Search Results: Titles starting with B from Murder By The Book

N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981. 1st ed. very minor wear at page edge else fine in dj. 19 selected ss and scetches together with one of his finest novellas. Edited and with a 15 page Introduction by Cain biographer, Roy Hoopes. The book is in three parts, each with a lengthy introduction by Roy Hoopes. Taken together Hoopes's essays constitute a concise biography of Cain providing the background (both personal and social) for his fiction. The first section is a collection of satirical newspaper columns written for H. L. Mencken’s American Mercury, very much in the Mencken style. The second section is the heart of the book, and a real treasure, nine short stories. The third part is the long story ,or short novel, Money and the Woman (aka The Embezzler). . First Trade. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Walker, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dj, Author's 2nd book.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Morrow, 1988. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. SIGNED by Lewin at title page. Near fine in dust jacket. An Adele Buffington Mystery.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Morrow, 1988. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. An Adele Buffington Mystery.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1994. 1st edition, September 1994, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed, without inscription, by the author on the title page. "In Trust Me on This , his comedy mystery published in 1988, Westlake and the reader both had a great deal of fun with the scurrilous goings-on at a supermarket tabloid whose models are on view every day at--well, supermarkets. This time the Weekly Galaxy is covering (and how!) the murder case against popular Missouri country singer Ray Jones. So is pretty Sara Joslyn, a Galaxy escapee who now works for a trendy New York magazine called--well, Trend. Ray is also being pursued for zillions in back taxes by the IRS and seems determined, despite his lawyers' best efforts, to screw up everything in sight, in court and without. Meanwhile, can Trend expose Galaxy 's hideous newsgathering methods and get their own… Read More

N.Y.: Forge, 1994. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Australia setting. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Viking Press, 1983. First edition, fine in dust jacket. The seventh Henri Castang title. Inspector Henri Castang's investigation into a gruesome, cannibalistic murder leads him to a lovely young prostitute whose activities conceal sinister crimes and to ruthless political machinations, power ploys, and intrigue. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.: Santa Teresa Press, 1984. 1st prtg. LIMITED to 200 numbered copies bound in wrappers. This being #151. SIGNED & numbered by Robert B. Parker who wrote intro. Fine in light green wrappers. Signed. First Edition. Card Covers. Fine. Chapbook.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1991. 1st ed. front hinge cracked, else fine in dust jacket. An Anna Lee title. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1991. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. An Anna Lee title. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. "When her boss at Brierly Security assigns her a case--involving pilfered designer sweaters--that will take her to the States, Lee soon finds herself embroiled in a depressing and dangerous family drama. Is the designer's missing teenage daughter involved with a pedophile, or has she just run off to marry a much older man? What connection does this man have to the stolen merchandise and to the designer's husband? The Florida Keys and a handsome U.S. operative give Anna her first blissful taste of the sunny, fog-free New World even as she handily attempts to answer these questions and dodge the bullets that seem to her so quintessentially American" --PW. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. An Anna Lee title. An EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. "When her boss at Brierly Security assigns her a case--involving pilfered designer sweaters--that will take her to the States, Lee soon finds herself embroiled in a depressing and dangerous family drama. Is the designer's missing teenage daughter involved with a pedophile, or has she just run off to marry a much older man? What connection does this man have to the stolen merchandise and to the designer's husband? The Florida Keys and a handsome U.S. operative give Anna her first blissful taste of the sunny, fog-free New World even as she handily attempts to answer these questions and dodge the bullets that seem to her so quintessentially American..." PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1989. 1st. Edition, June 1989. bound in original publisher's red cloth with black lettering to spine in original pictorial jacket.Slight spine slant, top of page edges spotted else about fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover, minor nicks to top and bottom of spine. INSCRIBED by author on title page. "In a city called Grantham, a sniper kills police officers and escapes each time without a trace. Lt. Jack Stryker and the other detectives are at an impasse when Dana Marchant from the Justice Department arrives at police headquarters to investigate the murder of an undercover FBI agent. Sharing information with Dana, Stryker and his partner keep the computer hopping as they look for clues in the lives of the victims, but then the two men are wounded by the ghostly shooter and temporarily sidelined. Later there is a showdown in which Dana shines at canny sleuthing and hand-to-hand combat." -- Publishers Weekly .… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 1991. 1st ed. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. Features Maggie Ryan.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 1997. 1st Vintage Crime / Black Lizard Edition October 1997 with complete number line beginning with 1. Oversize trade paperback, Fine. At thirteen Jim Thompson was learning how to smoke cigars and ogle burlesque girls under the tutelage of his profane grandfather. A few years later, he was bellhopping at a hotel in Fort Worth, where he supplemented his income peddling bootleg out of the package room. He shuddered out the DTs as a watchman on a West Texas oil pipeline. He outraged teachers, cheated mobsters, and almost got himself beaten to death by a homicidal sheriff's deputy. And somewhere along the way, Thompson became one of the greatest crime writers America has ever known. In this uproarious autobiographical tale, the author of After Dark, My Sweet and Pop. 1280 tells the story of his chaotic coming of age and reveals just where he acquired his encyclopedic knowledge of human misbehavior. Bad Boy is a bawdy, brawling book of reprobates--and an unfettered… Read More

