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Raptor: A Novel of Suspense (SIGNED COPY)by: Gieson, Judith Van
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Raptor: A Novel of Suspense (SIGNED COPY)
by: Gieson, Judith Van

Hardcover. New York, HarperCollins Canada / Fiction, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 246 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's embossed stamping on front-fly leaf. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 469847

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Scarlatti Inheritance, Theby: Ludlum, Robert
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Scarlatti Inheritance, The
by: Ludlum, Robert

Hardcover. New York, World Publishing, 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 358 pages. Ink stain (printers flaw?) at edge of text on page 215. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Clear acetate cover has very minor chips missing at top of spine. Author's first book.

Record # 606522

Price: $80.00 
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Masques (SIGNED COPY)by: Pronzini, Bill
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Masques (SIGNED COPY)
by: Pronzini, Bill

Hardcover. New York, Arbor House, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 269 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE. Clean, tight copy. A novel of terror set during Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Record # 607822

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Black Buck by: Hopkins, Linton C.
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Black Buck
by: Hopkins, Linton C.

Hardcover. Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 256 pages. Previous owner's inscription front fly leaf. U. S. O. stamp inside front and back covers. Remnants of label on back end papers. Black cloth covers with green lettering on front and spine. Some white spots on covers. Clean. Scarce. No dust jacket.

Record # 802817

Price: $80.00 
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Murder by Reflectionby: Heard, H. F.
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Murder by Reflection
by: Heard, H. F.

Hardcover. New York , Vanguard Press, 1st, 1942, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover, 283 pages. Light edgewear, chipping and rubbing to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 856836

Price: $30.00 
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Face Valueby: Matera, Ross
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Face Value
by: Matera, Ross

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 2552

Price: $12.00 
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Shadow Counterby: Kakonis, Tom
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Shadow Counter
by: Kakonis, Tom

Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, remainder line bottom edge.

Record # 3875

Price: $12.00 
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Nowhere Manby: Oster, Jerry
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Nowhere Man
by: Oster, Jerry

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 5348

Price: $12.00 
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Angle of Attackby: Burns, Rex
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Angle of Attack
by: Burns, Rex

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st, 1979, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, bright copy in an unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 7840

Price: $12.00 
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Midnight Mail, Theby: Holt, Henry
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Midnight Mail, The
by: Holt, Henry

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Crime Club, 1st, 1931, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, black cloth with red stamping. 40 pages have 1/2" worm hole in margin bottom - not affecting text. Otherwise clean, very good.

Record # 9843

Price: $12.00 
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Kiss of Fire, Aby: Togawa, Masako
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Kiss of Fire, A
by: Togawa, Masako

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead, 1st US, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Photo of author laid-in, translated from Japanese by Simon Grove.

Record # 12181

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Sunset Limitedby: Burke, James Lee
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Sunset Limited
by: Burke, James Lee

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Detective Dave Robicheaux re-turns to center stage in an incendiary new novel by James Lee Burke. A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier stylists as well as master storytellers. "Not since Raymond Chandler has anyone so thoroughly reinvented the crime and mystery genre," said novelist Jim Harrison, and in Sunset Limited Burke continues to carve out new territory.

Record # 52848

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Taste for Burning, Aby: Bannister, Jo
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Taste for Burning, A
by: Bannister, Jo

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st , 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 56488

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Jack the Ripperby: Gordon, Richard
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Jack the Ripper
by: Gordon, Richard

Hardcover. NY, Atheneum, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. A novel based upon the author's medical research and imagination. Minor tape repair to dj. Previous owner's bookplate front end paper.

Record # 57970

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Warm On a Cold Nightby: Lapington, G.E.
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Warm On a Cold Night
by: Lapington, G.E.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins Press, 1st US, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 60018

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Corkscrew - A Reid Bennett Mysteryby: Wood, Ted
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Corkscrew - A Reid Bennett Mystery
by: Wood, Ted

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st , 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 62017

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Jolie Blon's Bounceby: Burke, James Lee
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Jolie Blon's Bounce
by: Burke, James Lee

Softcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, Uncorr. Proof wraps, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, yellow wrappers. Uncorrected proof. Clean copy.

Record # 66820

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Death of a Dentistby: Beaton, M.C.
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Death of a Dentist
by: Beaton, M.C.

Hardcover. NY, Mysterous Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 70303

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Lestrade and the Magpieby: Trow, M.J.
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Lestrade and the Magpie
by: Trow, M.J.

Hardcover. London, Constable, 1st UK, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 70641

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Polferry Riddle, Theby: MacDonald, Ross
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Polferry Riddle, The
by: MacDonald, Ross

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Crime Club, 1st US, 1931, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Dust jacket flap pasted to front end paper, residue to rear paste-down, internally very good.

