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New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Book slightly canted.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Investigating a massacre that took place in Guatemala in 1982, forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan discovers that those events are linked to the disappearance of four girls from Guatemala City and the murder of a human rights investigator. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 315 pages .

New York: A. L. Burt Company. Very Good with no dust jacket; Rebound in blue tweed cloth with paper . spine label and marbled pastedowns. Edge browning and small stain to fore . edge; small tear bottom of half-title page at gutter.. 1920. Third Printing. Hardcover. Dr Fu-Manchu is back once again! And this time the Devil Doctor is not alone. Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his associates learn of a deadly organization that stalks the shadows. Their goal is to undermine the balance of global power, and they allow no one to stand in their way. They are the terrorist assassins known as the Si-Fan. ; 7.75 x 5 x 1 inches; 308 pages .

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book has light fading along top edge. . Jacket has some shelf wear and small chips to the spine ends.. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Only the lost wealth of the Great Temple in Jerusalem is rich and significant enough to ransom the frightful weapons stolen from the arsenals of the free world by Irgun terrorists. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 281 pages .

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book slightly canted with remainder . stripe bottom edge, also affecting under-edge of back board and lower end . of back flap. Light edge wrinkling to jacket.. 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. When three young people investigate a series of mysterious deaths linked to a chemical weapon called T42, they become entangled in a web of government intrigue, high-level conspiracy, and misunderstandings linked to the deadly weapon. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 226 pages .

Pleasantville: Impress. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued; Part of the Best Mysteries of All . Time series. Appears unread.. 2008. Reprint. Hardcover. Unoccupied and unsupervised while mother is working, the children of widowed crime writer Marion Carstairs find diversion wherever they can. So when the kids hear gunshots at the house next door, they jump at the chance to launch their own amateur investigation-and after all, why shouldn't they? ; The Best Mysteries Of All Time; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 291 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket; 1987 John Creasey New Blood Dagger nominee; 1988 . Shamus nominee for Best First P. I. Novel. Author's debut novel. Fine book . in like jacket.. 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Saxon, a private investigator trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood, is asked by Tori Weldon, the daughter of a millionaire writer, to find out who is trying to kill her father. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 165 pages .

London: Heinemann. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book is clean and tight, with very . browned pages. Jacket has light shelf wear and is price clipped.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. 0434626309 . 295 pages .

New York: Simon & Schuster. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first novel. Hint of lean to . book.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Judgment Day is a brilliant medical/legal thriller that dares to explore the unthinkable: an AIDS vaccine even more virulent than the disease, and a drug company willing to kill to conceal it. ; 9.2 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 384 pages .

New York: Bantam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Scratches to top . corner of jacket's front panel, light edge wear.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Hired by the outspoken head of a women's health clinic to protect her against death threats, bodyguard Atticus Kodiak encounters raw violence at the hands of a madman who causes Kodiak to choose between idealism and reality. ; 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 Inches; 275 pages .

New York: Crown. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Small spot of wear bottom edge front panel . jacket.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. A brutal and sexy tale of the streets, an erotic love story, a murder mystery with the heart and soul of the blues, the hard-boiled edge of classic pulp noir, and the voice of a man whose heart beats too loudly for his own good. ; 7.7 X 5.1 X 1.1 inches; 212 pages .

New York: World Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Book has a lean and light top edge . browning. Jacket is browned at spine and edges and has a small dig tear at . spine.. 1969. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. John Lovering Benedict had more than most men - more money, more mansions, more cars, but most of all more women, including three ex-wives with little in common but their extraordinary physiques. For Ellery Queen the question was which one of them had bashed in Benedict's skull with a hunk of iron statuary? The clues were many . . . But puzzling. All had been planted at the scene of the crime, but by whom, and for what purpose? And who was the last woman in John Benedict's life? ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 185 pages .

New York: Kensington. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Initial "E" on front endpaper. On the . spine, the letter "R" in "Sara" is pushed in.. 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. Ellie Avery is a professional organizer, not a diplomat. But by agreeing to help organize a family wedding, she's basically signed on to prevent two mothers-in-law from killing each other. It comes as a complete surprise, then, when another member of the wedding party is the one who's actually murdered. ; 7.8 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 256 pages .

New York: Walker & Co. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Top corners bumped; jacket with small . bottom edge tear near spine.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Whether dealing with the considerable charms of Lady Bentanta, protecting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, or facing the discovery of a corpse in his own home, Lord Meren, the Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh, provides timeless excitement for all readers. ; Walker Mystery; 8.6 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 229 pages .

New York: Harper Collins. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket a bit rumpled with tiny dig at . spine edge front panel.. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Chas Wheatley, a food writer with a taste for sleuthing, takes on the scandalous world of Washington tongue waggers and the deep-throated secrets of the restaurant business. Bodies begin to surface around the nation's capital, confounding the police. But with Chas's clever eye for detail, her love of good gossip, her talent for digging up the truth, and her connections in the newspaper and culinary worlds, she is compelled to delve deeper into the underbelly of the business--and onto a twisted trail of deceit, blackmail, and murder. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 243 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's debut novel; 1985 Shamus . Award nominee for Best First P. I. Novel. Small closed tear to bottom of . front panel near spine.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Former private investigator turned writer Nebraska finds himself involved with the murder of his ex-partner, a pornography ring, two different Mafia gangs, the decadent and desperate daughter of a senator and a political conspiracy reaching to the White House. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 166 pages .

New York: Harper Collins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Page edges browned.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. After the aircraft carrier Thomas Jefferson is vaporized in an apparent nuclear accident, Lt. Commander Bill Baldridge of Naval Intelligence investigates and discovers that a rogue submarine armed with nuclear weapons may have been responsible. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 411 pages .

Boston: Little, Brown. Very Good with no dust jacket; Minor wear to spine ends and corners.. 1951. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Having escaped New York with the hopes of finishing his latest mystery novel in peace in Los Angeles, Ellery Queen is shocked when a knock on his door lands him right in the middle of yet another mystery. - - Leander Hill, a prominent Hollywood jeweler, recently died of a heart attack after receiving a package containing a dead dog, a sight that literally frightened him to death. Hill's daughter is convinced the act was premeditated murder and enlists Queen's help to catch the killer. Now Queen must harness all of his skills to prevail over this unscrupulous mind. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 219 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket has light rubbing and sun . browning.. 1988. First American Edition. Hardcover. Air Force One, carrying the president and his wife, the secretary of state, and the Russian ambassador, blows up en route to a summit meeting, and a British agent working within the IRA in Ireland discovers the disturbing truth behind the disaster. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1 inches; 268 pages .

New York: Random House. Very Good with no dust jacket; Front hinge starting. Slight lean; minor . wear to spine ends. Light corner bumps.. 1963. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. York Square is a tidy private garden surrounded by four matching castles, each inhabited by a different branch of the York family. There’s Robert, commanding and icy; Myra, gentle and ill; Emily, who would prefer to live in a cottage; and Percival, who has many personal secrets. Watching them all is the gardener, Walt, who sees more than any of them realize. When an anonymous scribe starts sending him letters of praise, Walt is happier than he’s ever been. But when a strange card marked with the letter J heralds the death of Robert, the happy garden begins to wilt. Unlocking the puzzle of the bizarre notes falls to the legendary Ellery Queen. He finds that the Yorks are locked in a ghoulish bargain—one that can only be escaped by death. ; 7.75 x 5.25 x 1 inches; 213 pages .

London: Orion Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First UK Edition with the usual toned . edges.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. A horrific shooting incident at a private school takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. ; 165 X 40 X 242 millimeters; 368 pages .