Resultados de búsqueda: Cape Cod from Murder By The Book

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1993. 1st ed., Paperback Original, reading crease, slight spine slant.. The Third Peter Bartholomew title set at Christmas on Nastoba, a fictional island based on Cape Cod. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

Dallas, TX, U.S.A.: Baskerville Publishers, Inc, 1996. 1st edition, so stated. Fine in dust jacket. Author's First Novel. Promotional copy with slip laid in. "This first novel is narrated by Josh Lipkin, a 16-year-old awash in New York City who calls himself "the first Jewish runaway in the history of the New York, maybe the world." His father, who has failed in a variety of business endeavors, now owns a liquor store and is verbally and physically abusive to his only child. Josh's mother sees life through a vodka cloud and spends her time in front of a television set. Josh, a sensitive soul, sneaks into nursing homes pretending to be kin to lonely, elderly patients who eagerly await his visits. When he is no longer sure what he is going to do next or where he is going to live, Josh meets Manny, a funky, self-sufficient woman in her thirties who is searching for her boyfriend, Patrick. He travels with her to Cape Cod, Patrick's family home, and in the process learns how… Leer más

Brewster: MA: Paraclete Press, 1999. 1st edition, first printing, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine unread copy in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. Author's first mystery . The first fiction title published by Paraclete kicks off the Faith Abbey Mystery series. Set in the sleepy Cape Cod town of Eastport, the book juxtaposes the way two very different men go about the process of discovering the truth. Andrew Doane and Dan Burke were childhood friends. Andrew has joined the ecumenical religious community of Faith Abbey and taken the name of Brother Bartholomew, and Dan has become the police chief. Together, they try to track down a killer. Mac Curtis, the man behind a generally unwelcome upscale development, tries to ingratiate himself and his project by establishing a prize for the best new rose. The finalists gather at a reception hosted by Mac and his wife. Among the chosen are… Leer más

Orleans, MA, U.S.A.: Paraclete Press, 2002. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED and DATED 9/05/02 by the author. Third book in the Brother Bartholomew Faith Abbey series. Against the backdrop of the Gold cup Regatta, which annually draws the top ocean racers in the world to Bermuda, Brother Bartholomew finds himself sent to investigate a brutal case of tortue and murder. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Brewster: MA: Paraclete Press, 2000. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine as new, in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. The second title in the Faith Abbey Mystery Series, following the well-received debut of "A Matter of Roses" in November 1999, will delight mystery fans who have been eagerly awaiting Brother Bartholomew's return. It was the feast of St. Francis, and the lawn in front of Faith Abbey's new church was filled with townspeople and abbey members bringing their creatures, great and small, to the Blessing of the Animals. Brother Bartholomew was joyfully immersed in this happy chaos, when his pager vibrated. Returning the call, he learned from Dan Burke, Eastport's Chief of Police, that they'd just had their second 'hundred-year weather event' in two years. The body of a woman had washed ashore, and there was evidence that she had been tortured before drowning. The Chief was about to go down to the… Leer más

N.Y.: Raven House, 1986. 1st ed. Page edges show very light trace of soiling else Near fine in dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Kiker at title page. First in the series to feature investigative reporter Mac MacFarland. Cape Cod setting. Inscribed Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

London: UK: Constable, 1988. 1st edition. Precedes US edition. Pages slightly age toned else a fine copy in dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 1st Margaret Barlow title. "Margaret Barlow, a widow in her late 50s, summers on Martha's Vineyard, where she has also taken up ballooning with eccentric Essie Peck, a year-round resident. Islanders are stunned when socialite Rose Perkins is found drowned, her body partially eaten by turtles, in the pond of elderly recluse Grace Chadwick. Some years previously, Chadwick had sold her old Victorian house, retaining lifetime residency rights, to artist Algar Mikele and his wife, who have been in financial difficulties ever since. When another murder occurs, suspicion begins to fall on Algar. To help her friends, Margaret begins to investigate, despite warnings from the local police lieutenant..." -- Publishers Weekly . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Lynx , 1989. 1st ed. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Random House, 1986. 1st ed. Page edges show very light trace of soiling else Near fine in dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Kiker at title page. Includes photo of Kiker and Publishers information sheet. First in the series to feature investigative reporter Mac MacFarland. Cape Cod setting. Inscribed Copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Lynx, 1989. First US edition (British edition preceded the US) with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges beginning to tan else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Publishers slip laid in. "Margaret Barlow, a widow in her late 50s, summers on Martha's Vineyard, where she has also taken up ballooning with eccentric Essie Peck, a year-round resident. Islanders are stunned when socialite Rose Perkins is found drowned, her body partially eaten by turtles, in the pond of elderly recluse Grace Chadwick. Some years previously, Chadwick had sold her old Victorian house, retaining lifetime residency rights, to artist Algar Mikele and his wife, who have been in financial difficulties ever since. When another murder occurs, suspicion begins to fall on Algar. To help her friends, Margaret begins to investigate, despite warnings from the local police lieutenant..." -- Publishers Weekly . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

