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New York: Minotaur Books. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Full number line.. 224 pages. Agatha Raisin Mysteries, No. 11. Recently married to James Lacey, the witty and fractious Agatha Raisin quickly finds that marriage, and love, are not all they are cracked up to be. Rather than basking in marital bliss, the newlyweds are living in separate cottages and accusing each other of infidelity. After a particularly raucous fight in the local pub, James suddenly vanishes-a bloodstain the only clue to his fate-and Agatha is the prime suspect. Determined to clear her name and find her husband, Agatha begins her investigation. But her sleuthing is thwarted when James's suspected mistress, Melissa, is found murdered. Joined by her old friend Sir Charles, Agatha digs into Melissa's past and uncovers two ex-husbands, an angry sister, and dubious relations with bikers. Are Melissa's death and James's disappearance… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. First US Edition. Hardcover. Two lower corners bumped; rubbing to d j . 244 pages. It is 1891, the year Bertie, Prince of Wales, saves the Surete from sending an innocent man to the guillotine. Although a quintessential Englishman, Bertie is in Paris because he unabashedly loves it - the food, the frolics, the divine Sarah Bernhardt, the joie de vivre - just as he adores investigating the murder at the Moulin Rouge. Playing detective seems partly noblesse oblige, since the victim was to become the son-in-law of Bertie's old friend, Jules d'Agincourt. But it is also a chance to show off his talent for snooping, especially with the beautiful stage star Bernhardt acting as his assistant. From the sketching of the crime scene by Toulouse-Lautree to the demimonde inhabited by the ladies of the night, Bertie finds himself out of his element and tripping over red herrings instead of caviar. He is not, however, to be… Read More

New York: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Minotaur. Near Fine. 2004. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 304 pages. Alex and Kate Sheppard have found the perfect house; the home they had always dreamed of owning. Nestled deep in the Wiltshire countryside and surrounded by a two-acre walled garden, The Parsonage was to be their own little paradise . . . but nothing stays perfect forever. Soon after moving in they make an impossibly exciting discovery---one that defies every known law of nature and science. They find a blue rose bush flourishing in their walled garden. But as word of their discovery leaks out, the Sheppard's peaceful existence is shattered and they find themselves plunged into a world of coded journals, genetic experiments, cold-blooded greed, and, ultimately, murder. Threatened from every direction, with no one to trust but themselves and Lawrence Kingston, a gardening expert to whom they have revealed their exciting… Read More

New York: Felony & Mayhem Press. Very Good. 2009. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Small crease at bottom of front cover. 217 pages. A Gervase Fen Mystery, No. 6. In the sleepy English village of Sanford Angelorum, Oxford professor and amateur detective Gervase Fen is taking a break from his books to run for Parliament. At first glance, the village he's come to canvass appears perfectly peaceful, but Fen soon discovers that appearances can be deceiving: someone in the village has discovered a dark secret and is using it for blackmail. Anyone who comes close to uncovering the blackmailer's identity is swiftly dispatched. As the joys of politics wear off, Fen sets his mind to the mystery—but finds himself caught up in a tangled tale of eccentric psychiatrists, escaped lunatics, beautiful women, and lost heirs . .

London: Vintage Books. Fine. 2009. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. Debut novel. Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 205 pages. A Gervase Fen Mystery, Book 1. It is October 1940 and at Oxford, the Full Term has just begun. Robert Warner, up and coming playwright known for his experimental approach, has chosen an Oxford repertory theater for the premiere of his latest play, Metromania. Together with his cast he comes to Oxford to rehearse a week before the opening, but Warner's troupe is a motley group of actors among whom is the beautiful but promiscuously dangerous Yseut Haskell. She causes quite a stir with her plots, intrigues and love triangles. When she is found shot dead in the college room of a young man who is infatuated with her, everyone is puzzled and worried; most of the actors have had a reason to get rid of the femme fatale and few have alibis.The police are at loss for answers and are ready to proclaim the incident as suicide, but Gervase Fen, an Oxford don and… Read More

