Search Results: Authors starting with P from The Book Closet

New York: Random House, 1999 Large print edition

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1901 Green boards with faded gold lettering; spine is rubbed; edges of boards show shelf wear; four pages of advertising at back; pages are yellowed; pictures available upon request.

New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1901 Greenish boards with pictorial cover; front board is loose and there are some spots; pages are yellowing; bumping to edges; previous owner's name on ffep; 419 pages.

New York: G.P. Putnam & Sons, 2004 Black boards with gold embossed lettering on spine; dj shows very minor shelf wear. "Boston P.I. Sunny Randall - as conflicted as she is beautiful - helps a troubled young woman locate her birth parents, only to uncoer some dark truths of her own." - from the dj

New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 1997 Some dings to dj; 112 pp. "The best way to organize your 'fabric, needles, thread strewn everywhere' sewing room is to keep sewing. You can actually contine to do what you love while you turn your room into an efficient and charming workstation." -- from the dj. Like new copy.

New York: Pantheon Books, 1958 Red boards with gilt signature; black and gold lettering on spine; tight, clean pages; a few water spots on the boards. Translated from the Russian by Max Hayward and Manya Harari

Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1911 Purple boards with black embossing; bumps to top and bottom of spine; inscription to previous owner on front end paper Aunt and Uncle; 212 pps.

New York: Viking, 1990 Red boards with black tape binding; slight slant to spine; gold lettering on spine; remainder mark on bottom edge; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped. "A thriller of rich textures steeped in the atmosphere of Berlin in 1917, 'Blood Winter' is the story of a beautiful woman trapped within the most tragic war in human history, and the men who battle each other to unravel her deadly secret. Germans are starving after three years of slaughter on the Western Front. A British blockade strangles the nation as dogs and cats disappear into black-market sausage, and cryptic messages reach London from Berlin, fanning rumors of German retaliation, of one last deperate offensive relying on the cruelest weapon of all: disease." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005 Yellow boards with yellow tape binding; red lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not price clipped; 392pp. "Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club make a courageous return for their fourth and most chliling case ever -- one that could easily be their last. In a late-night showdown after a near-fatal car chase, San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer has to make an instantaneous decision: in self-defense, she fires her weapon -- and sets off a chain of events that leaves a plice force disgraced, an entire city divided, and a family destroyed. Now everything she's worked her entire life for hinges on the decision of twelve jurors." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; price sticker on back of dj; dj not price clipped; 409 pp. "Somebody dies. A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. The call button fails to bring help in time. The hospital's doctors, some of the best in the nation, are completely mystified by her death. How did this happen? Apocalypse nears. This is not the first such case at the hospital. Just as patients are about to be released with a clean bill of health, their conditions take adevastating turn for the worse." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2005 Slight tear on front of dj (looks like a price sticker was ripped off); otherwise in very good condition

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2001 Black boards with red tape binding; silver foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; full number line; pages slightly yellowed. "Four women -- four friends -- share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the 'San Francisco Chronicle.'" -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2002 Black boards with black tape binding; copper foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; previous owner's name on ffep; stated First Edition. "The sensational killings that have rocked San Francisco appear to be unrelated except in their brutality. But detective Lindsay Boxer senses there's some thread connecting them all. She calls her friends in the Women's Murder Club together to see if they can discover what it is. Surely some clue has been overlooked by their bosses and male colleagues." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Mustard yellow boards with teal tape binding; red foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not priced clipped; 376pp. "A very public disappearance. California's 'Boy with a Broken Heart,' the teenage sone of a recent governor, has disappered under mysterious circumstances. Michael Campion, born with an incurable heart defect, has grown up under the watchful eye of an adoring public. The pressure on detective Lindsay Boxer to learn what happened to Michael is overwhelming. When she finally does get a lead, it's devastating -- and for Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano it leads to the biggest trial of her life." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004 Black boards with red tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj proected with Brodart cover; not price slipped; some writing on ffep; stated First Edition. "Detective Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street when a fiery explosion rips through the neighborhood. A town house owned by an Internet millionaire is immediatley engulfed in flames, and when Lindsay plunges inside to search for survivors, she finds three people dead. An infant who lived in the house cannot be found -- and a mysterious message at the scene leaves Lindsay and the San Francisco Police Department completely baffled." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Black boards with black tape binding; silver lettering on spine; slight slant to spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; dj not price clipped; 390pp. "A terrifying attacker. A horrifying burst of gunfire on a crowded ferry leaves several people dead -- and one woman fighting for her life. That victim is a member of the Women's Murder Club, four friends who join forces on their toughest cases when traditional methods get them nowhere. Inspector Lindsay Boxer pursues one tantalizing lead after another in her attempt to bring in the man who tried to kill her friend. But nothing makes sense in the most twisted, frightening case the Women's Murder Club has ever faced." -- from the dj

Little, Brown and Company, 2005 Blue boards with black tape binding; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; 390 pps. "How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has dreamed about, the life she's worked hard for, the life she will never give up. When FBI agent John O'Hara first sees her, she seems perfect. She has the looks. The career. The clothes. The wit. The sophistication. The tantalizing sex appeal. The whole extraordinary package -- and men fall in line to court her. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. So why is the FBI so interested in Nora Sinclair? Mysterious things keep happening to people around her, especially the men. And there is something dangerous about Nora when Agent O'Hara looks more closely -- something that lures him at the same time that it fills him with fear." -- from the dj

New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2004 Light blue boards with dark blue tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped; 263 pps. "Have you ever gotten a letter that changed your life completely? It happened to me once. I can still feel the urgency that overtook me as I opened the envelope and the hunger I felt for whatever that letter would say. It seemed as if my entire life hung in the balance as I read. 'Sam's Letters to Jennifer' is a novel about that kind of drama. In it, a woman is summoned back to the town where she grew up. And in the house where she spent her most magical years she finds a series of letters addressed to her. Each of those letters is a piece of a story that will completely upend the world she thought she knew -- and thorw her into a love more powerful than she ever imagined could be possible." -- from the dj

New York: William Morrow & Company, 2006 Tan boards with green binding; gold lettering on spine. DJ protected with Brodart cover. Signed by author with no inscription. "...in his new novel, Payne introduces us to Ransom Hill, lead singer of a legendary-but-now-defunct indie rock group who has come to South Carolina to turn over a new leaf. A bighearted artist and a bit of a wild man, Ran knows that his wife Claire's patience with him hangs by a frayed thread." - from the dj.

Garden City: Garden City Books, 1936 Tan boards with green tape binding; green ducks(?) on front cover; discolored spot on front cover; edges are worn. 106 plates in full color by Louis Agassiz Fuertes; this is a heavy book, so additional postage will be required.