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Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.: Intrigue Press, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. First Drew Gavin title. Drew, a former star defensive end for the University of New Mexico, is a sportswriter for the Albuquerque Gazette. When an old college sweetheart asks him to help her husband buy more time from a bookie named Three Eyes Sanchez, Drew agrees only to find himself fighting to save his life.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Warner Books, Incorporated, 2001. 1st ed. Very light reading crease, else about fine. Paperback Original. A BARRY Award Nominee. After going head-to-head with a serial killer, reporter Alex Bernier is settling into a romance with a homicide cop when she is assigned to cover efforts to rescue the city of Gabriel's crumbling vaudeville house. The grandiose theater still contains an air of class that can be rebuilt if time allows it. The leader of the group, Sissy Billingham, does everything in her power to obtain funding to stop the destruction of what she and her group considers a historical monument. However, before she can come up with a strategy, a car hits her. Alex and the police believe it is first-degree murder and not just an accidental vehicular homicide Ithaca/Binghamton area . First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Reporter Irene Kelly's first appearance. An AGATHA AND ANTHONY AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel. "Set in the fictional Southern California town of Las Piernas, this generally exciting debut mystery--the first of a projected series--brims with brutality, but is slowed at times by home and hospital bedside scenes. Former reporter Irene Kelly, now working in public relations, is shocked when her friend O'Connor is killed by a bomb hidden in a package. The only clue Irene can unearth is O'Connor's obsession with a long-unsolved crime involving an unidentified female body discovered in Las Piernas years before. Rehired by the Las Piernas Express , Irene teams up with ex-lover and homicide cop Frank Harriman to crack the case, but details of what O'Connor had learned about the killing are long in coming. Burke… Leer más

Boston: MA: Atlantic-Little, Brown, 1981. 1st edition, so stated. AUTHOR'S FIRST MYSTERY. Full bound with red paper covered boards; has a small bump at the head of the spine, page edges very lightly soiled in white dj, very lightly soiled at rear and light wrinkling at spine head, else near fine, tight copy, never read. Newspaperman Bill Martell is charged with the murder of his mistress, Judy Klijner, the night editor's wife, and sets out to prove that she was killed by her jealous husband. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Who's out to kill the most influential and controversial broadcaster in America? When a hit and run Rolls Royce slams Leicester Dils while out for his midnight jog, correspondent Beecher Stowe and his sidekick try to find out who is out to kill the Cowboy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: Avon Books, 1999. 1st edition, April 1999, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. "Darryl Billups, a black Baltimore newspaper man, briefly relinquishes his editorial duties to pursue a serial killer. Police respect his skills as an investigative reporter but warn him away from two disturbingly related cases of apparent race-related murder: youngish black professionals, no forced entry, Confederate flag decals left as markers. Lean prose, wit, and humanizing sidebars lend credence to both plot and setting. A strong second to Up Jumped the Devil." -- LJ. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Fine. Book.

NY,NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Daredevil T.V. reporter and her sister Peaches, look into allegations that a friend of theirs has murdered a record producer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY,NY: Simon & Schuster, 2002. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Daredevil T.V. reporter and her sister Peaches, look into allegations that a friend of theirs has murdered a record producer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribners, 2001. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Author's first book. An EDGAR AWARD Nominee as well as an ANTHONY AWARD Nominee. " The Jasmine Trade" chillingly introduces 'Los Angeles Times' reporter Eve Diamond to a subculture of "parachute kids," rich Asian teens who are left to their own devices in California while their parents live and work in Hong Kong. Seeking American education and political stability for their children, the affluent parents often leave only an elderly housekeeper in charge of their vulnerable offspring.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.A.: Council Oak Books, 1991. 1st edition. Fine in dj,. Kit Powell, San diego's newest television reporter, lands in the middle of a pro-football mystery--is it just bad luck, or is there a reason why career-ending injuries, losing seasons, and mysterious deaths have become regular occurances with the Sharks?. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Dodd, 1988. 1st ed. Fine in dj. crime reporter in small town in Louisiana. 1st Pete Brady title. REVIEW COPY. 1st Pete Brady title. "Peter Brady once was a Pulitzer Price winning crime reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He wrote an investigative series that won the Pulitzer, cost his informant his life and almost cost Peter his own in the form of alcohol. In an act of desperation, he resigned his job in New Orleans, bought the Troy Parish Weekly Express in the town of Troy and flees to Northern Louisiana. He hopes to escape his demons. Putting away the bottle permanently is almost impossible as many of us know daily. Putting away the nightmare of seeing his informant floating dead in a swamp outside of New Orleans isn't any easier. It doesn't help when citizens of the small town begin dying. As publisher, editor and just about everything else, the pressure is on Peter Brady to keep the struggling paper alive long enough that he can start turning things around. That… Leer más

