Search Results: Las Vegas from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Doubleday, 1995. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. The 6th Kat Colorado title. Kat Colorado, Kijewski's chatty, no-nonsense Sacramento PI, is, like Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone, flatly unromantic about her profession even as she's tickled pink by it. In this, her sixth case (after Kat Walk), she's often on the road between Sacramento, where she's investigating a suspicious hit-and-run, and Las Vegas, where she's investigating why Hank, her policeman beau, isn't returning her calls. Courtney Dillard, the young woman killed in the apparent hit-and-run, had left her Mormon family and her church because she felt stifled by their views on the role of women. Her mother believes she was murdered, and Kat, inclined to agree, suspects Courtney's former boyfriend. Meanwhile, back in Vegas, Hank (who still hasn't allayed Kat's suspicions of infidelity) becomes obsessed with the case of a serial killer called the Strip Stalker. Kijewski, winner of the Shamus and… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. 1st ed. Slight spine slant else near fine in dj. A Harry Bosch title. BARRY Award Nominee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little, Brown & Company, 1999. 1st edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A BARRY AWARD Nominee. "Hollywood homicide detective Hieronymous (Harry) Bosch (Trunk Music, 1996, etc.) is up to his very stiff neck in politics, police corruption and racial tension. The echo of the Rodney King case is almost deafening when Howard Elias, an African American lawyer famous for suing the LAPD for racially motivated brutality, is shot dead on the short train run up a steep hill in downtown L.A. known as Angels Flight. Bosch and his team?a black woman named Kizmin Rider and a black man named Jerry Edgar?are assigned the highly sensitive case. Although Bosch sniffs racial and departmental political hokum among the brass, he doggedly focuses on finding the killer, knowing that cops will be among the suspects. It all smells even worse when Bosch discovers signs of evidence tampering by… Read More

N.Y.: Random House, Inc., 1956. 1st edition, so stated. Near fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, $2.75 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Light soiling at rear jacket with black top-stained upper page edges spotted. Very clean unfaded gray cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering and decoration on spine. "John Dickson Carr and others pioneered mystery as slapstick; Elliot Paul merged the genre with surreal farce, with dozens of of continuing eccentric characters tumbling from book to book in ever more outlandish situations, all unified by the superhuman (but never stuffy) figure of Homer Evans." -- Encyclopedia Mysteriosa by William DeAndrea. Trust Homer Evans, that epicurean among detectives, to chose Las Vegas, Nevada, as the newest field for his unorthodox investigations into murder and assorted skullduggeries. In the American capital of sky-high gambling and lavish entertainment, of explosions--temperamental and nuclear--of gangsters and atomic… Read More

N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1987. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. 2nd James Reed title. California and Las Vegas. "Sangster's ex-London policeman James Reed (Snowball), now living in Malibu and divorced from his wealthy actress wife, makes a welcome second outing here. The novel's facile, casual style quickly draws the reader into a satisfying and well-constructed Chandleresque plot dealing with the corruptions of wealth and the deceit it inspires. When Reed plays the good samaritan for an inebriated neighbor he discovers a naked girl going through the man's bedroom safe. The next thing Reed knows, the girl has charged him with rape; which quite sets Reed's temper on edge. The drunk turns out to be reclusive multibillionaire Harold J. Everly, and, in his determination to even the score, Reed unofficially begins working for the tycoon. Almost immediately events escalate and Reed finds… Read More

N.Y.: Forge, 1994. 1st edition, May 1994, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Light soiling to page edges else about fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 3rd Minight Louie title. Las Vegas. "Midnight Louie, the 19-pound feline detective and self-decribed "one cool dude," pads the streets of his hometown Las Vegas in his third case (after Pussyfoot ). From a psychic Birman cat named Karma, Louie hears that danger threatens a gathering of cats; the targets may be the cosseted kitties at the Las Vegas Cat Show or the 73 strays who live with elderly Blandina Tyler. Interfering in his sleuthing is Louie's "little doll," diminutive publicist Miss Temple Barr, who is at the cat show when another Birman is discovered shaved. Temple's neighbor, attractive ex-priest Matt Devine, gets involved while investigating obscene phone calls directed at stone-deaf Sister Mary Monica, who lives at the convent near Miss Tyler's home.… Read More

N.Y.: Tor 1992, 1992. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover.. 1st Midnight Louie title. Murder at the Las Vegas ABA Book Convention. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Forge, 1995. First Edition, May 1995. Top of page edges lightly soiled elde near fine in dust jacket. Midnight Louie, the coolest feline in Las Vegas, returns to tackle the "nefarious dudes" who are plaguing the Crystal Phoenix Hotel. Freelance publicist Miss Temple Barr, Louie's domestic companion, has signed on to redo the hotel's image and is also writing a big production number for the annual Gridiron roast at the hotel. Her finale trots out old rumors about the mob--all in good fun, she thinks, until she's injured during rehearsals. Meanwhile, ex-priest Matt Devine winds up under the suspicious gaze of Lieutenant Molina when the body of his hated stepfather drops out of the ceiling onto a casino gaming table. Louie learns something of his own about family values, as he manages to keep his identity secret from young, sour-faced Midnight Louise until he and his hostile offspring meet up with a third black cat, the formerly seafaring Three… Read More

N.Y.: Ballantine Books, 2006. 1st ed. A few pages damp-stained at edges else near fine copy of this Paperback Original. A blind poker player named Skip DeMarco is scamming the worlds largest poker tournament in Las Vegas, and cheating-expert Tony Valentine and his son, Gerry, have been hired to find out how. DeMarco is tied to some dangerously desperate characters who will go to extremes even cold-blooded murder to ensure that the obnoxious DeMarco wins big.While Gerry flies to Atlantic City to suss out DeMarcos secret, Valentine stays in Vegas and teams up with an aging grifter named Rufus Steele, who has his own score to settle with DeMarco.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

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).

