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U.S.A.: Gold Medal, 1988. Pete is a private investigator who's half French, half American and totally sophisticated. After a career as a Chicago cop, federal narc, and Senate investigator abroad, he's in business for himself at his villa on the Riviera. On a midnight in December Fitz Donhoff - Pete's partner and surrogate father - is shot down in Paris. Fritz has left a case behind that Pete can't turn his back on.. lines/tilt/edgerubs/tanning pg/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1995. Reviewer: topdragon from US Air Force officer in Bosnia - The term "Master Storyteller" is perhaps overused but in this case, Jeffrey Archer earns the moniker. Each of these stories I read between other people's novels, in order to space them out. It is a testament to the quality of these stories that I found myself wanting to get past the particular novel I was reading so I could get to the next Archer short story. Some of these stories have twists and some have irony, but they all have that exceptional phrasing that I have come to expect from Mr. Archer. I am suprised at some of the reviews below, giving this book lower marks, but I think if you are looking for a well-told tale, this is the book for you.. Lt Spine lines/edge rubs/tight Clean. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1995. A Michael Spraggue Mystery - Michael Spraggue, a wealthy private eye turned movie actor, is in the middle of making a trashy Hollywood movie about -- what else? -- a private eye, when he gets a phone call from his sometime lover and current business partner in a California winery, Kate Holloway. Kate has troubling news. Not only has Lenny Brent, their volatile winemaker, vanished, but an unidentifiable corpse has appeared -- and Kate's the prime suspect! Spraggue hurries over in time to discover a second dead body -- that of Lenny. Can Spraggue solve this vintage mystery before he finds himself corked ?. ISBN: 0440216060. Spinelines/tilt/edgerubs/stamp/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. BOSTON MASS FICTION MASSACHUSETTS SPRAGGUE. more information

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U.S.A.: Crest, 1991. Michael Spraggue, a wealthy private eye turned movie actor, is in the middle of making a trashy Hollywood movie about -- what else? -- a private eye, when he gets a phone call from his sometime lover and current business partner in a California winery, Kate Holloway. Kate has troubling news. Not only has Lenny Brent, their volatile winemaker, vanished, but an unidentifiable corpse has appeared -- and Kate's the prime suspect! Spraggue hurries over in time to discover a second dead body -- that of Lenny. Can Spraggue solve this vintage mystery before he finds himself corked ?. ISBN: 0449206904. Taped spine/lines/tan pg/stamp/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. SPRAGGUE MICHAEL FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Amer Library, 1986. Reviewer: A reader - Bennie Friedman, a half-Irish, half-Jewish cop in Los Angeles, is having problems. His new wife has just died of cancer, and it seems she had secrets that Bennie didn't know about (her cancer and the 9 million dollar estate she left him for starters). A Vietnamese used car salesman has been garrotted and he gets the cold case to solve. While the case may be cold, the victim's wife definitely isn't. Nor is a hooker that Bennie has helped out in the past. There is a paramilitary religious cult that might have something to do with all of this. And then there is the thing about amputated trigger fingers cut off from the accumulating corpses.... ISBN: 0451141105. Sp Lines/tilt/edgerubs/stamp/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Amer Library, 1986. Benny Freedman liked having six million bucks in the bank. But there was one hitch. The Mafia claimed it was theirs, and were willing to write out their claim in Benny's blood. Which left Benny in the clutches of some very cool killers, while an overheated lady of the family decided that Benny could also be used to make her sexual fantacies come true..... ISBN: 0451144805. Sp Lines/tilt/edgerubs/stamp/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1986. Charters and Caldicott are now settled comfortably into retirement when their leisurely routine of lunch at the club and amiable argument about cricket averages from days long past is shattered when the body of a strange girl is found in Caldicott's flat. Dogged by the fastidious and disapproving Inspector Snow they attempt to unravel the mysteries around them: switched handbags, unexplained deaths, cryptic messages, such as Mix Well and Serve, and a fellow clubman who turns up at every twist of their journey.. No Lines/store stamp/tanning Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1986. Charters and Caldicott are now settled comfortably into retirement when their leisurely routine of lunch at the club and amiable argument about cricket averages from days long past is shattered when the body of a strange girl is found in Caldicott's flat. Dogged by the fastidious and disapproving Inspector Snow they attempt to unravel the mysteries around them: switched handbags, unexplained deaths, cryptic messages, such as Mix Well and Serve, and a fellow clubman who turns up at every twist of their journey.. Lt Cover creases/tight Clean Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Dresden, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1996. Twelve years ago, Matthew Scudder lied to a jury to put James Leo Motley behind bars. Now the ingenious psychopath is free. And the alcoholic ex-cop-turned-p.i. must pay dearly for his sins. Friends and former lovers -- even strangers unfortunate enough to share Scudder's name -- are turning up dead. Because a vengeful maniac is determined not to rest until he's driven his nemesis back to the bottle...and then to the boneyard.. ISBN: 0380709945. Tilt/spinelines/taped spine/x Library. