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Scold's Bridle, The by: Walters, Minette
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Scold's Bridle, The
by: Walters, Minette

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st US, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 5759

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Seacoast of Bohemia, The by: Freeling, Nicolas
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Seacoast of Bohemia, The
by: Freeling, Nicolas

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st US, 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.1st published in the UK 1994. Remainder line top edge.

Record # 5915

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Master of the Moor by: Rendell, Ruth
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Master of the Moor
by: Rendell, Ruth

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 6054

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

This Far, No Further by: Wessel, John
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This Far, No Further
by: Wessel, John

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a dright, unclipped dust jacket. Harding, a former private investigator and an ex-convict, finds himself involved in a deadly domestic case, as he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the girlfriend of a straying husband.

Record # 6101

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, The by: Block, Lawrence
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Thief Who Couldn't Sleep, The
by: Block, Lawrence

Hardcover. NY, Otto Penzler, 1st hardcover, 1994, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 1st hardcover edition of book, first published as paperback in 1966. Black boards with gilt titles to spine, color illustrated dust jacket.

Record # 6142

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Total Control (SIGNED COPY) by: Baldacci, David
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Total Control (SIGNED COPY)
by: Baldacci, David

Hardcover. New York, Warner Books, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. SIGNED by BALDACCI.

Record # 6174

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Moody Gets the Blues (SIGNED COPY) by: Oliver, Steve
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Moody Gets the Blues (SIGNED COPY)
by: Oliver, Steve

Hardcover. Seattle, Off By One, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. SIGNED BY OLIVER.

Record # 6175

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Funny as a Dead Comic by: Cooper, Susan Rogers
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Funny as a Dead Comic
by: Cooper, Susan Rogers

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket with light edgewear.

Record # 6350

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Joey Dee Gets Wise (SIGNED COPY) by: Ermelino, Louisa
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Joey Dee Gets Wise (SIGNED COPY)
by: Ermelino, Louisa

Hardcover. New York, St. Martin's Press , 1st, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 1st book, SIGNED BY ERMELINO. Stamped #s on front end paper, & half-title page.

Record # 6357

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Family Values (SIGNED COPY) by: Constantine, K.C.
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Family Values (SIGNED COPY)
by: Constantine, K.C.

Hardcover. New York, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1997, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 216 pages. SIGNED BY CONSTANTINE. Lovely copy in clear mylar sleeve.

Record # 6864

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Tourist Trap by: Smith, Julie
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Tourist Trap
by: Smith, Julie

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line bottom edge.

Record # 7325

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Cezanne Chase, The (SIGNED COPY) by: Swan, Thomas
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Cezanne Chase, The (SIGNED COPY)
by: Swan, Thomas

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.

Record # 7334

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Michigan Roll by: Kakonis, Tom
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Michigan Roll
by: Kakonis, Tom

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's Press , 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 288 pages in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Author's 1st book.

Record # 7598

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Dime to Dance By, A by: Walker, Walter
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Dime to Dance By, A
by: Walker, Walter

Hardcover. NY, Harper & Row , 1st, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a bright unclipped dust jacket. Author's 1st book.

Record # 7730

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Angle of Attack by: 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
Price: $12.00 

Player on the Other Side, The by: Queen, Ellery
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Player on the Other Side, The
by: Queen, Ellery

Hardcover. NY, Random House , 1st, 1963, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn dust wrapper. Previous owner's initials front end paper.

Record # 7855

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Hardcover by: Warga, Wayne
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Hardcover
by: Warga, Wayne

Hardcover. NY, Arbor House, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, bright copy. Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 7863

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Move, The by: Simenon, Georges
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Move, The
by: Simenon, Georges

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace World, 1st US, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 148 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Clean, tight copy. With minor wear to covers and dust jacket edges.

Record # 7887

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Freedom Trap, The by: Bagley, Desmond
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Freedom Trap, The
by: Bagley, Desmond

Hardcover. London, Collins, 1st UK, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Small red ink heart top front end paper, otherwise VG. Dust jacket w/edgewear, chips.

Record # 7930

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Captain Cut-Throat by: Carr, John Dickson
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Captain Cut-Throat
by: Carr, John Dickson

Hardcover. New York, Harper, 1st, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Blue covers, black spine with gilt titles, color illustrrated dust jacket with acetate protective covering. Light rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, light age discoloration to endpapers, previous owner's pencil notations to rear endpaper, pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy.

