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Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 1997. First edition, December 1997, so stayted with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine, unread copy in dust jacket. not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Signed by author Kent Harrington directly on the half-title page. Dust jacket and interior art work by Scott Musgrove. The publisher calls this ".a book that is as close to the "essential" noir novel as I've ever read." Calhoun is an American drug agent working in Tijuana, indulging in the excesses and corruption of that Mexican border town. He supplements his income - and tries to to cover his losses at the dog track - by smuggling illegal aliens across the border into California. His partner of choice is a Mexican federal cop. His partner of necessity is a well-bred, young, violent British fixer. The pressure on Calhoun mounts as he's "hired" to mule a group of Chinese girls across the border; unknown to him the girls have ingested balloons of… Leer más

NY, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2005. 1ST ED. Fine copy in dust jacket of her debut mystery. Short listed for 2006 EDGAR AWARD, ANTHONY AWARD & BARRY AWARD for Best First Novel. This ingenious twist on a classic noir tale tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the district attorney's office. Lora's comfortable, suburban life is jarringly disrupted when Bill falls in love with a mysterious young woman named Alice Steele, a Hollywood wardrobe assistant with a murky past. Made sisters by marriage but not by choice, the bond between Lora and Alice is marred by envy and mistrust. Spurred on by inconsistencies in Alice's personal history and possibly jealous of Alice's hold on her brother Lorna assumes the role of amateur detective and finds a shadowy world of drugs, prostitution, and ultimately, murder. First Edition. Hard Cover. As New/As New.

New York, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2003. 1st Ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. A postcard of cover laid in. A MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Award Nominee.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1999. 1st edition, February 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE. "Readers nostalgic for the shabby PI with the manly integrity of Bogart will cheer the debut of Atwood and his '90s noir hero, whose turf includes the stained sidewalks, perilous tenements and pierced, tattooed denizens of New York's Lower East Side. Payton Sherwood is a marginally employed gumshoe with a yen for justice and a healthy dash of self-deprecating charm. While making a food run late one night in his East Village neighborhood, he saves a young street girl from three toughs, only to have her steal his watch and split after the thugs leave him in a puddle of his own blood. A quick search turns up the girl's beeper and her name: Gloria. Payton vows to track her down, retrieve his watch?and find out why Gloria was being hunted by the goons. The beeper… Leer más

New York: Ballantine Books, 1999. 1st edition, February 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. SIGNED COPY. Signed by the author at the title page. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A SHAMUS AWARD NOMINEE. "Readers nostalgic for the shabby PI with the manly integrity of Bogart will cheer the debut of Atwood and his '90s noir hero, whose turf includes the stained sidewalks, perilous tenements and pierced, tattooed denizens of New York's Lower East Side. Payton Sherwood is a marginally employed gumshoe with a yen for justice and a healthy dash of self-deprecating charm. While making a food run late one night in his East Village neighborhood, he saves a young street girl from three toughs, only to have her steal his watch and split after the thugs leave him in a puddle of his own blood. A quick search turns up the girl's beeper and her name: Gloria. Payton vows to track her down, retrieve his watch?and find out why Gloria was being… Leer más

N.Y.: Morrow, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's 1st book. San Francisco Homicide Detective Jane Candiotti. Jane investigates the murder of a beautiful San Francisco socialite, Jenna Perry. During the investigation she meets the victim's estranged husband and is attracted to him. But there's a murder to be solved and Jane continues to pursue the sadistic psychopath who is responsible for Jenna Perry's death. She finally finds her man, and in a bizarre twist of fate worthy of a Hitchcock drama, finds herself clinging to life atop one of the most famous landmarks in the world, while two men try to get to her---one to save her, the other to kill her.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Grove Press, 1993. 1st edition, Trade size paperback. A fine copy, no creases. Includes Tales From Raymond Chandler, William Campbell Gault, Jonathan Craig, Cornell Woolrich, James Ellroy, & Jim Thompson. Cover design by The Creative Partnership. From the back cover-- " Fallen Angels is a collection of six original short stories from the master of the hard-boiled mystery / crime genre, along with the complete screen adaptation of each story and black - and - white film noir images and behind - the- scenes photographs taken by some of the world s most renowned photographers. It offers an inside look at how Hollywood s top writers transform this classic material for the screen." 21 black and white photos of Tom Hanks, Isabella Rossellini, Tom Cruise, Gary Oldman, Laura Dern, Alan Rickman, Gary Busey, Tim Matheson et al. 274 pages with preface by James Ellroy. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Book.

Tucson: AZ: Dennis McMillan, 2001. 1st ed., Fine in dust jacket and slipcase, SIGNED and NUMBERED by the author on a bound presentation page. One of 400 LIMITED EDITION cloth copies, (this being #134). The true first edition of Crumley's new novel. This As New hardcover in dust jacket which is still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Private detective Milodragovitch finds murder, sex, love and mayhem in the wilds of Texas. Superb mystery novel, one of the author’s finest works. A SILVER DAGGER AWARD WINNER.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Library Edition Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

N.Y.: Henry Holt & Co, 1996. First edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Remainder mark at top of page edges. "The lure of marijuana as a cash crop provides the premise for the author's fifth novel, a lighthearted tale about a pair of literary brothers who wind up settling an old family score when a drug deal goes awry. As the story opens, narrator Doyle Redmond, a crime novelist, is returning to the Ozarks from California in a Volvo he stole from his wife after she slept with a prominent poet. Back home, Doyle hunkers down with his brother, Smoke, a fellow author whose attention has turned to cultivating a large marijuana crop for a big profit. While helping Smoke harvest the illegal bounty, Doyle engages in an impromptu romance with the daughter of Smoke's girlfriend, a teenage beauty named Niagra Mattux, who has a yen for the silver screen. This brief idyll gives way to violent reality when the dope deal finally goes down… Leer más

