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1169. Hall, Patricia: Dying Fall
Published by Little, Brown, 1994
1st edition hardback fine in a fine dust wrapper. Laura Ackroyd, a reporter, is investigating the background to a decade-old murder when a similar killing occurs. Could the man serving life in a secure jail for the first murder be innocent, or is someone playing an evil game of copycat? |
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167. Hamilton, Hugo: Headbanger
Published by Secker & Warburg, London. 1996.
1st edition paperback original in fine/as new condition. Pat Coyne is a Dublin policeman passionately devoted to sorting out the world. His principal mission is to deal with crime, Ireland's biggest growth industry. Though only a cop on the beat, he decides to take on the notorious gang leader, Drummer Cunningham, with disastrous consequences. |
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2624. Hammett, Dashiell: Nightmare Town:
Stories
Published by Picador, London. 2001
1st edition UK hardback in fine condition. The dust wrapper is fine and
is not clipped. There are no previous owner names or marks. Elevating
mystery fiction to the level of art, Hammett is one of the finest writers of
the twentieth century: Nightmare Town is a stunning collection of twenty
short stories with an introduction by Colin Dexter. In the title story, a
man on a bender enters a small town and ends up unravelling the dark mystery
at its heart. In three stories, Sam Spade confronts the darkness in the
human soul while rolling his own cigarettes. A woman confronts the brutal
truth about her husband in the chilling story, 'Ruffian's Wife'. And the
first study for The Thin Man sends John Guild on a murder investigation in
which almost every witness may be lying. In Nightmare Town Hammett shows us
a world where people confront a multitude of evils... |
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1020. Hardinge, George (Editor): Winter's Crimes 13
Published by Macmillan, 1981
Hardback near fine d/w, cut inside front cover to top page edges during binding. Minor fault, slight browning to page edges. Otherwise near fine, a nice copy. These are original short stories specially written for this collection by some of the leading writer's in the genre of Crime writing. |
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1170. Harrington, William: Columbo: The Game Show Killer
Published by Forge, 1996
Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine book & d/w. 4th book In Harrington's "Columbo" series based on the universal TV series. Columbo finds himself up against a flamboyant lawyer when a game show hostess is arrested for the murder of her ex-lover.
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1171. Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia: Death Watch
Published by Little, Brown & Co, 1992
Hardback 1st edition. Fine book in a fine unclipped d/w. Burdened with an increasing number of new Home Office directives and a regular rousting by top brass, the last thing Detective Inspector Bill Slider needs on his manor is a fire - not to mention a fire in a sleazy motel with a body.
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1172. Hart, Jeanne: Lament For Two Ladies
Published by Collins (Crime Club), 1991
Hardback 1st edition. Both book and dust wrapper are in very good condition. The book leans very slightly but there are no previous owner names or marks. The jacket is clipped and a little worn at the edges with a couple of closed tears. A wealthy widow and a bag lady are murdered in Los Angeles on the same night in identical fashion with what proves to be similar weapons. Detective Carl Pedersen must discover whether this is by chance or design. |
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2068. Harvey, Jack (pseudonym of Ian Rankin): Blood Hunt
Published by Headline, London, 1995
1st edition hardback, both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in near fine condition. The book leans very slightly otherwise fine. It begins with a phone call. Gordon Reeve's brother has been found dead in his car in San Diego. The car was locked from the inside; a gun was in his hand. In the US to identify the body Gordon realises that his brother has been murdered. What's more, it's soon obvious that his life is in danger too. Once back in Scotland he finds out his home has been bugged by professionals. But Reeve is a professional too. Ex-SAS, he was half of a two-man unit with someone he came to fear, then to hate. It looks like his nemesis is back...This is a Rare and highly sought after title, with the d/j well protected in a cover sleeve. The third book in the series, 8vo 375pp First Edition 1st Impression. |
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2571. Harvey, John: Minor Key
Published by Five Leaves, Nottingham. 2009
Limited edition hardback, 1 of 500. Signed and inscribed at the title
page otherwise in fine/as new condition. In Minor Key, John Harvey returns
to his old favourites: DI Resnick, jazz and Nottingham, explaining why they
interest him, before launching into a set of stories, hitherto uncollected.
