Mystery & Suspense Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Light edge browning, slight fading to spine, and two small blue dots to bottom edge. Jacket has light shelf wear and wrinkling. 1977. First Edition. Hard Cover. Famous American cancer specialist Dr. Alex Cousins is sent by the President of the United States to Russia to prolong the life of the Secretary General of the Politburo. While in Russia, Cousins learns that the Soviets plan to attack China. In an attempt to silence him, the Soviets send Cousins home via the Trans-Siberian Express, the world's longest and most exotic train ride. A beautiful KGB Agent has been ordered to keep him under surveillance until the trip is over. Soon Cousins and the Soviet agent transcend their political differences and fall desperately in love. ; 8vo . (more information)

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New York: Coward - Mccann, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Slight darening to gilt spine lettering, mild edge foxing. Front board slightly bowed. Jacket has rubbing to edges and back panel, with small tear to bottom edge of front panel at spine edge. 1970. First American Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Harper Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge browning. Sticker remnant to back panel of jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Warner Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Superficial scratches and flap creases. Book has been gently read. 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Convicted of a murder that took place twenty-five years ago, an innocent Rufus Harms secretly files an appeal with the Supreme Court, but the real killers embark a deadly campaign to ensure that the case will remain closed, eliminating all who could reveal the truth. 500,000 first printing. . (more information)

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New York: Delacorte Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Faint top edge spotting. Jacket protected in mylar. 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Assigned to locate Dakar, the Israeli naval vessel that vanished years ago without a trace, troubleshooter Wendell Trent travels three miles below the ocean's surface, while two governments risk an armed encounter to abort America's search.; 8vo . (more information)

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New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light spotting to top edge. Jacket with light scratches to back panel. 1993. First US Edition. Hardcover. Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Blanche Hampton investigates the gruesome murder of a government minister's daughter and that of another woman killed in exactly the same manner. . (more information)

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Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. Very Good with no dust jacket; Black boards with orange-lettered spine and front board; orange-stained top edge. Cup marks to front board, light rubbing; fading to top edge. 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Charlie Chan has been invited as a houseguest where he meets a world-famous soprano, who is murdered not too long after the meeting. Once again, Chan is expected to solve the murder, which he does in typical fashion. One of the strongest entries in the series, with a clever trick used to trap the murderer at the end. The last book of the Charlie Chan series and the only one not adapted into a film. . (more information)

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New York: Warner Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket has some shelf wear and tiny chip to back top corner. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. South Africa erupts into a violent power struggle after a retaliatory attack by African National Congress guerrillas on a train carrying the Prime Minister and his cabinet leaves the nation's top National Party leaders dead. . (more information)

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Garden City: Doubleday. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight with light edge browning. Jacket lightly sunned on back panel; wrinkle top edge. 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Suave CIA agent Blackford Oakes returns to attempt to keep the Soviets from dividing Berlin with the infamous Berlin Wall, in a story of international intrigue, political machinations, and espionage set during the height of the Cold War. . (more information)

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New York: Longmans, Green & Company. Near Fine in Good dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight with minor edge browning. Jacket has edge tears and wear; protected in mylar. 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Bantam Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book leans a bit, with minor wear to bottom edge. Jacket with light edge wrinkling. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. At gloomy Gossinger Hall, Sir Henry Gossinger has just dropped a bombshell. He has announced to his unwitting relatives that he has written a new will bequeathing everything to his devoted butler Hutchins. Not since the days of George III, when roguish Sir Rowland Gossinger was accused of stealing the queen's silver tea strainer, has such a scandal threatened the family honor. But the worst is yet to come. . (more information)

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New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; A few leaves ruffled. Minor shelf wear to jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Conman extraordinaire Beano Bates and his beautiful, unlikely partner, District Attorney Victoria Hart, join forces to engineer a multi-million-dollar scam designed to bring down a powerful mob boss and his clan. . (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book is clean, straight and tight with foxing to top edge. Jacket has light soiling to back panel and is protected in mylar. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Good with no dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with water-spotting to boards. 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is strong with lightly foxed edges and date written at the bottom of front endpaper. Jacket is lightly worn along edges, with a clip to bottom edge of front flap, although price is still present at the top. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is straight and tight with foxing along edges and small white spots on the bottom edge of back board. Jacket is bright with light wear. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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London: Hamish Hamilton. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is fresh and strong with a hint of lean and light edge foxing. Jacket is lightly sunned at spine, slightly soiled on back panel. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. (more information)

