Softcover. London, Hard Case Crime, 1st thus, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, colorful wraps with a retro-style illustration by Chuck Pyle. When Lee Scarborough came upon the brunette sunbathing topless in her back yard, getting involved in a heist was the last thing on his mind. But somehow that's where he found himself--sneaking through a stranger's house, on the hunt for $120,000 in embezzled bank funds. It looked like an easy score. But one thing stood between him and the money: the beautiful and deadly Madelon Butler. Like new.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY BLOCK on the title page. Clean.
Hardcover. New York, Norton, 1st, 1995, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Near Fine, Hardcover, 220 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Beautiful copy in clear mylar sleeve. The 9th Charlie Bradshaw mystery. Action at the Saratoga horse auctions featuring Charlie's pal Victor Plotz.
Softcover. NY, Penguin Books, reprint, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 359 pages. Vanessa Van Horne investigates the seeming connection between the tearing down of the Aurora Sands Hotel and the mysterious death of wealthy businessman Calder Maddox. Clean, like new.
Hardcover. New York , Random House , 1st, 1956, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 277 pages. Light edgewear, rubbing to bright dust jacket in protective mylar sleeve. Slight creases to pages 239-241. Clean, unmarked copy.
Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover. Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.Remainder line bottom edge.
Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black boards, color illustrated dust jacket with acetate-protection. Mild edgewear to dust jacket, spine stiff and tight, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.
Hardcover. NY, Delacorte, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, A Eugenia Potter Mystery based on characters by Virginia Rich. Light fade to dust jacket spine otherwise very good.
Hardcover. New York, Newmarket Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED BY SWAN on title page.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, previous owner's inscription on front fly leaf, dj price clipped , small abrasion to front panel otherwise very good.
Hardcover. NY, Dutton, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line on bottom edge.
Hardcover. NY, Viking, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line on bottom edge.
Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. When a museum administrator is stabbed to death with a hat pin, popular Boston detective Sarah Kelling must interrupt her seaside idyll to pursue the case.
Hardcover. Woodstock, VT, Countryman Press, 1st, 1990, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, SIGNED BY JACKSON ON HALF-TITLE PAGE. Black boards with cloth spine, color illustrated dust jacket. Slight rubbing to dust jacket, spine stiff and tight, crisp pages; a very clean, tight copy in great condition. Grootka, retired from the Detroit Police Department, returns as a mentor to Fang Mulheisen, and the two lives become dangerously entwined in a thirty-year-old unsolved case of rape and murder.
Hardcover. NY, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket, 199 pages. The author's third novel under this pseudonym, one which combines psychological suspense and detection,as it introduces Detective Chief Inspector Tom Maybridge. Interestingly this was published in the UK under the title "Victims" which brings into focus the fact that the three murder victims were all related to a prominent neurosurgeon, while the US title shifts the focus to the man who gradually becomes the object of suspicion and hate.
Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row, 1st US, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, minor edgewear to dust jacket. Madame Aubry is a lovely seventeenth-century sleuth who does much of her best thinking while in bed with her lover.
Hardcover. NY, Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1st, 1940, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover in putty-color cloth stamped in dark blue. Dust jacket fair with edgewear and a big chunk gone fron bottom of spine. Stated First.
Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A former Las Vegas showgirl names Stacey Wilson is jailed for the murder of her husband, Marvin, a rich playboy whose marriage to the showgirl was a local scandal. Stacey staunchly claims innocence; despite a life sentence, she refuses to disclose her whereabouts on the murder day. When the police see the case as closed, Father Dowling, uncomfortable with the verdict, privately seeks the truth. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Roslyn NY, Walter J. Black, Book Club Ed., 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. Three mystery novels in one volume. Detective Book Club Series. Clean, bright copy. No markings.
Hardcover. NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Meeting a former lover whose real-estate husband has disappeared and been pronounced dead, Doc Ford investigates the woman's suspicions of foul play and finds himself deep in the Everglades, where a big business owner is hatching a scheme to promote his cash flow and personal power. Clean copy.
Hardcover. Roslyn NY, Walter J. Black, reprint, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, illustrated boards. Three complete unabridged mysteries in one volume. Detective Book Club Edition. Clean, bright copy.
Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 144 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #s1246.Light creasing to paper wrappers.
Softcover. Greenwich, CT, Fawcett Gold Medal Publishing, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 158 pages. Paperback. Gold Metal Book #824. Small ink notation on 1st page. Light creasing to paper wrappers.
Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing Company, 1st, 1946, 192 pages. Paperback. Dell Mystery Book #134. Cover art by Gerald GreggRear end paper unglued from hinge. Light creasing to paper wrappers. Covers slightly askew.
Softcover. New York, Pocket Books/Permabooks, 1st, 1953, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 213 pages. Paperback. Pocket Book #975. Cover art by James Meese. Light creasing to covers.
Softcover. New York, Ace Books, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. Double Novel. 135/121 pages. Ace Double Novel #D-321. Previous owner's markings on first pages of each side. Light wear to pictorial wrappers. Pages lightly tanned. Creasing and wear to spine.
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.
Softcover. New York, Avon Book, 1st, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 124 pages. Paperback. Avon Book #479. Light wear to paper wrappers. Spine creased lightly.
Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1947, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #184. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Light paper chipping to spine edge. Map on rear cover.
Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 192 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #829. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Cover art by Robert Schulz. Light crease and fade to spine and front cover.
Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1948, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 239 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #218. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Light crease to front cover. Laminate starting to peel. Map on rear cover.
Softcover. New York, Dell Publishing, 1st, 1957, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 191 pages. Paperback. Dell Book #A146. Minor wear to paper wrappers. Creasing to covers and spine. Ink notation on first page.
Hardcover. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Sheriff Chick Charleston asks Jason Beard, a deputy, to investigate the murder of an oil company stenographer who secretly moonlighted as a prostitute.
Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Matt Scudder title. SHAMUS AWARD WINNER. Block's recovering alcoholic Matt Scudder is an example of an evolving series character. Once isolated by guilt, angst, and booze, Scudder was the quintessential loner. Now, as his never-ending recovery continues, his world has begun to expand. He has a true friend in Mick Ballou, a sidekick in street urchin T. J., and a lover in former hooker Elaine. Hired by the brother of a mentally handicapped vet accused of the murder of attorney Glenn Holtzmann, Scudder finds that the victim was both less and more than he appeared to be. Much to his surprise--because he loves Elaine--Scudder becomes involved with Holtzmann's widow. The resolution of the case is a logical surprise that will leave readers contemplating an indifferent universe.