Unsurprisingly, jazz, Resnick and Nottingham feature. This limited edition
collection ends with a set of John Harvey's poems about jazz. |
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2570. Harvey, John: Nick's Blues
Published by Five Leaves, Nottingham. 2008
1st edition paperback, signed and inscribed at the half-title page
otherwise in fine condition. Four days after Nick Harman's seventh birthday,
his father climbed onto a bridge high above four lanes of traffic, paused,
then threw himself to his death on the road below. Nine years later, Nick
lives with his mother on a tough housing estate in North London. On his
sixteenth birthday, his mother gives him a box of things left by his father
all those years ago. The contents lead Nick to try and discover what led his
father from being a successful blues singer to the point where he took his
own life. Against a background of shifting allegiances involving the violent
gangs on the estate and Nick's first serious involvement with a girl, he is
forced to come to terms not only with who his father was, but who he is
himself. |
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1173. Hatfield, Michael: Spy Fever
Published by Quartet Qrime, 1981
Hardback 1st edition. Generally very good overall except the unclipped d/w is partially pasted to the back board. Author's first novel. His experience as a distinguished political correspondent adds a dimension to this cold-war intrigue, with the added threat of an unidentified virus hovering over all.
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1174. Heald, Tim: The Rigby File
Published by Hodder & Stoughton, 1989
1st edition hardback near fine d/w & book. Intelligence agent Dorothy Rigby, Official Secrets Act notwithstanding, appoints Tim Heald to tell her story. He in turn asks crime writers each to write a chapter of this extraordinary life covering the Bomb, Hitler and standing in for Mrs. Thatcher during the '79 election. Fact or fiction? Contributions by P. Lovesey, H.R.F. Keating and others
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1175. Hendricks, Michael: Money to Burn
Published by Macmillan, 1990
1st edition hardback, fine price clipped d/w, fine book. Rita Noonan follows a trail that leads through all of New York, from the most squalid crack house to the most glamorous penthouse apartment. On the way to uncovering the truth of a disappearance, she runs across everything from pornography to government bonds worth millions.
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1176. Hill, Reginald: The Wood Beyond
Published by Harper Collins, 1996
Hardback 1st edition. Collins crime. Mint in like d/w. A ravaged wood, a man in uniform long dead - this is not a World War One battlefield, but Wanwood House, a pharmaceutical research centre. Peter Pascoe attends his grandmother's funeral, and scattering her ashes leads him too into war torn woods in search of his great-grandfather who fought and died in Passchendaele. Seeing the wood for the trees is the problem for Andy Dalziel when he finds himself fancying an animal rights activist, despite her possible complicity in a murderous assault and her appalling taste in whisky.
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235. Hill, Reginald: Fell of Dark
Published by HarperCollins, London. 1998.
1st thus in near fine condition. The dust wrapper surface is slightly rubbed otherwise fine, unclipped and without inscription. Re-issue. A friendship renewed; a marriage going sour; Harry Bentick heads for the Lake District not knowing if he's going in search of something or running away. Then two girls are found murdered in the high fells, and suddenly there's no doubt about it. He's running… Set in his native Cumberland, this was Reginald Hill's very first novel and its cleverly interwoven strands of detective story, psychological thriller and Buchanesque adventure prefigure much that in the intervening decades has taken him into the topmost ranks of British crime fiction. |
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2095. Hoffman, Jilliane: Last Witness
Published by Michael Joseph, London. 2005
1st edition hardback in fine, unmarked condition. The unclipped dust wrapper is also fine. Two years ago a brutal serial killer known as Cupid terrorized Miami, torturing and killing eleven young women. Sociopath William Bantling was arrested by police and Assistant State Attorney CJ Townsend put him on Florida's death row, where he waits to pay for the crimes with his life. But now a new terror stalks Miami Beach. Three cops are dead savagely mutilated while out on patrol. The killer's apparently motiveless attacks horrify the public and leave law enforcement officials shaken. And when it becomes clear that all three dead cops worked on the Cupid investigation, it seems the killer has an even more terrifying agenda. CJ Townsend is worse than shaken. She shares a secret with three colleagues that may go right to the heart of this and the Cupid case, a secret that her colleagues have just taken to the grave. CJ knows that she must keep that secret from the law and her friends, from all scrutiny. But she also knows that to do so means she will be its only living witness and perhaps the next to die. |
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407. Holt, Hazel: Lilies That Fester
Published by Macmillan, London, 2000
1st edition hardback in near fine condition.The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper ( very good +) has not been price clipped and still retains the original £16.99 net price. A crime novel featuring Sheila Malory. Sheila's happiness at her son's prospective marriage is cut short when his fiancée is accused of murdering a colleague.
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2253. Horowitz, Anthony: The House of Silk
Published by Orion, London. 2011
1st edition hardback. A fine book in a fine dust wrapper. The dust wrapper is not clipped there are no previous owner names or marks. THE GAME'S AFOOT...It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker Street. He begs Holmes for help, telling the unnerving story of a scar-faced man with piercing eyes who has stalked him in recent weeks. Intrigued by the man's tale, Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events, stretching from the gas-lit streets of London to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston. As the pair delve deeper into the case, they stumble across a whispered phrase 'the House of Silk': a mysterious entity and foe more deadly than any Holmes has encountered, and a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society itself' With devilish plotting and excellent characterisation, bestselling author Anthony Horowitz delivers a first-rate Sherlock Holmes mystery for a modern readership whilst remaining utterly true to the spirit of the original Conan Doyle books. Sherlock Holmes is back with all the nuance, pace and powers of deduction that make him the world's greatest and most celebrated detective. |
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1179. James, P.D.: A Mind to Murder
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 1985
Hardback reissue, 1st thus. Very good d/w, very good book. When a woman is discovered in the basement of a psychotherapy clinic with a chisel through her heart, Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh investigates. What are the secrets hidden by the facade of the Georgian terrace? Is the killer a patient or healer? Dalgliesh uncovers a labyrinth of intrigue.
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1180. James, P.D.: Original Sin
Published by Faber & Faber, 1994
Hardback 1st edition. Fine in a very good unclipped dust wrapper which is only slightly edge worn. The Peverell Press, a two-hundred-year-old publishing firm housed in a dramatic mock-Venetian palace on the Thames, is certainly ripe for change. But the proposals of its ruthlessly ambitious new managing director, Gerard Etienne, have made him dangerous enemies - a discarded mistress, a neglected and humiliated author, and rebellious colleagues and staff. When Gerard's body is discovered bizarrely desecrated, there is no shortage of suspects and Dalgliesh and his team are confronted with a puzzle of extraordinary complexity and a murderer who is prepared to strike again.
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1181. James, P.D.: A Taste for Death
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1986
Hardback 1st us edition. Slightly knocked at the corners and the jacket is a little rubbed and edge worn otherwise very good. Two men lie in a welter of blood in the vestry of St Matthew's Church, Paddington, their throats brutally slashed. One is Sir Paul Berowne, a baronet and recently-resigned Minister of the Crown, the other an alcoholic vagrant. Dalgliesh and his team, set up to investigate crimes of particular sensitivity, are faced with a case of extraordinary complexity as they discover the Berowne family's veneer of prosperous gentility conceals ugly and dangerous secrets.
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1182. Jardine, Quintin: A Coffin for Two
Published by Headline, 1997
Hardback near fine book and dust wrapper. After cracking their first case together as a private investigation team, Oz Blackstone and Primavera Phillips find themselves simultaneously in love and in the money. And where better to lie back and contemplate life than the picturesque village of St Marti, on the rugged Costa Brava. But beneath the surface of their idyllic new home bubbles a brew of intrigue, deception - and murder. Before long Prim and Oz find themselves helping to evict a skeletal squatter whom the locals fear might harm the tourist trade, as well as trying to authenticate a previously undiscovered Dali masterpiece bought by a gullible client at a highly unconventional auction...
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1183. Johnson, Lee: Murder Began Yesterday
Published by John Gifford, 1966
Hardback 1st edition. Nr fine in very good+ unclipped very slightly edge worn d/w. Small biro initials to front pastedown and front endpaper. Pseudonym of Lillian Beatrice Johnson.
