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New York: Random House. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; One small spot of soil to top edge . near corner. Jacket has slight rubbing and superficial scratches. . Anti-theft device to blindside of jacket, which cannot be removed without . damaging jacket.. 1999. First US Edition. Hardcover. While in Moscow, historian Fluke Kelso is approached by someone claiming to have been present when Stalin died, but a simple check into the old man's story turns into a murderous chase into the dark forests of northern Russia near the White Sea port of Archangel. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 373 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Bump bottom corners and tiny spot of . soil front endpaper.. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. In the space of a few days, a series of events will set Peter Pascoe and Andy Dalziel off on a case where the stakes have never been higher or more close to home. ; Dalziel And Pascoe Mysteries; 9.4 X 6.1 X 1.6 inches; 416 pages .

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Odd fade pattern to front panel of . jacket, minor edge wrinkles. NOTE: the jacket's main color is bright . yellow (my scanner just can't cope). 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Once a hotshot investigative reporter, Jack Tagger now bangs out obituaries for a South Florida daily, "plotting to resurrect my career by yoking my byline to some famous stiff." Jimmy Stoma, the infamous front man of Jimmy and the Slut Puppies, dead in a fishy-smelling scuba "accident" may be just the stiff Jack needs-if only he can figure out what happened. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 317 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Bottom corners bumped.. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. In this riveting finale to the Thorn series, the author takes Thorn on a dangerous mission to a tiny North Carolina town, where his son's life isn't the only thing that hangs in the balance. ; Thorn Mysteries; 9.2 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 304 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. A corporate thriller in which the dangers of sexual obsession are matched only by the perils of corporate power. In both realms, alliances shift with brutal alacrity and ruthless measure begets ruthless measure. A journey inside the dark quarters of a global corporation, the rotted heart of the ever-harrowing city, and the urges that reside within every man and woman. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 385 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus & Giroux. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Foxing top edge of book.. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Set in the sealed-off world of an elite private school in 1970s Copenhagen. Peter has grown up in institutions and is given a last chance to join "normal" society when he is accepted at Biehl's Academy. He connects with two other "outsiders" and they soon discover the school Is using them in an experiment in controlling children. An experiment that, almost inevitably, has tragic consequences. ; 8.9 X 6.2 X 1.0 inches; 277 pages .

New York: St Martins Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Slight lean; tiny tears top spine . edge, light edge wear.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Joe Sixsmith, quite possible Britain's only black, balding, middle-aged, laid-off lathe operator-turned-private eye, stumbles across a boy's corpse in a cardboard box - and that's just for starters. ; 8.3 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 222 pages .

New York: William Morrow. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Slight edge wrinkling jacket.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. When a fire forces TV executive Robin Hudson to vacate her apartment, she and her cat, Louise Bryant, move into the fabled Chelsea Hotel, the bohemian hostelry where artists both famous and infamous have long lived in semipeaceful coexistence with rubberneckers looking for the "real" New York. Then a smoky-eyed art dealer she's just met dies on her doorstep drawing Robin reluctantly into a murder investigation. ; Robin Hudson Mysteries; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.0 inches; 240 pages .

New York: Doubleday. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Dampstain to blind side back panel of . jacket, light soil.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Christopher John Francis Boone is autistic and, at fifteen, his carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbor's dog impaled on a garden fork and he is blamed for the killing. Christopher decides to track down the real killer and turns to his favorite fictional character, Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. ; 8.2 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches; 240 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Author's debut novel. Bump with wear . bottom corners; tiny tear bottom spine edge jacket.. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. An edge-of-the-seat story of a homicde detective on the trail of a killer who slays with exacting precision, and who harbors a terrifying motive. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 336 pages .

New York: Warner. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Author's first book and Barry Award . nominee for Best First Novel. Small dampstain to bottom edge back board of . book and blind side of jacket.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Scott Finn worked his way out of Boston's toughest neighborhood to become a rising star in the city's most elite law firm. Now the street smarts that have haunted him are about to become his best means of survival. ; 9.0 X 5.9 X 1.6 inches; 432 pages .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Appears unread.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. When crime boss Jack Fox gives the order to kill journalist Katherine Johnson, the woman's ex-husband--a clandestine government agent--leads a crusade to destroy Fox. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 295 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Page edges lightly toned.. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. After an exotic and dramatic honeymoon, Claire Malloy is back home and must face the harsh realities of life with her new husband, Police chief Peter Rosen, and her teenage daughter, Caron. ; 8.6 X 5.8 X 1.1 inches; 304 pages .

New York: St Martins Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Slight lean; edge wrinkling at spine . ends.. 1994. First US Edition. Hardcover. At long last, Inspector Douglas Roper is able to get away from England to Greece for a much-needed vacation. But his peaceful holiday is interrupted when he discovers one of the guests at his hotel brutally murdered in her ransacked room. ; 8.4 X 5.8 X 1.0 inches; 233 pages .

New York: Berkley. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has a fole with wrinkles to . bottom edge of back panel, and tiny tears to spine top.. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Annie Darling enlists the help of her husband, Max, to piece together a puzzle involving an overturned kayak, a stolen motorboat, a troubled love affair, and a reckless teenager. She must tread carefully because a killer is on the loose - a killer that works well in the foggy days of winter. ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 288 pages .

New York: Delacorte Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has light rubbing and . superficial scratches to back panel. Book has red dot to top edge.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Cincinnati police detective Sonora Blair finds herself walking a difficult and dangerous line of dark secrets, shocking surprises, and unpaid debts, as she and her partner, Sam, investigate the savage mass murder of a typical American family. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 308 pages .

New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Edges toned.. 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. California, 1985. Four children, running through the woods after school, stumble upon a partially buried female body, eyes and mouth glued shut. ; 8.9 X 6.4 X 1.6 inches; 432 pages .

London: Harper Collins. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Harper Collins edition published in . the same year as the Collins Crime first UK edition. Pages uniformly . toned; minor edge wrinkling jacket.. 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. In the beginning was the Word. A man drowns. Another dies in a motbike crash. Two accidents, yet in a pair of so-called Dialogues sent to the Mid-Yorkshire Gazette, apparently as entries in a short story competition, someone seems to be claiming responsibility for the deaths. ; Dalziel & Pascoe Novel; 9.3 X 5.9 X 1.9 inches; 464 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Small smudge top edge. Minor top edge . wrinkling to jacket.. 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. IRA assassin Liam Devlin returns to Britain in an attempt to effect the escape of German soldier Kurt Steiner from the Tower of London and return with him to Berlin. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 335 pages .

New York: Hyperion. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Book leans a bit . and has light edge soil.. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue Deer, Montana, may seem to be a tranquil little town nestled in a valley at the foot of the Crazy Mountains, but an influx of writers, artists, and actors has driven the inhabitants a little nuts and soon the number of killings multiply and tests Sheriff Jules Clement. ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages .