Search Results: Mystery and True Crime from Grimalkin Books

New York: Little, Brown, and Company, 2008. This Stated First Edition from February, 2008 (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book also has the complete number line ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. There are NO remainder marks. This is an ideal collectible for those who collect Patterson's work. In this Women's Murder Club thriller, Patterson provides two intriguing cases for the women to solve, one involving a vanished teenager and the other, arsons in San Francisco. The book is bound in mustard boards with a blue-green spine and metallic red titles. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 376 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. This Stated First Trade Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in As New, unread condition, with an As New, unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The book is bound in gray boards with a black spine and silver lettering. This suspense novel deals with questions as to why a commercial twin-jet airliner crashed, and, as usual, Crichton was prophetic of things yet to come. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 353 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Secaucus, NJ: Castle, 1988. This delightful collection of 34 mysteries was first published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. The book is in Fine condition with a close to Fine dust jacket. The book is clean and tight, with no marks or inscriptions from former owners. The colorful dust jacket has no tears but the the spine bottom edge is creased. The book itself has dark blue boards with bright gilt spine lettering. The book measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 374 pages. See photo.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Scribner, 2010. When a bomb rips through a midtown Manhattan office tower, Aidan Cole must discover if the terrorists are from the Middle East or are the homegrown variety. This "clever, compelling page-turner" (Washington Post) is the author's first novel. This Stated First Edition includes a complete "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is bound in red boards with die-stamped silver spine titles. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 309 pages.. Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1969. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a close to Fine, unclipped dust jacket. As described on the front dust jacket: "An all-encompasing collection of pieces, may of them never before published in English, by people who were themselves victims and witnesses of the Holocaust." The book is bound in a woven red cloth, with gilt spine lettering. There is a discreet embossment from a former owner. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean, white, and sparkling throughout. The book is exceptionally fine except for a tiny splatter mark on the book's page edge. The dust jacket had two small closed tears and minor repairs. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book measures 6 3/8 by 9 3/16 inches and includes 412 pages, which includes an Appendix section consisting of a Glossary, Biographies, and Acknowledgments. . First Edition. Hard… Read More

New York: Macmillan, 1966. This Stated First Printing (and unless it's stated, it's not) is in Fine condition with a close to Fine dust jacket that has slight creasing on the flap edges. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book is bound in a salmon colored cloth with black spine letters. The author details many of the 19th and 20th Centuries' most famous heists of famous paintings, including a 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, a $2M theft of 20 Cezannes in 1961, Nazi art thefts, etc. The binding is tight and secure. The pages are clean and white throughout, with no marks, tears, etc. Photo inserts of some stolen paintings and crime scenes are included. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 246 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Thomas Dunne Books, St Martin's Press, 2003. This Stated First Edition from December 2003 (and, unless it's stated, it's not) includes the complete "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. It starts with a murder in war-torn Bosnia. When attorney Cal Dexter begins to draw a net around the killer as part of a worldwide chase, little does he realize that the CIA is working against him. What hold does the killer have on the world's stability? The book is bound in black paper-covered boards with die-stamped gilt spine titles. The book measures 6 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 370 pages. . Stated First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Time Warner Paperbacks, 2005. This collection of the second series of three complete novels dealing with Detective Inspector Bill Slider's unique crime-solving cases is in close to Fine condition (click on photo). The book includes a laid-in book plate signed by the author, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. The book was probably read once gently but shows only minimal wear. The book measures 5 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 756 pages. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean and bright throughout.. Signed by Author. First Edition Thus. Oversized Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Time Warner Paperbacks This collection of the complete first three Bill Slider detective novels is in Very Good condition (click on photo). The book was probably read once gently but shows little wear. The Title page is missing. The book measures 5 by 7 3/4 inches and includes 824 pages. The binding is tight, and the pages are clean and bright throughout.. Oversized Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009. This novel by the bestselling author of Fresh Kills involves one brother's attempt to rescue another brother from a nefarious past and the strange goings-on at a children's hospital, once a juvenile asylum. The book is a First Edition with a complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is bound in gray boards with a black spine, and die-stamped silver spine titles. The book measures 6 3/8 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 321 pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Brand New/Brand New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: HarperCollins, 2002. This Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it isn't) also includes a "number line" ending in a "1" to inducate First Printing. The book is in New condition with a New unclipped dust jacket. This true-life crime drama deals with a wrongful death lawsuit against a major car manufacturer that takes a weird twist when the man suing suddenly becomes a defendant in a murder case. The book is bound in ivory boards with a black spine and die-stamped gilt spine lettering. It measures 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches and includes 368 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., 1992. This second series of myteries involving our furry feline friends is in New, unread condition, with a New dust jacket. The wonderful jacket illustration is by Loretta Trezzo. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. Since there is no price on the front flap, I assume it's a BCE. In his Introduction, Ed Gorman points out how cats and mystery writers have an undue affection for each other. The 19 mysteries by 19 different mytery writers in this book seems to prove his point. The book is bound in light red boards with a deep red spine and gilt lettering. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 1/2 inches and includes 272 pages.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. In this, her 20th cat mystery novel, Braun has the town of Pickax truly jumping with cases of theft, murder, and kidnappings, while two Siamese cats, Koko and Yum Yum, are driven to distraction by some raucous birds. The book is in New, unread condition, with a New, unclipped dust jacket. This First Edition has the complete, required "number line" starting with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book also has a Putnam remainder "P" on the top edge. I've placed the dust jacket into a Brodart protective sleeve. The book is bound in purple boards, with a lavender-pink cloth spine and purple spine titles. The book measures 5 3/4 by 8 3/4 inches and includes 244 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1910. This odd volume is from a set of eight, each book dealing with actual historical crimes. This three-sectioned volume deals with the poisoner, the Marquise de Brinvilliers; a cruel and arrogant Russian countess, Vaninka; and finally, a notorious aristocrat, the Marquise de Ganges. The book is bound in a deep cerise cloth with a blind-stamped cameo illustration of two swordsmen fighting. The book has gilt spine titles and blind-stamped crossed swords on the spine as well. The spine is somewhat faded, with some fraying at the spine tips. The book is tightly bound, and the pages are clean with no marks, stains, tears, or signatures from former owners. One exception: on the two pages where there are black-and-white illustrations, there is some light margin foxing on the text pages opposite the illustrations (caused by acidity in the illustration paper stock). The book has a color drawing on the Half-title page. The book measures 5 1/4 by 8 inches and includes 302… Read More

