Search Results: Fiction- Crime from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Werner Laurie , 1955. 196pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Black title over lightly bumped spine. Plain red boards minimally shelfworn. An indecipherable signature on front pastedown, random flecks, toned endpapers, else text-block good. "Behind the Headlines' is another fast-paced crime thriller by Robert Chapman featuring his key character, London's Banner's news agency newshound Rex Banner. It was a chilly June day in Nova Gardens when Rex Banner arrived in his old Ford . . . The dead woman had been pretty, she wasn't pretty any more . . . It was murder, the stuff that headlines are made of . . . Our sleuth has 15 chapters in which to solve the crime . . . Book weight approx. 285g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Thailand: Book Siam, 1996. 320pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. The fifth novel in the Vincent Calvino Private Eye series. From the jacket flap: "The Year of The Rat. Private Eye Vincent Calvino has been hired by Quentin Stuart, a dying Hollywood screenwriter. His assignment is to investigate the apparent suicide of Samantha McNeal, the daughter of Quentin's ex-agent . . . While working on the case, Calvino gains access to the inner circle of expats seeking the Hollywood dream in Bangkok." Book weight approx. 450g.. First Edition. Softcover with Fold-in Flaps. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Macmillan, 1972. 222pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Brown boards nominally bumped. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated [a quaint Golliwog] dustjacket mildly edgeworn, abraded and soiled. A powerful novel of accusation, finger-pointing, racial bias and intrigue in the British Army, when a young coloured officer is charged with leaking high security information to a foreign power.Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Good.

Blackburn, Victoria, Australia: Penfolk Publishing, 2003. x, + 296pp. Book clean, slightly cocked. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn and has a short, oblique crease on front, and reading crease on spine. Edition limited [2000 copies]. Crime fiction, initially set in the bayside Melbourne suburb of St. Kilda. First a teenage girl is murdered; conflicting evidence, no suspects, a 'cold' crime scene, and political obstruction hamper the Homicide Squad. When a second and third signature murder is committed, Inspector Ryan McAbbey assigns a taskforce and a manhunt begins . . . Book weight approx. 390g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition [Limited].. Softcover. Very Good. Limited Edition.

Blackburn, Victoria, Australia: Penfolk Publishing, 2003. x, + 296pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Bold author signature to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front panel. Edition limited to 2000 copies. From the rear cover: "In the bayside suburb of St Kilda a teenage girl is murdered. It is no ordinary murder . . . Battling conflicting evidence, no suspects, and a crime scene as cold as a Melbourne winter, the Homicide Squad is further hampered by political obstruction. When the second and third signature murders are committed, Inspector Ryan McAbbey assigns a taskforce and a manhunt begins . . . " Book weight approx. 390g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition [Limited].. Softcover. Very Good. Limited Edition.

London: Simon and Schuster, 2011. 486pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket has a tiny closed tear to head at front flap fold, negligible edge-creasing. "A menacing pool of blood but no victim . . . Under the watchful eye of DCS James Langton, DCI Anna Travis takes charge of an investigation for the first time. But is it purely a missing person's case - or a full blown murder enquiry?" Contents include: Prologue, 21 chapters. Book weight approx. 800g.. First Edition, Second Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heinemann, 1978. 476pp. Book clean. Vivid silver title over cocked, and lightly bumped spine. Plain black boards nominally shelfworn only. Text-block unmarked. Text-printed dustjacket creased and edgeworn, abraded, with a light sticker ghost, plus clear tape reinforcing on verso folds. Reprint of the first British edition by Cedric Chivers Ltd. 1971. Fictionalized account of a dubious murder conviction for a crime that occurred on 15 April, 1920, in South Braintree, Massachusetts, when a payroll truck was held up and its driver murdered. Two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were accused, tried and eventually executed for the crime, but did they do it? . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface (Author), Introduction, 22 chapters, Note. Book weight approx. 505g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Reprint.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good +/Good.

Rowville, VIC, Australia: The Five Mile Press, 2007. 279pp., plus 8 page, publisher's promotional section at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Personal inscription, "To xxxxxxx, best wishes" signed by Robin Bowles on first (author biog.) page, else leaves clean and unmarked, albeit very faintly tanned at edges. Illustrated card wrapper very mildly edgeworn at head. "With a swagger, a smile and a slash of lipstick she takes on the mystery of a torched Ferrari, investigates the case of the poisoned Pekinese puppies and stumbles into the world of missing persons, drug deals gone wrong, laundered money and murder . . . " A fictional debut by Robin Bowles, Australian true crime writer. Book weight approx. 413g.. Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Long, 1960. 187pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over cocked spine. Print decorated boards undamaged. Text-block clean, nominally flecked on endpapers. Art-illustrated ('Sax') dustjacket edgeworn, with repaired closed tears. First U.K. edition of this Mike Shayne thriller begins with the disappearance of one of the two survivors of an Atlantic plane crash. The survivor's disappearance during the night following his dramatic rescue becomes mysteriously more sinister the following morning when Mike Shayne has a visitor - a girl who claims the man had information about her missing husband . . . Brett Halliday was a pseudonym of Chicago-born Davis Dresser (1904-1977). Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908. viii, + 344pp., bound-in, dark sepia, tissue-guarded, halftone plate frontispiece, plus seven tipped-in un-guarded like plates throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over bumped spine. Art-illustrated green cloth boards lightly shelfworn only. A former owner's name and date (1908) on ffep., untrimmed (deckle edge) foredge and foot of text-block, random splotches and flecks throughout. No dustjacket. Mystery and suspense set in the English village of Breckonside, in the county of Northumberland . . . Contents include: Prelims., 40 chapters. Book weight approx. 495g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good +.

