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New York:: Random House,, 2008.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (some wear to edges of boards). First printing. The author's fourth novel, a combination of historical fiction - set in the Mormon culture of polygamy in the 19th century and focusing on Ann Eliza Young, who left her powerful husband and embarks on a crusade to end polygamy - and a modern mystery of murder in a polygamist family in modern-day Utah. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 514 pp.

New York:: Mysterious Press,, (2003.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very good in near fine dust jacket (prev owner's name sticker on front endpaper, blacked out.). First US printing. A Marcus Didius Falco mystery novel, set in imperial Rome. SIGNED on the title page. Family tree. Maps. 368 pp.

London:: Century, , (2003.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A Marcus Didius Falco mystery novel, set in imperial Rome. SIGNED on the title page. Family tree. Maps. 283 pp.

[Washington, D.C.]:: Gateway Mystery,, 1998.. Near fine in printed red wrappers (light crease on front cover.). Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.

[Washington, D.C.]:: Gateway Mystery,, 1998.. Fine in printed red wrappers (publisher's letter laid in.). Uncorrected proof (trade paperback format. ) Victorian era mystery set in 1891, in an England still reeling from the horror of the Jack the Ripper murders. The first offering in this series of 16 titles, and the inaugural book in Gateway's new line of mysteries. 224 pp.

New York:: St Martin's Minotaur, , (2015). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A novel of historical suspense combining mystery, romance and intrigue, set in the 1890s on the French Riviera and featuring Lady Emily Hargreaves. Author's note. 288 pp.

Palo Alto, CA:: Perseverance Press ,, (2004.). First edition -. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) In 1903, widow Charlotte Dodson, housekeeper at a manor in a small Sussex village which has been leased by a mysterious stranger, finds herself in the midst of sinister events involving an escapee from Dartmoor Prison, tales of a vampire on the loose and a fabulous jewel called the Orb of Kezir. With the assistance of Sherlock Holmes, her young son, and her own powers of observation,the resourceful Charlotte untangles this complex web. 259 pp.

New York:: Grand Central Publishing,, (2012.). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers (some toning to the edges of the textblock) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The final novel in the award-winning Child 44 trilogy. Former secret police agent Leo Demidov is forbidden to travel with his family to the US as part of a "Peace Tour" and when that ends in tragedy, he is forbidden to investigate. An epic novel ranging from the 1950s and 1960s to the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. 467 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1986). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Another in Baxt's very enjoyable series of 'celebrity mysteries' - this one opens in 1925 with Hitchcock and his wife discussing the script for his new film which he is shooting in Munich. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp. Dust jacket art by Honi Werner.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2005). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His fourth novel, a story of "revenge love and murder set in post-war Venice." Set in 1946, in a Europe slowly beginning to recover from the ravages of war, where a US Army war crimes investigator has come for a break from the horrors of his work, only to discover that in a seemingly unchanged Venice, everyone was compromised by the Occupation. 405 pp. Map endpapers.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2005). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. His fourth novel, a story of "revenge love and murder set in post-war Venice." Set in 1946, in a Europe slowly beginning to recover from the ravages of war, where a US Army war crimes investigator has come for a break from the horrors of his work, only to discover that in a seemingly unchanged Venice, everyone was compromised by the Occupation. SIGNED on the title page. 405 pp. Map endpapers.

Toronto, Canada:: Stoddart,, (1991). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. "A suspenseful tale of espionage and romance set against the dramatic events of the Second World War." It is 1937, and Nazi Germany is struggling to build its war machine - but in Antwerp, a diamond salesman is determined to stop them from obtaining the industrial diamonds they need so desperately. 377 pp

New York:: The Viking Press,, (2001.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. SIGNED on the title page. Hall's second mystery featuring figure Ambrose Bierce- William Randolph Hearst's star journalist and San Francisco's most celebrated writer - investigating the disappearance of a visiting Hawaiian Princess. Cover praise from Michael Chabon, among others, who states this "invites the reader into a puzzling, seductive and above all, pleasurable fictional realm... Hall has one of the finest prose styles around: tough, agile, but tinged with a sepia hint of gentlemanly elegance.. perfectly suited to bringing to life the San Francisco of the 1890's, at once gilded and rough-hewn, brawling and refined." 276 pp.

New York:: The Viking Press,, (2001.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Hall's second mystery featuring figure Ambrose Bierce- William Randolph Hearst's star journalist and San Francisco's most celebrated writer - investigating the disappearance of a visiting Hawaiian Princess. Cover praise from Michael Chabon, among others, who states this "invites the reader into a puzzling, seductive and above all, pleasurable fictional realm... Hall has one of the finest prose styles around: tough, agile, but tinged with a sepia hint of gentlemanly elegance.. perfectly suited to bringing to life the San Francisco of the 1890's, at once gilded and rough-hewn, brawling and refined." 276 pp.

London:: Flamingo / Harper Collins,, (2003). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (the usual light toning to the pages, otherwise as new). First printing. An historical thriller set in early 1800s England, and featuring a young Edgar Allan Poe (the "American boy"), who has been sent to a small village to be educated. Winner of the 2003 CWA Historical Dagger. SIGNED on the title page. Author's historical note. Cream and pale green patterned endpapers. 485 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. The 6th novel in the award-winning Maisie Dobbs series, set in England in the years after the Great War. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The 6th novel in the award-winning Maisie Dobbs series, set in England in the years after the Great War. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp.

New York:: Henry Holt,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder dot) . First printing. The 6th novel in the award-winning Maisie Dobbs series, set in England in the years after the Great War. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp.

London:: Headline (Hodder), , (2000). Hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (usual light toning to the pages, appears unread). First printing. The second book in the Restoration Mysteries series, featuring young architect Christopher Redmayne who is summoned by Charles II and told that Harriet Gow, his favorite mistrees, has been kidnapped. "Redmayne is engaged, with his friend Jonathan Bale, to resolve this delicate affair with speed and discretion." 277 pp.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1995). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First US printing. Historical mystery which takes place in 14th century Oxford, with its roots going back 200 years to a legend of a "sinister cult in the wilds of Oxfordshire." The first book in a series using characters from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. 248 pp.