Search Results: Business and Finance from Murder By The Book

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1971. 1st edition, so stated. Very slight soiling to yellow boards else near fine in dust jacket, lightly soiled, one tiny nick at rear, not price clipped, $5.95 price intact, in protective mylar cover.. Featuring John Putnam Thatcher of Sloan Guaranty Trust. The cardinal has made the decision to close St. Bernadette's Parochial School. They can't find enough teachers, enrollment is down, and costs are up. They have an offer to purchase from a real estate developer, and the church can't afford to turn it down. However, the parents in the neighborhood are not ready to let the school close its doors without a fight. They organize a Parents League and file a lawsuit. Negotiations begin, but neither side is willing to give in. The Sloan Guarantee Trust is handling the multimillion mortgage, so John Putnam Thatcher is stuck in the discussions. Things are at a stalemate, when the president in the league - and the accusing party in the lawsuit - is found murdered… Read More

N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1972. 1st US edition, so stated. Covers moderately soiled, free end papers have tape repaired tear, else very good in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, $5.95 intact, pages beginning to age tone A part-time bondman called Nicholas Maasten tangles with some pretty valuable stamps and what looked like easy money to him turned out to be quite the reverse. All he had to do, he thought, was sell the damned things, then take his cut. But the stamp-carrying act involves him in mayhem, skulduggery, some shady politics that embrace an ex-Nazi, and a hell of a lot of hot money in the shape of bearer bonds (which, as you may know, are paid to whoever has possession of them).. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Bantam, 1989. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Century, 2003. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Jacket still has "As Good As Michael Connely or Your Money Back" sticker. A SHAMUS AWARD WINNER for Best first novel. The stronghold of white-collar crime in the rarefied world of high finance -- this is the setting for Peter Spiegelman's edgy, suspenseful, sharply-honed debut novel. John March, who walked away from his family's venerable merchant bank for the life of a rural deputy sheriff -- a life that would explode in personal tragedy and professional disaster. Three years later, he's back in Manhattan, working as a PI and running from his grief and the expectations of his wealthy family. March takes the case of Rick Pierro, a self-made man who has everything–and who's in danger of losing it all. An anonymous, poisonous threat has implicated him in a vast money-laundering scheme already under… Read More

St. Martin's, 1992. 1st ed., near fine in dj, worn at spine ends with a few cover creases. Set in a Seattle supermarket where the manager is looking at a dead body on the sale floor. Comic. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

N.Y.: Viking Penguin, 1988. 1st ed. very light soiling at page edges else about fine in dj. Author's 1st book. Paul Marston is a free-lance corporate investigator--the guy they call when the books look funny or the deals smell fishy. (Enron; World Com). First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1975. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Remainder line at bottom of pages, else about fine in dust jacket lightly soiled with one scratch at rear panel. As always with books by Emma Lathen, there is an excellent mystery, this time accompanied by a lesson in finance, problems in family owned firms, high priced oriental rugs, and history. . 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Remainder.

Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 2003. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Comic thriller about a ground breaking discovery that could revolutionize energy markets. "Some authors know how to have fun. R.J. Kaiser is one of them."--Detroit News. Dated and SIGNED by the author on title page plus a SIGNED letter to bookstore owner from the author. 456 pages. Attempting to get his miserable life back on track, Jonas Lamb, seeking to redeem himself in the eyes of his son Patrick and his ex-wife, helps Patrick, a brilliant genetic engineer, find financial backing for a revolutionary new energy source, but instead finds himself immersed in a volatile international conspiracy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Harper, 1972. 1st US ed.. slight spine lean, lightly rubbed, small stain at rear else near fine in dj. Catalogue of Crime #1434.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York: Random House Inc, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's acclaimed first novel. An EDGAR, BARRY and MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. An outsider in eighteenth-century London, Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves and is enlisted in an intricate tale of financial skulduggery and multiple murder.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Random House Inc, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. Author's acclaimed first novel. An EDGAR, BARRY and MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. An outsider in eighteenth-century London, Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves and is enlisted in an intricate tale of financial skulduggery and multiple murder.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Winner.

