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New York: Bell Publishing Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight with . light foxing top edge; minor rubbing to jacket.. 1990. Reprint; First Printing. Hardcover. Hundreds of questions about every Christie case - the crimes, the criminals, the clues, the detectives, the supporting players, and more. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 185 pages .

New York: St Martins Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Light stain top edge; jacket with . wrinkle and small tear top edge back panel.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. When a string of murdered young women are found violated by a floral calling card, the NYPD launches an all-out effort to catch the killer who is dubbed "The Lover." ; 8.3 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches; 262 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light wrinkling to top edge of jacket.. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. "In his eleventh mystery, Roberts once again displays his deft hand at creating an engaging plot set in Cleveland alive with everything from its ethnic neighborhoods and its flavorful food to a believable cast of characters". ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 308 pages .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; No library markings except for a . discard stamp on front endpaper. Two small dots bottom edge. Light edge . wrinkling to jacket.. 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Philip Wardman, an ordinary young man, sports one eccentricity: a neurotic fear of violence and death. Like Ferdinand, he likes to smell the flowers, particularly those in his mother's garden, where stands a statue of the goddess Flora, who over time has come to represent all the female virtues. Imagine Philip's consternation when, at his sister's wedding, he encounters a living incarnation of the marble Flora: Senta Pelham, an actress happily contemptuous of conventional morality. She comes to him that night. But Senta has a dark side. Where death frightens Philip, it fascinates her. She proposes a wicked test: to prove his love he needs to kill. ; Ex-Lib; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 259 pages .

Pleasantville: Impress. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Part of The Best Mysteries of All . Time series. Light abrasion top corner front board.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Ellery Queen moves into a furnished house in a small town in New England in order to have peace and quiet while writing a book. However, he becomes involved in an on-again-off-again wedding and a case of arsenic poisoning. ; 8.5 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 357 pages .

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. A pair of unconscionable deaths separated by miles and years threatens to bring shocking revelations that could destroy careers, reputations, cherished myths and fragile lives. ; 6.12 X 1.25 X 9 inches; 400 pages .

New York: Doubleday Crime Club. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has small tear to bottom edge . of back panel; light edge wear.. 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. When the director of a chemical firm disappears and a biochemist is found dead, Chief inspector Kate Maddox investigates and finds a tangled web of deceit and murder. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 181 pages .

New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket wrinkled at bottom edge of back . panel.. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. "The acclaimed author of Shooting At Midnight has penned a thriller like no other...the no-holds-barred story of a bodyguard with the ultimate assignment: protecting a woman who also happens to be the most hunted killer in the world". ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 351 pages .

New York: Crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Light spots of soil top edge.. 1993. First American Edition. Hardcover. A mesmerizing story of the obsessive love between a mother and a daughter and its connection to a series of deaths near a remote English manor, magnigicent in its hilltop isolation. ; 8.3 X 5.3 X 1.1 inches; 302 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Soho. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Hint of lean, tiny stain bottom edge . near back board; tiny tear top edge back panel jacket.. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. If the young and beautiful Lady Tradescant didn't try to poison her elderly husand, Sir Seyour, than who did? ; An Antonia Darcy And Major Payne Mystery; 8.5 X 5.7 X 1.0 inches; 320 pages .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with light . edge soil. Jacket with light vertical crease to front panel along the D's. . Debut novel introducing Dr Temperance Brennan, director of forensic . anthropology for the province of Quebec.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. When a female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in trash bags, Temperance detects an alarming pattern—and she plunges into a harrowing search for a killer. But her investigation is about to place those closest to her—her best friend and her own daughter—in mortal danger; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 411 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread; jacket with edge wear . and light scratches.. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. Hired by Cloisterham choirmaster Jasper John to ascertain the fate of his nephew, Edwin Drood, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson set out to solve the mystery that Dickens wrote about in his last, unfinished novel. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 176 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; 1986 Anthony Award nominee for Best . First Mystery. Author's debut novel. Red dot bottom edge and small stain . top edge. Jacket has light edge wrinkling and back flap crease.. 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. When Professor Theron returns to thank the man who gave him a tip on a hundred-to-one longshot, he discovers the man has been murdered. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 249 pages .

New York: Triangle Books. Good with no dust jacket; Front endpaper missing. Wear to spine ends. . Expected browned pages.. 1945. Reprint. Hardcover. Eccentric multimillionaire Cadmus Cole hires Ellery Queen to investigate a case but won't say what it is. When Cole dies mysteriously at sea, Queen and his partner, Beau Rummell, must navigate a thicket of complications that includes a fifty-million-dollar legacy, two beautiful but avaricious women vying for the inheritance, a will with some odd provisions, and even a phony Ellery Queen. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 325 pages .

New York: Van Rees Press. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards darkened, edge soil, and bottom . corner bump.. 1914. Reprint. Hardcover. Collection of 24 short stories featuring Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective. [Barzun & Taylor 4085]: "A pioneering use of 'soul analysis' (psychoanalysis) in conjunction with the usual scientific analysis of material clues..." ; 7.75 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 379 pages .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Minor edge wrinkle to back panel of . jacket.. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Dope dealers, hollywood agents, two-bit criminals, three-bit criminals, waitresses, psyhcopaths, rock stars, strippers, beautiful women, not so beautiful women, and desert rednecks-no one comes out clean in this raucous romp-and-stomp. It's John Ridley at his most devilishly sly, laying out proof that, without a doubt, everybody smokes in hell. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 236 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket with light crinkles and wear.. 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. After getting shot in the line of duty, New Jersey state police officer Doug Brock has been busy rebuilding his life and he hopes that he can continue to recover with the help of an amnesia support group. It isn't until fellow group member Sean Conner approaches him after a meeting that Doug realizes the trouble is just beginning. ; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.1 inches; 320 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Good with no dust jacket; Pink boards. Spine faded somewhat, as is the top . edge. Corner bumps and wear to spine ends.. 1958. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. It's Christmastime, and young Ellery Queen has been invited to spend the holidays at a house party. During the eleven nights before Christmas, a series of anonymous gifts begin to arrive, each with increasing menace. Ellery tries to discover their source and meaning but to no avail. Finally, on the twelfth night, things turn deadly. Unable to solve the murder, Ellery returns to it decades later when he happens upon his diary. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 244 pages .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with a . slight lean. Jacket has edge browning, staining to back panel and chip . with loss to spine heel.. 1965. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Detective Richard Queen is determined to find the killer of a young fashion designer, even if he has to enlist the help of his father. A murder takes place in a Park Avenue penthouse and there's bound to be a suspect or three...The McKell family are all under suspicion. Ashton McKell is a wealthy and respectable businessman who had a relationship with the deceased and so this made him number one suspect. Lutetia McKell, his wife, was the second to be arrested, and their handsome son Dane, who falls in love all too easily, the third. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 183 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket; Terra-cotta boards with green-stained top . edge and map endpapers. Book has minor edge wear and light foxing to fore . edge and bottom. Only the flaps of the jacket remain and are laid in.. 1954. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. No Ellery or Inspector Queen here, but there is a murder and a trial. 'He (EQ) has written a novel expressed only incidentally In terms of mystery, a novel whose theme is uppermost in the minds of all thoughtful Americans today. ' Today being the 1950s and theme being the start of the Cold War and the impact on democracy. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 217 pages .