N.Y.: Dial Press, 1979. 1st ed. very light stain at top edge else fine in dj, a hint of soiling at rear. The 1st Tanner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Hard Case Crime, 2004. First printing, September 2004. Hard Case Crime number HCC-001; original cover art by Chuck Pyle for Hard Case Crime. (first published as "Mona" by Gold Medal in 1961). Page edges show some age toning else a fine, unread copy. When seasoned con man Joe Marlin accidentally steals a suitcase full of heroin, he contemplates murdering the man he stole it from, with the help of the man's wife who desperately wants to see her husband dead.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. As New/No Jacket. Illus. by Pyle, Chuck. Book.

N.Y.: Signet Books / New American Library, 1948. First printing, July 1948, so stated. Signet #677. Cover illustrated by Robert Jonas. Vintage paperback. Slight spine slant from being a little off set by publisher, else about fine. A kidnapped boy! A terrified blonde! A fortune in stolen pearls! Hardboiled Max Thursday, on-time private eye, had given up being a detective. But when the kidnapped boy turned out to be his own son and the frightened blonde his beautiful ex-wife, Max went into action with blazing fury in his heart. In four of the most hectic and hazardous days of his career Max got himself shot at, beaten up, and accused of murder before he caught a kidnapper, solved a puzzle in pearls and dealt out justice to a guilty bystander! Basis for 1950 film of the same name directed by Joseph Lerner, starring Zachary Scott and Faye Emerson. All Vintage Paperbacks come sealed in 2.5 mil plastic bag and taped closed with removable tape which will not tear the covers if it sticks to them when the… Leer más

London: Slow Dancer Press, 1998. 1st prtg. Smith's funny and affectionate take on the private eye genre has been unavailable for many years (orig. 1971). Now re-published with a new introduction by Stephen Frears, who directed "Gumshoe", readers can enjoy this period classic about Eddie, made famous by Albert Finney in the film. Eddie Ginley is a Liverpool bingo caller who dreams of being Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon and recording "Blue Suede Shoes." When Eddie celebrates his birthday by placing an ad in the local paper, someone sends him a present -- a gun, some cash, and a picture of a girl. Now his dreams start coming true, only they're not dreams, they're nightmares.. First Thus. Pictorial Cover. As New/No Jacket. Trade Paperback.

Missoula, MT: Dennis McMillan, 1988. 1st prtg. trade pbk; fine, unread copy. Paul Pine.. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Cover. Fine. Trade Paperback.

D. Fine NY 1986 1st ed. Fine in dj. Intro by Roderick Thorp, Includes: 'The Kill-Off', 'The Nothing Man' and 'Bad Boy'.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Grove Press, 2004. 1st ed. A Fine, unread copy of the Advanced Reading Copy. "Cuban-born Latour's eighth book, the third novel he's written in English, pits Cuban crooks against an American crime boss in bustling, pre-Communist Havana. It's 1958, and Meyer Lansky is looking to make a killing-not just from his casino, but from all the betting on the World Series between the Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves. But mobsters Joe Bonanno and Joseph Profaci, Meyer's New York-based rivals, want a piece of the action, so they assemble a home team of criminals to rob Lansky's casino on the last night of the series. Led by Mariano "Ox" Contreras (so-called for the first thing he ever stole), they're a lively gang of smalltime swindlers, including "Wheel" Fermin, a short, balding and surprisingly prudish car thief, Arturo Heller, a smooth ex-law student, and Willy Pi, a former prostitute and cork bark collector who works at Lansky's Casino de Capri.… Leer más

Ravenna: Ohio: Scarlett Fever Press , 1995. 1st ed. PBO, trade size. LIMITED EDITION, 1 of 200 numbered copies [this being #40] SIGNED by Lovisi on special plate. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Limited/ Numbered Edition.

NY: Morrow, 1990. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket. Author's first book. "This impressive first novel by a nationally syndicated journalist is a curious and winning combination of noir violence, L.A. attitude, drug-inspired lunacy and sheer storytelling bravado..." -- PW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.

London: Picador, 2000. London: Picador, 2000. First Edition UK, Fine in a Fine dustjacket, with publisher's wraparound band intact. Author's first book. Nominated for an ANTHONY AWARD, a BARRY AWARD, A CREASY DAGGER AWARD, a GOLD DAGGER AWARD, and an EDGAR AWARD.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 2000. 1st edition, November 2000, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. NOMINATED FOR 5 AWARDS: Anthony, Barry, Creasy Dagger, Gold Dagger, and an Edgar Award. "Loaded guns, ladies of the night, broken neon, broken dreams. Here is a world that is immediately recognizable--through a shot glass at three A.M. This is life with rough edges, in a novel that gives you the straight goods--point blank-- one cold, snowbound Christmas Eve in Kansas. One single night, defined in shadings of black and white, when everything changes. . . . For most, the city is closing up. For a few outsiders, this night, Christmas Eve 1979, is just beginning. Charlie Arglist is a lawyer saying goodbye to Wichita by revisiting the landscape of his used up life: the cold stare of his angry ex-wife, the empty strip clubs and bars where loneliness turns a profit, the frozen glare of ex-lovers and… Leer más