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1184. Kavanagh, Dan (pseudonym of Julian Barnes): Going to the Dogs
Published by Viking, London. 1987
1st edition hardback in fine/as new condition. A pristine copy of a scarce and collectable book. There are no previous owner marks and the dust wrapper is not clipped but shows no price. Duffy is a bi-sexual ex-cop now earning a living from a spot of security work and private detection. The fourth book in the Duffy series. |
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832. Kellerman, Jonathan: Private Eyes
Published by Macdonald & Co, London. 1991
1st UK edition hardback in near fine condition, the spine leans slightly. The book has no previous owner names or inscriptions. The dust wrapper has a couple of small closed nicks to the top spine edges; it has not been price clipped and still retains the original £13.95 net price. This is a very big and heavy book. Psychologist Alex Delaware regards Melissa Dickinson as one of his greatest achievements. A tormented seven year old when she first appeared in his LA surgery, two years on she was fully recovered. Years later, Melissa contacts Alex, desperate for him to help her mother, Gina. Gina was a budding Hollywood starlet until a vicious acid attack left her disfigured. Crippled with fear, Gina has hidden from the world for two decades. But before Alex can help, she disappears. Now Alex is locked in a search leading him into a grotesque labyrinth of hidden histories and desires... |
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834. Kellerman, Jonathan: Silent Partner
Published by Macdonald, 1989
1st edition hardback in very good+ condition. The dust wrapper is also very good. Dr Sharon Ransom is the most beautiful woman in the room; she's also the most troubled. So when former lover, psychologist Alex Delaware, bumps into her at a lavish LA cocktail party, though still attracted to her, fear of reviving unhappy memories prevents him from offering the help she seems so desperate for. Hours later, Sharon's body is discovered with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Tortured by guilt, Alex wants answers. As his investigation begins, dark memories of his past with Sharon emerge, and a present full of madness, murder and sexual violence unfolds. |
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833. Kellerman, Jonathan: The Web
Published by Little Brown, 1995
Fine 1st edition. Hardback edition, the dust wrapper is also fine. Alex Delaware arrives in Knife Island to investigate the physical and mental ills of the islanders. He finds a community about to be destroyed by developers and the murder of a young woman. But most horrifying of all, he learns of a human experiment perpetrated by the highest in government. |
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1186. King, Laurie R.: A Grave Talent
Published by Collins Crime, 1995
Hardback 1st UK edition. Very good in a very good unclipped d/w. This gripping debut of the Kate Martinelli mystery series won the Edgar Award for Best First Mystery, generating wide critical acclaim and moving Laurie R. King into the upper tier of the genre. As A Grave Talent begins, the unthinkable has happened in a small community outside of San Francisco. A string of shocking murders has occurred, each victim an innocent child. For Detective Kate Martinelli, just promoted to Homicide and paired with a seasoned cop who's less than thrilled to be handed a green partner, it's going to be a difficult case. Then the detectives receive what appears to be a case-breaking lead: it seems that one of the residents of this odd, close-knit colony is Vaun Adams, arguably the century's greatest painter of women, a man, as it turns out, with a sinister secret. For behind the brushes and canvases also stands a notorious felon once convicted of strangling a little girl. What really happened on that day of savage violence eighteen years ago? To bring a murderer to justice, Kate must delve into the artist's dark past--even if she knows it means losing everything she holds dear.
