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New York: Berkeley Books. Fine. 2002. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. A wonderful bright, tight copy. . 333 pages. Anna Pigeon Mysteries, No. 9. Stradling the border between Montana and Canada lies the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park --Anna's home away from home when she is sent on a cross-training assignment to study grizzly bears. Along with bear researcher Joan Rand and a volatile, unpredictable teenage boy, Anna hikes the backcountry, seeking signs of bear. But the tables are turned on their second night out when one of the beasts comes looking for them. .

London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Near Fine. 1994. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. 224 pages. A Joe Sixsmith Mystery, No. 1. 'Reginald Hill stands head and shoulders above any other writer of homebred crime fiction' Observer PI can mean many things, but can it really mean a balding, middle-agd redundant lathe operator from a high rise in Luton, Beds? Joe Sixsmith thinks it can. His Aunt Mirabelle thinks you'd have to be crazy to hire him, and Joe's current clients certainly fit the bill. One seems to be confessing to the brutal murder of his whole family; another thinks she's a witch. Alongside them, the two heavies who believe Joe is hiding their illicit drugs seem almost normal. In the past Reginald Hill has brought wit, style and compassion to police investigation. Now he does the same for the private sector, and -- in perhaps his greatest feat of creation -- reinvents Luton in the process. .

New York: A Signet Book. Near Fine. 2001. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 266 pages. A Murder, She Wrote Mystery, No. 15. Jessica Fletcher is visiting California wine country while doing research for her next book, and invites her old friend, Scotland Yard detective George Sutherland to join her at a cozy Bed and Breakfast. No sooner do they arrive than they find the valley abuzz over the murder of a waiter at the restaurant owned by infamous ex-Hollywood heavyweight Bill Ladington. Ladington’s blatant womanizing and involvement in a bitter vineyard land dispute have already marked him as a dubious character—and a possible suspect.But when Ladington turns up dead himself from a supposed “suicide,” Jessica knows that a murderer is on the loose—and with a little help from George, she must try and bottle up a motive for murder from an extensive list of less-than-vintage suspects... .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good+. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 1.3 x 6.8 x 4.1 Inches. 416 pages. A Rizzoli and Isles Mystery, No. 4. Boston medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles literally meets her match–and must face a savage serial killer and shattering personal revelations–in the brilliant new novel of suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of The Surgeon and The Sinner.Dr. Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day–many of them victims of violent murder. But never before has her blood run cold, and never has the grim expression “dead ringer” rung so terrifyingly true. Because never before has the lifeless body on the medical examiner’s table been her own.Yet there can be no denying the mind-reeling evidence before her shocked eyes and those of her colleagues, including Detective Jane Rizzoli: the woman found shot to… Leer más

Crimeline. As New. 1998. Mass Market Paperback. 0.81 x 6.91 x 4.17 Inches. 288 pages. A Fremont Jones Mystery, No. 3. Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake of 1906, Fremont Jones follows her heart to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea.  She is eager to be reunited with her elusive suitor, retired spymaster Michael Archer, but finds him mysteriously metamorphosed into Misha--otherwise occupied and decidedly unavailable for sleuthing.  But the irrepressible Fremont Jones has her pride, and determined to restart her typewriting business part-time, she signs on as temporary keeper of the Point Pinos Lighthouse. She has barely settled in to her watch when a velvet-clad corpse washes in on the tide--and Fremont is off on a new and ultimately life-threatening quest. Starting with the free-spirited artists of Carmel, she searches for clues to the identity of the dead woman and uncovers a community filled with intrigue, violence, and plenty of… Leer más

New York: Dell. Very Good. 1994. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Slight spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 234 pages. A Vejay Haskell Mystery, No. 2. Each year the Bohemian Club—a clique of powerful conservatives whose ranks include Nixon, Reagan, and Kissinger—gathers for a confidential meeting in the backwoods town of Henderson, California. Though their activities are shrouded in secrecy, Henderson meter-reader Vejay Haskell is about to get an all-too-close inside look. Searching the countryside for a coworker’s missing niece, she finds the beautiful gymnast lying dead in the bottom of a sewer drain. The sheriff calls it an accident, but Vejay suspects the girl’s death was connected to the Bohemian Club’s unquenchable desire for drugs, booze, and prostitutes. Finding the killer will mean going head to head with the nation’s fiercest politicians. But compared to the Vietnam vets, pot growers, and backcountry crackpots she… Leer más