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. SCUDDER MATT FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Onyx Books, 1995. From Publishers Weekly: - Burglar/Greenwich Village bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr discovers a dead body in the apartment and is accused of stealing a $1 million baseball card collection.. ISBN: 0451184262. Sp Lines/tilt/creases/stamp/tape Spine. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. CRIME CRIMINALS FICTION NEW YORK. more information

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Bantam, 1978. When Peter Cutler Sargeant II decided to mix business with a smart weekend in the Hamptons, he wasn't aware that the guest list was loaded. He found himself hobnobbing with a crown of sophisticated weirdos and the scene was anything but congenial. Besides the usual back biting, two timing and triple crossing that passed for fun in the Social Register sun, was someone had invented a trendy new game - and the trend was murder.. Stamps/tilt/lines/tanning pgs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Bantam, 1973. When Peter was hired as Public Relations Aide to Senator Rhodes, he thought it might lead to the White House. The Senator's hat was in the ring. But the ring was a maze of shady contracts, radical contacts, and a flamboyantly corrupt family. His job looked like a cynic's playground. Until a bomb blew the Senator's hat - and the Senator to bits..... Tilt/spinelines/heavy Edgerubs/stamp. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Academy Chicago Pub, 1985. From Publishers Weekly: - Mild-mannered, middle-aged widower Carolus Deene sometimes manages to do a bit of sleuthing while engaged in his principal labors as senior history master at Queen's School, Newminster. In this mystery, Deene is advised by the formidable Mrs. Chalk that her heiress cousin has vanished and that the lady's idle, fortune-hunting husband Rathbone has surely murdered her and buried the corpse in the back garden. Deene's pursuit of the truth leads him from London to Hastings, from a remote cottage in the Kent countryside to a Cornwall colony swarming with artists and writers. Along the way he encounters some familiar types: the bluff, hearty, old-school-tie landlord, the tippling charlady; the reformed prostitute; assorted village snoops and gossips; the loathsome Rathbone (whose experience in theatricals has made him adept at disguise); and the inevitable bumbling local constabulary.. ISBN: 0897331753. Heavy tilt/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE ENGLAND DEENE. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Laurel Ed., 1990. From Library Journal - Bruno's excellent second novel fulfills the promise of his first ( Bad Guys). Taken back into the FBI fold, renegade agent Michael Tozzi--still feisty, independent, and forward--works once more with former partner Gibbons. Together they tackle the brutal slayings of two Japanese dumped in New York waters. The investigation moves quickly into the not-so-nether realms of a yakuza-Mafia coalition controlling Asian slavery in New York.. Lt Spine lines/edge rubs/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1999. Britt Montero Mysteries Ser. From Publishers Weekly - A Miami crime reporter investigates excessive police violence in Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Buchanan's closely observed and compelling series launch.. Spine Lines/edge rub/Tilt/clean/name in. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Worldwide Library, 1999. From Kirkus Reviews John Coffin, Chief Commander of the Second City of London, is faced with a bizarre request from onetime Prime Minster Richard Lavender by way of his biographer, Dr. Jack Bradshaw. Lavender, feeble now and cared for by great-niece Janet Neptune, claims that, back in 1913, he and his mother buried the corpse of a woman they believed was the latest victim of his father, Edward, an unsuspected serial killer.. ISBN: 0373263139. Spinelines/hinge crease/edgerubs/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. COFFIN JOHN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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Dale, 1979. Peter Monteleone is a professional gambler and trouble-shooter. He is hard, tough and knows all the tricks. It is to him that the Spindrift Casino owner turns when the beautiful showgirl Clelsea Holiday is murdered.. ISBN: 0895591561. Spine line/corner crease/tan pg/edgerubs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. Vintage Paperback. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, 1988. ISBN: 0812512588. Almost Like New. Apears Unread.. Mass Market Paperback. As New. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1987. From Library Journal This second police procedural by the author of One Police Plaza deals with the death of an exemplary police lieutenant and the owner of a neighborhood candy store in an apparent robbery attempt. Lt. Tony Scanlon's investigation turns up more questions than answers as he sifts through an odd assortment of characters, the seemingly unrelated murder of the candy store owner's son and his wife, and discovers that "role model" Joe Gallagher's behavior on and off "the Job" left something to be desired. A retired police veteran, Caunitz paints a vivid, violent picture of police work and the people involved on either side of the law. ISBN: 0553267051. Spinelines/edgerubs/stamp/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1991. From Library Journal This second police procedural by the author of One Police Plaza deals with the death of an exemplary police lieutenant and the owner of a neighborhood candy store in an apparent robbery attempt. Lt. Tony Scanlon's investigation turns up more questions than answers as he sifts through an odd assortment of characters, the seemingly unrelated murder of the candy store owner's son and his wife, and discovers that "role model" Joe Gallagher's behavior on and off "the Job" left something to be desired. A retired police veteran, Caunitz paints a vivid, violent picture of police work and the people involved on either side of the law. Spinelines/edgerubs/tan Pg Tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Bantam, 1963. Book Description A dream honeymoon cruise for Simon and Linnet Doyle turns into a nightmare when Linnet is found shot dead. One of the ship’s passengers is Jacqueline de Bellefort, Simon’s jealous ex-fiance, and she has already confessed to Hercule Poirot that she wants revenge for Linnet stealing Simon from her. However, when two more murders are committed, Hercule Poirot, with the help of his friend Colonel Race, begins to see that no one on the ship is as straightforward as they first seemed. Cover creases/tight Pgs/stamp/blk Mrk in. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1970. With the bodies multiplying at Enderby Hall--first the wealthy Richard Abernethie is killed; then his sister is done in with a hatchet; and finally her companion is sent a piece of arsenic-soaked wedding cake--Hercule Poirot steps in to investigate.. Gently read/tanning pgs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1984. Searching for a bit of adventure to spice up her everyday life, Anne Beddingfield becomes an unlikely sleuth after a diamond heist, a murder, and attempts on her own life that make her the only person capable of solving the crimes.. ISBN: 0425067866. Spine Lines/Tilt/clean/ciphers 1st Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE TRADITIONAL BRITISH WOMEN SLEUTHS RACE COLONEL JOHNNY FICTITIOUS CHARACTER. more information

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Dell, 1973. Book Description - An emaciated stranger stumbles into Poirot's flat, shouts warnings of "the big four" and drops dead. Perplexing. Unfortunate. And for Poirot, an invitation to investigate.. Creased cover/long Taped Tear Back Cvr. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1994. From School Library Journal - A fast-paced, intricately woven tale of suspense and intrigue. Meghan Collins, newly hired TV reporter, makes a startling discovery while on assignment at a large metropolitan hospital. An unidentified young woman dying of a knife wound is rushed into the emergency ward, and Meghan finds herself staring down at a person who could be her double.. Looks unread/ No stamps/clean Tight. Mass Market Paperback. As New. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1999. Amazon Review - In their first appearance (Hornet's Nest, 1997), Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Virginia West, and reporter-turned-rookie-cop Andy Brazil battled a serial killer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, in Patricia Cornwell's Southern Cross, the trio are dispatched to Richmond, Virginia--via an NIJ (National Institute of Justice) grant--to quell the growing gang problem and modernize the beleaguered Richmond PD. They bring with them a sophisticated computer program for tracking criminal activity and a tried-and-true methodology for reforming Richmond's men and women in blue. Unfortunately, Hammer, Brazil, and West could not have been prepared for the resentment they would confront... or the bizarre cast of characters they would find upon their arrival: Lelia Ehrhart--wealthy (and nosey) chair of the Blue Ribbon Crime Commission--whose heavy European accent renders her English dangerously hilarious; Butner "Bubba" Flunk IV--tobacco industry worker, gun collector, and UFO aficionado; Smoke--the sociopathic leader of the Pikes gang; and Weed Gardener--14-year-old painter turned master graffiti artist. Unlike Cornwell's usual fare, Southern Cross is driven almost exclusively by an interest in these strange personalities and their surreal hometown, rather than in fast-paced thrills. The novel becomes a satire on city politics, Southern culture, the ever-tense relationship between the police and the public, and the struggles of the average man and woman with computer technology.. Spine lines/tilt/edge rubs/tight Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1993. (Kay Scarpetta Mystery