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1187. Klavan, Andrew: True Crime
Published by Little Brown, 1995
1st edition hardback, fine book in a fine dust wrapper. Signed by the author at the title page. In the heat of the city, a man is out of time: speeding in a beat-up Ford Tempo, blasting easy-listening music. Reporter Steve Everett drinks too much, makes love to his boss's wife, and has just stumbled upon a shocking truth: a convicted killer is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. In the cold confines of Death Row, Frank Beachum is also out of time. Ready to say good-bye to the wife and child he loves and hello to the God he still believes in, Beachum knows he did not kill a convenience store clerk six years ago. But in a few hours--if Steve Everett can't find the evidence to stop it--a needle is going to pierce Frank Beachum's skin. The killing machine is primed. The executioner is waiting. And so is the priest. Now the clock is ticking down and the race is on--between the reporter and his demons, between the system and its lethal flaws, between the last innocent man and society's ultimate crime… |
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2541. Knight, Bernard: The Manor of Death
Published by Simon & Schuster, London. 2008
1st UK hardback edition. Both
the book and the unclipped dust wrapper are in fine condition. There are no
previous owner names or other marks. A Crowner John mystery. When an
unidentified body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, twenty miles
from Exeter, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, is summoned to
investigate. The manner of the young man's death is a matter of some dispute
- but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not
drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled to death. In the
ensuing murder investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a
conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local
population trying to hide? As Crowner John is to learn, there are many
inhabitants of Axmouth who will go to any lengths to ensure the shocking
truth remains hidden. And the coroner will have to draw on all his resources
of courage, cunning and determination if he is to escape from the town with
his life. |
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2445. La Cour, Tage & Harold Morgensen: The Murder Book: An Illustrated History of the Detective Story
Published by Allen & Unwin, London. 1971
Hardback 1st UK edition. A very good book in a good+ unclipped dust wrapper. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hardback. Wear and a couple of tape repaired small tears to edge of dust wrapper which is slightly sunned at the spine. Translated from the Danish by Roy Duffell. Foreword by Julian Symons. In this magnificently illustrated history of the crime fiction genre, the most famous suspense and mystery writers make their appearance along with their best-loved characters and stories. From Edgar Allan Poe to Ian Fleming, this book passes in a brilliant comprehensive parade of the most popular detective-story and thriller writers. More than 400 illustrations, chosen from one of the world's biggest and finest collections of rare book-covers, sketches, caricatures, photos, cartoons, film stills, etc., provide a unique 'black gallery' of colourful portraiture. 191 pp.. |
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2231. Larsson, Stieg: The Girl who Played with Fire
Published by MacLehose Press, London. 2009
1st edition hardback. Small stain at the foredge otherwise fine in a fine unclipped dust wrapper. Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. Two Millennium journalists about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behaviour makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her anywhere. Meanwhile, Mikael Blomkvist, editor-in-chief of Millennium, will not believe what he hears on the news. Knowing Salander to be fierce when fearful, he is desperate to get to her before she is cornered and alone. As he fits the pieces of the puzzle together, he comes up against some hardened criminals, including the chainsaw-wielding 'blond giant' - a fearsomely huge thug who can feel no pain. Digging deeper, Blomkvist also unearths some heart-wrenching facts about Salander's past life. Committed to psychiatric care aged 12, declared legally incompetent at 18, this is a messed-up young woman who is the product of an unjust and corrupt system. Yet Lisbeth is more avenging angel than helpless victim - descending on those that have hurt her with a righteous anger terrifying in its intensity and truly wonderful in its outcome. |
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2174. Larsson, Stieg: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest
Published by Maclehose Press, London. 2009
Hardback 1st UK edition. Both book and unclipped dust wrapper are in fine condition. Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Once a victim herself, Salander is now ready to fight back. |
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1188. Lean, Frank: The Reluctant Investigator
Published by William Heinemann Ltd, 1997
1st edition hardback, near fine d/w slight edge wear, near fine book with slightly bumped at spine. Billy Fox has disposed of 14 women and gruesome evidence provides an open-and-shut case. However, when David Cunane is employed to research Billy's "true life" story, he discovers that nothing is what it seems. Somebody is trying to beat Billy's total - so have the police got the wrong man? |
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1189. Lean, Frank: Boiling Point
Published by William Heinemann Ltd, 2000
Hardback 1st edition. A fine book in a very good unclipped d/w which is slightly rubbed at the back. Maverick detective Dave Cunane steps in when he sees a thug knocking Marti King around, but his actions are misinterpreted not only by her heavy-duty relatives but also his own nearest and dearest - Martis one of those girls you shouldn't get involved with. When Dave comes across her again, he learns that her father, Vince, is doing life for a double murder, and she's looking for someone to prove his innocence. Dave makes tentative enquiries - and the bodies begin to pile up. Neither he nor the Manchester Police can make sense of the killings, only Dave's become a little too close to them to be free from suspicion. Meanwhile Janine, Dave's partner, is getting increasingly impatient with the time he's spending with Marti. Clyde Harrow, a TV celeb with career problems, is planning to use Dave as a source of colourful local stories. And the Carlyles, a powerful Manchester family and Marti's in-laws, seem unhappy at the prospect of having Vince back on the streets. All Dave wants to do is pursue his business career and set up home with Janine, but he just can't shake off the attentions of Marti, Clyde or the Carlyle family.