Record # 8474

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Puss In Boots by: McBain, Ed
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Puss In Boots
by: McBain, Ed

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Dust jacket price clipped. Nice, bright copy.

Record # 8556

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

End of Solomon Grundy, The by: Symons, Julian
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End of Solomon Grundy, The
by: Symons, Julian

Hardcover. London, Crime Club, 1st, 1964, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Nice, bright copy. Lacks dust jacket.

Record # 8645

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Kaddish In Dublin by: Brady, John
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Kaddish In Dublin
by: Brady, John

Hardcover. Toronto, HarperCollins, 2nd pr., 1995, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 8742

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Assize of the Dying, The by: Pargeter, Edith
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Assize of the Dying, The
by: Pargeter, Edith

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Crime Club, 1st, 1958, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover in a lightly worn and chipped dust jacket.

Record # 8784

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Money Men/One-Shot Deal by: Petievich, Gerald
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Money Men/One-Shot Deal
by: Petievich, Gerald

Hardcover. NY, Harcourt Brace Janovich , 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Author's 1st book. Nice, bright copy with a dust jacket.

Record # 8786

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Master Key, The by: Togawa, Masako
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Master Key, The
by: Togawa, Masako

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead , 1st US, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Nice, bright copy.

Record # 8881

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Fever Tree, The by: Rendell, Ruth
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Fever Tree, The
by: Rendell, Ruth

Hardcover. NY, Pantheon, 1st US, 1983, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, bright copy with a dust jacket.

Record # 8944

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Fatal Impressions by: Warga, Wagna
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Fatal Impressions
by: Warga, Wagna

Hardcover. NY, Morrow, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Nice, bright copy.

Record # 8975

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Life's Work: A Harry Stoner Novel by: Valin, Jonathan
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Life's Work: A Harry Stoner Novel
by: Valin, Jonathan

Hardcover. NY, Delacorte Press, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket. Nice, bright copy.

Record # 8992

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Heartstones by: Rendell, Ruth
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Heartstones
by: Rendell, Ruth

Hardcover. London, Hutchinson, 1st UK, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Nice, bright copy. Hardcover in an unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 9128

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Midnight Mail, The by: 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
Price: $12.00 

Monster In the Pool, The by: Livingston, Armstrong
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Monster In the Pool, The
by: Livingston, Armstrong

Hardcover. Indianapolis, Bobbs Merrill , 1st, 1929, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover with no dust jacket. Spine lettering faded. Light soil. tight copy.

Record # 9873

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

White Moll, The by: Packard, Frank L.
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White Moll, The
by: Packard, Frank L.

Hardcover. NY, George Doran, reprint, 1920, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 306 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. No colophon on (C) page. Spine cocked.

Record # 9933

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Saratoga Headhunter (SIGNED COPY) by: Dobyns, Stephen
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Saratoga Headhunter (SIGNED COPY)
by: Dobyns, Stephen

Hardcover. New York, Viking, 1st, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 208 pages. SIGNED BY DOBYNS ON TITLE PAGE. Blue covers with black spine, color illustrated dust jacket with mylar-protective covering. Dust jacket lightly chipped, though still very neat and tight with mylar, unmarked boards, crisp pages; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 10177

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Anderson Crow Detective by: McCutcheon, George Barr
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Anderson Crow Detective
by: McCutcheon, George Barr

Hardcover. NY, Dodd Mead , 1st, 1920, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 353 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. B&W illust by John T. McCutcheon. Previous owner's bookplate front end paper.

Record # 10185

Price: $30.00
Price: $30.00 

Raising the Dead by: Simon, Roger L.
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Raising the Dead
by: Simon, Roger L.

Hardcover. NY, Villard, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 10539

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

House of Stairs, The by: Vine, Barbara
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House of Stairs, The
by: Vine, Barbara

Hardcover. London, Viking, 1st, 1988, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 282 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Third novel published by "Vine", psuedonym of Ruth Rendell.

Record # 10545

Price: $20.00
Price: $20.00 

Death of a Perfect Mother by: Barnard, Robert
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Death of a Perfect Mother
by: Barnard, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st US, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Review copy w/slip laid-in. Very good in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 10829

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

School for Murder by: Barnard, Robert
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School for Murder
by: Barnard, Robert

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st US, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 10833

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Point No-Point by: McCullough, David Willis
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Point No-Point
by: McCullough, David Willis

Hardcover. NY, Viking Press, 1st, 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. Remainder line on bottom edge.

