Search Results: KANSAS from Murder By The Book

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1990. First edition, March 1990, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. An AGATHA AWARD WINNER. A Jenny Cain title. "Jenny Cain, last seen in Dead Crazy , finds herself far from home when the Port Frederick, Mass., Civic Foundation is named heir to a cattle ranch in Kansas by wealthy rancher Cat Benet. As director of the foundation, Jenny is summoned to the dying Benet's bedside in a Kansas City hospital, where he is murdered before they can meet. The only conditions that the foundation must observe to inherit are to never allow any of Benet's kin to set foot on the ranch and to provide lifetime jobs for two employees, cowboys Quentin (Slight) Harlan and Carl Everett. The rest of Benet's vast fortune is left to his three living ex-wives, four adult children he has seldom seen, his sister and her son. Suspicious of the whole setup, especially since she… Read More

New York, NY,: St Martins Press, 1990. 1st Ed. F/F/. Set in Wichita, Kansas. A brutal series of killings . Simon Brith is the cop on the case.. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Birch Lane Press , 1989. 1st edition. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. "In this amusing entry in the tough-private-eye genre, attorney James P. Casey believes himself too cynical and world-weary to be taken in by a sob story--until Linda Matasseren walks into his office and shows him a picture of her kidnapped six-year-old daughter. Little Sara has been snatched by her father's drug-dealing associates, who want Linda to tell them the location of Matasseren's stash. Case, who is convinced Linda knows nothing about its whereabouts, calls on a seemingly endless network of school buddies, ex-clients, friendly cops, even a mob-connected cousin, to find the little girl before the kidnappers carry out their threat to kill her. Following leads, which often turn into graphically violent confrontations, from Wichita to Dallas to Kansas City, Case develops as a likable shamus with integrity, a self-deprecating manner and… Read More

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: Dennis McMillan, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION, One of 104 copies SIGNED and lettered by Scott Phillips. Bound in goatskin morocco and handmade paper, with slipcase. Dustjacket design by Michael Kellner. McMillian calls it "..a wonderful 'Willefordian' novel of the Kansas frontier, in which he incidentally solves the Bloody Bender mystery. It's a truly fine noir 'Western'".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kellner, Michael. Limited / Lettered Edition.

Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.: Dennis McMillan, 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket and slipcased. LIMITED EDITION, One of 300 copies SIGNED and numbered by Scott Phillips. Dustjacket design by Michael Kellner. McMillian calls it "..a wonderful 'Willefordian' novel of the Kansas frontier, in which he incidentally solves the Bloody Bender mystery. It's a truly fine noir 'Western'".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover in Slipcase. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Kellner, Michael. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

NY,NY: Pinnacle Books, 2004. 1st. Ed. NEAR FINE - book shows normal reading creases , else fine. Third book in series and author of the EDGAR NOMINEE, The Last Witness . Defense attorney Lou Mason looks into the murder of talk-radio psychiatrist.. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2000. 1st edition, November 2000, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. NOMINATED FOR 5 AWARDS: Anthony, Barry, Creasy Dagger, Gold Dagger, and an Edgar Award. "Loaded guns, ladies of the night, broken neon, broken dreams. Here is a world that is immediately recognizable--through a shot glass at three A.M. This is life with rough edges, in a novel that gives you the straight goods--point blank-- one cold, snowbound Christmas Eve in Kansas. One single night, defined in shadings of black and white, when everything changes. . . . For most, the city is closing up. For a few outsiders, this night, Christmas Eve 1979, is just beginning. Charlie Arglist is a lawyer saying goodbye to Wichita by revisiting the landscape of his used up life: the cold stare of his angry ex-wife, the empty strip clubs and bars where loneliness turns a profit, the frozen glare of ex-lovers and… Read More

London: Picador, 2000. London: Picador, 2000. First Edition UK, Fine in a Fine dustjacket, with publisher's wraparound band intact. Author's first book. Nominated for an ANTHONY AWARD, a BARRY AWARD, A CREASY DAGGER AWARD, a GOLD DAGGER AWARD, and an EDGAR AWARD.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000. 1st. Ed.with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. SIGNED by the author at title page. . A Mad Dog and Englishman mystery.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Scottsdale: AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Hayes brings Buffalo Springs, Kansas, to life in his first mystery. When the small town is rocked by its first murder in years, the sheriff, known to the locals as Englishman, must restore order. Complicating matters is the fact that Englishman's brother, Mad Dog, a shaman wanna-be who is one-quarter Cheyenne, found the body and is considered a suspect. More crime follows, and there's a tornado on the way. An African American history professor visiting local historical sites finds himself caught up in the action, too. The solution to the case reveals some complicated family relationships that may bring the sheriff and his not-so-ex wife together again. This well-crafted story told with humor will leave readers waiting for further adventures of Mad Dog, Englishman, and the inhabitants of Buffalo Springs. " --… Read More

Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.A.: Poisoned Pen Press, 2004. 1st. Ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. A Mad Dog & Englishman mystery. A review copy with Poison Press stamp on first page. Review material laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

Wichita: KS: St. Kitts Press, 1999. The 1st Callista Bagley gardening mystery set in Kansas. Interspersed with the mystery Callie shares her own gardening tips. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC).