Maigret on the Riviera (English and French Edition)
Harcourt, April 1988. First American. Hardcover. Clean, square, near fine. More
Mystery & Crime
How Can I Help You
G.P. Putnam's Sons, July 2023. Hardcover. From the author of Looker comes this "compulsive and unforgettable novel" (Mona Awad) of razor-sharp suspense about two local librarians whose lives become dangerously intertwined. No one knows Margo's real name. Her colleagues and patrons at a small-town public library only know her middle-aged..... More
John Le Carre: The Biography
Harper Paperbacks, November 2016. Trade Paperback. An insightful and highly readable portrait of a writer and a man who has often been as elusive and enigmatic as his fictional heroes." --Michiko Kakutani, New York Times The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from..... More
Laughing Policeman
Vintage Books USA, December 1992. Paper Back. Superintendent Martin Beck seeks the murderer of nine passengers on a Stockholm bus, one of whom was his best detective. With its wonderfully observed lawmen (including the inimitable Martin Beck), its brilliantly rendered felons and their murky Stockholm underworld, and its deftly engineered..... More
Man on the Balcony
Vintage Books USA, June 1993. Paper Back. Someone is killing young girls in the once-peaceful parks of Stockholm -- killing them after having his way. The people of Stockholm are tense and fearful. Police Superintendent Martin Beck has two witnesses: a cold-blooded mugger who won't say much and a three-year-old..... More
After That Night: A Will Trent Thriller
William Morrow & Company, August 2023. Hardcover. WATCH WILL TRENT ON ABC! "Enter the world of Karin Slaughter. Just be forewarned, there's no going back." --Lisa Gardner Will Trent and Sara Linton are back in an electrifying thriller featuring GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton from New..... More
Undone (Georgia, #1)
Random House Inc. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Unseen: A Novel (Will Trent)
Delacorte Press, July 2013. Hardcover. "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER Karin Slaughter's novels featuring detective Will Trent are utterly riveting and masterfully drawn. Her latest thriller, "Unseen, "pits detectives, lovers, and enemies against one another in an unforgettable standoff between righteous courage and deepest evil. Will Trent is a Georgia Bureau..... More
Girl in the Eagle's Talons: A Lisbeth Salander Novel
Knopf Publishing Group, August 2023. Hardcover. #1 INTERNATIONAL BEST SELLER - Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series - Also known as the Millennium series "Lisbeth Salander is back--and maybe better than ever. Karin Smirnoff's take is both respectful of..... More
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Today Show Book Club #8)
Anchor, February 2003. Trade Paperback. Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe--with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi--navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good humor..... More
Precious and Grace: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (17)
Anchor Books, May 2017. Trade Paperback. Fans around the world adore the bestselling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series and its proprietor, Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective. In this charming series, Mma Ramotswe--with help from her loyal associate, Grace Makutsi--navigates her cases and her personal life with wisdom, good..... More
Derek Smith Omnibus
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, July 2014. Paper Back. Publisher's Weekly calls Derek Smith's Whistle Up The Devil "one of the most intelligent and crafty impossible murder novels of all time." Frequently cited in Top 10 locked room mystery lists, and nominated to the Masterpiece category in Roland Lacourbe et al's..... More
The Killing Man. The Signed First Edition Society Series
The Franklin Library, January 1989. First Edition. Leather. 'This limited, leather bound edition has been privately printed and personally signed by the author exclusively by The Signed First Edition Society.' Red leather with gold lettering and gold design. Ribbed spine. Marbled end pages. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker... More
Black Alley (Signed, First Edition)
Franklin Library, January 1996. First Edition. Leather. 'This limited, leather-bound edition has been privately printed and personally signed by the author, exclusively for The Signed First Edition Society.' Reddish brown leather with gold lettering and gold design by Marha Phillips. Marbled end pages. Gold textblock edges. Silk ribbon marker. Frontispiece..... More
A COLD DAY FOR MURDER: A Kate Shugak Investigation
Head of Zeus, November 2013. Trade Paperback. Kate Shugak is a native Aleut working as a private investigator in Alaska. She's 5 foot 1 inch tall, carries a scar that runs from ear to ear across her throat and owns half-wolf, half-husky dog named Mutt. Resourceful, strong-willed, defiant, Kate is..... More
Death, My Darling Daughters
The Crime Club (Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1945. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo. In heavily chipped & torn jacket. Blue cloth covered boards with black lettering on front board and along spine. [219 pages]. More
The Three Fears -- #160
Mercury Mystery /Lawrence E. Spivak, 1949. Reprint. Paper Back. 12mo. Abridged Edition. Heavily worn, especially along the spine. Clear tape 'repair' to spine near top. Several creases to covers front and back. Darkened edges. [128 pages]. More
Plainclothes Naked
William Morrow & Company, October 2001. Hardcover. From legendary cult writer Jerry Stahl comes Plainclothes Naked, a breakout novel that jacks up crime fiction to new heights of twisted, sexy, mind-blowing brilliance.With searing wit and devastating detail, Stahl -- whose work, Jim Carroll has written, "fills the gap in American..... More
Ask The Parrot
Quercus, January 2007. Paper Back. More
Comeback
Mysterious Pr, October 1997. Hardcover. In a world of warped values, an honest crook like Parker is a true treasure. -- "New York Times" Last seen in 1974's "Butcher's Moon" the great hard-boiled criminal character, Parker, returns. This time he's ripping off an evangelist in the middle of a prayer..... More
Dirty Money
Grand Central Publishing, April 2008. Hardcover. "[One] of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Richard Stark, real name Donald Westlake...His Parker books form a genre all their own." --John Banville, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea Master criminal Parker takes another turn for the worse as he tries to recover..... More
The Handle
Pocket Books, January 1966. First Edition. Mass Market PaperBack. Clean, sound, mass market paperback original. First/first. Slight lean to spine. Small splotch of damp staining along edge of spine. Top textblock edge tinted rose red. [158 pages plus two full page advertisements for then current Pocket Book titles]. More
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Mariner Books, January 2023. Hardcover. Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this "utterly original" (Jane Harper), "not to be missed" (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. "A witty twist on classic whodunits... Stevenson not only 'plays fair, '..... More
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Mariner Books, January 2023. Hardcover. Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this "utterly original" (Jane Harper), "not to be missed" (Karin Slaughter), fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery. "A witty twist on classic whodunits... Stevenson not only 'plays fair, '..... More
Death of a Doxy (Nero Wolfe Mysteries)
Crimeline, December 1990. Mass Market PaperBack. With a rich man footing the bills and a handsome lover on the side, Isabel Kerr seemed to have the perfect setup. Now the well-kept lady is stone-cold dead, and the cops have nabbed a Manhattan private eye who just happens to be an..... More