Ser.) From Publishers Weekly Cornwell combines bone-rattling suspense with an insider's view of forensic science as her sleuth, Richmond, Va., medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, investigates a series of grim murders of young couples.. ISBN: 0380718332. Lite lines/edgerubs/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. SCARPETTA KAY FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION VIRGINIA MYSTERY DETECTIVE WOMEN SLEUTHS FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 2003. WWL Mystery Ser., No. 456) Whether he's miserably depressed or buoyantly cheerful, a day with the delightfully unpredictable Detective Inspector Don Packham is never dull for his partner, DC Frank Mitchell -- especially when it involves murder. When the body of Yvonne "Chalkie" Wood, a member of the Hollow Head Pub's darts team, is found bludgeoned in the ladies' lavatory during a night of celebration over a championship game, Packham and Mitchell accept an unspoken challenge from a clever killer. Though the victim had her share of enemies and each member of the team wished her dead, her untimely murder puts the detectives on a case of money, sex and secrets that requires luck, skill -- and an excellent aim -- to solve.. Spine lines/tilt/edge rubs/no Stamps. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Viking Penguin, 1977. ISBN: 0140045155. Cover Creased & worn/tight clean Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL. more information

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2003. Gemma James is adjusting to professional and personal changes that include her eagerly sought promotion to the rank of inspector--and a future now intricately entwined with Duncan Kincaid. But her new responsibilities are put to the test when she is placed in charge of a particularly brutal homicide: The lovely young wife of a wealthy antiques dealer has been found murdered on fashionable Notting Hill. Dawn Arrowood was six weeks pregnant. Her lover, Alex Dunn, a porcelain dealer in London’s bustling Portobello Market, appears absolutely devastated by her death, but Gemma’s the main focus of investigation is soon Karl Arrowood, who had the most powerful motive for killing his unfaithful wife. But this case sets off warning bells for Duncan: it’s far too similar to an unsolved murder in which an antiques dealer was killed in precisely the same way and when the escalating violence claims yet another victim, he and Gemma find themselves at increasing odds with each other--as two separate investigations become linked in the most startling of ways. Their hunt for a killer will traverse the teeming stalls of the city’s antiques markets to a decades-in-the-making vendetta of history and hatred that has been honed to a flawless, deadly point. To solve this case, Gemma and Duncan must walk a merciless razor’s edge through a place where true justice will be a long time coming.. ISBN: 0553579304. Gently read/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. JAMES GEMMA FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press Inc., 2002. From Publishers Weekly - A detective agency may be a sure setting for mystery and adventure, but in Crusie's latest (after Welcome to Temptation; Crazy for You; Tell Me Lies), a likable cast of characters also find sex, love and empowerment. At 42, recently divorced Nell Dysart starts a new life by becoming a secretary for Gabe McKenna, a gruff private investigator … la Sam Spade; McKenna runs an old-fashioned family business in German Village, Ohio, with his cousin and partner, Riley. . Cover soiled/tight Clean Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1993. A deadly toxic compound in the middle of the African desert is killing thousands of people and threatening to extinguish marine life in the world's seas. As Dirk Pitt crosses the Sahara to uncover an unholy conspiracy, he discovers the truth about Kitty Mannock, an Australian pilot missing since 1931, and an incredible secret held in a Confederate ironclad...An explosive, high-voltage audio experience, Sahara takes Dirk Pitt on his most dangerous journey.. Lines/corner crease/tanning pg/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 2000. A caterer's nightmare... Caterer Goldy Schulz is convinced things couldn't get worse. An unscrupulous rival is driving her out of business. An incompetent contractor has left her precious kitchen in shambles. And she has just agreed to cater a fashion shoot at a nineteenth-century mountain cabin with her mentor and old friend, French chef André Hibbard. A dash of cold-blooded murder... Together Goldy and André struggle in a hopelessly outdated kitchen to cater to a vacuous crowd of beautiful people whose personal dramas climax when a camera is pitched through a window...into the buffet. Then Goldy's contractor is found hanging in the house of one of her best friends. A second murder follows and Goldy must somehow solve a mystery and prepare for a society soirée that could make--or break--her career. A recipe for disaster.... ISBN: 0553574671. Appears Unread/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE WOMEN SLEUTHS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1992. Book Description - When P.I. Jeri Howard takes on a missing-persons case, she's not the only person confused. The vanished woman's husband doesn't even know his wife's real name. But as Jeri digs deeper, she reveals long-buried secrets, old public scandals, and the real possibility that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing..."A welcome addition to this tough genre." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. ISBN: 0449220141. No lines/Curl from Poor storage/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. HOWARD JERI FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE WOMEN SLEUTHS CALIFORNIA. more information

