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New York: Newmarket Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 1.32 x 9.55 x 6.49 Inches. 384 pages. A world-renowned actor and an eminent underwater archaeologist have combined their remarkable talent and experience to write an amazing first novel--a rousing adventure of men and the sea, full of authentic historical and nautical detail, at once a morality tale and a saga of heroism, friendship and love. Jack O'Reilly is a 17-year old New Englander who in 1805, sails with his parents on the <I>Perdido Star</I> to Cuba, his mother's birthplace, to claim the land she has inherited. But for Jack, the trip that began with high hopes and the excitement of a new life, becomes a descent into violence and revenge. Tragedy strikes, Jack is forced to rejoin the <I>Star</I> as a member of the crew, sailing through the world's most treacherous waters under a drink-crazed captain. His soul seared and his heart calloused, his obsession to… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. Near Fine. 2012. 1st St. Martin's Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very mild spine increase. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 293 pages. A Gregor Demarkian Mystery, No. 27. Gregor Demarkian returns in a mindbending case of death and disappearance amongst the wealthy suburban elite.In Waldorf Pines, a very rich, gated suburb of Philadelphia, ostentation and pretension are the order of the day. But even by the local standards, Martha Heydrich is a stone cold pain. She's the stay-at-home wife of a very rich husband, drives a pink sports car everywhere and is on all the prominent local committees. She's fake, into everybody's business and is rumored to be having an affair with a local teenager, Michael Platte. One morning she seemingly vanishes from her house and later that night her husband Arthur returns home to find the pool house ablaze. Once the fire is extinguished, the police discover two bodies -- one is Michael… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. As New in As New dust jacket. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected with a removable Brodart cover. Black boards imprinted in gold on spine with title and author. Stated First Edition: July 2003 with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. A beautiful copy.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 277 pages. A Gregor Demarkian Mystery, No. 19. Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian must find the link between the bombing of an Armenian Orthodox church in a quiet Philadelphia neighborhood and the murder of a wealthy investment banker with reputed ties to a dangerous secret ruling elite. .

New York: Bantam Books. Fine. 1995. 1st Bantam Book Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Paperback Original. Full number line 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 1 x 7 x 4.5 Inches. 352 pages. A Gregor Demarkian Mystery, No. 12. "BRING YOUR BODY..."reads the health club flyer, "to the Fountain of Youth Workout Studio -- Be a New You for the New Year!" And co-owners leggy Magda Hale and her dashing husband, Simon, are busy signing up a slew of New Haven women eager to be younger, thinner, fitter. But the session gets off to a rather unhealthy start when the body of a weight-training instructor -- stark naked and lethally poisoned -- is found in the bushes behind the club.For ex-FBI agent Gregor Demarkian, called in to investigate by a New Haven cop, it's shaping up to be a very strange case indeed. And the mystery will only deepen when the great detective finds himself up against a police contact who's less than helpful, a balcony as fragile as tinsel, and a… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. The only defect is a closed (and hard to see) 1/2" tear at the top on the front of the dust jacket. . Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Blue boards and spine imprinted in gold with title and author. Stated First Edition: April 2005 with full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. .A very fresh copy. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 354 pages. A Gregor Demarkian Mystery, No. 20. When a teenage student is found hanging in his room after rumors circulate about his illicit affair with the headmaster's wife, retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian is called in on behalf of the boy's roommate to investigate the death. .

New York,: St. Martin's Minotaur. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart cover. Stated First Edition: June 2002 with full number line.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 328 pages. A Gregor Demarkian Novel .No. 18. Elizabeth Toliver, now an acclaimed author with a rock star lover, was a too-smart, fashion-impaired teen who was the target of abuse from a circle of popular high school girls. The abuse escalated until one summer night she was nailed into an outhouse with over twenty snakes and, while she beat herself into a coma trying to escape, a local teenage boy was murdered just outside. Still haunted by nightmares of that night, Toliver returns to her hometown for the first time in almost 30 years, triggering a deadly chain of events. .

