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London: Pan Books, 1980. Reprint ed.. Paperback mass market, good plus condition, tiny bump base spine, pages & inside covers lightly toned, minor edgewear. 191 pp. Hercule Poirot has another mystery on his hands. He has some very puzzling clues to unravel which centre around the ABC Railway Guide found at each crime scene. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover, and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill, who will then be Victim C? Agatha Christie at her best.

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), red cloth spine, light foxing edges, fore-edge little marked, top corner tips little creased some pages, tiny scuff fore-edge few pages, pages lightly toned, bottom corner front flap jacket creased (some edgewear & chipping, few small closed tears, bottom corner rear cover laminate little lifted, spine ends little worn). 395 pp. First edition. This well-plotted, fast-paced and suspenseful crime fiction novel is a thrilling adventure with the authenticity and impact of future headlines. The story is around Tony Bartlett, an Australian journalist stationed in Kenya. He flies south to cover the story of the hijacking in Johannesburg of a South African airliner. The Australian author's first novel took a year of research in South Africa. He was born in Australia but left to hitchhike through Europe and Africa, at the age of 18. He did many jobs before he became a journalist in 1956.… Read More

London: Pan Books, 1971. Reprint ed.. Paperback small, good condition, spine ends chipped, few light creases covers, top corner tip rear cover & bottom corner front cover little creased, pages toned, some edgewear. 187 pp. The Bachelors of Broken Hill, by Arthur Upfield (Pan Books, 1971, paperback). When a rash of murders plagues the elderly bachelors of Broken Hill, part-Aboriginal Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte (Bony) is faced with one of the most challenging mysteries of his career.

Melbourne: Hinkler Books, 1994. Paperback, very good condition, pages toned as common, spine faintly creased, minor edgewear. 254 pp. The Bachelors of Broken Hill (Hinkler, 1994, paperback). When two elderly bachelors were poisoned with cyanide, a strange woman was on the scene each time - and now she too has disappeared, leaving no trace. Tracking her down in a town of 28,000 people is a job to tax even Inspector Bonaparte. Bony needs the unorthodox skills of burglar Jimmy the Screwsman and a lightning-sketch artist, as well as all his Aboriginal deductive and tracking skills at his command.

London: Pan Books, 1961. Paperback small, good condition, minor edgewear, spine ends little rubbed, tiny tear base spine, few light creases covers, bottom corner rear cover creased, corners front cover creased, edges & pages toned, inside cover & front flyleaf lightly foxed, rear cover toned, few pages miscut bottom edge, owner's written name. 187 pp. When a rash of murders plagues the elderly bachelors of Broken Hill, part-Aboriginal Detective-Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte is faced with one of the most challenging mysteries of his career. Already two elderly bachelors have died horribly from cyanide poisoning. Now, two months later, Bony faces a cold trail, no motives, no clues - only vague descriptions of a woman who had been on the scene each time. So Bony waits for what he believes to be inevitable - a third killing.

London: John Hamilton, 1934. 2nd printing ed.. Hardback small octavo, two dustjackets (facsimile & original), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red cloth cover, re-backed (new spine headbands & endpapers), small bump spine, some toning prelim page, pages slightly toned as common, minor foxing edges, minor edgewear. 246 pp. Second printing edition (1934). This mystery and adventure novel, by Australian-born writer, J. M. Walsh, involves a man moving along the London Embankment in the fog, which he enjoyed after several years under a tropical sun. A girl cries in terror and he hears a splash. He went over the parapet to her rescue, and finds himself involved in an extraordinary mystery to solve. (SCARCE edition form a collectible publisher John Hamilton and their Sundial Mystery Library. Repaired copy. Includes the original dustjacket, torn with spine faded with spine ends missing, from which facsimile copy was taken: see photos.).

New York: Atria Books, 2009. 1st U.S. ed.. Hardback thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), pages faintly toned, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 375 pp. Malla Nunn writes a darkly romantic crime novel set in 1950s apartheid South Africa, featuring Detective Emmanuel Cooper - a man caught up in a time and place where racial tensions and the raw hunger for power makes life very dangerous indeed. The story is a morally complex one rich with authenticity. The author sets the story in Jacob's Rest, a tiny town on the border between South Africa and Mozambique. An Afrikaner police officer is found dead, and Detective Emmanuel Cooper, an Englishman, begins investigating the murder. It is a tale of murder, passion, corruption, and the corrosive double standard that defined an apartheid nation.

London: HarperCollins, 2002. Modern reprint ed.. Paperback, very good plus condition. 272 pp. Classic Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. Poirot and Captain Hastings find themselves plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking their lives and that of Poirot's twin brother to uncover the truth behind 'Number Four’.

Sydney: Frank Johnson, 1945. Paperback trade, poor condition only (text intact, except rear cover), covers loose (pieces missing), pages toned (few edge tears), title page edges missing & stained, few pages edge-stained. 128 pp. (Estimated date, Trove catalogue. Black bird emblem on front cover. Common booklist on rear cover to "Blood on his Hands", by Afford, dated 1945.) A scarce Australian pulp paperback. Cover subtitle: "A Thrill on Every Page!".

