Search Results: GEORGIA from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Harper Collins, 1991. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "The feisty heroine of this charming, neatly crafted mystery, Kate Mulcay is a self-reliant widow, an Atlanta news hound who lives alone in a backwoods cabin and occasionally covers the police beat. Then a neighbor, Garney Wilcox, is murdered. A local businessman disliked by nearly everyone, Wilcox is the victim of extreme overkill--poisoned, bludgeoned and electrocuted, he is mourned by few save his sweet, octogenarian stepmother, Miss Willie, who stuns everyone by promptly confessing to the crime. Sibley ( Turned Funny ), herself an Atlanta journalist, gives Kate free rein in protecting Miss Willie from her own intentions while uncovering dark deeds ranging from rape to incest to drug-running. Old Nelson Eddy-Jeanette MacDonald songs, a raging pit bull, Girl Scout cookies, a "beeper" that vibrates instead of… Read More

Wichita, KS, U.S.A.: St Kitts Press, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Georgia in the 1950's. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: N A L, 1999. 1st edition, June 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine, unread copy. Paperback Original. Atlanta locale. Temporarily relieved from his homicide duties, police detective C.R. Payne is working undercover in Atlanta's seediest hangouts. Pretty tame stuff--until a patron of one of the local bars is found dead in a nearby motel. And when he uncovers the victim's powerful political connections, he figures that solving this case is his ticket back to the job he loves. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Book.

Aurora: CO: Write Way Publishing, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in pictorial spiral bound wraps; 2nd Trudy Roundtree title; Georgia locale; advance reading copy. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett, 1998. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original featuring mystery novelist Jennifer Marsh. Author's first book.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Putnam, 1997. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED by the author. The fourth book featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon. Anna investigates the crash of a drug interdiction plane on a national seashore on a small island off the coast of Georgia.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 2005. 1st. Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A Sarah Linton, medical examiner mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon 1989, 1989. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED and DATED 10/14/89, year of publication at front free end paper. "Three compelling plot lines are woven into a tautly drawn suspense novel by the author of Chiefs ; not a whodunit or a howdunit, but a how-does-it-all-connect. After years as chief of staff for a venerable Georgia senator, Will Lee decides to run for the seat himself when a stroke cripples his mentor. Standing in his way are an ambitious governor in the Democratic primary and, possibly, a far-right fundamentalist in the general election. In addition, Will must interrupt his campaign to serve as the defense lawyer in a controversial race-murder trial, while elsewhere, a dedicated ex-cop pursues the head of a Klan-like vigilante group that's been carrying out gangland-style killings." -- PW . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1996. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Slight crease to spine, reading crease, else near fine copy of this PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. Highly regarded as it was a finalst for four awards: An ANTHONY, AGATHA, EDGAR AND MACAVITY NOMINATED PBO. After a self-imposed exile in England, historian Gale Grayson has returned to her Southern roots, only to find eccentric relatives--and murderous scandal--alive and well in Statlers Cross, Georgia. They’d been talking about Linnie Glynn Cane since 1925, about the pecan tree where she was found hanging, and how her ghost never came to rest. No sooner do Gale and her four-year-old, Katie Pru, arrive in town than tragedy strikes again. Martin Cane, a straitlaced, religious man and host of the annual Southern Gospel Singing and Barbecue, turns up dead--killed by a rifle blast--in the midst of the festivities. Now it is up to Gale to untangle the twisted facts behind Martin’s death. Was the motive suicide, greed,… Read More

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1998. 1st edition, June 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Second in the series. "Julia Lambros narrates this very contemporary cozy in which she assists in the running of her husband's Greek cafein Delphi, Georgia. Nick and Julia have a cute dog, a huge and endearing cook, Spiro, from Crete, and an interesting way of fitting their urban ethnicity into their small southern town--they're sleuths. The death of a young interracial couple's baby brings protesters when the child is buried in a white cemetery, and although few mourn the murder of the preacher who sparked the protest, few are surprised when the child's mother, April, caught on video with the gun, is arrested. Julia believes firmly in April's innocence, however, especially when thugs attack April's husband while he guards his son's grave. Although the themes are dark--racism, drink and… Read More

