Search Results: Toronto from Murder By The Book

New York, NY, U.S.A.: D A W Books, Incorporated, 1993. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Paperback Original, fine, unread copy. Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum is the scene of two deaths--murders, not accidents. Only three people have a hint anything is wrong--Henry, a 450 year-old-vampire, his comrade in supernatural investigations, ex-cop Vicki Nelson and Police Detective Mike Celluci, her former partner who is convinced the murderer is a mummy brought back from the dead. . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

Bridgehampton: NY: Bridge Works Publishing, 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. The ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD Winner for Best Novel. The 2nd Ellis Portal title. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.: Perserverance Press, 2000. 1st ed. Someone wrote that it was an EDGAR AWAFRD Nominee( it was) in ink at front end paper else about fine copy of this Paperback Original. set in Toronto, Canada. BARRY AWARD WINNER for Best Paperback Original. Joe Barley, a part-time lecturer in English Literature and part-time security guard, is alerted by his maid to the disappearance of another of her employers, Rosie Dawn, a student of classics who is working her way through school by being an exotic dancer and the mistress of a fast-food entrepreneur. The novel also involves campus politics--a student tries to exploit the nervous administration over its minority policies.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2002. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Inspector Charlie Salter title. Toronto. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002. 1st ed. Literary agency's label at front end paper else a near fine copy in very lightly rubbed dust jacket, price clipped. Author's first novel. An ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1988. 1st US edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. bottom of rear cover worn, page edges lightly soiled, else very good in dust jacket, couple of closed tears, rubbed at rear bottom, with protective mylar cover. "Deft characterization draws the reader into a cutthroat world of computers, technology, mergers and takeovers in this well-written mystery by the Canadian author ( By Reason of Doubt ). Jane Tregar, a headhunter for Orloff Enterprises, is asked to find a replacement for Gary Levin, vice-president of finance for BTS, a Toronto-based software company in the midst of transition. Levin had been found dead of an apparent heart attack in a locked computer room. Jane has strong reservations: BTS president Brian Taylor seems to be withholding important information, and rumors are flying over the cause of death. She takes on the job, however, because she has not had a big commission and is afraid her boss is looking for an excuse to fire her...Godfrey… Read More

N.Y.: Scribners, 1990. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "A series of house burglaries--well organized except for the unexpected murder--lead to the poisoning death of famous singer/actress Clara von Hohenkammer at her lavish Toronto home. At first Inspector John Sanders suspects one of her family; then, after tracing the theft ring to her house, he widens his range. As in Murder in Focus (Macmillan, 1989), Sanders's love Harriet Jeffries assists. The plot flows smoothly for the most part, unhampered by in-depth characterization and enlivened by the on-again-off-again nature of John and Harriet's relationship." -- Library Journal . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Toronto: PaperJacks, Ltd., 1986. 1st edition, April 1986. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, reading creases, edgewear, a few minor creases, a middle set of pages are age toned but not most the book. A very good copy. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel. Toronto. Author's first book. As a dangerous killer stalks women on the streets of Toronto, a young schoolgirl is kidnapped in what appears to be an unrelated incident. But as Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders examines the evidence, he uncovers a disturbing web of false identities, drug trafficking, and worse, police corruption. Racing against time, can Sanders put all of the puzzle pieces together in time to protect those he cares about most? Scarce. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Doubleday, 1985. First edition. Fine in wrap-around dust jacket. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD NOMINNEE for Best Novel. Insp. Andrew Coggin; Toronto; Theatre. Mystery ensues when Bruno Montefiore, singing the role of Cavaradossi, is murdered during the final firing squad scene of a performance of Tosca, just before his wife's, Madame Csizamadia-Horvath, final aria. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Toronto, ON, Canada: Collins Crime Club, 1983. 1st ed. Although printed in the U.K. this edition had no price on the dust wrapper flap and Canadian Copyright data on the title page and copyright page for the Canadian market only. Winner of the ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD for Best Novel, Winner of the Crime Writers Association's JOHN CREASY MEMORIAL DAGGER AWARD for Best First Mystery Novel, Winner of the City of Toronto Book Award.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1991. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Boruvka, the melancholy Prague detective, has escaped from a Communist prision in Czechoslovakia to Toronto. There he helps to solve a murder of a beautiful, promiscuous woman, together with her stockbroker brother and his girlfriend, who runs a feminist detective agency. What looks like a simple crime of passion turns into an intricate whodunit, involving Czech spies, Nazi war criminals, hired assassins, would-be aristocrats, and three waves of Czech emigres. This satisfying crime story, the fourth and the best in the Boruvka series, is also a playful, witty, and humorous look at the foibles of the Canadians and the immigrant Czechs and the confrontation of the two cultures." --LJ. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Wichita, KS: St. Kitts Press, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. A cozy set in a country mansion featuring Manziuk and Ryan. Toronto setting. Author's first mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

TORONTO, CANADA: McCELLAND & STEWART, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. A Canadian author writing about the French-English problem in Canada. Toronto. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Akashic Books, 2008. 1st editin of this Trade Paperback Original. Very slight cover curl else about fine. Features 16 brand-new stories by: RM Vaughan, Nathan Sellyn, Ibi Kaslik, Peter Robinson, Heather Birrell, Sean Dixon, Raywat Deonandad, Christine Murray, Gail Bowen, Emily Schultz, Andrew Pyper, Kim Moritsugu, Mark Sinnet, George Elliott Clarke, Pasha Malla, and Michael Redhill."Most U.S. readers will be surprised to learn from the editors' introduction to this fine addition to Akashic's noir series that Toronto is North America's most multicultural metropolis outside of Miami. That diversity is well served by the volume's 16 selections, only one of which is by an author likely to be familiar to American mystery fans. Peter Robinson (Friend of the Devil and 16 other Inspector Banks novels) demonstrates his mastery of the short story with Walking the Dog: Lloyd Francis's attractive wife, Laura, begins a torrid affair with a model, Ray Lanagan, and before long Laura… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1998. First edition, October 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by the author at the title page. 1895 Toronto setting. Desperate women, rich and poor, come to her in need of help - and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients' condition, her contempt and greed leaves them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly's squalid kitchen. Now, Detective Murdoch isn't sure if he's hunting one murderer - or two.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martins, 1998. First edition, October 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. The second in this talented Canadian author's William Murdoch series, set in 1890's Toronto. Desperate women, rich and poor, come to her in need of help - and discretion. Dolly Merishaw is a midwife and an abortionist in Victorian Toronto, but although she keeps quiet about her clients' condition, her contempt and greed leaves them resentful and angry. So it comes as no surprise when this malicious woman is murdered. What is a shock, though, is that a week later a young boy is found dead in Dolly's squalid kitchen. Now, Detective Murdoch isn't sure if he's hunting one murderer - or two.The second in this talented Canadian author's William Murdoch series, set in 1890's Toronto.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.