Mystery and Thriller
Out on the Cutting Edge.
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1989. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by the author. More
The Rule of Four.
London: Century, 2004. Hardcover. First British edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Already a best-seller that is being compared to the Da Vinci Code. More
Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe : A Centennial Celebration.
New York: Knopf, 1988. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Wear at the extremities of the dust jacket. Francis Nevins' story on p. 157. Signed by Nevins. More
F is for Fugitive.
New York: Henry Holt, 1989. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a close to fine dust jacket. Some toning to the dust jacket flaps. Signed by Grafton on a laid in bookplate. More
White Merc With Fins.
London: Jonathan Cape, 1996. Hardcover. First British edition. The true first edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. The author's first book. More
Every Little Crook and Nanny.
New York: Doubleday, 1972. Hardcover. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Light wear at the head and foot of the black jacket spine. More
A German Requiem.
New York: Viking, 1991. Hardcover. First British edition. A close to fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Top corners lightly bumped. Light sunning to the dust jacket spine. The third and final book in Kerr's Berlin Noir Trilogy that features the indelible character of Berlin detective Bernie Gunther. This is a stated first printing with a sticker price of $18.95 on the front jacket flap along with the British price of £13.99 on the bottom of the front flap. More
A Small Town in Germany.
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1968. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. A near fine book in a near fine dust jacket. Light wear at the jacket spine ends and a bit of fading to the spine. An espionage novel that involves the search for an official at the British Embassy in Bonn who has gone missing with secret files. More
High Dive.
London: Heinemann, 2015. Hardcover. First British edition. A fine book in a fine dust jacket. In September 1984, a man calling himself Roy Walsh checked into The Grand Hotel in Brighton and planted a bomb in room 629. The device was primed to explode in twenty-four day when British prime minister Margaret Thornton would be there. A well reviewed book that made the best book lists of several publications. By the author Joy. More
Brandvagg. (Firewall).
Stockholm. Ordfronts Forlag, 1998. Hardcover. First Swedish edition. About fine book in a fine dust jacket. Some browning to the page edges. Slight spine lean. The first Swedish edition of this novel that features detective Kurt Wallander. The book features a criminal mastermind and and talented IT specialist who plans to right the wrongs of the world by deleting vast quantities of money from multinational banks' accounts system. Later made into a BBC movie that starred Kenneth Branugh. More
Kick Back.
London: Victor Gollancz, 1993. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in pictorial cover. McDermid's second mystery featuring female PI Kate Brannigan. Signed by the author. More
The Last Temptation: A Novel.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by the author. More
Publish and Perish.
New York: Putnam, 1975. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Near fine in fine dust jacket. Previous owner signature on inside cover. Signed by author. More
The Eyes Have It. The Private Eye Writers of America.
New York: Mysterious Press, 1984. Paperback. Uncorrected Proof. Fine in plain green wraps. Signed by the editor and 11 of the contributors, including Lawrence Block, Stuart Kaminsky, Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky and Bill Pronzini. More
Nightwing.
New York: Norton, 1977. Hardcover. First edition, first printing. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Crease to the front jacket flap and a hairline crease at the bottom of the front panel. Smith's first mystery novel. Edgar Award nominee for best novel and the basis for the a 1979 film of the same name. More