Search Results: Fiction, Mystery from Bytown Bookery

New York: Bantam Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0553350021 . Black faux leather boards with gilt titles on cover and spine. Marble free end-papers. Previous owner's blind stamp on half title page, no other marks in book. Very clean, tight copy. Top of spine bumped." Agatha Christie Mystery Collection"; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 194 pages .

Harper Perennial. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2002. Trade Paperback. 0060932171 . Trade Paperback with light corner bumping, clean & bright interior and black remainder mark on the bottom text block. In very good++ condition. " When Stewart, his roommate, dies in an accident, an aspiring writer named Cal pretends that Stewart's novel-in-progress--a masterpiece, especially compared to Cal's lame efforts--is actually his own. The book is published, acclaimed, and snapped up by the movies, and Cal becomes rich and famous. Then Stewart's old girlfriend threatens to tell the world the truth. "; Remainder; 0.65 x 8.04 x 5.32 Inches; 254 pages .

Toronto, Ont.: Viking. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0670844691 . First Edition. Black hard boards. Near Fine in a very good unclipped dust jacket. "In his fifth powerful crime novel, a htiman is out to get the Vancouver homicide detective Claire Parker. Frank Wright, last seen in Hot Shots, flies into town to plot her death, hired by a man with a bad grudge against the lady cop." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 224 pages .

Harper Collins / Phyllis Bruce. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0002005867 . Blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. Stated First Edtion and signed by the author to the title page. In Fine condition with a tight binding and a bright, unmarked text. Very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good++ condition with light cover rubbing. "You read about these things in the newspapers, Daniel Fielding thought when Denise did not return to the car. A moment of brief pity for those whose ordinary lives are shattered by a sniper’s bullet, a burning house, a kidnapped child. He had often wondered how people moved past these tragedies. Some, he supposed, never did." ; Ex-Library; 8.60 X 5.40 X 1.10 inches; 243 pages; Signed by Author .

Signet. Very Good. 2004. Paperback. 0451213653 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition with a solid binding and a clean, unmarked text. Light cover scuffing and edgewear. "The "USA Today" bestselling author delivers a suspenseful, emotional new story of sisterhood, secrets, and lies--a story of women who must unravel the truth about a long-ago tragedy and discover the truth about themselves in the process." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 402 pages .

Ballantine Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0345439007 . Blakc hard covers. Tight, bright & unmarked with very light spine end bumping. Both the book and the DJ are in Very Good+ condition. Book of The Month Club. "After a ten-year separation, Conrad Voort meets his childhood pal Meechum Keefe for drinks in Greenwich Village, and finds him frightened and depressed. Within hours, Meechum disappears -- and the only clue Voort has is a napkin upon which Keefe has scrawled five names." ; Book Club Edition; 9.20 X 6 X 1.50 inches; 464 pages .

Onyx. Very Good. 2001. Mass Market Paperback. 0451409930 . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good, a solid binding with clean & unmarked pages. Cover edgewear and scuffing, spine creasing. "Susannah Cannon is about to meet Carla Reeves. Both are single, both live alone, both are highly successful and have much in common. However, Carla is dead, horribly mutilated and murdered in her bed. As Susannah investigates the case more deeply, she realises that a serial killer is on the loose. "; 6.60 X 4.20 X 0.90 inches; 312 pages .

Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Metal. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Mass Market. B002M591A6 . Mass Market Paperback in very good condition. This is a squared, tightly bound copy with an unmarked interior. Cover rubbing and some edgewear, small crease to the front upper right hand corner. "Another great Matt Helm adventure." ; Matt Helm; Vol. 6; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 144 pages .

Kensington. Very Good. 2008. Mass Market Paperback. 0758211945 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good++ condition. Squared with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. Small piece torn of off the front free endpaper top edge with light spine creasing. "As autumn splashes color across the small Mississippi River town of Serenity, newly divorced Brandy Borne is on the brink of going crazy after her ever-impossible mother quits the local theater group. She comes up with a brilliant idea for preserving her sanity and keeping Mother busy: open their own booth at the new antiques mall in town. But they are about to cross paths with a killer... "; Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery; Vol. 3; 6.80 X 4.20 X 0.70 inches; 288 pages .

Penguin UK. Very Good+. 2008. Paperback. 014103064X . Trade Paperback in Very Good++, tight, bright & unmarked with moderate cover wear. "ASBOs may be the pride and joy of New Labour, but they don't cut much ice with Horace Rumpole - he takes the old-fashioned view that if anyone is going to be threatened with a restriction of their liberty then some form of legal proceeding ought to be gone through first. Not that Hilda agrees, of course, but she's too busy completing her memoirs to dissuade him from taking an interest when one of the Timson children is given an ASBO for playing football in the street." ; 7.72 X 5.20 X 0.63 inches; 196 pages .

