Search Results: Mystery & Detective from Shellhouse Books

Mantle, 2012. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dustjacket. The 14th Inspector Montalbano mystery, a first printing in excellent condition.

Methuen, 1986. 1st edition of each title. Hardcover of the second-named, in 1986. Fine in fine dustjacket. The first-named - the first in the author's Beiderbecke trilogy - is a softcover original from 1985, a little edge-worn. A very nice pairing of the first two comedy thrillers in the sequence, charting the relationship between Trevor Chaplin and Jill Swinburne, schoolteachers in Leeds, who can't help falling into a curious and murky crime world, for example when they accidentally find themselves in possession of a tape concerning high-level government nuclear plans. Memorably filmed for tv with James Bolam and Barbara Flynn, against the wonderful Beiderbecke soundtrack. Scarce.

Century, 1989. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine, just a touch of page-edge browning, in fine dustwrapper. The third Dave Robicheaux mystery, in very nice condition.

Picador, 2006. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author John Banville under this pseudonym, being his first crime novel, featuring Quirke, the head of the pathology department of a Dublin hospital. One of the Daily Telegraph's ' 50 Crime Writers To Read Before You Die '.

Collins for the Crime Club, 1930. 1st edition. Hardcover. A very rare example of the true first of this early crime novel by the Coles. The orange boards are in very good condition, a little crimped at the spine ends. There is a little spotting to the front text block, but almost none on the pages themselves, and the binding is nice and square. The book is housed in an exact copy of the original dustwrapper, in blue with black lettering. Extremely scarce., as is the laid-in signature of G.D.H.Cole

HarperCollins, 0. 1st edition of each book (2001, 2002). Hardcover. Signed by the author to the title pages. The second and third of his excellent Cooper and Fry detective stories, set in Derbyshire. Both volumes are fine in fine dustwrapper. The second-named title also has the rare promotional postcard with the author's signature.

Macmillan, 1981. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket, not price-clipped, smidgen of paling to the spine lettering as is common. A nice copy of the fifth Inspector Morse novel, which in 1984 was televised as the first-ever episode in the long-running series Morse, with John Thaw in the title role.

Little, Brown and Company, 2017. 1st edition, 2nd impression. Hardcover. Near fine black boards, very clean pages, in a very near fine dustjacket, not price-clipped. Very nice, and rather scarce copy of the author's debut crime novel, centering on the murder of three members of a family in a small Australian country town during the worst drought for a century. Terrific crime novel, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award, now an acclaimed film starring Eric Bana.

Little, Brown UK, 2017. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine boards and pages, in a very fine dustjacket. An exceptionally nice copy of the author's debut crime novel, set in a small Australian town in the grip of a severe drought, receiving superb reviews and made into an excellent film starring Eric Bana. Multiple award-winner, including the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel and the Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year.

Little, Brown and Company, 2017. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in like dustjacket, an extremely nice copy of the elusive first UK impression of the author's debut crime novel, set in a small Australian country town in the grip of a severe drought. ' A satisfyingly complex, impressively airtight plot ready-made for cinema ' (Tim Robey), and indeed the film of the same starring Eric Bana appeared to considerable acclaim in early 2021. Multiple award-winner, including the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Best First Crime Novel, and the Sunday Times Crime Book of the Year..

Heinemann, 1999. 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very fine in like dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the author's eighth Venetian crime novel featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti.

Gollancz, 1933. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original black cloth, slightly marked, nice sturdy binding, good red spine lettering; very clean pages, some spotting to the text blocks, no inscription. A near fine copy of the first printing of Sayers's second collection of short stories, four featuring Lord Peter Wimsey, and six featuring Montague Egg, her travelling salesman sleuth, with two other stand-alone stories. Extremely scarce.

Gollancz, 1932. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very good original black boards, nice spine lettering, some spotting to the text blocks, occasional spot internally else the pages very clean. Overall, a near fine copy of the author's very scarce seventh work, a locked-room mystery, to feature the detective Lord Peter Wimsey.

Constable, 2001. 1st edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author and dated 28.08.01. Very fine in like dustwrapper. Lovely copy of the very collectable first book featuring detective Joe Sandilands involved in murder and mystery in the final days of the Raj.

Hamish Hamilton, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustwrapper. The author's first crime novel, introducing DS Kathy Kolla and DCI David Brock. Shortlisted for the John Creasey Award for best first crime novel.

Gollancz, 1933. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original black boards, very slight rubbing to front, nice red lettering to spine, small repair to spine fold, sturdy binding. Light spotting to text blocks and to first and last couple of leaves, else the pages are very clean. Overall a very nice copy of the extremely scarce first printing of the author's eighth book to feature her detetctive Lord Peter Wimsey.

Faber, 1988. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustwrapper, some slight page tanning as is usual with this book. An exceptionally nice copy of the first of the author's Aurelio Zen crime novels.

John Long, 1945. 1st edition. Hardcover. Original red boards with silver lettering, very clean and tidy pages, small initials in corner of fpd, tiny repair to head of spine, slight wear at foot to spine fold, else looking very nice and bright. Signed by the author on his own Ex-Libris plate loosely inserted. This fifth Paul Temple mystery is, in short, a very good, and very scarce, copy.

Picador, 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. A first printing of the third of the author's Inspector Montalbano novels, which is by far the hardest in the series to find at all, let alone in good condition. This copy is in excellent state, and very scarce thus.

Picador, 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket, not price-clipped, no foxing or internal markings. An unusually nice copy of the second of the author's Inspector Montalbano novels set in Sicily. Surprisingly scarce in such condition.