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Toronto: Ontario: McClelland & Stewart, 1995. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Light soiling at page edges else near fine in dust jacket very lightly soiled at rear panel, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A Willows and Parker title. Set in Vancouver. An ELLIS AWARD FINALST. "Shelley has it made. Not only is he tall, dark, and handsome, but he is blessed with a great body, a decided comfort to someone who truly believes that “skin deep is plenty deep enough.” Moreover, he has arranged his life in a way that affords him maximum enjoyment for minimum effort. He moves from one classy house-sitting job to another, supporting himself with petty theft and the occasional bouncing job in downtown Vancouver bars, using his spare time to work on his tan, develop his pecs, and polish his snazzy Datsun SX300. But on one fine hot day in August, Shelley makes two big mistakes. First, he breaks into a car belonging to off-duty police detectives Jack Willows… Leer más

NY: Viking, 1989. 1st ed. Fine copy in dust jacket with remainder line at bottom of pages. ARTHUR ELLIS Award Winner for Best Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Remainder.

NY: Viking, 1989. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Collins Crime Club, 1985. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket, one crease at inside flap, not price clipped [£7.50 price intact], with protective mylar cover. Author's 1st book. No US Edition. Features Deirdre O'Hara, Attorney specialising in marine Insurance investigations, set in Montreal. . Publisher's Editorial File Copy stamped at fep.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: Polestar Press, 2000. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of this Paperback Original. The 2nd title in the astrological mystery featuring Katy Klein. No US edition. Katy Klein, an opinionated 45-year-old single mom with a quick eye and acerbic wit. She's a social worker turned professional astrologer who becomes involved in the suspicious death of Marion Stanley. In her attempt to help Marion's 13-year-old runaway daughter Rose, Katy is drawn into a sinister web of deceit and abuse involving a fundamentalist church.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. Paperback Original.

Norfolk, VA, U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru, Publishers, 2003. 1st printing. Fine, unread copy of the trade paperback, still in shrinkwrap. Cover illustration by Native American artist Barbara Mitchell. COLD KILLINGS!!! Eric Wright, the creator of Superintendent Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police, is one of Canada's most honored mystery writers. The Crime Writers of Canada have recognized his work with four Arthur Ellis Awards, two for Best Novel and two for Best Short Story. A Killing Climate contains all of Eric Wright's short stories in the mystery field, including a locked-room mystery ("An Irish Jig"), espionage in the Far North ("Caves of Ice"), a comic caper story ("Two in the Bush"), and other exercises in ingenuity, character, and atmosphere. Many of the stories are set near Canada's Hudson Bay area, but a few (especially "Hephaestus" with its Caribbean vactioners) are in more temperate regions. The book concludes with the… Leer más

Santa Barbara, CA, U.S.A.: Perserverance Press, 2000. 1st ed. Someone wrote that it was an EDGAR AWAFRD Nominee( it was) in ink at front end paper else about fine copy of this Paperback Original. set in Toronto, Canada. BARRY AWARD WINNER for Best Paperback Original. Joe Barley, a part-time lecturer in English Literature and part-time security guard, is alerted by his maid to the disappearance of another of her employers, Rosie Dawn, a student of classics who is working her way through school by being an exotic dancer and the mistress of a fast-food entrepreneur. The novel also involves campus politics--a student tries to exploit the nervous administration over its minority policies.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Seattle, WA, U.S.A.: Seal Press, 1988. 1st edition, October 1988, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Introduces private eye Meg Lacey in this paperback original. Light wear along edges, reading crease, else near fine. Vancouver locale. " This mystery boasts a gripping plot with a psychological twist and debuts a strong, feminist, highly appealing detective. In seemingly unrelated cases, Meg Lacey is hired to find two missing young women, 15-year-old Lillian Kubicek and 19-year-old Alison Chase. Lillian is found dead of a heroin overdose, and Meg believes she can tie the death to Alison's fiance Danny Haswell who owns a nightclub that Meg suspects is a cover for child-pornography and drug rings. What starts as mere guesswork is substantiated when Meg and her friend Johanna, a prostitute, visit the club on "ladies' night" and witness debauchery that unnerves even hardened Johanna. Eventually Meg finds someone within Haswell's organization who will… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Delacorte Press, 2000. 1st US edition. Fine in dust jacket. The author's first novel, winner of the 2000 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD for Best First Novel. Nominated for the JOHN CREASEY Award and the SHAMUS Award. Criminal defence lawyer Bartholomew Crane arrives in a small lakeside town in Northern Ontario to defend a schoolteacher accused to murdering two teenaged girls. No bodies have been found and there is little evidence of the teacher's guilt, yet there's a nagging concern that all is not right. The deeper he digs into the teachers- and the town's - past, the more disturbed and stressed he becomes. Peculiar visions haunt his imagination; telephones ring ceaselessly in the night; and sometimes, out of the corner of his eye, he can see two young girls following him wherever he goes.. is his mind playing tricks on him? Or has he been dragged into the town's spiralling collective hysteria?.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 2002. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Inspector Charlie Salter title. Toronto. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