Australia: Little, Brown, 2010. 247pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, black title there-on. Plain boards lightly bumped on one upper foredge corner. Illustrated endpapers. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Hannah Firmin) dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. The eleventh book in the 'No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' series, featuring Precious Ramotswe. 17 chapters. Book weight approx. 415g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Australian Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good +.

U.S.A.: Author (Brooke Sivendra) , 2016. vi, + 199pp., plus (x). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated wrapper slightly bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. This title, 'Escanta', is the first in Australian author Brooke Silvendra's James Thomas crime fiction series. James Thomas is a hunted man, with a past full of secrets and a skill-set that makes him dangerous. Mak Ashwood is a criminal prosecutor taking on 'The Mob', and when her life is threatened she hires James to protect her . . . Book weight approx. 335g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 15cm).

London: Fourth Estate, 2005. 127pp., b/white illustrations by Jay Ryan. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards very lightly bumped on one foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly surface indented. In 'The Final Solution', prose magician Michael Chabon has "condensed his boundless vision to craft a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story . . . " Book weight approx. 250g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Judy Piatkus (Publishers), 1990. 186pp. Book clean. Bright gilt ttile over lightly bumped and canted spine. Plain red boards very good. Textblock mildly flecked, else unmarked. Illustrated (Pete Rozycki) dustjacket slightly bumped and edgeworn only. Crime Fiction by award-winning author, Northern Ireland-based Jo Bannister. Set in a remote Scottish anchorage, the idyllic peace is shattered when an explosion aboard a luxury cruiser kills a woman on board and brings to an abrupt end the restful holiday which Clio Marsh prescribed for her detective husband Harry. Was the wreck of the 'Skara Sun' an accident - or was Alison McAllister murdered by any of several suspects . . . ? Book weight approx. 395g. . First U.K.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.25cm).

London: Souvenir Press, 1993. 368pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Small, faint edge-stain to several leaves, else pages clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally sunned on spine (title unaffected). "The unsurpassed Irish talent for story-telling is superbly evident in this anthology of some of the best detective stories by Irish writers to appear over the last 150 years . . . Each story is prefaced by a short biography of the writer, and the whole collection cannot fail to provide a substantial feast of enjoyable suspense, intrigue and intellectual challenge." Book weight approx. 560g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1980. 221pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Printed dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Series hero Travis McGee is suddenly snapped out of his world of sun and sand, boats and boodles, sharks and shakedowns, when (despite his old friend Meyer trying to tell him the 'real' world is in a process of deadly change) a woman who means everything to Travis is murdered. A stunned McGee, on the path of the killer, must impersonate a man who has lost his daughter to a fanatical religious cult, infiltrating the Church of the Apocrypha, risking life and limb with what he learns of the cult's activities . . . Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First British. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2011. 364pp., plus 8. Book clean and square. Vivid silver title over nominally bumped spine. Blindstamp publisher's device on front board, else plain black boards very good. Text-block pristine. Embossed, illustrated dustjacket lightly nipped and edgeworn. First edition, first printing, published in November, 2011. The author, James Patterson, and his fictitious literary character, Detective Alex Cross, need little or no introduction. Suffice to say in this alarming title, 'Kill Alex Cross', Cross is called to investigate two cases: the President's children have been kidnapped, and the water supply for Washington D.C. has been poisoned . . . After 117 chapters - job's done. Also includes a short excerpt from an upcoming title at rear. Book weight approx. 630g.. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: William Morrow, 2003. 221pp. Book clean, square. Red spine firm, black title there-on. Plain black boards lightly corner bumped. Remainder stripe to lower textblock edge, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a degree of sunning to spine (title clearly legible), a small, faint dampstain with red off-set to foot of spine on reverse, else negligible edge-creasing. "A tale of the nature of sanity, the cost of inspiration, and the art and business of creativity, 'Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned' has the absurd and provocative hijinks that could only come from the fertile, frenzied mind of veteran soul Kinky Friedman." Book weight approx. 482g.. First Edition (Stated). Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Alyson Books, 2002. xiii, + 442pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. "Noel Cumming's life is about to change. Irrevocably. After witnessing a brutal murder, Noel is recruited by the police to serve as a lure for the killer at large. Undercover, Noel delves deeply into New York's gay underground - shadowy backroom bars, pulsing strobe-lit private clubs, the thrill-seeking world of extreme wealth - where he gradually becomes aware of the darker forces at work in his once placid life . . . Felice Picano has taken the psyhological thriller as far as it can go." Includes Preface. Book weight approx. 430g.. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1965. 110pp. Book clean. Spine firm, minimally canted. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock age-toned, else unmarked. This first printing 'Green Penguin' was published in 1965 - condition-wise it would suit the collector of these 'timeless' classics. Maigret investigates when the case against meek picture-frame maker Gaston Meurant, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, for money, and the smothering of a small child for good measure, doesn't fit the facts . . . Book weight approx. 100g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus.. Softcover. Very Good.