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Aird, Catherine; Lee Martin; Margaret Maron. Harm's Way; Too Sane a Murder; Death of a Butterfly. Detective Book Club, 1984. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition.....$40 ((gc1283)) [ORDER FORM]
Ball, John; Victor Canning; Hugh Pentecost. Trouble for Tallon / Fall from Grace / Murder in Luxury. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1981. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition.....$15 ((gc6789)) [ORDER FORM]
Ballinger, John. The Williamsburg Forgeries. St. Martin's Press, 1989, First Edition. Hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, SIGNED by author, small brown stain on bottom, 276 pages, very good condition.....$5 ((gm168)) [ORDER FORM]
Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002, Book Club edition. Hardback w/dj, 213 pages, very good condition.....$10 ((ml503)) [ORDER FORM]
Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin and the Love From Hell. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2001, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj folded, 229 pages, very good condition.....$7 ((gc2537)) [ORDER FORM]
Bird, Brandon; Anthony Gilbert; Marie Blizard. Hawk Watch; Death Won't Wait; Conspiracy of Silence. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1954. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, brown cloth, very good condition.....$8 ((gc6806)) [ORDER FORM]
Breen, Jon L. Hot Air. A Jerry Brogan Mystery. Simon & Schuster, 1991. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, dj is scuffed, 206 pages, folded page, good condition....$5 ((gc3031q)) [ORDER FORM]
Canning, Victor; Desmond Bagley; Hugh Pentecost. Birdcage; Flyaway; Random Killer. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1979. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, very good condition.....$10 ((gc6808)) [ORDER FORM]
Chesney, Marion. Hasty Death. An Edwardian Murder Mystery. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004. Hardback w/dj, 225 pages, very good condition.....$15 ((ml55s)) [ORDER FORM]
Churchill, Luanna. Craven Castle. Lenox Hill Press, 1972. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, book is slightly skewed, 192 pages, couple smudged pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc2630)) [ORDER FORM]
Cleary, Jon. The Phoenix Tree. Charnoowd, 1986. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, pictorial cover, Large Print, 531 pages, good condition, book is skewed slightly ....$6.50 ((gc3345)) [ORDER FORM]
Compton, Jodi. Sympathy Between Humans. Delacorte Press, 2005. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 372 pages, very good condition.....$13.75 ((ml1811)) [ORDER FORM]
Cooper, Natasha; Robert Westbrook; Barbara D'Amato. A Common Death; Lady Left; Hard Tack. Detective Book Club, 1991. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition.....$13 ((gc4574w)) [ORDER FORM]
Creasey, John (as Gordon Ashe); Brian Garfield; J.J. Marric. Elope to Death; Recoil; Gideon's Drive. Walter J. Black, Detective Book Club, 1977. Hardback w/o dj, Detective Book Club, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, very good condition.....$6 ((gc7745)) [ORDER FORM]
Creasey, John. The Toff Proceeds. Walker & Co., 1968. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj frayed, tape marks, front endpaper removed, black remainder marks, 189 pages, good condition....$5 ((gc2647)) [ORDER FORM]
Dewhurst, Eileen; Susan Dunlap; Anthea Cohen. The House That Jack Built; As a Favor; Angel of Vengeance. Detective Book Club, 1984. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition.....$6 ((gc1282)) [ORDER FORM]
Drummond, Charles. Death at the Furlong Post. Walker & Co., 1968. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, pages browning, otherwise good condition, 196 pages....$8 ((gc3031s)) [ORDER FORM]
Dunnett, Alastair. No Thanks to the Duke. Doubleday, 1981. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 188 pages, few folded pages, otherwise good condition....$7 ((gc3031r)) [ORDER FORM]
Eberhart, Mignon G.; Michael Kirk; William H. Hallahan. The Bayou Road; Salvage Job; Keeper of the Children. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1979. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, very good condition.....$5 ((gc6815)) [ORDER FORM]
Edwards, Michael B. Murder at the Panionic Games. Academy Chicago Publishers, 2002. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 260 pages, very good condition.....$9 ((gc254b)) [ORDER FORM]
Elkjer, Thom; Clare Curzon; Irene Allen. Hook, Like and Murder; All Unwary; Quaker Indictment. Detective Book Club, 1998. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, small notations back inside cover, otherwise very good condition.....$12 ((ml1438)) [ORDER FORM]