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New York: Random House. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Remainder mark and light spotting to bottom edge. Jacket has some shelf wear and back panel crinkles. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent William Gordon lands in the middle of a bizarre Mafia power struggle after he inherits a most unusual legacy from his late uncle, the last of the great Jewish mobsters. ; 272 pages . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge browning. Jacket has tiny dig on the "F" in "Fears", minor edge wrinkling, and is protected in mylar. 1991. First Edition. Hard Cover. One terrible act plunges the world into an instant nuclear crisis, and with the American president accused of incompetence, Jack Ryan calls on FBI head Dan Murray to help him avert disaster. ; 8vo . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Small spot of soil on bottom edge. Light shelf wear to jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Called out of retirement to serve as National Security Advisor to the president, Jack Ryan, with the help of CIA officers John Clark and Domingo Chavez, must prepare the untested president to meet the challenges of a new world order. . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book has light edge browning, a tiny smudge top edge, and faintly visible number on half-title page. Jacket has small tear front top edge near corner, corner wear, and is protected in mylar. 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. When Moslem fundamentalists destroy a key Soviet oil complex, the Russians initiate a plan of diplomatic trickery and military build-up in preparation for their seizure of Persian Gulf oil. ; 8vo . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge browning. Jacket has minor top edge wrinkling and is protected in mylar. 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. The Soviet Union and United States Star Wars race escalates, Colonel Mikkail Filtov, America's agent in the Kremlin, is about to be betrayed, and only Jack Ryan can save Filtov--and world peace. ; 8vo . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread. Superficial scratches to back panel of jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. In the wake of an assassination attempt on the SVR (former KGB) chairman, newly elected U. S. President Jack Ryan puts black ops specialist John Clark on the alert, only to have things complicated by dangerous forces in China. . (more information)

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New York: William Morrow & Co. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Dust jacket have been better treated than this one: edge tears (one to front bottom edge and two to back top edge) , soiling and spine darkening. Book has some edge soil and a curious splatter made up of tiny dots near the foredge. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. (more information)

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Poughkeepsie: Vivisphere. Near Fine; Copyright is 1973, but LOC number puts this edition at 2000. Appears unread. N.D.. Softcover. Ann and Diane are twins, both beautiful. As children they had often played at switching identities to confuse the grownups. When Diane is killed in a car crash on the way back from the airport, Ann cannot resist the temptation of her sister's exciting life. She decides to play Diane-this time for good. But she is not prepared for the ultimate, chilling consequences of her "Diane Game, " that by pretending to be her sister, she actually becomes Diane. ; Trade PB . (more information)

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New York: Vintage Books. Very Good; Light cover rubbing and crinkles. 1999. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Trade PB . (more information)

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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Page edges browned. Jacket rumpled with edge wear / wrinkling, laminate lifting at spine foot, and scratches to back panel. 1993. Hard Cover. The bizarre and deadly world of high-tech medicine run amok comes alive in a trio of Cook's best-selling horror tales--Outbreak, Mortal Fear, and Mutation. . (more information)

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New York: Bantam Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket; Winner of the 1997 Edgar Award. Jacket is protected in a mylar cover. 1996. First Edition. Hard Cover. When Malcolm Gaines asks his attorney to prepare his will, he resurrects the long-buried secret behind a tragedy at Chatham School, which destroyed lives and shattered a quiet community. . (more information)

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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; The story of naval aviators in Vietnam, this is the author's first novel and only the second novel published by the Naval Institute Press. (The first being a little book on submarines called The Hunt For Red October) Jacket protected in mylar cover. 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. During the Vietnam War, attack pilot Jake Grafton, struggling with his conscience and trying to find meaning to all the senseless death and destruction, decides to plan an illegal bombing raid into the very heart of Hanoi. . (more information)

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Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Prior owner emboss on front endpaper and half-title page; tiny stain top edge of half-title page. Jacket has shelf wear. 1986. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. During the Vietnam War, attack pilot Jake Grafton, struggling with his conscience and trying to find meaning to all the senseless death and destruction, decides to plan an illegal bombing raid into the very heart of Hanoi. . (more information)

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