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New York: Avon Books. As New. 2006. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Trace of spine creasing . Paperback Original, Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 416 pages. A Knights Templar Mystery, No. 1. The knights templar were warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until an avaricious king savagely destroyed the order. One knight, however, escaped the stake, vowing justice for his murdered brothers. With scores of merchants streaming into Devon to participate in the Tavistock fair of 1319, a goodly amount of unlawful activity is expected. No one, however, anticipates a murder. The guests of Abbot Robert Champeaux, former Knight Templar Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock, bailiff of Lydford, have been asked by their host to investigate the grisly discovery of a headless corpse by a local butcher. Hunting a killer in the din and bustle of the fair could prove a daunting task, especially with the victim's identity a mystery. But Sir Baldwin… Read More

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Fine. 2007. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. 275 pages. Templar Knight Mysteries, No. 1. After years of captivity in the Holy Land, Templar Bascot de Marins escapes with injuries to his body and soul. Now on sojourn at Lincoln Castle, he hopes to regain his strength, and mend his waning faith-but not even the peace of God's countryside is safe from the mortal crimes of man... When four victims are found slain in the town alehouse, Bascot discovers that what appears to be the grisly end to a drunken row is in fact a cunning and baffling case of murder. Bascot tracks his quarry from bawdy-house to baron's keep, once again risking his life for the justice of God's will. .

New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. Fine. 1997. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Debut novel. 300 pages. Dead Letter Mysteries .

New York: Ballantine Books. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.75 x 7.25 x 4.25 Inches. 242 pages. A Jesus Creek Mystery, No. 6. For Meredith Bradley *Jesus Creek's most successful businesswoman *life has been no bed of roses even though she's the proprietor of the Back Door Florist shop. Now, while other Jesus Creekers are partying at the grand opening of her daughter-in-law's NewAge tea room, Meredith Bradley is murdered. Who did it? And why? Warmhearted cop Kay Martin hasn't a clue. Perhaps Meredith's illegitimate daughter is the culprit. Perhaps members of the mysterious Brotherhood of Strength. Or one of the mayor's extraterrestrial friends. With Chief Reb Gassler gone fishing and the rest of the J.C.P.D a tad short on brains, Kay has a hard row to hoe, especially since she'd do anything to help the bereaved family. Anything at all. Except cover for a killer. . . . .

New York: Ballantine Books. Near Fine. 1995. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.82 x 6.86 x 4.21 Inches. 288 pages. An Emma Lord Mystery, No. 5. At forty-two, newspaperwoman Emma Lord decides she needs time off to do some soul-searching. But her old Jag breaks down in the picturesque Pacific Northwest town of Port Angeles, and instead of finding herself, she ,s helping friends find the truth about a grisly discovery: a skeleton in their basement. The bones belong to those of an unknown young woman, buried in a crumbling mansion nearly a century ago. A crushed skull, a garnet earring, a locket containing a telltale keepsake *all whisper of tragedy. Ancient photographs reveal more. But Emma has to fish in dark and dangerous waters to get the whole story of a wealthy, ruthless family, a story that twists and turns to a shocking conclusion that should never be told.... .

Westminster, MD: Fawcett Books. Very Good. 2002. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Light spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 314 pages. An Alpine Mystery, No. 15. Not even in Alpine, Washington, could the death of octogenarian Jack Froland be considered big news—except by his drinking buddies at Mugs Ahoy. But that suddenly changes when in the middle of the funeral, Jack’s widow hysterically insists that he was murdered. Emma Lord, publisher of The Alpine Advocate, who is already investigating a threatening letter received by the town’s beautiful blonde judge, now suspects she has two hot stories to unravel. Backed by her House and Home editor, that bottomless repository of scandal Vida Runkel, she prepares for a triple-threat special: murder, blackmail, and—as wildfire sweeps the mountainside— possible arson as well. But success will not come cheap. With a killer roaming the woods, it may cost Emma her life. . . . .