Tulsa: OK: Council Oak Books, 1991. 1st ed., complete number line. Fine, unread copy in dust jacket. Part of the Brown Bag Mystery Series. "Seeing Las Vegas, city of dreams, through the skeptical squint of private investigator J. Pletcher is one of the pleasures of this novel by Biggle, a writer of mysteries and science fiction ( The Glendower Conspiracy ; Monument ). Summoned to Vegas to investigate a keno scam at Diamond D's casino, Pletcher soon discovers the murder of casino employee Harley Dantzig, which he thinks may be related to the scam. Absorbing the background detail which anchors this caper, we learn that keno is patterned on the national Chinese lottery brought to America by coolies; that intricate audiovisual psychology is involved in slot machine jackpots; and that Vegas divides tourists into ``Georges'' who tip or ``toke'' handsomely and ``stiffs'' who don't. Pletcher, helped by amateur detective Leda Rauchman, ``whose face wouldn't launch a… Read More

NY: St. Martin's, 1989. First Edition. with complete number line beginnig with 1. Small piece out at upper corner, slight age toning at page edges . SIGNED and DATED October 1989 by the author on the title page. This is the author's first published book and the first Kat Colorado mystery. WINNER of both the ANTHONY AWARD for Best First Novel and the PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA Best First Private Eye Novel contest. the previous owner has neatly removed the front free endpaper, else very good in very good dust jacket, couple of short tears at head of spine, lightly rubbed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY. NY.: Ballantine Books, 2004. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Tony Valentine, an ex-cop investigator specializing in catching casino cheats in Las Vegas, Nevada, is featured in the fourth book in this fine series on gambling.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Rayo, 2003. First Edition, so stated, June 2003, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Publishers informational sheet laid in with a copy of NYT article on Aguilera. "Garcia-Aguilera... sends her Miami heroine off on a wild Las Vegas adventure in her latest, an engaging thriller/mystery. Esmeralda Navarro, a married, 30ish interior designer, is called to a family meeting by her mother, who announces her plans to try to recover the casino she and her husband owned and ran in Havana before Castro took over Cuba. But the plan has to wait until the family can find Esmeralda's free-spirited sister, Diamond, who doesn't seem to be at her Las Vegas newspaper office or her apartment. Esmeralda temporarily ditches her family and her troubled marriage to go to Las Vegas to find her missing sister. Fearing the worst, she arrives in Sin City with no plan, but fortunately her limo driver, the attractive,… Read More

NY,NY.: Ballantine Books, 2005. 1ST.ED. FINE/FINE. Another great tale in the Tony Valentine - Las Vegas series. A BARRY NOMINEE.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

St. Martin's, 1989. 1st ed. page edges very lightly soiled else about fine. Serial killer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Top of pages dusty, else Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "FBI Special Agent John isn't going any place special in the Bureauhe is too honest and unpolitical. After 15 years of service, he knows that the Las Vegas-based Organized Crime Strike Force is a dumping ground for misfits like himself. But he does have a mission in life, and that is to lock up Tony Parisi, a vicious hood who exercises a stranglehold over the town, partly by intimidation and partly through political connections. Novak's best hope of convicting Parisi lies in the testimony of a lesser hood, Bruno Santoro. Unfortunately, Parisi's gang murders Bruno before the Feds can put him in front of the grand jury. An alternative potential witness against Parisi is rogue cop Eddie Sands, an extortionist and ex-con married to a phony stock and investment scam artist. Eddie would rather die than… Read More

N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1988. 2nd ed. Top of pages dusty, else Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "FBI Special Agent John isn't going any place special in the Bureauhe is too honest and unpolitical. After 15 years of service, he knows that the Las Vegas-based Organized Crime Strike Force is a dumping ground for misfits like himself. But he does have a mission in life, and that is to lock up Tony Parisi, a vicious hood who exercises a stranglehold over the town, partly by intimidation and partly through political connections. Novak's best hope of convicting Parisi lies in the testimony of a lesser hood, Bruno Santoro. Unfortunately, Parisi's gang murders Bruno before the Feds can put him in front of the grand jury. An alternative potential witness against Parisi is rogue cop Eddie Sands, an extortionist and ex-con married to a phony stock and investment scam artist. Eddie would rather die than fink on the other thugs, but agent Novak finally… Read More

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 2003. 1st edition, March 2003, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "The world's only hip-swiveling detective takes on crime in Sin City in Klein's third rollicking Elvis mystery (after Kill Me Tender and Blue Suede Clues), which includes dueling casinos, battling brothels and rival marriage chapels. For novelty, a swarm of killer bees also makes a deadly appearance. Throw into the mix the Strip's most notorious insult comedian, Howie Pickles (rhymes with "Rickles"), an Aquarian Age religious cult and gonzo journalist Digby Ferguson (think Fear and Loathing, complete with firearms and Drugs-'R'-Us), and Viva has something for everybody. Readers unversed in the spiritual urges that assailed Presley in the mid-'60s, however, may find off-putting the King's attraction to a Hare-Krishna commune in the desert hills; his attraction to the… Read More