New York: Crime Line / Bantam Books. Near Fine. 1998. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.81 x 6.91 x 4.17 Inches. 288 pages. A Fremont Jones Mystery, No. 3. Forced to leave San Francisco after the devastating earthquake of 1906, Fremont (née Caroline) Jones follows her heart to the bohemian beach community of Carmel-by-the-Sea.  She is eager to be reunited with her elusive suitor, retired spymaster Michael Archer, but finds him mysteriously metamorphosed into Misha--otherwise occupied and decidedly unavailable for sleuthing.  But the irrepressible Fremont Jones has her pride, and determined to restart her typewriting business part-time, she signs on as temporary keeper of the Point Pinos Lighthouse.<br><br>She has barely settled in to her watch when a velvet-clad corpse washes in on the tide--and Fremont is off on a new and ultimately life-threatening quest.  Starting with the… Leer más

New York: St. Martin's Paperbacks. Very Good. 2004. First Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Spine creases. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 352 pages. A Blanco County Mystery, No. 2. The opening of deer season always brings a Texas-sized wave of excitement to sleepy Blanco County, but this year, game warden John Marlin is finding mysteries as thick as ticks on a whitetail's rump. First, there are reports of a blonde bombshell who's been raising Cain with hunters, scaring away wildlife and trashing vehicles. Then, there's the tragic discovery of a local man shot to death and left in his deer blind. Further muddying the watering holes are the schemes of a recently relocated East Coast wiseguy now called Sal Mameli, who along with his son Vinnie-a wannabe gangster with more muscles than brains-has been trying to corner the area's lucrative brush-clearing market. And finally, a feisty old rancher has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of blood and enough… Leer más

New York: Berkeley Prime Crime. Very Good. 2004. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Previous owner's name; slight slant; Mild spine creasing. Paperback Original. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 202 pages. A Lighthouse Inn Mystery, No. 5. Innkeeper Alex Winston is happy to get the Carolina Rhapsody Emerald to display at the Hatteras West Inn, but when he hears about the curse on the jewel, he begins to have doubts. The show is nearly over when the precious emerald is stolen, and the man hired to guard it is murdered .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Fine. 2009. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Paperback Original. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 297 pages. A Booktown Mystery, No. 2. When a bestselling author is found murdered in her bookstore, and the police and media demand answers, Tricia Miles must read between the lines to solve this mystery before it's too late. .

Toronto: Worldwide Mystery Library. Very Good. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease; Reading crease on front cover . 252 pages. A Sam McCain Mystery, No. 6. The Cuban Missile Crisis has America living in fear, but life must go on for the citizens of Black River Falls, Iowa... except, sadly, for beautiful Karen Hastings, found strangled in the bomb shelter of gubernatorial candidate Ross Murdoch. Murdoch hires investigator-attorney Sam McCain to clear his name. However, that may prove impossible, even if he is innocent of the crime. The dead woman not only knew McCain's powerful new client quite intimately, but also knew three other pillars of the community who shared the victim's services as mistress. And she was blackmailing all four men.Four motives and suspects give Sam an edge to a tawdry case that gets dirtier with each new secret that comes to light, especially when the killer strikes again. Were those guilty of sin and seduction also driven to kill? Or does the… Leer más

New York: Pocket Books. Fine. 1992. Paperback Original. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 0.6 x 6.7 x 4.1 Inches. 224 pages. A Donald McCarry Mystery. Stockbroker McCarry will earn a tidy commission from millionaire Gustav Raab's investments. But Raab involves McCarry in a dangerous scam, and after the New York stockbroker witnesses a cold-blooded execution, he fears a similar fate .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Near Fine. 2011. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 305 pages. A White House Chef Mystery, No. 4. With a new First Family, White House executive chef Olivia Paras can't afford to make any mistakes. But when a box of take-out chicken mysteriously shows up for the First Kids, she soon finds herself in a "no-wing" situation. After Olivia refuses to serve the chicken, the First Lady gives her the cold shoulder. But when it turns out to be poisoned poultry, Olivia realizes the kids are true targets. .