NY, NY: Scribners, 1986. 1st ed. Fine in dj. Ins. Charlie Salter; TORONTO. Wright is a reciepient of a Lifetime Achievment Award from the Crime Writers of Canada. First US. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2002. 1st ed. Literary agency's label at front end paper else a near fine copy in very lightly rubbed dust jacket, price clipped. Author's first novel. An ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

Latham, New York, U.S.A.: British Amer Pub Ltd, 1989. 1st ed. Pages browning as usual esle fine in dust jacket. AN ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD NOMINEE for Best Novel. Made into a film starring Christopher Plummer with Deverell having written the screenplay.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1988. 1st US edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. bottom of rear cover worn, page edges lightly soiled, else very good in dust jacket, couple of closed tears, rubbed at rear bottom, with protective mylar cover. "Deft characterization draws the reader into a cutthroat world of computers, technology, mergers and takeovers in this well-written mystery by the Canadian author ( By Reason of Doubt ). Jane Tregar, a headhunter for Orloff Enterprises, is asked to find a replacement for Gary Levin, vice-president of finance for BTS, a Toronto-based software company in the midst of transition. Levin had been found dead of an apparent heart attack in a locked computer room. Jane has strong reservations: BTS president Brian Taylor seems to be withholding important information, and rumors are flying over the cause of death. She takes on the job, however, because she has not had a big commission and is afraid her boss is looking for an excuse to fire her...Godfrey… Leer más

CANADA: Macmillan, 1988. 1st ed. (Preceded US edition). Fine in Fine dust jacket; Hardcover. INSCRIBED COPY.. First mystery by Canadian journalist and father of rock musician Neil Young. Introduces Inuit RCMP Inspector Matteesie Kitologitak .. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Scribners, 1990. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "A series of house burglaries--well organized except for the unexpected murder--lead to the poisoning death of famous singer/actress Clara von Hohenkammer at her lavish Toronto home. At first Inspector John Sanders suspects one of her family; then, after tracing the theft ring to her house, he widens his range. As in Murder in Focus (Macmillan, 1989), Sanders's love Harriet Jeffries assists. The plot flows smoothly for the most part, unhampered by in-depth characterization and enlivened by the on-again-off-again nature of John and Harriet's relationship." -- Library Journal . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Toronto: PaperJacks, Ltd., 1986. 1st edition, April 1986. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, reading creases, edgewear, a few minor creases, a middle set of pages are age toned but not most the book. A very good copy. An ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD WINNER for Best First Novel. Toronto. Author's first book. As a dangerous killer stalks women on the streets of Toronto, a young schoolgirl is kidnapped in what appears to be an unrelated incident. But as Toronto Police Inspector John Sanders examines the evidence, he uncovers a disturbing web of false identities, drug trafficking, and worse, police corruption. Racing against time, can Sanders put all of the puzzle pieces together in time to protect those he cares about most? Scarce. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Book.

Toronto: Bodley Head, 1976. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. The Canadian sets out from Montreal on a 4,633 kilometre journey across the longest scenic railway. route in the world. Author's first book. Illustrated by Tom McNeely. 1st ed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, LLC, 1985. 1st ed. Fine in dj, a couple of creases at front and lightly rubbed at rear panel. The fourth Benny Cooperman mystery. Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Little Brown & Company, 1979. 1st US ed. A fine copy a near fine copy of still bright, white dust jacket which is unusual. Author's first novel which was the WINNER of the SEAL AWARD for the MOST PROMISING FIRST NOVELIST IN CANADA.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.