N.Y.: Dodd, 1988. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Pages age-toning, else Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 1st Pete Brady title. "Peter Brady once was a Pulitzer Price winning crime reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune. He wrote an investigative series that won the Pulitzer, cost his informant his life and almost cost Peter his own in the farm of alcohol. In an act of desperation, he resigned his job in New Orleans, bought the Troy Parish Weekly Express in the town of Troy and flees to Northern Louisiana. He hopes to escape his demons. Putting away the bottle permanently is almost impossible as many of us know daily. Putting away the nightmare of seeing his informant floating dead in a swamp outside of New Orleans isn't any easier. It doesn't help when citizens of the small town begin dying. As publisher, editor and just about everything else, the pressure is on Peter Brady to keep the struggling paper alive long… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: N A L, 1993. 1st ed. near fine in very lightly rubbed dust jacket. It's 1946 and the Dodgers rookie sensation Harvey Tippen has confessed to murdering young society heiress Gloria Manley... or has he? sports reporter Joe Tinker is about to send the game into extra innings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc., 1997. 1st edition so stated. Fine in unclipped dust jacket. Hong Kong with the territory's last colonial Christmas before Britian hands control to China. Claire Raymond, an American foreign correspondent and new mother becomes involved with the murder of an English boy and the disappearance of another child from her apartment building. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Putnam, 1996. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges beginning to brown as usual with this book, else a fine copy in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED AND DATED BY AUTHOR at title page. The third Jack McMorrow title. "Jack McMorrow, seen before in Bloodline and Deadline, is a former New York Times reporter now working for a small paper in Maine. Covering the courthouse, he senses a good story in Donna Marchant, a young woman complaining of domestic abuse but ignored by the autocratic assistant district attorney, Linda Tate. McMorrow writes about Donna's plight, arousing the wrath of her loutish boyfriend, Jeff Tanner. When Donna is murdered, suspicion falls not only on Tanner but also on McMorrow, whom police suspect of having become too close to his subject. Looking for answers, McMorrow gets puzzlingly little cooperation from Donna's sister, who cares only about taking over as mother to Donna's little… Leer más

Putnam, 1996. 1st ed. Page edges lightly darkened as usual with this title, else a fine copy in dust jacket. SIGNED and dated on title page; A Jack McMorrow title; Maine locale. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Putnam, 1996. 1st ed. Printed wrappers, Uncorrected Proof. Second book in the series. REPORTER JACK McMORROW IS ASKED TO HELP A WOMAN WHO IS BEING ABUSED BY HER BOYFRIEND. WHEN SHE ENDS UP DEAD JACK STARS ASKING QUESTIONS. Maine. First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine. Uncorrected Proof.

Garde: Crime Club Doubleday, 1932. 1st edition. Publishers black cloth with orange blocked lettering. Covers soiled, corners bumped, a few early pages spotted else very good copy. The fifth James Aloysius "Peter" Piper title; San Francisco, CA. Peter Piper, a young reporter, investigates the murder of a millionaire philanthropist, whose Chinese servant with a Ph.D. seems only too willing to hang for the crime.. First Edition. Hardcover. Good-Very Good/No Jacket. Book.

NY: Hyperion, 1997. Miami reporter. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 1st edition, November 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. the 2nd Scott Moody title, set in Spokane, Washington. "Thirty-six-year-old Scott Moody, ex-private eye, ex-husband, and ex-mental patient, becomes a suspect when he witnesses the slashing murder of his beautiful girlfriend's wealthy and socially prominent father. After the reading of a startling will, the girlfriend hires him to investigate matters usual (who killed her father and why) and unusual (just who or what, actually, was her father). Scott's search, which roves from Spokane to Seattle to Las Vegas, begins with public records, where he finds the first troubling news. While the plot's credibility is sometimes dubious, the late 1970s setting and idiosyncratic "hero" make this mystery work." -- Library Journal. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.