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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1992. Willa Jansson has always thought of herself as a right-thinking left-wing lawyer. But when her radical San Francisco law firm closes after the murder of its chief rabble-rouser, she does the next worst thing and takes a job as a high-priced corporate attorney. Willa has misgivings almost immediately, as she realizes all is not calm behind the firm's stately oak doors. After all, she's been around danger before, and she, can smell murder in the air. Sure enough, two partners are killed. Unfortunately, the popular misconception is that the storm is blowing in from her direction. Hassled now by the police, her parents, and office politics of the murdering kind, Willa is forced to play hardball with the big boys, before the third strike is called on her.. ISBN: 0345371283. Tilt/corner crease/tanning Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION JANSSON WILLA FICTITIOUS CHARACTER. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Amer Library, 1990. ED MCBAIN'S FIRST 87th PRECINCT NOVEL Swift, silent, and deadly -- someone is knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: three .45 shots from the dark add up to one, two, three very dead detectives. The why and the who are the Precinct's headaches now. When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective buys it. With one meager clue, Detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the killer, a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head.. ISBN: 0451150791. Gently read /edgerubs/tanning Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL. more information

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New York: World Wide Library, 1988. From Publishers Weekly - This classic English procedural from veteran Page (Scent of Death, Cold Light of Day, etc.) begins with the murder of attractive divorcee Venetia Franklin. Inspector Kelsey, assisted by the able Detective Lambert, starts his investigation with the victim's former husband, who found the body. Ray Franklin has married again and both he and his new wife have clearly chafed under burdensome financial obligations to his first family. Their alibis seem airtight at first, as does that of Philip Coburn, manager of the local bank, who reluctantly admits having recently broken off an affair with Venetia. Another suspect is an intense young man whom Venetia had met shortly before her death. With admirable thoroughness, Kelsey follows every lead, including his own perceptive instincts about each suspect. The death of a mentally disturbed man reveals different perspectives on existing suspects and introduces a new possibility. Step by step, readers are led along the path of Kelsey's investigation, privy to no more information than he has. Reading this tightly crafted mystery is very like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle.. ISBN: 0373260032. Hinge crease/stain cover/tilt/stamp/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1986. V.I. Warshawski's latest case has alreasy opened up old wounds. But when a silky voice on the phone threatened to throw acid in her eyes, V.I. knew this one could finish her off with some brand-new ones. The sour-faced old aunt she had agreed to help was accused of stealing millions in stock certificates from a pious order of Dominican brothers. V.I. knew the woman was a witch, not a thief, and she soon smelled something rotten in the sanctum sanctorum of Chicago's most powerful movers and shakers -- the Church and the Mob. Now someone wants to see V.I. burn in hell. But this tough cookie of a private eye had her back up, a brand-new Smith & Wesson, and a daring plan to make the bad guys go to the devil first.. Lines/hinge crease/edge rubs/tanning Pgs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Putnam Pub Group, 2005. V.I. Warshawski may have left her old South Chicago neighborhood, but she learns that she cannot escape it. When V.I. takes over coaching duties of the girls' basketball team at her former high school, she faces an ill-equipped, ragtag group of gangbangers, fundamentalists, and teenage moms who inevitably draw the detective into their family woes. Through young Josie Dorrado, V.I. meets the girl's mother, who voices her worries about sabotage in the little flag manufacturing plant where she works. The biggest employer on the South Side, discount-store behemoth By-Smart, pays even less, and Ms. Dorrado doesn't know how she'll support her four children if the flag plant shuts down. The elder Dorrado's fears are realized when the plant explodes; V.I. is injured and the owner is killed. As V.I. begins to investigate, she finds herself onfronting the Bysen family, who own the By-Smart company. Founder William "Buffalo Bill" Bysen, now in his eighties, has four sons who quarrel with each other and with him; the oldest, "Young Mr. William," is close to sixty and furious that his father doesn't cede more power to him. And then there's "Billy the Kid," Young Mr. William's nineteen-year-old son, whose Christian idealism puts him on a collision course with his father, his grandfather, and the company as a whole. When Billy runs away with Josie Dorrado, V.I. is squeezed between the needs of two very different families. As she tries to find the errant teenagers, and to track down a particularly cruel murderer, her own life is almost forfeit in the swamps that lie under the city of Chicago.. ISBN: 0399152792. Beautiful Brand new/no Stamps/Book Club. Hard Cover. New/New. more information

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New York: Dell, 1994. They were the Sheridan men, ruled by passion, betrayed by love, heirs to a legacy of violence and forbidden desire. Gus, Boston's top homicide cop: he knew equally well the backroom politics of City Hall and the private passions of the very rich, a man haunted by the wanton courage and perilous obsessions he inherited from his father... Conn, the patriarch, a lawless cop who spawned a circle of vengeance and betrayal that would span half a century... and Chris, Gus's beloved son, a Harvard lawyer and criminologist, fated to risk everything to break the chain of obsession and rage... Three generations linked by crime and punishment--cops and heroes, fathers, sons, and lovers united at last by revelations that could bring a family to its knees.. Spinelines/tilt/stamp/tight/hinge Crease. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1990. (Spenser Mystery Ser.) Book Description Spenser smells corruption in a college town. Taft University's hottest basketball star is shaving points for quick cash. All manner of sleaze -- from corrupt academics to hoods with graduate degrees -- have their fingers in the pot. Spenser's search takes him from lecture halls to blue collar bars and finally into a bloody confrontation with almost certain death. But Spenser saves an arrogant young athlete -- even though it nearly kills him to do it.. Stamp/black Mrk inside/hng crs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York: Berkley, 2002. When fifty-one-year-old Nathan Smith, a once-confirmed bachelor, is found in his bed with a hole in his head made by a .38-caliber slug, it's hard not to imagine Nathan's young bride as the one with her finger on the trigger. Even her lawyer thinks she's guilty. But given that Mary Smith is entitled to the best defense she can afford-and thanks to Nathan's millions, she can afford plenty-Spenser hires on to investigate Mary's bona fides. Mary's alibi is a bit on the flimsy side: She claims she was watching television in the other room when the murder occurred. But the couple was seen fighting at a high-profile cocktail party earlier that evening, and the prosecution has a witness who says Mary once tried to hire him to kill Nathan. What's more, she's too pretty, too made-up, too blonde, and sleeps around-just the kind of person a jury loves to hate. Spenser's up against a wall; leads go nowhere, no one knows a thing. Then a young woman, recently fired from her position at Smith's bank, turns up dead. Mary's vacant past suddenly starts looking meaner and darker-and Spenser's suddenly got to watch his back.. ISBN: 042518904x. Gently read /clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Mystery. more information

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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Warner Books Inc, 2003. Alex Cross returns in the most harrowing case of his career-one that risks the life of his closest friend and partner, John Sampson. Alex Cross is on his way to resign from the Washington Police Force when his partner and oldest friend, John Sampson, knocks on the door, desperate. Sampson's best friend has been framed for murders he didn't commit. Cross is their only hope. But there's a problem-his friend is subject to the code, conduct, and law of an insular world that plays by its own rules: the United States Army. Trapped in a world of lies, murder, sex, and corruption thick enough to reverse their very notions of guilt and innocence, Cross and Sampson end up in a deadly showdown against enemies more formidable than they've ever faced. And only one man will walk away.. SpineLines/edgerubs/tight/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Fawcett, 1996. With the first scenes of Richard North Patterson's electrifying new audio, we are plunged into the moment of a vicious crime: twenty-two-year-old Brett Allen discovers her boyfriend brutally slain -- and finds herself, only hours later, in police custody, the prime