Search Results: SWITZERLAND from Murder By The Book

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 2003. 1st Ed. PBO. Very light soiling at page edge else near fine. . AGATHA AWARD NOMINEE. A Passport To Peril Mystery.The hills are alive with the sound of murder. Set in Switzerland. Female sleuth.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

London: UK: Collins Crime Club, 1962. First edition. Light wear with a touch of soiling at rear cover, top of page edges darkened else very good in dj, wear at head and foot, a few closed tears else very good. Her 3rd book. Chief Inspector Tibbet in Geneva. Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work. Crime tends to catch him when he's on vacation, but this time around Henry's at a coppers' conference, an international effort intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland (for a Scotland Yard detective, Henry does manage to get around.) and the always sensible Emmy has come along for the parties and the chocolate. It's a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry's colleagues winds up dead and Henry, of all people, becomes Suspect No. 1. A minor but real pleasure here? The reappearance of some characters from Dead Men Don't Ski, widening both the Tibbetts' social circle and the circle of suspects.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very… Read More

N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962. 1st edition, so stated. Bright red boards with white lettering, page edges moderately soiled else near fine copy in dust jacket, not price clipped, $3.50 intact, edges lighyly rubbed and chipped, spine sunned, chipped at head and foot, lightly soiled. The third Henry Tibett title. Amazingly enough, Henry Tibbett is at work. Crime tends to catch him when he’s on vacation, but this time around Henry’s at a coppers’ conference, an international effort intended to stop drug-smuggling. The conference is in Switzerland (for a Scotland Yard detective, Henry does manage to get around.) and the always sensible Emmy has come along for the parties and the chocolate. It’s a glittering whirl of attractive folks in their best early-1960s attire until one of Henry’s colleagues winds up dead and Henry, of all people, becomes Suspect No. 1. A minor but real pleasure here? The reappearance of some characters from Dead Men Don’t Ski, widening… Read More

London: Headline, 1991. 2nd ed. with complete number line beginning with 2. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's 1st novel. 2nd Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Tor Books, 1989. First edition, May 1989, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Author's first novel - introduces 6 ft, red-haired, artist Hanna Andrews. "A fabulous, long-lost triptych made for the last tsar of Russia by the great jeweler Faberge, a wealthy and unscrupulous collector with violent henchmen and a young American artist come together in Basel with predictable results in this mystery/thriller. Successful young painter Hanna Anders arrives in the Swiss city searching for her heritage, hinted at by her dead grandfather, a Russian refugee from the 1917 Revolution. With no real knowledge of what she is seeking, Hanna tries to follow clues about her family's past, then runs afoul of collector Octavian Demopolis, who knows about her connection to the triptych, which he wants to add to his secret collection. Hanna is rescued from Octavian's kidnap attempt by… Read More

Greenwich: CT: New York Graphic Society, 1961. 1st. U.S edition. Fine in near fine dust jacket, shows chipping at top and bottom of spine, else, tight and bright copy, $3.50 price intact. Police chief inspector Baerlach has just undergone surgery when his friend and doctor, Hugentobler, thinks he recognizes one of his own colleagues on a LIFE Magazine picture. The article is about Dr. Neyle, a Nazi doctor who practiced surgery without anesthesia in the extermination camps. This Dr. Neyle could now be the eminent owner of a private clinic for wealthy people in Zurich, Switzerland. Baerlach convinces his friend to transfer him in that clinic under a false name. How will Baerlach, who is still too weak to leave his bed, be able to unmask the evil doctor?. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.