New York: Knopf, 2009. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), red boards (black cloth spine), jacket cover design slightly offset, edges lightly foxed, fore-edge uncut, autograph (author's written name), jacket protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 131 pp. Crime fiction novel by James Ellroy, the bestselling author of L.A. Confidential. This is a political noir set in 1960s Los Angeles. This book is about America's recent past razed and fully reconstructed. It is a massive tale of corruption and retribution, of ideals at war and the extremity of love.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1964. Reprint ed.. Paperback, very good condition, spine little scuffed & toned, pages lightly toned as common. 230 pp. This time Bony, the part-Aboriginal detective, is at his best on a tense hunt for a savage murderer (and former theological student) in the southwest corner of Western Australia.

London: Heinemann, 1960. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), inner hinge little split (pages firm), edges & inside covers lightly foxed, pages lightly toned, light foxing some pages, minor edgewear jacket (small tears spine ends, fore-edge & spine edges rubbed, bottom rear flap creased), archival tape reverse side). 208 pp. First edition. The Australian part-Aboriginal detective, Napoleon Bonaparte, investigates the hard-drinking Irishmen of Cork Valley, New South Wales. When an excise man, searching for illicit stills, is murdered, Bony goes in undercover as a horse-thief and petty crook.

London: Heinemann, 1961. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, no jacket (missing), good condition (reading copy), spine little faded, pages lightly toned (two pages toned patches), few small marks top edge covers, endpapers & flyleaves & title page lightly foxed (some foxed spots some pages), some edgewear top edge, written name red texta rear pastedown 230 pp. First edition. This time Bony, the part-Aboriginal detective, is at his best on a tense hunt for a savage murderer (and former theological student) in the southwest corner of Western Australia.

London: Pan Books, 1964. Paperback small, good condition, small rubber stamp top edge, edges & pages toned, slight ridges along spine (binding error), minor edgewear, faint rubber date stamp last page. 208 pp. This time 'Bony', the part-Aboriginal detective, is at his best on a tense hunt for a murderer in the southwest corner of Western Australia.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1994. Paperback, very good condition. 156 pp. Bony and the Black Virgin, by Arthur Upfield (Angus & Robertson, 1994). An Inspector Bonaparte mystery - the Australian part-Aboriginal detective. Bony is called to the drought-stricken outback. At a desolate sheep station two men have been savagely beaten to death and it's Bony's job to make an arrest.

New York: Pocket Star / Pocket Books, 2005. 1st Australian printing ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, pages lightly toned, bottom corner rear cover little creased, minor edgewear. 407 pp. Crime fiction novel by John Dunning about a Denver policeman named Cliff Janeway who is now a bookseller. He sets out to solve the mystery of the death of local bookscout, Bobby Westfall, a gentle and quiet man who has spotted enough valuable books to keep himself and his beloved cats housed and fed. Now, Janeway's life is about to start a new chapter as he looks to find out who is murdering people who have an interest in books. (No 1 in the Bookman series. This copy printed in Australia by Griffin Press. 394 + 13 pages.).

New York: Pocket Star / Pocket Books, 2005. 1st Australian printing ed.. Paperback small trade, good condition, pages lightly toned, light creases covers, minor edgewear. 332 pp. Crime fiction novel by John Dunning about a Denver policeman named Cliff Janeway who is now a bookseller. This is a story about a very special book. Denver cop-turned-bookseller Cliff Janeway is encouraged by a former police colleague into going to Seattle to bring back a fugitive wanted for assault, burglary, and the possible theft of a priceless edition of Edgar Alla Poe's 'The Raven'. The bail jumper is a vulnerable young woman Eleanor Rigby, who is also a gifted book binder. The rare volume is surrounded by a deadly history, and when Eleanor escapes and disappears, Cliff must find her and unravel the secrets of the book's past and its mysterious maker before another death happens. (No 2 in the Bookman series. This copy: Printed in Australia by Griffin Press.).

New York: Pocket Star / Pocket Books, 2005. 1st Australian printing ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, pages faintly toned as common, minor edgewear, cover design differs from stock photo. 469 pp. Crime fiction novel by John Dunning about a Denver policeman named Cliff Janeway who is now a bookseller. He buys a signed first edition of a rare book by a 19th century explorer and man of letters, Sir Richard Francis Burton, and then becomes involved in a new mystery. Book 3 of the Janeway novels. Australian edition, first printing (1 in number line).

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1994. Paperback, very good condition, minor edgewear, strong remainder stripe. 186 pp. Crime fiction novel in which a police jeep is found on a lonely dirt road in Western Australia. In it is Constable Stenhouse - shot dead, and his Aboriginal tracker has vanished. Will Bony or the local Aborigines find the killer first?

London: Arrow Books, 2010. Reprint ed.. Paperback small trade, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minimal edgewear. 312 pp. This novel features India's most private investigator, Vish Puri. He is chubby, persistent and unmistakably Punjabi. He is assisted by his undercover operatives, Tubelight, Flush and Facecream. He uses modern techniques and methods of detection developed in India more than 2000 years ago. He has to locate a missing maidservant named Mary. Puri's search takes him to the desert oasis of Jaipur and the remote mines of Jharkhand. His surprising adventures reveal India in all its complexity.