Boston: Joseph Knight Company, 1896. Celebrated Crimes was originally published in France between 1839-1840 in eight volumes. This First Edition Thus is an English translation published in 1896 by Joseph Knight Company of Boston. Unlike other American publishers who followed the French prototype of releasing this work of famous true crimes in eight volumes, this publisher chose instead to release ten of the 18 essays in three volumes only, of which this is Volume III from a broken set. This particularly handsome and ornate book includes four famous crimes: The Marquise de Ganges, Karl Ludwig Sand, Vaninka, and Urban Grandier. Joseph Knight had several alternate bindings, using the differing designs in different colors. This is from one of the red-cloth versions. (There was also one like it in brown cloth.) The elaborate design shows nine vignette drawings of a gilt sword within a mirrored border of black bats on the front panel, plus three identical vignette designs on the spine. The titles in… Read More

London: John Murray, 1966. This is the first British edition, translated from the French by Frances Partridge, and published by John Murray, London. (The original French edition was awarded the Prix Guizot by the Academie Francaise.) The book is in close to Fine condition with a close to Fine non-price clipped dust jacket. The book is bound in a light green paper over boards that has some light spine-tip rubbing. It is tightly bound, clean and sparkling throughout, with no marks or tears. The dust jacket has some light edge rubbing and one small closed tear. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. The book contains nine illustations, mainly photographs. The real Arthur Conan Doyle was as much a mystery as any that his fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes solved. To unravel the mystery of the man, Pierre Nordon searched through the extensive Conan Doyle family archives and, with the help of new material and unpublished correspondence with Winston Churchill, Bernard Shaw,… Read More

New York: A Peter Glassman Book/SeaStar, 2001. This First U.S. Edition is in As New condition, with an As New price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival Brodart protective sleeve. In Book Two of the Deptford Mice Trilogy, the mice had fled the horrors of the rat-infested city to the countryside, only to find themselves embroiled in a mystery in which one by one they are being murdered. The book features black-and-white drawings by the author, who is also a gifted artist. The book includes a reenforced binding with black, paper-covered boards and a light-blue spine with metallic blue spine titles. The book measures 6 3/8 by by 9 1/4 inches and includes 250 pages.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New. Illus. by Robin Jarvis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Berkley Prime Crime Mystery, 2008. This is the fifth mystery in the Aurora Teagarden series by Charlaine Harris (author of the Sookie Stackhouse Southern Vampire series upon which HBO's True Blood is based). The book is in Fine condition with only minimal signs of wear (click on photo). In this novel, Roe's nemesis, Detective Sergeant Jack Burns, falls, minus a parachute, from a plane into Roe's yard. Equally strange events soon follow. The book measures 4 1/8 by 6 3/4 inches and includes 253 pages, with ads for Charlaine's other books in the rear. . Soft Cover. Fine. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. This author's first novel is in Fine, probably unread condition, with a Near Fine, unclipped dust jacket. (Click on photo.) The book is a Stated First Edition (and unless it's stated, it's not) and has a complete "number line" ending in a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is bound in black boards with silver spine titles. The dust jacket has two small closed tears. The book measures 6 3/4 by 9 1/2 inches and includes 263 pages. There is a small remainder dot on the top edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001. This Stated First Edition from December 2001 (and, unless it's stated, it's not) also includes a "number line" ending with a "1" to indicate First Printing. The book is in As New, unread condition, with an As New, price-unclipped dust jacket. I've placed the dust jacket into an archival, Brodart protective sleeve. This is the first novel from the popular Claire Gray mystery series (, although Claire was initially introduced as a secondary character in Craft's Mark Manning mystery series). In this mystery, the famous theatrical director has accepted an offer to head a collegiate theatre department, but before the semester even begins, Claire finds herself involved in a murder investigation when a faculty member's wife is murdered. The book is bound in black paper-covered boards with metallic green spine titles. The book measures 5 7/8 by 8 5/8 inches and include 341 pages.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 8vo - over… Read More