New York: Pocket Books. Fine. 1995. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease.. 275 pages. A Jenny Cain Mystery, No. 6. When a cattle baron leaves a huge ranch in his will to the Port Frederick Civic Foundation, amateur sleuth Jenny Cain leaves Massachusetts for the wilds of Kansas to investigate the bizarre bequest and finds herself probing the brutal murder of the foundation's benefactor .

New York: Avon Books. Near Fine. 1998. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Mild spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 320 pages. A Leo Waterman Mystery, No. 3. Packed with all the outrageous shenanigans that quickly marked <I>Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?</I> and <I>Cast in Stone</I> as two of the most original mysteries in years, G.M. Ford crafts a devilishly funny and bat-out-of-hell paced novel featuring his smart-aleck yet irrepressible Seattle-based p.i., Leo Waterman. Nobody loves you when you're down and out--except maybe Leo Waterman. As a man who has transformed a gaggle of residentially challenged devotees of cheap alcohol into a crack surveillance team, Leo has a soft spot for society's downtrodden. When a homeless woman says she's the mother of a deceased rock idol, Leo takes it upon himself to investigate the lady's claim, thereby embroiling the Boys, his dissolute deputies, and his own already bruised body in a high… Leer más

New York: Walker & Company. Near Fine. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Protected in a removable Brodart archival cover; Brown binding with title and author on spine in metallic green; Full number line 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 . 226 pages. A Leo Waterman Mystery, No. 3. Packed with all the outrageous shenanigans that quickly marked <I>Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca?</I> and <I>Cast in Stone</I> as two of the most original mysteries in years, G.M. Ford crafts a devilishly funny and bat-out-of-hell paced novel featuring his smart-aleck yet irrepressible Seattle-based p.i., Leo Waterman. Nobody loves you when you're down and out--except maybe Leo Waterman. As a man who has transformed a gaggle of residentially challenged devotees of cheap alcohol into a crack surveillance team, Leo has a soft spot for society's downtrodden. When a homeless woman says she's the mother of a deceased rock idol, Leo takes it upon himself to investigate the lady's claim, thereby… Leer más

London: Penguin Books Ltd. Near Fine. 2008. Mass Market Paperback. Hint of a spine crease. 400 pages. An Alex Rourke Thriller. "You have to find the crosses. Find them or other people could die..." It was a short note. Signed simply 'Sam'. But it was enough to send ex-FBI agent Alex Rourke on a search to an isolated valley in the American mid-West. And now he's trapped there - in the middle of the night, in the middle of nowhere, in the middle of a ferocious storm. With him are a dozen other men and women, all seeking shelter in Isaac's Bar. However the night is about to turn deadly - when the nearby riverbank collapses, and spits out two badly decomposed bodies. The man and the woman were clearly murdered and buried there months before ...As secrets, recriminations and violent agendas come to the fore in the bar that's now cut off from the world, Alex races to find 'the crosses'. And then the deaths begin, one by one by one ... .

New York: Avon Books. Near Fine. 1998. 1st Avon Books Paperback Edition. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 213 pages. An Alan Graham Mystery. A wealthy man hires Dr. Alan Graham's firm to search for a Tunica Indian burial site that might be located on his plantation. To support his story, the client hands Alan ancient trinkets that were found on the land by an eccentric tenant. Alan accepts the job, but soon, the owner is dead and the tenant is missing. As Alan and P.E. Courtney, a Harvard-educated Yankee, trudge through a remote forest and bayou, they are pursued by an unseen enemy who intends on making Alan and P.E. a permanent part of the burial ground .

New York: Dell. Near Fine. 19881990. First Edition Thus. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 248 pages. A Joe Hannibal Mystery, No. 1. While pursuing Junior Odum, the bail jumper he had been hired to locate, private detective Joe Hannibal becomes involved in an investigation into the "accidental" death of his quarry's mother .

New York: Berkley Prime Crime. Near Fine. 2011. Paperback Original. Mass Market Paperback. No spine crease. Full number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. . 240 pages. A Cupcake Bakery Mystery, No. 2. Melanie Cooper and Angie DeLaura's Fairy Tale Cupcakes bakery is gearing up for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately someone has iced Baxter Malloy on his first date with Mel's mother. Now Mom's a suspect, and Mel and Angie need to find time around frosting to dig into the man's shady past and discover who served him his just desserts. .