N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1997. First edition, September 1997, so stated. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Texas locale with Hap & Leonard. "Leonard Pine is distraught. His lover, Raul, has left him for a biker. Leonard's pal and sleuthing partner, Hap Collins, wants to be there for his buddy, but before Hap can help, the biker is found headless. Leonard is quickly dismissed as a suspect, but then Raul's body is discovered, extensively tortured. Clearly, the LaBorde, Texas, police department has no interest in solving what is viewed only as a homosexual killing. Leonard can't let it go. He and Hap descend into a vortex of police corruption, gay bashing for video profit, and a truly bizarre business scam, all masterminded by the local chili king. Lansdale is in top form with this latest Collins-Pine caper. Where else in the mystery world could one find a plot that hinges on the big money to be… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 1st ed. Lightly soiled else near fine in dust jacket small tear at bottom corner. New Orleans 1st Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. "Michael Kilian, writing here as Rex Dancer, has established himself in the last several years as a first-rate writer of political and historical novels as well as of mysteries.. Bad Girl Blues, set in sultry New Orleans, is his best effort yet. Main character Andy Derain, a burnt-out New York photographer, finds a dead body in the courtyard of his French Quarter shop. Strange that his former love Candice, now married to powerful Texan Ben Browley, should be with him at the time! Believable characterization of even minimal characters, excellent writing with touches of humor built beautifully into the dialog, well-paced plot development, and doses of violence and sex that are never overdone but add to the storyline..." -- LJ. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good-Near Fine. Book.

Riverside, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Simon & Schuster, 1994. 1st Ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Review copy with slip laid in. "Michael Kilian, writing here as Rex Dancer, has established himself in the last several years as a first-rate writer of political and historical novels as well as of mysteries.. Bad Girl Blues, set in sultry New Orleans, is his best effort yet. Main character Andy Derain, a burnt-out New York photographer, finds a dead body in the courtyard of his French Quarter shop. Strange that his former love Candice, now married to powerful Texan Ben Browley, should be with him at the time! Believable characterization of even minimal characters, excellent writing with touches of humor built beautifully into the dialog, well-paced plot development, and doses of violence and sex that are never overdone but add to the storyline..." -- LJ. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy.

N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1988. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed "Best Wishes / Eugne Izzi at front free endpage. His 2nd book. "Izzi's debut in The Take was enthusiastically praised, and his second novel deserves more praise for its fully dimensional characters, wicked wit and heady pace. Set in Chicago, the action starts and never lags when Sgt. Jimbo Marino, as an undercover detective, comes up with evidence against the mob. Unfortunately, the city politicos, avid for publicity, insist that Jimbo appear on a TV-news program while they boast of his success. That means GiGi Parnell, the worst of the bad guys, recognizes the detective who had sent him to prison 10 years earlier. Now free, GiGi is bent on vengeance, robbing and killing former pals who betrayed him, all the while making plans to murder Jimbo..." ---PW . Izzi died mysteriously in 1996.… Read More

N.Y.: Bantam, 1994. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Dr. Alex Delaware The child psychologist is on an intricately plotted, murder-strewn course that started 20 years earlier when he was on staff at a Los Angeles children's hospital. Recently, Alex has become the target of ominous threats: weird laughter over the phone, a fish from his pond cruelly skewered, a tape of a child's voice repeating the words "bad love . " Initially he ties the threats to his work with two young sisters whose father, in prison for the murder of their mother, is claiming visitation rights. But Alex also remembers the phrase "bad love" was used by a child psychiatrist honored at a 1979 symposium he cosponsored at the hospital. A file search by his LAPD pal Milo Sturgis connects the phrase to two LA murders five and three years ago; inquiries by Alex reveal a surprisingly high death rate… Read More

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 1992. Fine in dj. 1st ed.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.