New York: Scribner. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 241 pages. What an honor to become trustee of an English stately home museum. Yorkshire Detective Inspector Charlie Peace's wife, Felicity, is initially thrilled when she's asked to join the board that oversees Walbrook Manor, an eighteenth-century mansion that's now part of a charitable trust. She's in for some surprises. With its shabby salons and drafty hallways, Walbrook shows signs of the financial burden it caused its recent owners, members of the related Quarles and Fiennes families, known more for feuds than for affectionate familial ties. They are known also for shadowy intrigues, great and small, some of which may emerge now that Walbrook and its archives are open to the public. The revelations could be devastating . . . and dangerous. Rupert Fiennes and Sir Stafford Quarles represent two lines of Walbrook?s lords of the manor. Rupert seems relieved to have relinquished the estate to charitable hands,… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First US Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Black book and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 249 pages. Fitz is an ingenious psychologist who freelances his services to the police as a criminal profiler and master confessor. The police admire his skills, but not his lifestyle: Fitz loves gambling, booze, cigarettes, and pushing his considerable bulk into any situation that intrigues him. When a pair of cop-killers fall in love and begin a crime spree, Fitz gets brought in to hunt them down. In the midst of his investigation, his wife leaves him and he finds himself falling for his department liaison, Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon. Torn between love of his family and the charms of the young policewoman, Fitz must focus on a case that questions the very nature of love and violence. .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 279 pages. Inspector Luke Thanet, No. 13. In Simpson's 13th Luke Thanet novel, Max Jeopard, a handsome playboy with a reputation to match, has finally decided to marry his longtime love, Tess Sylvester, when he is killed at his own engagement party. Called to Tess' posh family home, Inspector Thanet finds no sign of an intruder--but plenty of suspects, including a former ex-girlfriend and a jealous brother .

Dean Street Press. Fine. 2016. Trade Paperback. No spine crease.. 205 pages. A Frank Garrett Mystery, No. 1. Meg leaned forward suddenly. There was a note of terror in her voice. "Bill--where--is--Robin?" Robin O'Hara never deserved his wife, Meg. He was unfaithful and involved in work that was just a little bit dangerous. When Meg reaches her limits and wants a divorce, Robin abruptly disappears and is presumed dead. Shortly after, Meg starts receiving messages that gives her the idea that reports of Robin's death may be premature. When former beau, Bill Coverdale, comes back to London he is intent on winning Meg back. He just has to deal with foreboding about her missing husband, a crazy group of kidnappers, and saving her from a watery grave... .

New York: Penzler Publishers. Fine. 2018. First Edition Thus. Trade Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 293 pages. American Mystery Classics. A clever magician tries to solve the case of a locked-room murder that only a talented escape artist could have committed. Freelance scribe Ross Harte is working on an essay about the sad state of the modern mystery novel when a scream comes from the hallway: There is death in that room! Harte finds a trio of conjurers trying to get into the apartment of his neighbor, the mysterious Dr. Cesare Sabbat, famed occultist and, for the past few minutes, a corpse. They break down the door to find Sabbat lying in a pentagram, face twisted from the agonies of strangulation, but with no bruises on his neck. All the doors were locked, and the windows drop straight down to the river below. Only an escape artist could get out of that room, and Sabbat knew quite a few. To make sense of this misdirected muddle, the police bring in the… Read More

New York: Crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Gray boards with red spine imprinted with title and author in black. Stated First American Edition with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.3 Inches. 347 pages. An Inspector Morse Mystery, No. 12. With the Master of Lonsdale retiring, two senior dons are furiously vying for his position, a competition that Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis soon discover may be linked to the shooting of a young woman in her North Oxford home. .

London: Harpercollins. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Remainder mark on bottom of text block. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Bound in Dark blue with spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 . 175 pages. The death of Trudy Thornton presents DCI Millson and DS Scobie with a sensitive investigation. Trudy's life was more complicated than even her closest confidante realized, as becomes obvious when it is discovered she was pregnant. .

New York: Soho Constable. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. First US Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable archival cover. Black binding with title and author imprinted on spine. Full Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2number line.. 288 pages. Lord Francis Powerscourt, No. 7. In 1905, Lord Francis Powerscourt investigates a series of art thefts from stately homes of the Protestant gentry in Ireland. Then people begin to vanish. As Powerscourt closes in on the killer, his own life is threatened and his patriotism is questioned. .

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First U. S. Edition: February 2004 with full number line. . 249 pages. A Harriet Martens Thriller, No. 3. Struggling to work with a crew that refuses to take her seriously, detective superintendent Harriet Martens is surprised when one of her superiors places her in charge of a major investigation, a case that proves increasingly difficult in the wake of peer scorn. .