Toronto: Worldwide Library. Fine. 1994. Reprint. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.75 x 6.75 x 4.25 Inches. 253 pages. A Sergeant Marian Larch Mystery, No. 5. A madman points a gun at the NYPD’s Marian Larch, and prepares to pull the trigger. She charges, disarming him before he can fire the shot. The gun skids to the feet of Agent Curt Holland, who presses it against the madman’s head and blows him away. It was the right move, but that doesn’t make it legal. To save Holland’s career, Larch testifies that she was the one who fired the final shot. She doesn’t care what happens; she doesn’t want to be a cop anymore. Even when Internal Affairs rules the shooting a righteous kill, Larch plans to quit at the end of the week. But a lot can happen in seven days. When an actress friend asks Larch for help after her Broadway theater is robbed, NYPD’s toughest female detective stakes out the Great White Way—and discovers a highly theatrical murder .

New York: Dell. Near Fine. 1989. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. 181 pages. Benedict Cotteral, an elderly writer, living out his last days at his son's home, receives a visit from his long-forgotten illegitimate daughter and becomes a suspect in her murder .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Very Good+. 2010. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 336 pages. A Cackleberry Club Mystery, No. 3. The ladies at the Cackleberry Club café are busy preparing for Halloween. But someone's jumped the gun on the tricks. As mayoral candidate Chuck Peebler leaves the café, he gets struck with a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. And when another murder occurs on the historical society's Quilt Trail, the Cackleberry Club needs to sniff out the bad egg-before he strikes again. .

Toronto, CAN: Worldwide. As New. 2016. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 314 pages. A Posadas County Mystery, No. 4. Posadas Register reporter Linda Real barely survives her nighttime patrol with one of Undersheriff Bill Gastner's deputies. He is killed by a more accurate shotgun blast than the one that ruins her face. Teamed with his intuitive, observant detective Estelle Reyes-Guzman and her usual sharp eye for physical evidence, Bill implicates Tammy Woodruff, the thrill-seeking daughter of the local Republican County Chairman, in the brutal assault. Before he can interrogate her, though, Tammy hightails it. Soon she is found crushed to death after her truck goes off the road while she's loaded with booze - in fact, far too much alcohol, for anyone to have consumed.... .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Very Good. 2004. Paperback Original. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.94 x 6.54 x 4.17 Inches. 290 pages. A Solace Glen Mystery, No. 1. First in a heartwarming new series. When the matriarch of the town of Solace Glen suffers a fatal heart attack, she begs the town's maid and confidant, Flip Paxton, to find three letters hidden for generations by the women in her family. As strange and dangerous things occur, Flip is left to untangle the mystery of the letters--as well as the mysteries of her heart. .

New York: A Signet Book. Very Good. 1974. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Reading crease on front cover . No spine crease. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Signet 6152. . 157 pages. When a diplomat’s daughter falls in love with a man suspected of murder, he goes in search of the truth in this classic from the legendary mystery author.The kids call it spring break, but their parents know it by its true name: debauchery. Every Easter, hormone-crazed students pile into cars and drive thousands of miles to the beach to lose themselves in an orgy of beer, sand, and sex. Keith Rollins and Cheryl Pemberton are two such revelers: college sweethearts planning to marry the moment they graduate. But in the heat of a party, the couple gets separated; the next morning, the girl is found raped and murdered beneath the pier and Rollins is the prime suspect. Though Rollins is never convicted of the crime, the cloud of suspicion lingers over him. Years later, he becomes engaged to the… Read More

New York: Bantam Books. As New. 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. No spine crease. 1.08 x 6.88 x 4.18 Inches. 400 pages. A Tres Navarre Mystery, No. 1. Everything in Texas is bigger...even murder. Meet Tres Navarre...tequila drinker, Tai Chi master, unlicensed P.I., with a penchant for Texas-size trouble. Jackson "Tres" Navarre and his enchilada-eating cat, Robert Johnson, pull into San Antonio and find nothing waiting but trouble. Ten years ago Navarre left town and the memory of his father's murder behind him. Now he's back, looking for answers. Yet the more Tres digs, trying to put his suspicions to rest, the fresher the decade-old crime looks: Mafia connections, construction site payoffs, and slick politicians' games all conspire to ruin his homecoming. It's obvious Tres has stirred up a hornet's nest of trouble. He gets attacked, shot at, run over by a big blue Thunderbird - and his old girlfriend, the one he wants back, turns up… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good. 1991. Mass Market Paperback. Some wear at top and bottom of spine. Mild spine crease. 259 pages. A V. I. Warshawski Mystery, No. 4. Private eye V. I. Warshawski has reluctantly agreed to drive her young friend Consuelo Alvarado, sixteen and pregnant, and Consuelo's punk husband, Fabiano, to a job interview. Without the escort, Faviano probably wouldn't go. Then Consuelo goes into premature labor and V. I. Must rush her to a nearby hospital. At the hospital, V. I. Observed how slowly the emergency room staff went to Consuelo's aid. Then she learns Consuelo's doctor has been brutally murdered. So V. I. Finds herself on an investigation that will leave her with her apartment ransacked, her face slashed, and her sympathies pulled in too many directions. .