Record # 105559

Price: $18.00 
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Mexican Slay Rideby: Weintraub, Sidney
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Mexican Slay Ride
by: Weintraub, Sidney

Hardcover. NY, Abelard Schuman, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket with corner wear.

Record # 107059

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Bribery, Corruption Alsoby: Keating, H.R.F.
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Bribery, Corruption Also
by: Keating, H.R.F.

Hardcover. NY, St. Martins, 1st US, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 108715

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Mallory's Oracleby: O'Connell, Carol
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Mallory's Oracle
by: O'Connell, Carol

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st UK, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black cloth covers with silver titles, silver metallic dust jacket with black graphic illustration and black titles, acetate protective covering to dust jacket. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, covers and pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy. Adopted off the streets as a child by a policeman's family, NYC policewoman Kathleen Mallory had never shaken the wild nature of her youth, and when her adoptive father is murdered during a series of stabbings, she is driven to find the truth. A first novel.

Record # 175332

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Man Of Maybe Half-A-Dozen Faces, The - A Mystery by: Vukcevich, Ray
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Man Of Maybe Half-A-Dozen Faces, The - A Mystery
by: Vukcevich, Ray

NY, St. Martins , 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Like new. 245 pages. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 202767

Price: $12.00 
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Death Artist, The  (SIGNED COPY)by: Santlofer, Jonathan
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Death Artist, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Santlofer, Jonathan

Hardcover. New York , Morrow, 1st, 2002, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. SIGNED BY SANTLOFER on title page. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 303352

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Bride Wore Black, Theby: Woolrich, Cornell
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Bride Wore Black, The
by: Woolrich, Cornell

Hardcover. Franklin Center PA, Franklin Library, reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 213 pages, color frontispiece illustration by Gary Kelley. Deluxe edition by the Franklin Library. Bound in jet black cloth with attractive gilt decorations and titles. Three raised bands to the spine. All edges gilt. Printed on high quality, acid free paper. After a bridegroom is shot on the steps of the church on his wedding day, his widow traces the group of men responsible and eliminates them one by one.

Record # 355809

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Hearse You Came in On, The (SIGNED COPY)by: Cockey, Tim
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Hearse You Came in On, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Cockey, Tim

Hardcover. NY, Hyperion, 1st, 2000, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY COCKEY title page.

Record # 358842

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Hannah Says Foul Play by: Babcock, Dwight V.

Hannah Says Foul Play
by: Babcock, Dwight V.

Softcover. NY, Avon, 1st pbk, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback, 199 pages. pictorial wrappers. Murder Mystery Monthly 38. The third Hannah Van Doren mystery. Light wear, mild soil.

Record # 360112

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Play For Keeps - The Corpse Without a Countryby: Whittington, Harry; Trimble, Louis
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Play For Keeps - The Corpse Without a Country
by: Whittington, Harry; Trimble, Louis

Softcover. New York, Ace Books, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Double Novel. 132/124 pages. Ace Double Novel #D-347. Previous owner's markings on first pages of each side. Light wear to pictorial wrappers. Pages lightly tanned. Creasing and wear to spine.

Record # 368505

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Man of Cold Rages, Theby: Park, Jordan
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Man of Cold Rages, The
by: Park, Jordan

Softcover. New York, Pyramid Books, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Pyramid book # G368. Cover art by Henry Schaare. Light rubbing to edges, pages tanned, otherwise clean and tight copy.

Record # 368528

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Hanging Heiress, The: The case of the Wanton Widowby: Wormser, Richard
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Hanging Heiress, The: The case of the Wanton Widow
by: Wormser, Richard

Softcover. New York, A Signet Book, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Paperbook. Signet Book #787. Light wear on edges. Light creases on wrapper corners and spine. Notation on first page.

Record # 368547

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Never Walk Alone (The Case of the Dowager's Etching)by: King, Rufus
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Never Walk Alone (The Case of the Dowager's Etching)
by: King, Rufus

Softcover. New York, Popular Library Mystery, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 160 pages. Popular Library Mystery # 362. Art by Rudolph Belarski. Light wear to paper wrappers. Pencil markings on rear wrapper.

Record # 368565

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Stranger in Town: A Mike Shayne Mysteryby: Halliday, Brett
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Stranger in Town: A Mike Shayne Mystery
by: Halliday, Brett

Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #914. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Cover art by Robert Stanley. Light spine cock. Notation on first page.

Record # 368589

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Red Hot Iceby: Kane, Frank
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Red Hot Ice
by: Kane, Frank

Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #901. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Light crease and fade to spine. Cover art by Victor Kalin.