New York: Random House Inc, 2000. 1st ed. Very light wear else near fine in dust jacket with one small nick. Author's acclaimed first novel. An EDGAR, BARRY and MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. An outsider in eighteenth-century London, Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves and is enlisted in an intricate tale of financial skulduggery and multiple murder.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Award Winner.

NY: Bantam, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. "Wall Street headhunters and occasional sleuths Smith and Wetzon are back in this splendid, entertaining mystery, the third to feature Meyers's ( The Big Killing ) irrepressible female duo. Goldie Barnes, managing director of Luwisher Brothers, a top Wall Street firm, plans an announcement that will shock the entire financial community. Before he can make it, he pitches face-first onto a banquet table, dead. As other deaths follow, Smith and Wetzon begin their own investigation. With help from Wetzon's love interest, NYPD detective Silvestri, the pair make some startling--and potentially dangerous--discoveries. Meyers deftly weaves her knowledge of Wall Street's inner workings into the story at no expense to action or pace. Unexpected plot twists add to this thoroughly enjoyable tale." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Pocket Books, 1995. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. A Neil Hockaday title. NYC. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Dell Distributing, 1992. 1st ed. Fine copy of this Paperback Original. A SHAMUS AWARD Nominee book featuring Chicago P.I. Frank Wolf. Wolf's case plunges him into the corruption in Chicago's commodities market.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

Garden City: NY: Crime Club D'day, 1958. 1st ed. Light wear at edges, very lightly soiled else near fine in trimmed dust jacket with stamped dates at inside flap. Features Don Cadee, Chief of Store Protection for Ambletts swank Fifth Avenue store.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Scribner 1994, 1994. 1st ed. Fine, printed wraps. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Murder in a small New England university town. "Oleksiw follows up Murder in Mellingham with another mystery set in the small Massachusetts town. Hank Vinnio, a work-study student at the Massasoit College of Art, is murdered; his body, with his throat cut, is found beneath a toppled shelf of art supplies. Medical evidence determines that the victim's throat was cut after he was knocked unconscious, leading police chief Joe Silva to believe the murder was one of opportunity, not plan. While investigating the school's staff, faculty and student body, Silva uncovers assorted tangled secrets that connect both the wife of the chairman of the painting department and the dour school secretary to the victim. Deftly portraying her eccentric, yet believable, characters from among the school's faculty and staff, Oleksiw re-creates an authentic small-town atmosphere..." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition.… Read More

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Author's 1st novel; Publishers sheet laid in (see photos). "Financial writer Boland hits pay dirt with this sparkling first novel featuring greed, vengeance and murder on Wall Street. In short order, Ben McCarthy, new partner in the respected portfolio-management firm of Canning & McCarthy, confronts a rash of problems: the burglary of the firm's office (although nothing seems to have been stolen); the disappearance of wise, cautious senior partner Jack Canning; and the discovery that Jack seems to have invested heavily and uncharacteristically in a near-bankrupt company whose stock suddenly shoots up at rumors of a takeover bid. The likelihood of SEC insider-trading charges almost ruins the firm; a broker friend of Canning's is murdered; the West Village townhouse Ben shares with his artist wife is vandalized.… Read More

N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1994. First edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first book. financial thriller moving from London to Wall Street to Phoenix to Las Vegas. "A tale of corporate intrigue, Ridpath's first novel is acceptable if not exceptional. Paul Murray is a young ex-Olympian working as a novice securities trader for a London firm. Suddenly, he finds himself investigating a colleague's death, a multi-million dollar investment fraud, and threats to his life and livelihood. The novel moves well, effectively communicating the addictive thrill of high finance, and the ending is compelling...." -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1994. 1st ed. Author's first book. Advance reading copy; financial thriller moving from London to Wall Street to Phoenix to Las Vegas. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).