New York: A Signet Book. Near Fine. 2011. First Edition Thus. Tall Mass Market Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 413 pages. A Richard Jury Mystery, No. 22. Richard Jury is still dealing with the guilt of the accident that sent Lu Aquilar into a coma. But then he gets assigned the case of a beautiful woman who was murdered on the grounds of a pub called the Black Cat. And the only witness is a black cat. The woman is unidentifiable-but Jury is going to see that the person responsible is known to all... .

New York: Berkley Books. Very Good. 2000. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine creasing. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 441 pages. A Kay Scarpetta Mystery, No. 10. The discovery of the decomposed body of a stowaway aboard a cargo ship arriving in Richmond from Belgium leads Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta on a perilous international odyssey from Virginia to Paris on a mission that could destroy her career and threatens her own life and the lives of everyone she loves .

New York: Twilight. Very Good. 1999. Mass Market Paperback. Very minor shelf wear . A clean, tight, probably unread book. First Avon Twilight printing April 1999 with full number line. . 372 pages. Anna Pigeon Mysteries, No. 6. When a fellow ranger is injured in a caving accident, Anna chokes back the willies of claustrophobia and joins the rescue team. Burrowing 800 feet below ground, she negotiates airless tunnels, gaping pits, vaulting caverns and silently flowing rivers, each hazard with a daunting name like Razor Blade Run. As she reaches her friend, she hears her say, "It wasn't an accident. " Set in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. .

New York: Avon. Near Fine. 1999. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. 1.02 x 6.92 x 4.16 Inches. 384 pages. Anna Pigeon Mysteries, No. 6. When a fellow ranger is injured in a caving accident, Anna chokes back the willies of claustrophobia and joins the rescue team. Burrowing 800 feet below ground, she negotiates airless tunnels, gaping pits, vaulting caverns and silently flowing rivers, each hazard with a daunting name like Razor Blade Run or the Wormhole. At the end of the dangerous descent, she reaches her friend and hears her say, 'It wasn't an accident.' A would-be killer is drawing Anna Pigeon deep into the darkness-and closer to hell than she's ever gone before. .

Toronto: Worldwide. Very Good. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. Slight spine crease. 252 pages. A Connor Westphal Mystery, No. 5. Buford the bullfrog is dead! Connor Westphal, the feisty deaf publisher of the weekly EUREKA! Jumps into the annual Jumping Frog Jubilee festivities when her sidekick and main squeeze, Dan Smith, is retained by Buford's jockey to find the "murderer. " With the help of Sheriff Elvis Mercer and the eccentric denizens of Flat Skunk, Connor and Dan think it'll be a snap, until the sheriff's son Jeremiah comes under suspicion-- and a human body surfaces in Critter's Creek, along with a lot more dead frogs. Connor knows Jeremiah is innocent, and with the aid of a new blind friend, sets about finding out who is killing the frogs--and people-- at Calaveras County. .

New York: Warner Books. As New. (1939) 1991. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.62 x 6.75 x 4.12 Inches. 224 pages. An Ernest Lamb Mystery, No. 1. Craddock House was so full of squabblers, gossips,.-feuding family, and eavesdroppers that Ross Craddock's killer must have felt quite at home. There was Lee Fenton, Ross's first cousin, heard calling Ross "a swine" and subsequently sleepwalking (so she claimed) into the victim's flat. There was the lovable spinster aunt whom Ross was cruelly evicting and who just happened to enter the house at 2:00 A.M.--in time to see a figure fleeing. And there was the beautiful blood-smudged Mavis Grey, quite capable of looking after herself; and Bobby Foster, Mavis's enraged suitor, who managed to leave his fingerprints all through the house.Indeed, with so many clues and suspects throwing themselves at Inspector Lamb, how could he possibly notice the deadliest one of all? .