Engel, Howard; Henry Slesar; Harold K. Klawans. Getting Away with Murder. A Benny Cooperman Mystery; Murder at Heartbreak Hospital; And Mother Makes Thirteen. Detective Book Club, 1998. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, few folded pages, very good condition.....$15 ((ml1436)) [ORDER FORM]
Fair, A.A.; Judson Philips; Robert L. Fish. Cut Thin to Win; The Black Glass City; The Diamond Bubble. Detective Book Club, 1965. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, slight foxing, covers show some soiling, very good condition.....$10 ((ml1437)) [ORDER FORM]
Farrer, Katharine. Gownsman's Gallows. An Oxford murder mystery. Rue morgue Press, 2005. Soft cover, 191 pages, remains price sticker back cover, very good condition.....$15 ((ml2762)) [ORDER FORM]
Fry, Pete. The Bright Green Waistcoat. Roy, 1967. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/glued/soiled, few folded pages, 184 pages, good condition....$6 ((gc3031t)) [ORDER FORM]
Gardner, Erle Stanley; Michael Gilbert; Mignon F. Ballard. Honest Money; The Queen Against Karl Mullen; The Widow's Woods. Detective Book Club, Walter J. Black, 1991. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, b&w and green cover, very good condition.....$12 ((gc7451)) [ORDER FORM]
Gardner, Erle Stanley; Robert L. Fish; Frances and Richard Lockrdige. The Case of the Daring Divorcee; The Shrunken Head; Quest of the Bogeyman. Detective Book Club, 1964. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, cover slightly soiled, very good condition.....$10 ((gc1281)) [ORDER FORM]
Garfield, Brian; Celia Fremlin; E.X. Ferrars. Necessity; A Lovely Day to Die; Root of All Evil. Detective Book Club, 1984. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition, a nice copy.....$6 ((gc1703)) [ORDER FORM]
George, Elizabeth. A Great Deliverance. The Best Mysteries of All Time. ImPress, 1988. Hardback w/o dj, green leatherette cloth with gold lettering, 324 pages, text is clean/unmarked, very good condition, an attractive copy.....$10 ((ml2011s)) [ORDER FORM]
Gilbert, Michael. Fear to Tread. The Thriller Book Club, no date. Hardback w/o dj, light blue cloth, 223 pages, pages yellowing slightly, very good condition.....$12.75 ((gc930t)) [ORDER FORM]
Goldberg, Lee (based on tv series created by Andy Breckman). Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse. A Signet Book, 2006, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, 292 pages, very good condition.....$8 ((bw1464)) [ORDER FORM]
Goldberg, Lee (based on tv series created by Andy Breckman). Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse. A Signet Book, 2006, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, 292 pages, very good condition.....$8 ((bw1338)) [ORDER FORM]
Gosling, Paula; Hazel Holt; Robert Lee Hall. A Few Dying Words; The Shortest Journey; Benjamin Franklin and a Case of Artful Murder. Detective Book Club, 1994. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white, black, & green covers, book is slightly skewed, otherwise very good condition.....$16 ((gc1671k)) [ORDER FORM]
Hebden, Mark. Death Set to Music. Hamish Hamilton, 1979. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 188 pages, few folded pages, couple brown spots on pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc799)) [ORDER FORM]
Higgins, Jack. Day of Reckoning. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. Hardback w/dj, SIGNED by author on front endpaper, "Signed Copy" sticker on dj, dj shows light shelf wear, small tear in dj at back, 295 pages, text is clean/unmarked, very good condition.....$15 ((ml2527)) [ORDER FORM]
Hill, Reginald. The Stranger House. A Novel. HarperCollins, 2005, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear/small tears, 470 pages. This is a Book Club edition.....$11.50 ((bw1391)) [ORDER FORM]
Hughes, Dorothy B. Johnnie. World Publishing, 1946. Hardback w/o dj, owner plate, stamp, pages browning, previous owner inscription, 219 pages, good condition....$5 ((gc2203a)) [ORDER FORM]
Innes, Hammond; Barbara Michaels; Donald MacKenzie. Solomons Seal; The Wizard's Daughter; Raven and the Paperhangers. Walter J. Black, Detective Book Club, 1980. Hardback w/o dj, Detective Book Club, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, book is skewed, good condition.....$5 ((gc7746)) [ORDER FORM]
Jeffries, Roderic. Dead Against the Lawyers. Dodd, Mead & Co., 1966. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 190 pages, good condition.....$7 ((gc3153)) [ORDER FORM]
Johnston, Velda; Victor Canning; Rosemary Gatenby. A Presence in an Empty Room; The Satan Sampler; The Third Identity. Walter J. Black, Detective Book Club, 1980. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, front hinge separation, good condition.....$7 ((gc6711)) [ORDER FORM]
Kilmer, Nicholas. Lazarus, Arise. Poisoned Pen Press, 2001. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, back hinge separation, 213 pages, solid reading copy.....$12 ((ml293)) [ORDER FORM]
