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Minotaur Books/St. Martin's Press, New York, 2021. First edition, advance reader's copy. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and spine wear. In the follow up to the critically acclaimed The Mountains Wild, Detective Maggie D''arcy tackles another intricate case that bridges Long Island and Ireland in A Distant Grave. Long Island homicide detective Maggie D''arcy and her teenage daughter, Lilly, are still… Read more about this item

Harlequin 111, Toronto, 1952. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear, spine has very light nicks at ends, light wrinkling at rear cover, a really nice, fresh looking copy.

Harlequin 262, 35 cent cover, Toronto, 1953. Condition: Very good minus, edge wear and creasing along top edge and spine, slight nicks at spine, small tear at bottom rear of spine,

Harlequin 77, Toronto, 1950. Condition: Very good, light edge wear, corner and spine creases, slight wear on rear cover, slight browning of interior pages, first 12 interior pages have slight tear at bottom edge. Pseudonym of Oscar J. Friend.

Harlequin 95, Toronto, 1951. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge wear and spine crease, slight wear on rear cover, slight browning of interior pages.

Ace Books D-19, New York, 1953. Condition: Very good, light edge wear and nicks, spine has light creasing and nicks, light yellowing of interior pages.

Ace Double Novel D-185, New York, 1956. Condition: Good plus, light edge wear and small corner creases, spine has creasing and nicks, well-read books, slight yellowing of interior pages.

Ace Double Novel D-109, New York, 1955. Condition: Good plus, light edge wear and spine creasing, light nicks along spine, slight yellowing of interior pages.

Pyramid Books 523, New York, 1957. Condition: very good, light edge wear and faint corner creases, spine creasing and nicks, rear cover has creasing and nicks, slight yellowing of interior pages due to age. 35 cent cover price leads me to believe this is the Canadian first edition thus scarce. Could also be the second edition due to the numbering.

First Comics, Chicago, 1987. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and spine wear

Eclipse Enterprises/Comics, New York, 1981. First edition. Condition: Near fine, light edge wear, tiny crease at bottom corner. Number 2. Includes art and stories by Michael Golden, Howard Cruse, Don McGregor, Billy Graham, Steve Englehart, Marshall Rogers, Steve Gerber, Val Mayerik, Steve Leialoha, Trina Robins, Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty.

Knopf Doubleday, New York. 4th hardcover printing. Condition: Very good book in good dust jacket, books has light corner bumps, discoloration on page edges, dust jacket has edge wear and nicks, spine creasing and scuffing. Heavy book that may require additional postage. In the corridors of Chicago's top law firm: Twenty -six-year-old Adam Hall stands on the brink of a brilliant… Read more about this item

Minotaur/St. Martins, 2020. Condition: New. Inspector Gamache series The 16th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. When his billionaire godfather is attacked, Gamache uncovers secrets hidden throughout Paris.

Octopus Books, London, 1987. First edition. Condition: Near fine, very light edge wear and corner bumps. Master of the macabre, creating haunting images of gothic horror unparalleled in sending shivers down the spine. This selection of his greatest tales includes such classics as The Tell-Tale Heart, The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Murders in the rue Morgue, one of the… Read more about this item

Putnam, New York, 6th hardcover printing. Condition: very good plus, light edge wear and corner bumps, slight scuffing. No dust jacket. Frank Pollard is afraid to fall asleep. Every morning when he awakes, he discovers something strange--like blood on his hands--a bizarre mystery that tortures his soul. Two investigators have been hired to follow the haunted man. But only one person--a… Read more about this item

Wynwood Press, New York, 1988. First edition. Condition: Near fine book in very good plus dust jacket. Dust jacket has light edge wear and book has light corner bumping. The World Cup Murder invites you behind the scenes of championship football (soccer) - the sights, smells, and sounds of the word's most popular sport, recreated by a man whose name is… Read more about this item

Academy, Chicago, 1986. Presumed first printing. Condition: Good, edge and corner wear, light soiling on covers, spine creases, well read. The locked room mystery is a subgenre of detective fiction in which a crime is committed under apparently impossible circumstances. Greenberg and Pronzini's novel is a collection of these "locked room mysteries," and is sure to entertain—and confound—its readers. Featuring John… Read more about this item

NBM Publishing, New York, 1988. 2nd printing. Condition: Near fine, very light edge and corner wear. Set against the background of a nightmarish 1950's crawling with communists, FBI agents, McCarthyites, flying saucers and sinister government organizations, The Silent Invasion weaves a complex story of mystery and fear as it details reporter Matt Sinkage's relentless pursuit of an apparent alien invasion of… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 1986. First trade paperback printing. Condition: Very good plus, light edge and corner wear, spine creases, light nicks at spine ends. This is the unabridged original text of Dennis Potter's acclaimed six-part television serial. The narrative counterpoints life in a hospital ward of a writer crippled by a horrific skin disease with the plot of his atmospheric thriller to… Read more about this item

Faber, London, 1988. First trade paperback edition. Condition: Very good plus, very light edge and corner wear, price sticker on rear cover, faint crease along top edge. Author of the play and television series The Singing Detective, Potter's novel Blackeyes is a stunning literary mystery set in the London fashion world.