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2132. Lehane, Dennis: Shutter Island
Published by Bantam Press, London. 2003
1st edition UK hardback. The book leans slightly but is otherwise near fine in a near fine unclipped dust wrapper. US Marshal Teddy Daniels has come to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane, to find an escaped murderer named Rachel Solando. As a killer hurricane bears down on the island, the investigation deepens and the questions mount. How has a barefoot woman escaped from a locked room? Who is leaving them clues in the form of cryptic codes? And what really goes on in Ward C? The closer Teddy gets to the truth, the more elusive it becomes. And the more he begins to believe that he may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive him insane... |
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1190. Lejeune, Anthony: Strange and Private War
Published by Macmillan, 1986
1st edition hardback, fine book and dust wrapper.
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2055. Leon, Donna: Drawing Conclusions
Published by Heinemann, London, 2011
1st edition hardback in fine condition, unmarked and in an unclipped dust wrapper. When a young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead, she immediately alerts the police. Commissario Brunetti is called to the scene but, though there are signs of a struggle, it seems the woman has simply suffered a fatal heart attack. Vice-Questore Patta is eager to dismiss the case as a death from natural causes, but Brunetti believes there is more to it than that. His suspicions are further aroused when the medical examiner finds faint bruising around the victim's neck and shoulders, indicating that someone might have grabbed and shaken her. Could this have caused her heart attack? Was someone threatening her? |
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2364. Leon, Donna: The Girl of his Dreams
Published by Heinemann, London, 2008
1st edition hardback. Near fine in condition, the book having a slight lean to the spine and the dust wrapper is clipped. There are no previous owner names. On a rainy morning, not long after the funeral of his mother, Commissario Brunetti and Ispettore Vianello respond to a 911 call reporting a body floating near the steps in one of Venice's side canals. Reaching down to pull it out, Brunetti's wrist is caught by the silkiness of golden hair, and he sees a small foot - together he and Vianello lift a dead girl from the water. But, inconceivably, no one has reported a missing child, nor the theft of the gold jewellery that she carries. So Brunetti is drawn into a search not only for the cause of her death but also for her identity, her family, and for the secrets that people will keep in order to protect their children - be they innocent or guilty. The investigation takes Brunetti from the canals and palazzos of Venice to a Gypsy encampment on the mainland, through quicksand's of connections and relationships both known and concealed, as he struggles with both institutional prejudice and entrenched criminality to try to unravel the fate of the dead child. |
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1191. Leonard, Elmore: The Switch
Published by Secker & Warburg, 1979
Hardback 1st edition. Dust wrapper is price clipped and slightly rubbed but generally very good. The book leans very slightly otherwise it too is very good. A scarce true 1st edition precedes the US 1st. Black Ordell Robbie and white Louis Gara have lots in common - time in the same gaol, convictions for auto theft, and a grand plan. They're going to snatch the wife of a Detroit developer and collect some easy ransom money. At least that's what they think...What they haven't figured on is the fact that the husband has a secret mistress and has absolutely no desire to get his wife back. So now it's time for Plan B. With the help of one seriously ticked-off housewife they are going to take the scumbag for everything he's got...
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1192. Lewis, Roy: Premium on Death
Published by Collins (Crime Club), 1986
Hardback 1st edition. Very good+ book and unclipped d/w. Jacket a little rubbed and chipped at the edges. A book in the Eric Ward series. |
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1193. Lewis, Roy: Men of Subtle Craft
Published by Collins (Crime Club), 1987
1st edition hardback, very good in a near very good dust wrapper. The fourth book in the Arnold Landon series.
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