New York: St. Martin's Minotaur. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2005. First US Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First U.S. Edition: May 2005 with full number line. . 1.18 x 8.27 x 5.51 Inches. 272 pages. A Harriet Martens Thriller, No. 5. Recovering from her near-death experience following an attack by a would-be poisoner, Harriet Martens soon discovers that she may be forced to draw out the killer when her attacker goes on a rampage involving a series of seemingly indiscriminate, lethal assaults on unsuspecting victims. .

New York: Penzler Publishers. As New in As New dust jacket. 2019. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover.Black boards and spine with title and author in gold. Full number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 181 pages. American Mystery Classics. A starlet on a transcontinental train fears her director may be trying to kill her in this novel by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Dorothy B. Hughes. Four years after she arrived in Los Angeles, Kitten Agnew has become a star. Though beautiful and talented, she'd be nowhere without Vivien Spender: Hollywood's most acclaimed director -- and its most dangerous. But Kitten knew what she was getting into when she got involved with him; she had heard the stories of Viv's past discoveries: Once he discarded them, they ended up in a chorus line, a sanatorium, or worse. She knows enough of his secrets that he wouldn't dare destroy her career. But he may be willing to kill her. On a train from Los… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Crease on dust jacket flap . Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Green binding withtitle and author imprinted on spine in silver Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 256 pages. A Constable Evans Mystery, No. 7. When Constable Evan Evans and his new fiancée decide to travel south from home in Llanfair, Wales, to visit his mother in Swansea, they’re not expecting the disturbing news that greets them on their arrival: the young thug convicted of murdering Evan’s father several years earlier is suspected of murder once again. Tried as a juvenile for Evan’s father’s death, Tony Mancini only served four years in prison. Now he’s been accused of killing Alison Turnbull, a local teen and the daughter of Mancini’s boss. But when Evan goes to meet the boy face to face he’s surprised to find not the stone-cold killer he expected but a scared young man… Read More

New York: Soho Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Maroon boards and spine imprinted in gold on spine with title and author. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 372 pages. An Inspector Redfyre Mystery, No. 1. Barbara Cleverly, bestselling author of the Joe Sandilands series, introduces an ingenious new sleuth who navigates 1920s Cambridge, a European intellectual capital on the cusp of dramatic change.England 1923: Detective Inspector John Redfyre is a godsend to the Cambridge CID. The ancient university city is at war with itself: town versus gown, male versus female, press versus the police force and everyone versus the undergraduates. Redfyre, young, handsome and capable, is a survivor of the Great War. Born and raised among the city’s colleges, he has access to the educated élite who run these institutions, a society previously deemed impenetrable by local law enforcement. When… Read More

New York: Bantam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. Remainder dot on bottom . Genealogical table. 304 pages. Windsor Castle, 1861. For the second time in over twenty years, Irish barrister Patrick Fitzgerald has been summoned by the Queen. The first time, he’d been a zealous young legal clerk, investigating what appeared to be a murderous conspiracy against her. Now he is a distinguished gentleman at the top of his profession. And the Queen is a woman in the grip of fear. For on this chilly night, her beloved husband, Prince Albert, lies dying. With her future clouded by grief, Fitzgerald can’t help but notice the Queen is curiously preoccupied with the past. Yet why, and how he can help, is unclear. His bewilderment deepens when the royal coach is violently overturned, nearly killing him and his brilliant young ward, Dr. Georgiana Armistead, niece of the late Dr. Snow, a famed physician who’d attended none other than Her Majesty. Fitzgerald is sure of one thing:… Read More

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Fine dust jacket. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed, dated and inscribed "To Mae Carol on her 75th birtday, Happy Birthday, Anne Perry" . Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition: April 2000 with full number line.. . 320 pages. Thomas Pitt Novels, No. 20. Superintendent Thomas Pitt cannot immediately ascertain exactly what segment of society the dead man riding the morning tide of the Thames came from, but the sight of him is unforgettable. He lies in a battered punt drifting through the morning mist, his arms and legs chained to the boat's sides. He is clad in a torn green gown and flowers bestrew his battered body. Is he, as Pitt fears, a French diplomat who has gone missing? Or merely someone who greatly resembles him? Pitt's determined search for answers leads him deep into London's bohemia to the theatre where beautiful Cecily Antrim is outraging society with her bold portrayal of a modern woman -… Read More