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East Hall Press / Augustana College. Fine. 1996. First Edition. Paperback. SIGNED by the AUTHOR on the title page. 106 pages. Signed by Author .

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Very Good. 1989. 1st Bison Book Edition. Trade Paperback. Cover laminate is beginning to loosen at edges . 388 pages .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good. 2015. Trade Paperback. Faint spine crease. 394 pages. The second novel in the popular detective series featuring Ellery Queen.French's department store was famous for the rare merchandise it offered its elite clientele. But no one there could be proud of its latest exclusive window display: the bloodstained corpse of the owner's wife.Ellery Queen and his father, Inspector Richard Queen, soon discover that this palace of commerce is a viper's nest of fear, jealousy, suspicion, and hatred, where love is cheap and the price of honor marked down. But worst of all is the mysterious mocking mastermind who is out to turn the glittering store into a bargain basement of murder. .

New York: Dell Books. Good. 1965. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Reading crease, edgewear chips at corners and bottom of cover, 2" tear on front cover . Cover Art. 256 pages. Rima was about as naive as an untamed animal ... and as wild. If this case had looked like an impenetrable problem, it seemed child's play after Ellery Queen came up against the dead man's daughter. .

New York: A Signet Book. Good. 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Bookstore stamp on front inside cover; spine creasing and slant; Reading crease on front cover . 158 +144 pages .

New York: A Signet Book. Near Fine. 1973. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Advertising card intact . 158 pages. David Tully hunts for a burglar’s killer in order to save his wifeIt’s been 3 days since David Tully has seen his wife, and there’s a homicide cop waiting at his front door. Someone has been murdered, but it’s not Ruth Tully. The dead man is Crandall Cox. The name is unfamiliar, but he was killed with Tully’s gun. At the time of the murder, Tully was hard at work at the state capital. His alibi may be airtight, but his wife’s is not. There’s a warrant out for Ruth’s arrest, and if the cops find her before Tully can uncover the truth, she’ll get the chair. Nobody is sorry to see Crandall Cox dead. He was a crook, with dirt on every man in town and an eye on every woman. Finding his killer will drag Tully into the mud, but he’ll brave anything to keep his beloved alive. .

New York: Signet. Very Good-. 1978. Mass Market Paperback. Spine creasing; some background color missing from spine; bends to front cover . 292 pages. An Ellery Queen Mystery .

New York: Signet. Good. 1982. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Heavy spine creasing; spine slant; significant edgewear along spine . 157,153 pages. An Ellery Queen Mystery .

New York: Signet. Very Good. 1978. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Slight spine crease. Reading crease on front cover . Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 . 302 pages. An Ellery Queen Mystery .

New York: Signet. Very Good. 1975. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Bookstore stamp on title page. 191 pages. Madman or murderer? That was the question and it was Police Inspector Omar Collins who had come up with the answer. All he had to go on was: the victimEarl Genneman, wealthy president of Genneman Labs; the sceneright in the middle of a busy state park; the murder weapona shotgun that was still missing; the witnessesMyron Retwig, Red Kershaw, Bob Vega, and Buck James, all friends or employees of the deceased; the motiveunknown; the suspectseveryone! .

Pleasantiville, NY: Impress Group. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. (1942) 2003. Hardcover. Green boards and spine with white title and author on spine and cover. Mottled pale gray endpapers . 357 pages. The Best Mysteries of All Time .

New York: Pocket Books. Very Good. 1964. 1st Pocket Books Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Chips at spine on front cover and at bottom of back cover plus two short closed tears . 166 pages. Despite her name, Princess O’Shea is not a spoiled brat. When her father’s death leaves her an orphan, she goes to live with her old uncle, Slater, and is horrified by what she finds. She knew the O’Sheas were a family of scoundrels, but Slater and his awful brood are the laziest bunch of nitwits she has ever met. From her moronic cousin Twig to the daffy Peet, every one of Princess’s new relations is driven by greed, lust, and a desperate fear of work. The only thing holding them together is the promise of their father’s fortune—and Uncle Slater is not long for this world. When Princess finds Slater lying facedown on his bedroom floor, she assumes he’s sleeping off a bender. In fact, he will never wake again. His bourbon was poisoned, and if Princess… Read More

New York: A Signet Book. Very Good. 1974. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Reading crease on front cover . No spine crease. Full number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. Signet 6152. . 157 pages. When a diplomat’s daughter falls in love with a man suspected of murder, he goes in search of the truth in this classic from the legendary mystery author.The kids call it spring break, but their parents know it by its true name: debauchery. Every Easter, hormone-crazed students pile into cars and drive thousands of miles to the beach to lose themselves in an orgy of beer, sand, and sex. Keith Rollins and Cheryl Pemberton are two such revelers: college sweethearts planning to marry the moment they graduate. But in the heat of a party, the couple gets separated; the next morning, the girl is found raped and murdered beneath the pier and Rollins is the prime suspect. Though Rollins is never convicted of the crime, the cloud of suspicion lingers over him. Years later, he becomes engaged to the… Read More

Davis Publications, Inc. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1977. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Red leatherette binding with gilt title on spine; red endpages; red ribbon marker; gilt on page edges. 351 pages .

Davis Publications, Inc. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1977. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Lightly bumped corners. Red leatherette binding with gilt title on spine; red endpages; gilt on page edges; Red ribbon bookmark . 352 pages .

New York: Atria. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 309 pages. A Chet and Bernie Mystery, No. 2 .

New York: Atria Paperbacks. Fine. 2011. 1st Atria Paperback. Trade Paperback. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 309 pages. A Chet and Bernie Mystery, No. 3. Chet has smelled a lot of unusual things in his years as trusted companion and partner to P.I. Bernie Little, but nothing has prepared him for the exotic scents he encounters when an old-fashioned traveling circus comes to town. Bernie scores tickets to this less-than-greatest show-on-earth because his son Charlie is crazy about elephants. The only problem is that Peanut, the headlining pachyderm of this particular one-ring circus, has gone missing—along with her trainer, Uri DeLeath. Stranger still, no one saw them leave. How does an elephant vanish without a trace? At first there’s nothing Bernie and Chet can do—it’s a police matter and they have no standing in the case. But then they’re hired by Popo the Clown, who has his own reasons for wanting to find out what has become of the mysteriously… Read More