Record # 10856

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Damaged Goods by: Solomita, Stephen
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Damaged Goods
by: Solomita, Stephen

Hardcover. NY, Scribners, 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclpped dust jacket. When her revenge-hungry ex-husband, Jilly, is unexpectedly released from jail, Ann Kalkadonis fights for her four-year-old daughter's life when the latter is kidnapped by Jilly and a former cellmate.

Record # 10861

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Fugitive Colors by: Maron, Ross
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Fugitive Colors
by: Maron, Ross

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

Record # 11151

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Cheetah Chase, The by: McQuillan, Karin
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Cheetah Chase, The
by: McQuillan, Karin

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

Record # 11407

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Tied Up In Tinsel by: Marsh, Ngaio
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Tied Up In Tinsel
by: Marsh, Ngaio

Hardcover. London, Collins Crime Club, 1st, 1972, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Hardcover. Dust jacket w/ edgewear, chipping.

Record # 11725

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Case of the Lone Star, A by: Friedman, Kinky
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Case of the Lone Star, A
by: Friedman, Kinky

Hardcover. NY, Beech Tree, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 189 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Lovely copy in clear mylar sleeve.

Record # 11847

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Native Tongue (SIGNED COPY) by: Hiaasen, Carl
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Native Tongue (SIGNED COPY)
by: Hiaasen, Carl

Hardcover. New York, Knopf, 3rd printing, 1991, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, INSCRIBED BY HIAASEN ON TITLE PAGE. Blue boards, red cloth spine with gilt titles, bright color illustrated jacket with acetate protective covering. Slight rubbing to acetate covering, otherwise dust jacket, covers and pages clean, crisp and unmarked; a very clean, tight copy in great condition.

Record # 11904

Price: $25.00
Price: $25.00 

Kiss of Fire, A by: 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

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Last Client of Luis Montez by: Ramos, Manuel
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Last Client of Luis Montez
by: Ramos, Manuel

Hardcover. NY, St. Martin's , 1st, 1996, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Record # 12302

Price: $12.00
Price: $12.00 

Ability to Kill, The/ True Tales of Bloody Murder by: Ambler, Eric
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Ability to Kill, The/ True Tales of Bloody Murder
by: Ambler, Eric

Hardcover. NY, Mysterious Press , 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. This first American edition of collected true-crime pieces from the '50s and '60s by the master author of Epitaph for a Spy, Journey Into Fear, The Light of Day et al. belongs on every fan's bookshelves. Ambler's polite, leisurely stroll down memory lane is a delight. He deals with classic villains from England (Jack the Ripper), Scotland (William Burke and William Hare) and France (Marcel Petiot) along with more recent miscreants: England's James Hanratty (1961) and America's Raymond Finch and Carole Tregoff (1960). Ambler also turns his good-natured, sharp eye on film-writing and the pleasures of Maxim's, and there are lovely semifictional pieces on spies and spy-spotting. Especially delicious is the tale of "Annettee" in 1937 Tangier. There's nothing heavy here, and even Ambler's opposition to the death penalty is quietly posited. His new introduction has its share of graceful nuggets, too.

Record # 16184

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 

Bitter Medicine by: Paretsky, Sara
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Bitter Medicine
by: Paretsky, Sara

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.

Record # 16195

Price: $15.00
Price: $15.00 


  

Used & Collectible Mystery & Crime Fiction

The mystery section collects used, rare and out-of-print crime, detective and suspense fiction. Golden-age puzzles, hardboiled thrillers, and modern police procedurals all get shelf space. You'll find Elmore Leonard's Touch, Joseph Wambaugh's The Black Marble, Michael Dibdin's The Dying of the Light and Ross Thomas's Out on the Rim.

Hardboiled and classic-puzzle readers alike will find plenty here, including H.R.F. Keating's The Strong Man and signed copies such as George Higgins's Trust. Editions run from paperback reading copies to collectible first-edition hardcovers in original jackets, and scarcer titles tend to move quickly.

Since these are used and rare books, condition and availability vary by copy. Order your next mystery online.