NY,NY.: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st. Ed. FINE/NEAR FINE. By the author of " Chiefs " This is a story of a politcal battle in Northern Georgia that soon turns into dirty, deadly politics. DJ shows minimal wear, else fine.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: HarperCollins, 1994. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Uniform age toning throughout text block, else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "When Patti McNair is senselessly blown away in an Atlanta carjacking with her young son asleep on the back seat, her cousin Callahan Garrity suspects that it may not have been a random act. Callahan is a part-time PI, a former Atlanta cop, and the full-time owner of the House Mouse cleaning service, catering to wealthy Atlanta suburbanites. She sweeps into action, tapping all of her best contacts, despite her family's insistence that she leave widower Bruce and his children alone. There are just too many unanswered questions. Why has Patti's sister moved in with Bruce and the kids? Why has Bruce split with his law partner to team up with a clutch of seedy comedy-club owners? Callahan threads her way through project gangs, a tax-starved public infrastructure, and her… Read More

N.Y.: Morrow, 1979. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Light soiling to page edges, else near fine in dust jacket, lightly rubbed, a couple of small, light scrathes, in protective mylar cover, not price-clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: HarperCollins, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in fine dust jacket. A SHAMUS AWARD Nominee. Atlanta attorney Jack Hammond.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Minotaur Books, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. This copy has been SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, jointly as Philip Lawson, and then also as themselves; Michael Bishop and Paul Di Filippo. "In the aftermath of his father's death, Will Keats's life finally seems to be settling down to some semblance of normalcy again in his new home with Adrienne and her daughter Olivia. Olivia is a bright, lively eight-year old who loves nothing more than The Wizard of Oz, except maybe her pony, Roogy Batoon. Until Will looks out during a sudden autumn thunderstorm to see Roogy running free. Leaving Olivia in front of her favorite video, Will goes to retrieve the pony. But when he returns to the house, Olivia is gone, and a trail of muddy bootprints indicates she didn't leave on her own. The trail leads to the door of Adrienne's disreputable ex-husband, Byron,… Read More

N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1999. 1st edition, September 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Reading crease else a near fine copy of this PAPERBACK ORIGINAL. "Nadianna Jesup, a pregnant young photographer from rural Georgia, is visiting Mayley, a village in Yorkshire, England, on an arts grant when she discovers a burned corpse floating in a river. No one, including historian Gale Grayson, Nadianna's companion on the trip, believes her, except for a local religious group that thinks she has witnessed a vision from God. Strange events surrounding the old mill that Nadianna and Gale are documenting bring to light tensions among some of the colorful inhabitants of the town, including Chalice Hibbert, a six-foot-seven mute; her employer, potter Olivia Markham; and Gerald Thornsby, a thief-turned-preacher who opposes Olivia's efforts to turn the abandoned mill into an artist's mall. In this, her latest mystery featuring Gale Grayson, Holbrook (The Grass Widow) intersperses her… Read More

N.Y.: Dodd Mead & Company, 1942. 1st ed. Some spine discoloration, lightly soiled else near fine, in home-made acetate dust jacket. WINNER of the RED BADGE PRIZE CONTEST. Author's First Book. Lucius Hunt; Georgia setting . "Asimple, nest and honest job of murder in a luxury Georgia hotel, sleuthed by the State Bureau of investigation but solved by their thorn-in-the side, Mr. Hunt, whose connections with underworld characters make him a prime suspect. Many blind , but ultimately Hunt forces the officials to accept his version of the crime and clears himself. Aboveboard -- good going." -- Kirkus Review. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Harper Collins, 1997. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Murder of a would-be micro-brewery owner in Atlanta investigated by Callahan Garrity.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY,: Dell Publishing, 1978. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, $8.95 intact, with protective mylar cover. Near fine in dust jacket, a couple of small nicks, crease at inside flap.. Author's first book. Made into the movie of the same name in 1981, directed by and starring Burt Reynolds as Sharky and Rachel Ward as the young woman he has to protect.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.