New York: Avon / Twilight. Very Good. 1998. 1st Avon Twilight Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Slight spine crease. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 0.62 x 6.83 x 4.17 Inches. 224 pages. An Iris House B & B Mystery, No. 5. Newly engaged to her devoted boyfriend, Luke, and in the midst of wedding plans, Tess Darcy, owner and operator of the charming Iris House B&B, still manages to find time to volunteer at the senior center. But her goodwill is challenged by petty, mean-spirited Edwina Riley, an elderly tyrant. With her sharp tongue and bullying manner, Edwina harasses people into meeting her demand--or there's the devil to pay. Then Edwina unwittingly makes her final appearance at the quilting circle, and dies before Tess's eyes. As expected, no one is sorry about the despot's demise. But murder is murder, and as Tess begins to investigate, she discovers some startling secrets about some not-so-innocent seniors and the bizarre… Read More

New York: Avon / Twilight. Very Good. 1998. 1st Avon Twilight Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine crease and slant. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 224 pages. An Iris House B & B Mystery, No. 5. Newly engaged to her devoted boyfriend, Luke, and in the midst of wedding plans, Tess Darcy, owner and operator of the charming Iris House B&B, manages to vounteer some spare time at the senior center, but her goodwill is challenged by petty, mean-spirited Edwina Riley, an elderly tyrant. With her sharp tongue, bullying manner and nasty temperament, Edwina harasses people into meeting her demands. And if they refuse, there's the devil to pay. But it is Edwina's time to pay, when she unwittingly makes her final appearance a the quilting circle and then dies before Tess's eyes. As expected, no one is sorry about the despot's demise. But murder is murder, and as Tess begins investigating Edwina's family and long list of enemies, she… Read More

Mobile, AL: Old South Printing and Publishing. Very Good. 1981. Hardcover. 260 pages .

New York: A Dell Book. Very Good. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. Crease on front cover. No spine crease.. 349 pages. A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery, No. 5. FICTIONDoreen Mallory is beautiful, mysterious -- and claims to have the gift of healing. But why couldn't she save her own daughter, who died mysteriously at ten weeks? Convinced of Doreen's guilt, local law is asking the same question -- and it'll take a modern-day miracle for P.I. Sarah Booth Delaney to prove her innocence. Especially when Doreen refuses to talk about the men in her life. Like the shady televangelist... or the married politician with ties to the Mob. Either of them could be little Rebekah's father; either of them could also be her killer.With Halloween approaching and her own personal life up for grabs, Sarah Booth could use a little faith healing herself. And she'd better be prepared for the fallout of her most unpopular case yet -- especially when a decades-old secret explodes, unleashing a storm… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. Fine in As New dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 339 pages. A Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery, No. 12. Despite the wishes of her overprotective fiancé, Sarah Booth Delaney can't give up her detective work, no matter how dangerous it becomes. It's too much a part of her. On this case, avoiding danger might be impossible?she's on the trail of a porn-star-turned-psychic operating from a haunted estate on the edge of town. Medium Sherry Cameron promises to reunite grieving family members with their dearly departed, but it seems vaguely suspicious that Sherry will only accept emotionally vulnerable and tremendously wealthy clients. Aging billionaire Marjorie Littlefield fits the profile perfectly?her daughter died in a tragic accident as a young girl, she's been estranged from her son for decades, and she's planning to leave her considerable inheritance to her cat.Convinced she's uncovered a… Read More

New York: Minotaur Books. New in New dust jacket. 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Gray boards and spine with title and author in silver. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 367 pages. In the ramshackle capital of one of the last colonies in North America, a few thousand settlers aspire to the values of the Victorian age while coexisting beside a population of native Indians that vastly outnumbers them. Their cautious peace is challenged when a body is discovered: Dr. McCrory, an American alienist whose methods included phrenology, Mesmerism, and sexual-mystical magnetation. Chad Hobbes, recently arrived from England, is the policeman who must solve the crime. At first it seems the murderer was an Indian medicine man who has already been arrested. It would be easy for Hobbes to let him swing for the murder, but his own interest in an Indian woman from the same tribe causes him to look at the case in more detail. And once he does, he… Read More

New York: Harcourt. As New. 2000. Softcover. No spine crease.. 0.56 x 8.48 x 5.74 Inches. 96 pages. A Chet Gecko Mystery, No. 2. Most folks know him as the best lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary, but it's not all knuckles and know-how with Chet Gecko. He's also got his artistic side. If it wasn't for his art, he might never have been sent to Principal Zero's office, where he stumbled onto the mystery of Mr. Nice. Because whatever you can say about Principal Zero, one thing is certain: He is not nice. Until now. Chet knows something is wrong with this picture, and he's just the gecko to solve this mystery. After all, who do you think put the art in smart aleck? .

