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NY: Soho, 1998. 1st US ed., paperback, fine. A Jean-Louis St-Cyr (of the Surete) & Hermann Kohler (of the Gestapo) title. Paris, 1942. Vivid studies of everyday life in an occupied land with his recurring theme-- that ordinary crimes continue, even in the face of the greatest of national crimes. First US. Trade Paperback. As New/No Jacket.

N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1980. 1st Am. Near fine in lightly used dj. The 2nd Ins. Gautier. Paris in the early 1900's. The victim is Sophie Monterant: a young actress who is already challenging the divine Sarah Bernhardt for the finest roles. Inspector Gautier visits the theatre to see Sophie at the first night of Dame aux Camélias, but the first night is also to be her last: after the curtain fall, Sophie eats a poisoned chocolate and dies. Gautier is immediately on the case and his investigation takes him to the upper echelons of Parisian society, including the blue-blooded Comte de Limousin and the Minister for the Beax-arts, who is likely to become the next president of France. Gautier's impertinence enrages Courtrand, the director of the Sûreté, but what is Courtrand himself concealing?. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Simon, 1955. 1st edition. Pages are age toned, light wear else about fine in ldust jacket, ightly chipped at head and foot, small piece out at rear and soiled at rear , not price clipped ($2.75 price is still intact) Dr. Mary Finney in Paris. Catoluge Of Crime #1112. Matthew Head is the pseudonym of John Edwin Canaday (1907-1985), an art critic and writer. Canaday was a New York Times art critic for seventeen years and later in life he wrote restaurant reviews for the Times. Paris at the height of its post-War chic is a far cry from the African backwaters that Hoop Taliaferro has been calling home. But with his American charm and American dollars, he fits in anywhere. He especially fits in at the Flea Club, a naughty nightclub for people who have pretty tame ideas of naughty. The real draw is Nicole, a third-rate chanteuse singing sad songs for the bored expats holding up the bar. When someone silences the music, it falls to Hoop to put things right. Sleuthing’s not really Hoop’s… Leer más

N.Y.: St. Martin, 1978. 1st Am ed. slight spine slant else about fine in dj. The 1st Ins. Gautier. Historical set in Paris of the early 1900's.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1959. 1st ed. Slight spine slant else near fine in dust jacket lightly rubbed at edges, a couple of small nicks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

N.Y.: Modern Age Books, 1940. 4th printing, September 1940 (1st printing was September, 1939). Covers and page edges lightly spotted else very good in dust jacket, chipped at head and foot of spine, small piece out at lower front, lightly soiled, not price clipped, $1.00 price intact at front flap, now in protective mylar cover. Very scarce. The first in a series of adventures of Homer Evans.The Mysterious Mickey Finn "has the delicious irresponsibility of a Woodhouse plot. . . It's one of the funniest books we've read in a long time. It contains a great deal of shrewd satire. "The New York Times" . The satiric tone of the novel is entirely intentional, for Paul intended to parody the famous Philo Vance stories of S.S. Van Dine.. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Book.

N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's 1st book. Paris in 1892..Paris, 1892. American historian Henry Adams, grandson of one president and great-grandson of another, is looking for Miriam Talbott, a young American student. Miriam is alive in ways Adams can scarcely remember being, but when he goes looking for her, she disappears. When another woman's body is fished out of the Seine and identified as hers, Adams becomes embroiled in the police's attempt to identify the body and in the Panama Canal scandal that threatens to engulf France. Adams' search leads him into the darker reaches of Paris, into a political world as impenetrable and threatening as the jungles of Panama. The dead body, Miriam Talbott, and the information he uncovers are the keys to the mystery -- but before the truth is discovered, more than one person is killed, and Adams not only endangers his life, but potential U.S. interests in the canal. Eric Zencey's suspenseful,… Leer más

NY: McGraw Hill, 1979. 1st ed. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Paris, 1848, fraught with riot, revolution, and corruption gave rise to one of the greatest thefts of the nineteenth century: the embezzlement of 30 million francs from Baron James de Rothschild by his keen-witted protege, Michael Carpentier, who subsequently disappeared. Buckman reconstructs the embezzlement and all that follows, narrating as though it were Carpentier's own account of the coup.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

London, United Kingdom: Constable, 1996. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Set in wartime France, Hermann Koehler of the German Gestapo and Jean-Louis St-Cyr of the Paris Surete join forces to solve the murder of a young woman. Four other girls, each randomly chosen, each caught alone and of a similar age, have been murdered within the past five weeks.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1988. 1st edition. A fine unread copy of the Uncorrected Page Proofs in printed wrapper. "Not until after her young husband dies in an explosion in Paris, does Anna Simon learn that he worked for a Jewish organization that tracked down former SS officers. Becoming obsessed with his mission, she determines to destroy the four men she believes had him killed. Her first move is to Texas where she studies self-defense and marksmanship with former CIA agent Hank Wallace. Lessons well learned, Anna first kills an Illinois businessman whose Nazi background no one suspected. Her next victim is the owner of an art gallery in Amsterdam. As the FBI and the Netherlands police pick up Anna's trail, Hank realizes he has fallen in love with his protege and follows her back to France, where she confesses the true nature of her activities. Although he is unsure he should be involved in Anna's crusade, Hank's concern for her safety keeps him with her as they… Leer más

NY ,NY: Ballantine Books, 2003. 1st. Ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in dust jacket with protective mylar cover. Justine Pagett, a journalist flees to Paris to save her declining career. She soon finds a friend has gone missing and delves into the seemy side of the music world.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

N.Y.: Crowell, 1978. 1st ed., with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, $8.95 price intact, with protective mylar cover.The third novel in Israel's mystery series featuring private detective B.F. Cage, this time investigating French professional basketball, drugs and the Paris underworld. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book.

NY: Walker, 1973. 1st ed. Near fine in very good dust jacket, rubbed at extremities, light chipping at spine head.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.

N.Y.: Berkley, 1956. 1st printing. Berkley #G-28 (.35¢ cover price) . Cover by Victor Kalin. Vintage Paperback. "...This follows the progress of a young rake who took readily to women, enjoyed many irregular relationships, hankered for but never achieved the luxuries of life, and held an undampened appreciation for life in this city, its shops, streets, cafes, subways, etc. Highly seasoned, this is not for the conventional tourist traffic." -- Kirkus Review. 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.. First Printing. Pictorial Wrappers. Near Fine. Illus. by Kalin, Victor. Vintage Paperback.