Detective Fiction from Auldfarran Books, IOBA

London: Hodder & Stopughton, 2019 1st ed. 391pp. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [text is lightly age browned owing to low quality publisher's paper; else VG; dj = scraped near tail edge of spine strip; else nrF] A Huldar and Freya crime novel from the "Queen of Icelandic thrillers."

privately issued, 2010. INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 327pp. paperback tall 8vo: Fine.

SIGNED bookplate by author affixed to half-title p. 1994 1st Am. ed. 295pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [edges are age foxed; else nrVG]

SIGNED boldly on half-title p. by author. 338pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [couple of very tiny faint spots on top edge and one equally tiny on fore edge; else a nice crisp copy] A Hannah Smith novel from the veteran Florida suspense writer.

Latham, NY: British American Publishing, 1991 1st ed. INSCRIBED by author. 260pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Very Good in a Very Good dj [text is age browned; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] A thriller set on Grand Bahama Island. Jacket praise from Jay McInerney, George Plimpton, Peter Maas, et al.

Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1974 1st ed. thus. 189pp. paperback: Good [text is completely age browned w/top & fore edge foxing; else a clean, complete & tight copy] An early Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID novel by the English crime fiction writer Keating (1926-2011).

New York: Soho, 2011 1st ed. thus. 289pp. paperback: near Very Good [age browning and some foxing; else a nice clean, complete & crisp copy] A Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation involving the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The American writer Gage (1942-2013) lived for decades in that country.

New York: Soho, 1996 reprint. 231pp. paperback 8vo: near Fine. A Grijpstra-de Gier mystery by the Dutch writer van de Watering (1931-2008) that won the French Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere in 1984.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998 book club ed. 312pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [some top & fore edge foxing; else a nice clean and crisp copy; dj = rubbed @ spine ends and corners; else nrF] An unfinished Lord Peter Wimsey mystery completed over 60 years later.

London: Robinson Publishing, 1993, 1995 reprints. 522pp., 532pp. paperbacks: near Fine in slipcase [light age browning; else nice crisp copies; slipcase shows some foxing] A two-volume set, the first featuring an Ellis Peters foreword.

New York: The Mysterious Press, 1992 book club ed. 246pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [touch of top edge foxing; inexplicable DISCARD stamp ffep; else a nice crisp copy]

Felony & Mayhem, 2006 1st Am. ed. 355pp. paperback: Fine. The third of Lady Catherine Manning's mysteries.

New York: Vintage, 2007 reprint. 1,150pp. paperback tall 8vo: Good+ [text is age browned; edges are foxed; else a clean, complete and tight copy] Over 50 stories and two novels divided into three parts: The Crimefighters, The Villains and The Dames, with introductions by Harlan Coben, Harlan Ellison and Laura Lippman.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998 1st ed. 375pp. hardback tall 8vo: Very Good in a near Very Good dj in Brodart poly cover [text is age browned owing to publisher's acidic paper; else a clean, complete & tight copy]

New York: Pocket Books, 1993 1st ed. SIGNED on title p. by author. 372pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [small ink smudge bottom edge; else a nice crisp copy; dj = p-c; else F]

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999 1st Am. ed. SIGNED on front fly leaf by author. 316pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [dj = a top corner nick; else F]

Atlanta: Peachtree, 1988 1st ed. SIGNED by author. 255pp. hardback 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [text is lightly age browned; else a nice crisp copy]

New York: Little, Brown, 2010 1st Am. ed. 364pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a Fine dj [text is slightly age browned; small closed tear in a bottom page margin near end of text; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy] An entertaining art heist caper set in Edinburgh by the author of the Rebus series of police… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Soho Crime, 2014 1st ed. 338pp. hardback tall 8vo: near Fine in a near Fine dj in Brodart poly cover [top corners are numped; else a clean and crisp copy; dj = closed slit in front cover; else nrF] The seventh and final Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation set in Brazil by the American writer Gage (1942-2013), published… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Soho Crime, 2013 1st ed. 311pp. hardback tall 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj in Brodart poly cover. The sixth Chief Inspector Mario Silva investigation set in Brazil by the American writer Gage (1942-2013), who had the first novel in this series published when he was 66.