Record # 368615

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Crimson Fridayby: Disney, Dorothy Cameron
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Crimson Friday
by: Disney, Dorothy Cameron

Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 2nd, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 288 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #137. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Light crease to front cover. Map on rear cover. Front hinge/gutter cracked. Rubbing to laminate on top front.

Record # 368638

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Death in the Doll's Houseby: Lees, Hannah; Bachmann, Lawrence
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Death in the Doll's House
by: Lees, Hannah; Bachmann, Lawrence

Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #122. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Creasing to covers and spine. Hinge cracked in front.

Record # 368661

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Lustful Ape, Theby: Fischer, Bruno

Lustful Ape, The
by: Fischer, Bruno

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #901. Small ink notation on 1st page. Light creasing to paper wrappers.

Record # 368708

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Last Night, Theby: McPartland, John

Last Night, The
by: McPartland, John

Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1959, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 140 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #909. Small ink notation on 1st page. Light creasing to paper wrappers.

Record # 368726

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Golden Box, Theby: Crane, Frances

Golden Box, The
by: Crane, Frances

Softcover. New York, Popular Library, 1st, 1946, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 219 pages. Paperback. Popular Library Mystery #80. Light crease along spine and top corner worn. Light creasing to paper wrappers.

Record # 368745

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Don't Hang Me Too Highby: O'Sullivan, J.B.

Don't Hang Me Too High
by: O'Sullivan, J.B.

Softcover. New York, Pocket Books/Permabooks, 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 150 pages. Paperback. Pocket Book #1109. Cover art by James Meese. Crease along spine.

Record # 368763

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Murder Is My Business: A Michael Shayne Storyby: Halliday, Brett View larger image
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Murder Is My Business: A Michael Shayne Story
by: Halliday, Brett

Softcover. NY, Dell, reprint, 1945, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback, Dell #326. Map on back. Minor wear, clean.

Record # 369384

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Mouth of the Wolf, Theby: Murray, William
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Mouth of the Wolf, The
by: Murray, William

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 370216

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The Luxembourg Runby: Ellin, Stanley
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The Luxembourg Run
by: Ellin, Stanley

Hardcover. NY, Random House, 1st, 1977, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 370346

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Body Guard: A Devlin Kirk Mysteryby: Burns, Rex
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Body Guard: A Devlin Kirk Mystery
by: Burns, Rex

Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line on bottom edge.

Record # 370376

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Return to the Same Cityby: Paco Ignacio Taibo II
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Return to the Same City
by: Paco Ignacio Taibo II

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press., 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust wrapper. Translated by Laura Dail, first published in Mexico in 1989.

Record # 370431

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Slayrideby: Fancis, Dick
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Slayride
by: Fancis, Dick

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. David Cleveland, the official investigator for the English Jockey Club, is sent to Norway to help investiagte the disappearance of an English steeplchase jockey.

Record # 370746

Price: $35.00 
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King Suckerman by: Pelecanos, George P.
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King Suckerman
by: Pelecanos, George P.

Hardcover. Boston, Little Brown, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 264 pages. Lovely copy with only minor wear to dust jacket.

Record # 370952

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The Blue Rajah Murder by: Harold MacGrath
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The Blue Rajah Murder
by: Harold MacGrath

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran and Co. Crime Club, 1st, 1930, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Poor, Hardcover in black cloth with red stamping. Poor dust jacket with chunks gone from front panel and spine. A group of jewel collectors and dealers gather in the Adirondacks to bid on the mysterious Blue Rajah diamond. Naturally, a murder ensues.

Record # 371081

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ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?by: Brian de Palma, Susan Lehman
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ARE SNAKES NECESSARY?
by: Brian de Palma, Susan Lehman

Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2020, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Paul Mann. When the beautiful young videographer offered to join his campaign, Senator Lee Rogers should've known better. But saying no would have taken a stronger man than Rogers, with his ailing wife and his robust libido. Enter Barton Brock, the senator's fixer. He's already gotten rid of one troublesome young woman--how hard could this new one turn out to be? Pursued from Washington D.C. to the streets of Paris, 18-year-old Fanny Cours knows her reputation and budding career are on the line. But what she doesn't realize is that her life might be as well... Like new.

Record # 372434

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QUARRY'S LISTby: Max Allan Collins
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QUARRY'S LIST
by: Max Allan Collins

Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2015, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Robert McGinnis. When the man he worked for abruptly exits the business, Quarry finds himself in the crosshairs as a rival tries to take over. But what does Quarry have that the new man wants? And how did the beautiful blonde in the swimming pool become a target? Like new.

Record # 372453

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