Search Results: Mystery and Detective from JimsOldBooks

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover crime novel. The story involves the disappearance of a police detective on his way to Quantico for FBI training, and the efforts of his wife, also a detective, to find out what happened. 324 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Little Brown, 1997. Some yellowing to the pages, otherwise a good clean tight copy in similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover crime story. 282pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Bantam Press, 1996. A good clean tight copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover novel. The story deals with a solitary misfit who, after finding his old school reports, decides to take revenge on his old teachers. 254pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robson Books, 1977. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to the spine ends and corners of the red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book, the second in the author's series of novels featuring the Los Angeles based private detective Jacob Asch. 224pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline, 2012. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers. Sticker on front cover ''Signed by the author at Waterstone's'', and signed ''Quintin Jardine'' on title page. The third of the author's Primavera Blackstone stories set in Spain. 378pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Bloomsbury, 2005. A crease to the spine and to top corner of back cover, some yellowing to the pages, also some corrugation to outer edge of pages where water has been spilled at some point, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover novel. A psychological thriller set in the Australian outback. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "To ... with best wishes, Lesley Glaister". 327pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Ann Arbor: Bloody Brits Press, 2009. A crease to top corner of front page and to first few pages of text, a few tea(?) stains to edges of first ten pages or so, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. The first of the author's "Fizz and Buchanan" mysteries set in Scotland featuring an Edinburgh lawyer (Tam Buchanan) and his sidekick /clerk "Fizz" Fitzpatrick. Originally published in hardback in 1998. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "To .... with thanks, Joyce Holms". 239pp.. Signed by Author. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Severn House, 1987. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover crime novel. The story involves a man fleeing from the criminals who have killed the private investigator whose office was next door to his, and avoiding arrest by the police who believe that he was the killer. 256pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1995. A very good clean tight copy in similar unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover novel by the author of ''The Greenway''. No price shown on inner flap of dustwrapper, number line on rev of title page runs from 9 to 1. The story deals with a woman visiting her grandparents who raised her after her mother was killed, and her dying grandfather's visions of a hanged woman. 278pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Constable, 2000. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. Part of the publisher's ''Constable Crime'' series, this is the second of the author's three stories set in Greenland featuring the Inuit policeman Sergeant Tomas Larsen. 240pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1966. Unclipped dustwrapper is generally creased and worn along the edges, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. The second (first was "Elusive Witness") of the author's stories featuring the reporter Adam Benson, this one is set in Miami and involves him covering the disappearance of an anti-Castro rebel escaped from Cuba, and a British trans-Atlantic yachtswoman. 192pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Little Brown, 2000. Very slight creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise ia very good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel. 326pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hornchurch, Essex: Ian Henry Publications, 1982. Minor creasing to the edges of unclipped dustwrapper, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover novel set in Capetown, South Africa with the story based around the illegal gambling game known in Chinese as Fah Fee (and elsewhere as the Numbers Racket). Originally printed in South Africa in 1973, this is the first British edition. 188pp.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1966. Ex library copy with remains of paper label on back panel of unclipped dustwrapper, remains of another label on f/ep, ink stamps on f/ep, title page and rev, a few small ink marks inside front and back cover made by previous readers (this was quite common with library books: readers would make small marks in the book so they knew that they had read them). Some creasing and a couple of small tears to edges of dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of black boards, otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this hard-cover book. One of the author's sixteen detective stories featuring Chief Inspector Broom, this one is set in a small Cornish village where Broom finds himself helping the local police while on holiday there. 192pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Gemma Halliday Publishing, 2013. A very good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine or covers, of this soft-cover book. A lightweight murder mystery, the fourth in the author's series featuring the insurance investigator ''Amber Fox''. 210pp.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 2015. A very good clean tight copy on similar, unclipped dustwrapper of this hard-cover book. The story involves a woman who, on returning from her honeymoon, discovers a dead man in her Edinburgh flat. Signed by the author on title page ''To ... with very best wishes, Louise Millar''. 389pp.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1935. No dustwrapper, Some fading to the spine and wear to the spine ends of red boards, but black titles on spine are still clear. A previous owner's name written in pencil on second (blank) page, otherwise a good tight copy of this 1930s mystery novel. Originally printed in September 1933, this is a reprint from May 1935. 320pp.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Pan, 2017. Slight creasing to spine, minor scuffing to outer corners of cover, some rubbling to gilt title on front cover, but otherwise a god clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. The seventh in the author's series of mysteries set in Shetland. Signed by the author to previous owner on title page "For ... with best wishes Ann Cleeves". 387pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company Inc, 1946. No dustwrapper, some minor old water-marking to outer edges of red boards, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, gilt titles on spine are faded but still readable, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover mystery novel. The story, set in small-town Massachusetts, involves a newly-arrived doctor trying to prove that a woman did not poison her husband, a mentally-unstable but influential citizen. 220pp. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Judy Piatkus, 1993. Minor creasing to the edges of the unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover crime novel. The author's second crime fiction novel featuring the female New York detective Nikki Trakos. 197pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.