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Monarch, 1963. All the mobsters in town wanted Stella--dead.. ISBN: B00005XVSV. Hinge Tear bot/marks 1st pg/lt Tan Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Worldwide Library, 2004. When local history teacher Lou Cameron disappears, Farrell County sheriff Frank Decker is puzzled by accusations of embezzlement, even if they do come from wealthy and influential Nathaniel Wetherston, whose family, has owned half of Farrell county for a century. Was Cameron - who moonlighted as an insurance salesman - stealing money from Wetherston's company? Decker doesn't think so especially when Cameron's car is found submerged with the body of a stranger inside.... ISBN: 0373265131. Beautiful Brand new/no Stamps/no Flaws. Mass Market Paperback. New. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 1995. From Publishers Weekly: - Lots of Louisiana color, pinpoint plotting and two highly likable characters who chase a cunning killer with a taste for games distinguish the latest case (after No Mardi Gras for the Dead ) for New Orleans Medical Examiner Andy Broussard and psychologist Kit Franklyn. During a forensic science convention in the Crescent City, accruing corpses feature clean cuts to the heart and missing eyelids; Scrabble tiles are found near each body. The extensive plotting ranges from the macabre details of the killings to the actions of a lithe, wise stripper and even a clue cut from a Where's Waldo book. Donaldson sets his sleuths on far-ranging leads, yet wastes little motion as he produces a smart, convincing solution that encompasses all the densely laid clues. There's plenty of atmosphere too. While the French Quarter offers its alluring blend of the historical and the colorfully lewd, Broussard wraps his sizable chops around seafood po' boy sandwiches, and Kit deals with assorted threats, desired and not, to her single life.. ISBN: 0373261888. Spine lines/edgerubs/tilt/hinge Crease. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. BROUSSARD ANDY FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION FRANKLYN KIT LOUISIANA NEW ORLEANS MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL FORENSIC PATHOLOGISTS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster Audio, 1993. From Publishers Weekly - Doolittle ( Strangle Hold ) drops Boston PI Tom Bethany into a shark tank of S & L looters who gathered under deregulation and slipped through the federal (read Republican) net with the cash clenched in very sharp teeth. Bethany champions four Boston retirees who invested in Sunbanc, a failed Texas savings and loan run by Dr. Denton Somerville, who escaped retribution by dying. Brought up to speed on how the S & L rats operated by Washington contracts from his Carter campaign days, Bethany also learns that without a few hundred lawyers and investigators for as many trials, he has no chance of getting the duffers' money back--legally. Deciding to track the leftover loot anyway, the PI heads for Houston. Posing as a reporter, he interviews memorable locals, happy to spill their guts about the Doc and his widow, Billene, now grieving on her yacht off the coast of Maine with a muscular companion. When his cover is blown, Bethany barely escapes to the rough seas awaiting him in New England. Tension mounts as he closes in and Doolittle deals out some tricky, though not totally unexpected final surprises. A welcome sequel--Bethany is a Travis McGee for the '90s. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.. Looks unread/bright Clean/no Stamps. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Berkley Medallion, 1972. 7th printing The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted by dark images of psychological tragedy, suicide, and incest in a collection of tales that have haunted generations of readers. . Crease & Sm Tear Bk cvr/tight Clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Laurel Ed., 1989. From Publishers Weekly - Jill Smith returns to duty as a homicide detective in this exhilarating addition to the series set in chi-chi Berkeley, Calif. Killed by aconite slipped into his private stash of horseradish, Mitchell Biekma was in the kitchen of his wildly popular restaurant "Paradise" when he swallowed his lethally spiced soup. Smith interviews Laura, Biekma's wife, the chef and everyone else present at the crime scene, including a truculent dishwasher who knocks down the investigator and escapes, making himself the chief suspect. But there are others: a rival restaurateur and a neighbor who had tried unsuccessfully to limit the bistro's late hour, consequently producing an uproar from patrons. And there is, Smith discovers, a secret to learn from Earth Man, a hippie left over from the '60s, living on handouts provided by Laura to the rage of her stingy husband. This is an appealing mystery with tangy details on the Bay Area's changing environs and characters. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Looks unread/bright Clean/no Stamps. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1985. From the author of My Sweet Untraceable You comes a suspense thriller--originally published under the pseudonym Jack Early--about an ex-cop turned private investigator who traverses the dark underside of Soho to find a killer.. Spine Lines/edge rubs/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 2001. (WWL Mystery Ser., No. 373) From Library Journal - The murder of a notorious environmentalist in Red Creek, UT, has serious political repercussions for U.S. Senator Maggie Hansen. Her campaign for reelection could be derailed by false public perceptions of Hansen involvement in the case: brother Leland, the sheriff, heads the murder investigation, while brother Vernon, an anti-environmentalist, pays for the suspected killer's lawyer. Maggie's campaign manager, narrator Sam McKall, sticks close by to monitor events and winds up in the dangerous center.. Spine lines/tilt/edge rubs/no Stamps. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1991. Detroit Free Press - Terrific...From the wonderful opening paragraph to the end, Francis propels you forward at a nearly breathless pace. out-of-print. Lt Spine lines/Gently read/NO Stamps. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1988. Book Description Matt Shore is a substitute pilot assigned to fly four racing buffs to the track. They're nervous, but Matt's not. That is, until he manages an emergency landing minutes before the plane explodes. Matt doesn't think anything else can possibly go wrong. Then he finds himself caught up in a rat race of danger that puts him on the wrong side of the odds..... Lt lines/stamp/clean/tight/edgerubs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett, 1986. When a typically perfect party at wine merchant Tony Beach's is brutally crashed, he finds himself caught in the terrifying midst of a mystery that begins with sham scotch and counterfeit claret and escalates to hijacking and murder..... Cover Creased/edge rubs/tight pages!. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1984. Australian horse breeder Daniel Roke has resisted the exorbitant sum of money offered by a suave Englishman to investigate a scandal involving drugged racehorses. But after another investigator dies mysteriously, Roke agrees to fill his shoes--and learns that men who would give drugs to horses would do much worse to human beings.. ISBN: 0671532650. Spine Lines/edge rubs/Tilt/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. ENGLAND FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL ROKE DANIEL FICTITIOUS CHARACTER JOCKEYS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1981. Book Description - A Van der Valk Thriller - A disturbing, superb thriller from the pen of a master storyteller. A flurry of anonymous letters and two suicides leads Inspector Van der Valk to a mission in Drente where small-town hysteria may just lead to one of the century's most wanted criminals. . ISBN: 0394746937. Cover wear/bald Area back/tight Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. NETHERLANDS FICTION VAN DER VALK ARLETTE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER PIET AMSTERDAM MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 1980. Movies can make some men millionaires, so Billy Nevers opts for a share in a film project and finds himself entangled with a scheme that not only wastes dollars but lives.. SpineLines/edge rubs/stamp/tight Clean . Paperback. Good. FICTION GENERAL. more information

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Pocket, 1979. The newspapers called him the Hyena. He was witty, charming courtly, deadly. His beautiful victims lived alone. He studied them, stalked them, and finally approached. He wooed them with wisecracks and romance, tolde them I love you and killed them laughing.. ISBN: 0671827561. Spine tear/curve/lines/tan pg/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York: Pocket, 1989. From Publishers Weekly: - Greenwood's second borrowing from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tops her first, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Raleigh Legacy. As narrated by Watson, this is a more plausible and twisty tale, set off by a note from Holmes's university friend, Aubrey Tyson, which takes Watson and the detective to Sabina Hall, the home of Tyson's elderly, ailing Uncle Silas Andrews. The nephew wants a doctor to check on the old man, and Watson obliges, accompanied by Holmes whose antennae correctly alert him to intrigue. The miser Andrews dies of poison, and so does his sister-in-law and heir, Bertha Garth. Not until a third death occurs does the sleuthing genius separate the guilty from the innocent. Among the suspects: a cheeky maid incongruously far from her Cockney neighborhood; ingenuous young Agnes Meredith, Garth's companion; a clergyman, visibly relieved when Garth dies; and Old Neb, whose lucrative business Andrews had closed, throwing the villagers on the dole. The source of the poison, thujone, from the savin juniper, plays an interesting part in the solution of the case.. Spinelines/stamp/edgerubs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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