Obsidian Mystery. Very Good+. 2012. Mass Market Paperback. 0451235517 . In Very Good+ condition with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked interior. Light spine creasing. "Hayley Snow's life always revolved around food. But when she applies to be a food critic for a Key West style magazine, she discovers that her new boss would be Kristen Faulkner-the woman Hayley caught in bed with her boyfriend! Hayley thinks things are as bad as they can get-until the police pull her in as a suspect in Kristen's murder." ; 6.69 X 4.17 X 1.10 inches; 310 pages .

Forge Books. New. 2007. Mass Market Paperback. 0765352265 . Mass Market paperback in New condition. "When Maggie's dear mentor Roger, the executive director for the Creative Artist's Union, is found dead in a bathroom, it makes big time news--especially when it's revealed that he was wearing a ladies' silky red garter belt and bra. Maggie is determined to find Roger's killer." ; 6.60 X 3.90 X 0.90 inches; 340 pages .

Leisure Books. Near Fine. 2002. Paperback. 0843950412 . Mass Market in Near Fine condition, tightly bound, unmarked with very light spine creasing. "When New York City detective Frank Balloro follows a trail of blood from the curb outside his apartment to an alley, a naked man runs and is hit by a cab. Before he dies, the man whispers, "Atmosphere." ; 6.70 X 4 X 0.90 inches; 348 pages .

New York: Harper & Row Publishers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1972. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Book Club Edition, cream colored boards with brown lettering on spine, spine ends are slightly bumped. Previous owners blind stamp and date on front free end paper. Bottom edge has foxing. DJ shiney, some edgewear and back cover has some staining. "A Van der Valk Thriller - For Piet Van der Valk it was just another ordinary case. No crime had been committed. It was just a matter of following a lead on a wealthy Amsterdam jeweller. But two bullets put paid to curiosity. For Piet Van der Valk, this ordinary case turns out to be his last." ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 187 pages .

United Kingdom: Paperbooks. Fine with no dust jacket. 2006. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 0955109418 . Like new Trade Paperback, ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 346 pages .

Orion Books Ltd. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0752825402 . Black Hardcovers in Fine+ condition. The DJ is unclipped, Fine condition and protected by a clear plastic covering. "Stuart Roberts is a mild-mannered, shy accountant suffering from nightmares in which he remembers committing violent murder. However, these are killings with a difference: they took place nearly 30 years before Stuart was born. PI Grace Smith reluctantly takes on the case." ; A Grace Smith Investigation; 5.5 X 1.1 X 8.25 inches; 311 pages .

Orion Books. Very Good+. 2001. Paperback. 0752838474 . Trade Paperback in Very Good++ condition, a tightly bound, unmarked copy with light cover edgewear and rubbing. "When journalist India Kane travels from Sydney to the outback town of Cooinda for a reunion with her friend Lauren, she has no idea of the town's appalling history. There, forty years earlier, an entire Aboriginal family had been massacred. Locals renamed the town Blood Junction. India's car breaks down on the way, and she is offered a lift into Cooinda from a passing motorist. But when she arrives, Lauren is missing. And the next morning, India is arrested for Lauren's murder." ; 9.10 X 6 X 1.10 inches .

Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. 0525946438 . Black hardcovers in Near Fine condition, tightly bound & unmarked with light spine end bumping. The DJ is in Fine condition. A BOMC book. "Max Freeman's old life ended on a night that will haunt him for ever. The night he killed a twelve-year-old child in self-defence in a Philadelphia shootout. The night he stopped being a cop. Now he lives an existence of solitary confinement on the edge of the Florida Everglades, where he answers to no one but the demons that eat away at his conscience. "; 9.10 X 6.20 X 1 inches; 320 pages .

Ballantine Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0345458931 . Tan / black hardcovers, gilt titles to the spine. First Edition, First Printing, August, 2004. This copy is in Near Fine condition with light bottom corners bumping. Tight, bright, unmarked. The DJ is unclipped, Near Fine with very light cover wear. "Returning home from Paris, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is greeted by a nightmarish scene. Slumped in a car in her driveway is a dead woman, a gunshot wound to her head. Cops and neighbours stare at her as she approaches; and when Maura looks into the car, she understands why. The body on the front seat is her mirror image. In the autopsy that follows, Maura discovers more and more parallels between her and the dead woman, right down to their identical blood group." ; 8.30 X 5.80 X 1.30 inches; 339 pages .

Ivy. Very Good+. 1994. Paperback. 0804111758 . Mass Market Paperback in Very Good condition with a solid binding, a clean, unmarked text and cover edgewear. "Ted is having a rough time. Just before Galaxy Foods grand reopening, Ginger Jessup, the store's glamorous TV promoter, and the old owner's young girlfriend, is found dead in the cereal section. Ted prays the killer is one of the old man's truly obnoxious relatives, but they've all got allibis. As for Ted's own staff, its seems there's murder on the shelf." ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 180 pages .