suspect. Her aunt, Caroline Masters, is summoned to act as her defense attorney. The result is a painful meeting with Brett, whom Caroline has not seen since infancy, and a confrontation with three people from whom she is deeply estranged: her first lover who is now the prosecutor, her half-sister, and most difficult of all, her domineering father. The story moves quickly now, opening into the police investigation and the courtroom. Yet the truths about herself and her family that Caroline ultimately uncovers are painful beyond the deepest doubts and shocking beyond the deepest fears that haunt her adult life -- and make up the explosive core of the author's most powerful novel to date.. Apears Unread.small Covrer Creases. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Worldwide Library, 1990. Red Carpet - George, Helen and twelve-year-old Marilyn - the Watson family - are the super all-American, superlucky winners of the Carlton's Creek lottery. The grand prize: $250,000 and one luxurious week at New York's legendary Hotel Beaumont. But the dream vacation that begins in a gorgeous suite on the VIP, celebrity-occupied fourteenth floor tums into a ghastly nightmare when beautiful, ethereal Marilyn is found murdered. What had this innocent deaf-mute girl seen that caused someone to kill her?. ISBN: 0373260458. Lines/tilt/lite Tanning Pg/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. CHAMBRUN PIERRE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1992. Description: - Clemency Shaw, the wife of a prominent doctor, has died in a tragic fire. But whether the blaze was set by an arsonist aiming for the doctor, or set by the doctor himself, Inspector Thomas Pitt isn't certain. With the scarcity of clues, Pitt turns to Clemency's stuffy, but distinguished, relatives. Meanwhile, Pitt's wellborn wife, Charlotte, retraces the dangerous path that Clemency walked the last months of her life, and finds herself enmeshed in a sinister web that stretches from the lowest slums to the loftiest centers of power... ISBN: 0449219593. Spinelines/tilt/hinge crease/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. PITT THOMAS INSPECTOR FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION CHARLOTTE ENGLAND LONDON MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL HISTORICAL. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1994. Book Description - Prudence Barrymore, a talented nurse who had worked with Florence Nightingale in the Crimea, is found strangled to death in a London hospital. Private inquiry agent William Monk is engaged to investigate this horrific crime. Gradually, Monk assembles the portrait of a remarkable woman. Yet he also discerns the shadow of a tragic evil and a frightening glimmer of his own eclipsed past . . .. Spine lines/edgerubs/Corner creases/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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U.S.A.: Crest, 1996. When Inspector Thomas Pitt is asked to reopen a three-year-old murder case which had taken place in London's luxurious Hanover Close, he knows that his superiors want him to smooth things over. But that is just not the way Pitt operates. With his wellborn wife, Charlotte, to aid him in penetrating the well-known reserve of high society, the inquisitive Pitts discover a secret so shocking it would lead to more deaths--and, quite possibly -- Pitt's own.. Gently read/sm Tear spine/tan pgs/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 1997. Ingram: When art professor Hilda Robertson is stabbed to death in a locked carrel in the high-security Kingsford University library, detective Philip Constanza follows a trail of evidence to a murderer whose motive is most chillingly academic.. Gently read/clean & Tight/stamp. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1988. From Library Journal: Shortly after drug-dealer/pimp Mayforth Kendrick fails to sell incriminating pictures of a Senate candidate to investigative reporter John Wells ( There Fell a Shadow ), someone shoots Kendrick, and the pictures disappear. The fact that Wells has turned down a scoop puts his job on the line; he must break the story or else. The rugged chauvinist begins by tracking the woman in the photos, and ends by uncovering a murderer.. Gently read with Moisture Damage. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Bantam, 1964. From the Back: TWISTED DESIRE... Warped love, sadistic cops, secret playboys, teachers accused of sexual perversion, teenage gansters in souped up cars - and somewhere in the middle of it all, a killer who left no clues. Whisper Town the powerful suspense novel of a town that slept contented until the smell of burning flesh became a hideous nightmare. tilt/lines/mark on cover/cvr crse/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1993. Reviewer: from Ashland, MA USA Clockers is a murder mystery, complete with suspense and a twist ending, cloaked in an unconventional, raw street setting. The novel possesses more street-smarts than any other book I've read, fiction or not. The dialogue, internally (i.e., in the characters' own heads) and externally, was tough and vibrant, and employed street vernacular which rang credible without sounding clichéd. Many authors tell tales of drug dealers and ghetto crimes, but rare is the account from a drug-dealer's point of view. A troubled, intelligent, calculating drug-dealer, no less, who considers the repercussions of his every move. All of Clockers' characters were realistically flawed, able to invoke both sympathy and disgust. Strike, the ulcer-stricken dealer, was in constant turmoil as he struggled between trying to earn enough from his illicit trade to get out of it, and attempting to help others avoid being dragged into the same web.. Spine curve/edge rubs/tight clean/tilt. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: New Amer Library, 1986. Battle of the dolls. Irving Golden president of Golden Time Toys, was not amused. His company's smashing new Denver Doll, the voluptuous replica of a TV series bosomy star, had been beaten to market by Whizbang's Boston Babe. Irving was so murderously mad, he promised heads would roll - only someone smashed in Irving's first. Cincinnati cop Cesar Franck had s whole playroom full of suspects with probable motives. There were the guys; a jealous brother who would be toy king, a worried ad agency chief, a sinister manager with a grudge. Then there were the dolls; an ambitious daughter, a shady cleaning lady, a hostile exec. And behind them all was the Denver Doll - a million dollar baby worth killing for - again and again. ISBN: 0451145704. Lines/tilt/edgerubs/tanning pg/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. FRANCK CESAR FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York: Pocket, 1996. Lauren Maxwell, Anchorage based investigator for the Wild America Society, is at it again as she heads to one of Alaska's most splendid natural landmarks, Denali National Park, to host a conference for world class scientists. But when an esteemed Russian botanist is murdered, Lauren is forced to revise the agenda. It's up to Lauren to play diplomat in the wilderness - and to solve a mysterious murder while trying to keep out of the assassins line of fire.. ISBN: 0671527657. Gently read/lite lines/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1995. A trail of blood leads Dr. Lauren Maxwell, Anchorage-based investigator for the Wild America Society, to Alaska's remote Nowitna Wildlife Refuge to investigate the near-fatal shooting her friend Belle Doyon......Caught up in tribal conflict between the preservationists and the new corporate warriors, Belle has made a lethal enemy who intends to exterminate everyone who stands in the way. When Lauren and her eleven-year-old son, Jake, arrive in the tiny Yukon village they are met with a terrible warning. Two skinned wolves have been left on the doorstep of Sarah Doyon, known to the tribe as the Grandmother.... But not even her .45 Colt automatic can protect Lauren from a brilliant, wily adversary who forces her to look into the darkest places, and learn the shocking truth about a killer who has put her on the cutting edge of death.. ISBN: 0671749919. Lines/hinge crease/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. MAXWELL LAUREN FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York: Avon, 1984. This highly inventive mystery involves sixteen people who are invited to the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. They could become millionaires-it all depends on how they play the tricky and dangerous Westing game, a game involving blizzards, burglaries, and bombings! Ellen Raskin has created a remarkable cast of characters in a puzzle-knotted, word-twisting plot filled with humor, intrigue, and suspense.. Lite lines/hinge crease/stamp/tamning Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated, 1992. When Joe McGuire, homicide detective with the Boston Police, oversteps the rules and assults the prosecuting counsel durning the trial of a rapist/murderer, he his quickly assigned the unenviable task of working on the grey files, files marked NETGO - nothing else to go on. Irascible as ever, McGuire attacks the files with a vengeance and soon uncovers evidence of sloppy police work....... Sp lines/hng crs/tilt/egerubs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York: Zebra, 1989. Neither threats nor unearthly sounds could budge Miss Cornelia from the isolated country mansion she shared with her pretty niece, hysterical maid, laconic butler, and the nice young man who just might be a fugitive. Even knowing that she was a prime target for the vicious, elusive killer known as The Bat didnt faze this spirited spinster. Miss Cornelia longed to play detective, and on a storm-swept night, she got her chance at the game and her turn at The Bat!. lines/tilt/corner crease/tanning p/stamp. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Harlequin Books, 2002. When a broken arm sidelines the bad-boy rhythm guitarist for the popular country band Clint Cash and the Cowhands, ex-lawyer, ex-restauranteur, now struggling musician Tony Kozol gets a gig as the temporary replacement. But when the band arrives in Austin for a week at the Southwest Music Conference -- murder takes a center stage. The victim was a roadie with the group, and Tony soon spots an unsettling connection to the band -- especially when the body of a pretty young groupie is found next. But now, Clint Cash is ready to fire Tony, the guitarist he replaced has gone psycho and a sexy young singer is plucking his heartstrings. Sounds like a song in the making to Tony: a tale full of heartbreak and woe, longing and desire. It could be a hit. That is, if he lives long enough to write it.. Gently read/lite spinelines/clean/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Worldwide Library, 2003. MUSIC TO DIE TO - Itinerant rhythm guitarist Tony Kozol and his bass-playing sidekick, Rock Bottom, land a touring gig with Latin pop sensation Luis Angel. Even better, the first stop on the tour is Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval, where the hot wild nights of Ipanema and the sweet songs of love have lured Tony's tender heart -- and a wad of engagement-ring money -- to the lovely, luscious Silvia. But beneath the vibrant rhythms of samba and seduction, Tony is fast learning there's a dark and dangerous side to Rio -- courtesy of two muggings, a near fatal blow to the head, steely warnings to get out of town and a visit to the city's violent underworld -- where boys wield machetes and law and order are dirty words. When murder strikes, Tony and Rock dare to nail a killer whose wealth and power are no match for American ingenuity and an Austin guitarist's shattered heart.. Gently read/lite lines/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 1988. Washington DC. A town of manicured lawns and well kept secrets, of stately homes and designer drugs. It's where the body of wealthy art patron Theo DeLise has just been discovered. And where Detective Ann Fitzhugh has just been assigned..... Spinelines/stamps/hinge crease/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Cheslea, Michigan, U.S.A.: Stein & Day Paperback, 1985. The scientists told him that the extra Y chromosome was the reason he was drawn to a life of crime. They worked on him during his second prison stretch. He was supposedly cured. He was a free man. Spider was certain of one thing; he wasn't ever going back to jail. He would walk the straight and narrow for the first time in his life. But then a stranger made him an interesting offer.. Gently read/tanning pg/tight/edgerubs. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1987. The setting is Hollywood. And a delicious obsession lures one haunted man into the most dangerous dream of all-the seductive nightmare of betrayal.. Spine lines/edge rubs/Tight Clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1989. Book Description A storm of passion, betrayal and violence explodes in the world of a talented and tormented pop singer.. Spine Line Cover crease/edge Rubs/Clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 1987. A mystery writer turns thief and plans a multi-million dollar heist. A fortune injewels. A lifetime of leisure. A make-believe caper that turns horribly and murderously real.. ISBN: 042510477x. Light Spine line/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE. more information

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E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Berkley Pub Group, 1994. From Publishers Weekly - Timothy Cone, Sanders's shabbily dressed, tough-talking, razor-witted Wall Street dick, is back at his special game in three dazzlingly plotted stories that might have been subtitled (to borrow the words of Cone's feisty girlfriend and boss): "The things people will do for the almighty buck." Among the colorful players, , there's the resilient daughter of a gangster who not only knows how to combine insider trading with running her late father's garbage disposal business, but who, with Cone's help, learns how to keep the business out of the grasping hands of mobsters and stay alive; the financial tycoon so universally hated it takes a Cone to pick the person who really "offed" him from among all those who wanted to; and the case of the mysterious rise in the stock of a Chinese food company, the investigation of which puts Cone in the crossfire of murderous Chinese gangs.. ISBN: 0425116417. Lines/edgerubs/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. NEW YORK N Y FICTION. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1994. (Archy McNally Mystery Ser.) Reviewer: from Crossroads ...Dapper Palm Beach PI Archy McNally has been requested by a monied client of his father's law firm to check the background of Theodosia Johnson, a beautiful neo socialite in the south Floridian circles, and soon to be married to an heir of a fortune...McNally cajoles, bribes with meals and pays off his many sources--caterers, barkeeps and newspapermen--but information about the lass starts coming in seemingly disconnected pieces, until the artist of a masterful portrait of Theodosia winds up with a knife in his throat and a stripper who seems to be into extortion gets a bullet thru her head and the rightful heir to the artist's estate is found strangled in her SUV under water. McNally falls for the mysterious lady (Madame X) further complicating things, and a creepy thug with Michigan plates on his Cadillac is seen once too often near several of these disconnected pieces.. ISBN: 0425142868. Appears unread/clean/stamp. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. FLORIDA FICTION MCNALLY ARCHY FICTITIOUS CHARACTER MYSTERY DETECTIVE HARD BOILED PALM SPRINGS CALIF PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 1998. Anna Batory's evening starts with a frenzied animal rights raid and then moves quickly to the site of a suicide jump. It's all in a normal night's work for Anna, who leads the Night Crew, a freelance video team out to make a quick buck on sensational footage they can sell to L.A. news stations. But this night is different: the jumper is a teenager named Jacob Harper, and Anna's cameraman Jason beats a strangely hasty exit after filming the jump. A few hours later, Jason too is dead: shot and knifed. Jacob Harper's father is an attractive former cop who works out the connection between his son's death and Jason's. The two young men share a drug dealer--. Spine Lines, No Cover Creases. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2001. Before the chilling Prey novels, Sandford made his mark with computer genius Kidd. Now Kidd is back, but his colleague Jack Morrison is missing, and Kidd himself is being targeted in a national manhunt.. Gently read /Lt Spine Lines/clean Tight. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2000. From Booklist: Sandford's Prey novels continue to attract widespread critical and popular acclaim. This tenth in the series won't change the pattern. Trying to avoid facing his empty personal life, enigmatic Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport is jolted out of the doldrums by the handiwork of professional hitwoman Clara Rinker, in town to do what she does best. Adding to his problems is glamorous defense attorney Carmel Loan, a clever and intimidating lawyer. When Davenport suspects an alliance between the two women, he soon faces two deadly enemies. Sandford keeps the level of suspense dizzyingly high as he shifts viewpoints between the women and Davenport, but what sets this story apart is his examination of the odd friendship between cold-blooded killers Clara and Carmel. Also stellar is his ability to show Clara's human side--to the point where readers may (guiltily) find themselves rooting for her.. Sp Lines/stamp/tilt/edgerubs/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2000. From Booklist: Sandford's Prey novels continue to attract widespread critical and popular acclaim. This tenth in the series won't change the pattern. Trying to avoid facing his empty personal life, enigmatic Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport is jolted out of the doldrums by the handiwork of professional hitwoman Clara Rinker, in town to do what she does best. Adding to his problems is glamorous defense attorney Carmel Loan, a clever and intimidating lawyer. When Davenport suspects an alliance between the two women, he soon faces two deadly enemies. Sandford keeps the level of suspense dizzyingly high as he shifts viewpoints between the women and Davenport, but what sets this story apart is his examination of the odd friendship between cold-blooded killers Clara and Carmel. Also stellar is his ability to show Clara's human side--to the point where readers may (guiltily) find themselves rooting for her.. Sp Lines/stamp/tilt/edgerubs/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2000. From Booklist: Sandford's Prey novels continue to attract widespread critical and popular acclaim. This tenth in the series won't change the pattern. Trying to avoid facing his empty personal life, enigmatic Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport is jolted out of the doldrums by the handiwork of professional hitwoman Clara Rinker, in town to do what she does best. Adding to his problems is glamorous defense attorney Carmel Loan, a clever and intimidating lawyer. When Davenport suspects an alliance between the two women, he soon faces two deadly enemies. Sandford keeps the level of suspense dizzyingly high as he shifts viewpoints between the women and Davenport, but what sets this story apart is his examination of the odd friendship between cold-blooded killers Clara and Carmel. Also stellar is his ability to show Clara's human side--to the point where readers may (guiltily) find themselves rooting for her.. Sp Lines/stamp/tilt/edgerubs/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Berkley Publishing Group, 2000. From Booklist: Sandford's Prey novels continue to attract widespread critical and popular acclaim. This tenth in the series won't change the pattern. Trying to avoid facing his empty personal life, enigmatic Minneapolis Deputy Police Chief Lucas Davenport is jolted out of the doldrums by the handiwork of professional hitwoman Clara Rinker, in town to do what she does best. Adding to his problems is glamorous defense attorney Carmel Loan, a clever and intimidating lawyer. When Davenport suspects an alliance between the two women, he soon faces two deadly enemies. Sandford keeps the level of suspense dizzyingly high as he shifts viewpoints between the women and Davenport, but what sets this story apart is his examination of the odd friendship between cold-blooded killers Clara and Carmel. Also stellar is his ability to show Clara's human side--to the point where readers may (guiltily) find themselves rooting for her.. Sp Lines/stamp/tilt/edgerubs/clean. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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Putman, 1996. From Amazon: - Revenge is the engine which powers Sanford's seventh "Prey" thriller starring superslick Minnesota cop Lucas Davenport. When a dangerous female bank robber is killed in a shootout, her even more dangerous husband escapes from prison and begins a campaign of retribution against the families of Davenport and his team. As always with Sandford, excellent writing is the icing on an enjoyable cake. (Other Sandford "Prey" books: Eyes of Prey, Mind Prey, Night Prey, Rules of Prey, Silent Prey, Winter Prey.). ISBN: 0399141383. DJ Curl bottom/book Corner Dents. Hard Cover. Good/Good. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1985. When ad man Victor Dean falls down the stairs in the offices of Pym's Publicity, a respectable London advertising agency, it looks like an accident. Then Lord Peter Wimsey is called in, and he soon discovers there's more to copywriting than meets the eye. A bit of cocaine, a hint of blackmail, and some wanton women can be read between the lines. And then there is the brutal succession of murders -- 5 of them -- each one a fixed fee for advertising a deadly secret.. Gently read/lite lines/tanning pgs/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion Press, 1998. Ingram: A laugh-out-loud caper of love, lust, and identity that will open your heart. For 10 years now, Angelina Amaro has kept a secret so deep, so personal, that she couldn't share it with anyone, not even her closest relative. She is in love. In love with the man who betrayed her father, Mafia capo Paul Amaro, and sent him away to prison. In "Virgin Heat", Angelina sets out to track him down in the wilds of Key West and in the process, finds herself.. ISBN: 0786889276. Spinelines/tilt/stamp/clean/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. KEY WEST FLA FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE GENERAL. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1991. From Library Journal - Beauteous Samantha Adams, Atlanta journalist, visits New Orleans school chum Kitty for Mardi Gras. Sam gains entree to all the privileged parties, but uses her status to question family members about the hit-and-run death of Kitty's brother. She vies for information with handsome (younger) insurance investigator Harry Zack, nephew of Kitty's brother, so an interesting contest--heightened by mutual attraction--develops between the two. As they sort through mismatched people and illogical clues, the author pokes fun at Southern traditions and mannerisms, while at the same time steeping the reader in New Orleans atmosphere.. ISBN: 0671684574. Spinelines/edgerubs/tanning pg/tite. Mass Market Paperback. Good. ADAMS SAMANTHA FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 1990. And LAPD Lt Luis Mendoza is feeling the burn as the sweltering temperatures raise tempers and violence. Heading the list is the bizarre murder of a young French girl - a search that eventually leads Mendoza to Paris.. ISBN: 037326061x. Spinelines/tan pgs/edgerubs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Good. MENDOZA LUIS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION MYSTERY DETECTIVE POLICE PROCEDURAL LOS ANGELES CALIF CALIFORNIA. more information

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Don Mills, ON, Canada: Harlequin Enterprises, Limited, 1988. From the back; The most puzzling crime of all is the murder of a respectable middle aged woman from Indianapolis. A string of hit and runs involving a Model A Ford, and a bizarre mugger with a penchant for footwear all add up to another high voltage month in the city of stars.. Hinge crease/Stamp/rubs/tight. Mass Market Paperback. Acceptable. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1985. First came the fight with Alison, the only woman ever to give Lt. Luis Mendoza thoughts of settling down. Troubled by the way the romance had ended, Mendoza sought refuge in the case file in front of him, thick with facts about a rapist-murderer. The ugliest thing in the file was the indication that an innocent man had been sent to the gas chamber. Concentrating on the case, Luis Mendoza gives his mind free rein, trusting to his famous ability to develop "hunches" about the homicides it is his duty and pleasure to solve. Unfortunately, when the solution to this case becomes clear, Luis Mendoza discoveres that his hunch means Alison herself is headed toward disaster!. ISBN: 0892960825. Appears unread/sm Hole Punch in Cover. Mass Market Paperback. Good. MENDOZA LUIS FICTITIOUS CHARACTER FICTION. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Intl Polygonics Ltd, 1985. The prewar atmosphere old radio shows, bureaucratic rules of conduct and vicious fighting make this mystery marvelous - From Chicago Sun Times. Extremely complicated - but full of surprises. Some nasty people are depicted in unloving detail, and there is a great deal of suspense as the net starts closing. Above all, there is the picture of a stratified Britsh society. From The New York Times.. ISBN: 0930330250. Appears unread/clean/stamp. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. ENGLAND FICTION GRANT CELIA FICTITIOUS. more information

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Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1996. Insurance can be a real killer. Luther Sitasy, one-time Vietnam vet, wealthy eccentric, now manager of the policy limits section of Trans Patriot insurance, trips into a savage plot. Someone is calculating the cold blooded murder of certain high reserve plaintiffs, using the millions of freed-up reserves for their own high stakes gain. Luther's investigation forces him back to a time of guns, honor, and another, darker sense of morality as he hurtles towards a sociopathic killer and his sensual and sexy partner, while the body count steadily rises.. Lite DJ wear/clean/tight. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. more information

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New York: Bantam, 1984. Lauren wasn't exactly concentrating on higher education. After all, there were so many more stimulating topics around Harvard Yard this fall. Like her favorite man to stare at in her Russian Revolutions seminar. Brilliant gorgeous Russel was any freshman fantasy come true. Until, one frosty November morning his body was found floating in the icy waters of the Charles River.. ISBN: 0553240463. Lines/hinge crease/edgerubs/stamp/tan Pg. Mass Market Paperback. Good. more information

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New York: St Martins Press, 2002. Joe Kurtz has been wronged one too many times. So when he takes out the drug dealing thug that killed his girlfried, the ex-PI gets to cool his heels for 11 years in Attica. It's there that he meets "Little Skag" Farino, the son of an aging Buffalo, New York mob boss. In exchange for protecting the kid's manhood against any unwanted jailhouse affection, Kurtz gets an audience with Little Skag's father upon his release from prison. Byron Farino is still clinging to what dwindling power he holds on the New York organized crime scene. He enlists Kurtz's help to track down the Family's missing accountant--a man with too much knowledge of Family business to have on the loose. But someone doesn't want the accountant found. As the story twists and turns and the body count rises, Kurtz no longer knows who he can trust. Everyone seems to be after something, from the mob boss's sultry yet dangerous daughter, to a hit man named The Dane, an albino killer who is good with a knife, and a dwarf who is armed to the teeth and hell-bent on revenge.. Brand New. Mass Market Paperback. New. more information

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