NY: Avalon, 1997. 1st ed. fine in dj one light scratch. The 3rd Marguerite Smith title. Cape Cod. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Bantam, 1991. 1st edition, September 1991, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Reading creases, very light wear else a near fine copy of Author's 2nd book. In homemade acetate jacket. "This absorbing mystery opens in 1945 as a German commander aboard a sinking submarine bitterly ponders his failed secret mission. Flash forward to contemporary Cape Cod, Mass., where Aristotle "Soc" Socarides, a commercial fisherman who in the off-season becomes a quintessentially broke, wisecracking P.I., is hired by wealthy and sinister Frederick Walther, whose daughter Leslie has disappeared. Soc seeks a lead on Leslie at the marine laboratory where she once worked, but her caustic, womanizing ex-boss and lover, Tom Drake, is murdered before Soc has a chance to question him. Emphasis shifts to Drake's research with remote-controlled undersea vehicles capable of investigating phenomena out of the reach of human divers. Death-defying watery escapades… Leer más

New York: Ivy Books, 1995. 1st ed. Reading creases else a near fine copy. A Paperback Original for this author who normally publishes in hardcover. A Doc Adams title set in and around Cape Cod.. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original.

N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 1991. First edition, April 1991, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Top of page edges lightly spotted else fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Tapply toys with but never fully explores the metaphor of the hunter and the hunted in lawyer/sleuth Brady Coyne's 10th outing. Professional hunter Jeff Newton has lived as an embittered and near-friendless invalid since being attacked by a wounded leopard in Africa. Brady, his lawyer, is visiting him on Cape Cod when Newton's seven solid-gold pre-Columbian jaguar statuettes given to Newton by a Mayan chief as reward for slaying the wild cat that mauled his son, are stolen. Brady is knocked out after the crooks superficially slit his throat and Jeff, bashed in the head, falls into a coma. Only Lily, Jeff's seductive, lonely, longtime housekeeper, remains unharmed. Enraged by the attack, Brady hunts for the thieves, his search eventually taking him to Montana,… Leer más

N.Y.: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1945. 1st printing, November 1945. Dell #98, Vintage Paperback. Small nick at edge, light "bubble' of laminate, else a near fine+ copy of early Dell. Front cover by Gerald Gregg. Rear cover map of "Bart Paget's House/Scene of a Murder, " near Quanomet Bluffs, Mass. Rear cover by Ruth Belew. When Bart Paget is found clawed to death in his library and Susan Remington has disappeared and her wild cats let loose, Asey Mayo must act quickly to avert the panic sweeping over Quanomet. 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 book is removed. . 1st Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Gregg, Gerald. Vintage Paperback.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scribners, 1998. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. A Martha's Vineyard mystery. Includes three recepies. "Movie-making and murder interrupt the laid-back island life of J.W. Jackson, former cop, occasional detective and new father. In his ninth outing (following A Deadly Vineyard Holiday, 1997), J.W. signs on as driver-guide for a Hollywood location scout, the tanned and toothy Drew Mondry, who likes the look of the Vineyard. He also likes the look of J.W.'s wife, Zee, enough to ask her to be an extra in the film. They're all distracted when J.W. finds state environmental officer Lawrence Ingalls murdered just one day after he and J.W. came to blows over Ingalls's closing of a local beach. Although J.W. is the prime suspect, other Vineyard residents also had grudges against the dead man: Zack Delwood once said someone would soon shoot Ingalls; Moonbeam Berube, the caretaker at Ingalls's new house, has a history of violence. To find the killer, J.W. must dig… Leer más

N.Y.: W.W. Norton and Company, 1942. First edition, so stated. Very light wear else a fine, tight copy now in homemade acetate dust wrapper. The three plots are: The Headacre Plot; Wander Bird Plot; and The Swan Boat Plot.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Book.

Franklin Center: PA: The First Edition Society, 1984. 1st ed. A fine copy in full leather with hubbed backstrip, and brown decorative stamped binding with all edges gilt and satin ribbon page marker. SIGNED by Mailer. Includes a special introduction by the author to this edition. Privately printed by the Franklin Library for the Signed First Edition Society. Laid in letter from Joseph Sloves, publisher, giving background material on the book. 229 pp. Set in Provincetown.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Full-Leather. Fine. Illus. by Summers, Mark. Book.

N.Y.: Scribners, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacketThe latest entry in the acclaimed Martha's Vineyard mysteries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book.

Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. 1ST Ed.SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Jacket shows shelf wear, Book pages beginning to yellow, else tight and nice. The 5th Doc Adams adventure. Set on Cape Cod, MA. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.