San Diego, CA: Harcourt Inc. As New. 2001. Softcover. No spine crease. SIGNEd by the AUTHOR on bookplate on cover reverse Appears unread. 0.4 x 7.3 x 5 Inches. 120 pages. A Chet Gecko Mystery. Signed by Author. Chet Gecko loves a good mystery. Almost more than he loves his fee--stinkbug pie. So when fellow fourth grader Shirley Chameleon asks him to find her missing brother, Billy, Chet expects the case to be as easy a pie. But Billy's disappearance is part of a larger plot, one that involves the Rat Sisters, a riddling junkyard dog, and a vicious Gila monster named Herman. If Chet doesn't solve the case fast, the entire school could be humiliated. Worst of all, Chet might not get his fee. And Chet's hungry. . . . .

Orlando, FL: Harcourt Inc. Near Fine. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Tiny amount of edgewear to bottom corners . Pictorial cover. Full number line A C E G H F D B. 0.61 x 8.66 x 5.8 Inches. 128 pages. A Chet Gecko Mystery, No. 7. Freddie Nostrils is a prairie dog with a passion . . . for dessert. In fact, his sweet tooth rivals Chet Gecko's own. That's why when the winning ticket in the Malted Falcon contest goes missing, Freddie hires Chet and his mockingbird partner, Natalie Attired. Just what <I>is</I> the Malted Falcon? Only the biggest, most chocolatiest, most gut-busting dessert ever imagined. <I>Duh. </I>But even if Chet finds the stolen ticket . . . will he be able to return it to its rightful owner? .

Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. New. 2002. Trade Paperback. Index. . 72 pages. (Ethnic Ser. ) . In <I>Swedes in Wisconsin</I>, Frederick Hale relates the reasons these emigrants left for the New World, their arduous journeys, and their establishment of communities in Wisconsin, including the state's first Swedish settlement, New Upsala at Pine Lake in Waukesha County. New to this edition are the selected letters of Swedish novelist and feminist Frederika Bremer, who visited Wisconsin in the autumn of 1850. During her two-week trek over the "new-born roads" of the southern section of the state, Bremer lodged at humble farmhouses and boarding rooms, met literary and political figures, and beheld the "vast, glorious landscape" of Wisconsin's forests and prairies. Her letters to a sister back home offer insights into the Swedish immigrant experience and reveal how early Wisconsin appeared to a Swedish visitor. .

Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Wisconsin Historical Society Press. New. 2005. Trade Paperback. Illus. , index. . 71 pages. Wisconsin Territory's first Dane arrived in 1829, and by 1860 the state's Danish-born population had reached 1,150. Yet these newcomers remained only a small segment of Wisconsin's cultural mosaic, and the challenges of adapting to life in this new land shaped their experience. In this book, the author explores their reasons for leaving their homeland, describing their difficult journeys, and examining their adjustments to their new life. .

New York: Random House. Near Fine in As New dust jacket. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Two bent down corners . Includes a picture of the author, publisher's slip and promotional sheet laid in. . 0.75 x 8.5 x 6 Inches. 187 pages. In a collection of autobiographical essays, the author reflects on what it means to be a native American woman, interweaving her own experiences and family history into a study of life on a reservation .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Fine. 2010. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. 304 pages. A Cats and Curios Mystery, No. 1. Two cats are better than one... First in an adorable new series! A deceased uncle and a surprising inheritance propel a woman and her two very curious cats into the mystery surrounding his death. An investigation that starts amid the curios and novelties of a San Francisco antiques shop follows a twisted trail of dangerous deception that leads all the way back to the days of the Gold Rush itself. .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Fine. 2012. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 320 pages. A Mystery in the Islands, No. 1. No one knows better than resort manager Pen Hofstra that the idea of a tropical paradise is an illusion. So when a young woman named Hannah Sheridan disappears off the island of St. John, she is not surprised that all is not what it seems to be. Pointing out Hannah's resemblance to the Amina Slave Princess from the 1733 slave revolt on St. John--whose ghost is rumored to haunt the island--the local community quickly latches on to the belief that her spirit is behind the sinking and the disappearance... .