Search Results: Thrillers and Crime from Ariadne Books

New York: Delacorte Press, 1998. Advance reading copy, 1998, signed by the author on the title page. Softcover. 386pp. No jacket - as issued. Three troubled characters' lives converge beneath Chicago's shadowy streets. Under Chicago's famous Loop, a homeless woman believes that the blood of the Virgin Mary is seeping through a crack in a concrete wall. When this wall becomes the centre of the lives of a disparate group of people - a troubled young woman, an opera singer, and an idealistic psychiatrist - the result is a haunting tale of how we all must grapple with the ghosts of the past. When a mysterious woman appears at the wall during a violent storm, the lives of these three are changed irrevocably. A magical, unforgettable tale of myth and madness. Book in good condition. Covers a little soiled and residue of a small sticker to upper cover. Corner tips slightly creased and a diagonal crease across lower cover.

London: William Collins Sons and Co Ltd, 1977. First edition, signed " Best Wishes, Sandy Gall, Leicester, '79" to the ffep. Hardback. Light brown boards with gilt to spine. Dust jacket in protective sleeve. Debut novel from Sandy Gall who was probably best known at the time as ITN's newsreader. Alastair Playfair arrives in Africa to cover a coup d'etat, his task made easier and more attractive by the presence in the British High Commission of Arabella. It is clear that the usurping general will get the better of the royal family, but both try to lay hands on a hoard of gold brought into the country at the time of the Congo troubles. A third party emerges that is also interested in the gold. A tense novel and one vivid with atmosphere - sandy Gall had been a prisoner in one of Amin's jails. A magnificent climax in which all the threads of this colourful story are knotted ingeniously together. Book in near fine condition. Very slight lean to the spine and some very slight… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 1999. First edition, 1999. Signed and dated by the author to "Simon with all good wishes" on the title page. Hardback. 385pp. Red paper boards with black cloth spine. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. This is the second full-length appearance of V.I. Warshawski following her debut in Tunnel Vision. A dark and emotionally shattering case for V. I. Warshawski that takes her into the home of a wealthy Chicago family, into the pampered world of a Hollywood star, and behind the razor wire of a women's prison where the more dangerous criminals may be on the wrong side of the bars. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket also near fine and unclipped with just a little minor edge wear. Spine very slightly faded.

Sutton, Surrey: Severn House Publishers Ltd, 2010. First edition 2010, with a signed dedication by the author to the ffep. 201pp. Illustrated boards with design repeated on the dust jacket. When a young girl's body is found on a stretch of Devon wasteland, the finger of suspicion pints at local man Angus Dillon. Five years later, when a second girl's body is found, Angus finds himself under suspicion again. this time there is compelling DNA evidence. Only one person is convinced this gentle, intelligent man is innocent. But how can forensic evidence be wrong? Near fine and unread in a near fine dust jacket (unclipped).

London: Hutchinson, 2004. First edition, signed and dated by the author on the title page. Hardback. 314pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number thirteen and has always felt dogged by ill-luck. Where he lives, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span in contrast to the rest of the place. His landlady, Gwendolen, was born there and lives her life almost exclusively through her library, blind to the decay around her. The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically since the days of John Christie and the foul murders he committed at 10 Rillington Place. Mix is also obsessed with the life of Christie. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who wouldn't give Mix a second glance. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life a long pent-up violence explodes. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket… Read More

London: Hutchinson, 2004. First edition, signed and dated by the author on the title page. Hardback. 314pp. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number thirteen and has always felt dogged by ill-luck. Where he lives, there are thirteen steps down to the landing below his rooms, which he keeps spick and span in contrast to the rest of the place. His landlady, Gwendolen, was born there and lives her life almost exclusively through her library, blind to the decay around her. The Notting Hill neighbourhood has changed radically since the days of John Christie and the foul murders he committed at 10 Rillington Place. Mix is also obsessed with the life of Christie. He has also developed a passion for a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who wouldn't give Mix a second glance. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life a long pent-up violence explodes. Book in near fine condition. Tiny mark to… Read More

New York: Delacorte Press, 2001. Advance reading copy, 2001. Signed by the author on the title page. Soft cover. 414pp. No jacket (as issued). The story begins with a national conference in downtown Chicago, where angry protesters are calling for the recovery of Holocaust assets. There, a slight man stands up to tell an astonishing story of a childhood shattered by the Holocaust - a story that has devastating consequences for V.I's cherished friend and mentor, Lotty Herschel. Book in very good condition. A very little edge wear and slight wear to corners. Slight toning to page edges.