chillingly deranged." -- Publishers… Read More

Cleveland: Ohio: The Arthur Westbrook Company, 1920. First printing,thus. 1920's(?) Undated reprint, part of Westbrook's American Detective Series. this being No. 58. Copyrighted in 1881, "Old Electricity" was originally published in 1885’s Old Sleuth Library. In 1892 it was considerably expanded into a novel. Creases at front cover, paper very brittle, else a near fine, tight copy of this Dime Novel. 287 pages. The worst of all plunderers, malicious mail and express train robbers, have frustrated Indiana law enforcement for too long. The best thief-catcher in Washington's secret service force, detective Wayne Winthrop, falls among them, unawares, while in disguise. A mission to derail their murderous cartel is formulated right there, in the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad Station, Vincennes, Indiana. His reputation among criminals is well earned. The superstitious describe him as being in league with spirits of the air, or with the devil himself. Some say he… Read More

N.Y.: Edward J. Clode, 1929. 1st American Edition. EJC colophon at title page. Bright blue boards with gold lettering. Spine slightly darkened with small stain. Lightly rubbed at head and foot, pages uniformally tanned. Scarce title. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Bleak House Books, 2008. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of the uncorrected Advance Proofs. Winter in a New England prep school brings term papers, wet snow, and the suicide of a young black student. Except Liberty Baker's friends are convinced she couldn't have taken her own life, and Liberty's faculty advisor believes them.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. As New. Advance Uncorrected Proof.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1986. 1st A. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY: Scribners, 1993. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Chris Norgren title. France. A NERO WOLFE AWARD WINNER. "Seattle Art Museum curator Chris Norgren falls prey to the lure of a newly discovered Rembrandt in this third in a spirited series (after A Glancing Light ). He also topples head-first out of a second-story window, but the nasty fall is happily blunted by a conveniently located car. Acquiring art isn't usually perilous, but anything is possible when the work is in the care of French dealer Rene Vachey, notorious for passing off thefts as publicity stunts. Vachey has offered the Rembrandt--if it really is a Rembrandt--as a gift to Chris's museum, with a veritable spider's web of strings attached. He will, however, permit only a cursory viewing and explicitly forbids scientific authentication. Chris, adrift in France, far from the arms of his girl, feels pretty sure that the… Read More

Scribners, 1993. 1st ed. very light soiling at page edges else fine in dust jacket. Chris Norgren. SIGNED COPY. France. A NERO WOLFE AWARD WINNER. Seattle Art Museum curator Chris Norgren falls prey to the lure of a newly discovered Rembrandt in this third in a spirited series (after A Glancing Light ). He also topples head-first out of a second-story window, but the nasty fall is happily blunted by a conveniently located car. Acquiring art isn't usually perilous, but anything is possible when the work is in the care of French dealer Rene Vachey, notorious for passing off thefts as publicity stunts. Vachey has offered the Rembrandt--if it really is a Rembrandt--as a gift to Chris's museum, with a veritable spider's web of strings attached. He will, however, permit only a cursory viewing and explicitly forbids scientific authentication. Chris, adrift in France, far from the arms of his girl, feels pretty sure that the painting is the genuine article. But after Vachey is murdered, his… Read More