Knight, Kathleen Moore; Mark Derby; Mary Roberts Rinehart. Three of Diamonds; The Big Water; The Frightened Wife. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1954. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/torn/soiled, 3-in-1, brown cloth, very good condition.....$5 ((gc693g)) [ORDER FORM]
Lejeune, Anthony. The Dark Trade. Doubleday, 1966, 1st US edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated/glued/soiled/taped, 191 pages, good condition....$6.75 ((gc1787b)) [ORDER FORM]
Logan, Chuck. Homefront. HarperCollins, 2005. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 360 pages, very good condition.....$8.50 ((bw1222)) [ORDER FORM]
Long, Al. The Tamperers. Writers Club Press, 2000. Soft cover, bumped corner, 269 pages, very good condition.....$10 ((ml2455)) [ORDER FORM]
MacLeod, Charlotte. Next Door to Danger. Avalon Books, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, 190 pages, dog-eared pages, red remainder mark, book is slightly skewed, good condition.....$75 ((ml2335)) [ORDER FORM]
Marquand, John P. No Hero. Grosset & Dunlap, 1935. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/rubbed/small tears, foxing inside covers, slight front hinge separation, 281 pages, good condition. This title was later reprinted as "Your Turn Mr. Moto."....$100 ((gc1912)) [ORDER FORM]
Marsh, James J. The Peking Switch. A novel of suspense. David McKay, 1972. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front endpaper raggedly removed, 281 pages, pages yellowing, good condition.....$6 ((gc1909)) [ORDER FORM]
McKinney, Robert L. Death in a Small Southern Town. Cliffhanger, 1987. Softbound, 207 pages, cover folded, very good condition ....$7 ((gc3813)) [ORDER FORM]
McMullen, Mary; Victor Canning; Jonathan Gash. Better Off Dead; Memory Boy; The Vatican Rip. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1981. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, very good condition.....$8 ((gc6807)) [ORDER FORM]
Meek, M.R.D. Touch & Go. A Lennox Kemp Mystery. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993, first US edition. Hardback w/dj, dj is scuffed/shows price sticker remains, 222 pages, very good condition....$6 ((gc2534)) [ORDER FORM]
Meynell, Laurence. Hooky Gets the Wooden Spoon. Stein and Day, 1977. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated, tape foxing, 192 pages, book is slightly skewed, good condition.....$5 ((gc6941)) [ORDER FORM]
Monig, Christopher. The Lonely Graves. E.P. Dutton, 1960, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 190 pages, good condition....$6 ((gc2640)) [ORDER FORM]
Mooney, Bel. The Anderson Question. Hamish Hamilton, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 185 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc1602)) [ORDER FORM]
Munslow, Bruce. Joker Take Queen. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1965, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, tape foxing, red remainder dot, 190 pages, good condition....$7 ((gc2637)) [ORDER FORM]
Pentecost, Hugh. A Plague of Violence. Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1970. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, red cloth, 181 pages, dj description cut & glued in back, good condition....$5.50 ((gc3150)) [ORDER FORM]
Peters, Ellis; Jack Hitt; Ralph McInerny. Flight of the Witch; The Perfect Murder; The Search Committee. Detective Book Club, 1991. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white, black, & yellow covers, very good condition.....$13 ((gc1671l)) [ORDER FORM]
Philips, Judson; Doris Miles Disney; M.E. Chaber. The Laughter Trap; The Departure of Mr. Gaudette; Six Who Ran. Walter J. Black Detective Book Club, 1964. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, white & pastel covers, very good condition.....$6.75 ((gc6809)) [ORDER FORM]
Pronzini, Bill and Marcia Muller; Anne Morice; William Marshall. The Lighthouse; Publish and be Killed; Manilla Bay. Walter J. Black, Detective Book Club, 1987. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, pastel cover, previous owner inscription, very good condition.....$10 ((gc2850g)) [ORDER FORM]
Purtill, Richard. Murdercon. Doubleday, 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, book is slightly skewed, 181 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc2047)) [ORDER FORM]
Radin, Edward D. (editor). Masters of Mayhem. The 1965 Mystery Writers of American Anthology. William Morrow, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, library rebound, few dog-eared pages, black remainder marks, 287 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc2473l)) [ORDER FORM]
Rinehart, Mary Roberts. The Frightened Wife and Other Murder Stories. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/o dj, pencil scribbles front endpaper, label back inside cover, 201 pages, good condition....$5 ((gc3146)) [ORDER FORM]
Roos, Kelley. Grave Danger. Dodd, Mead, & Co., 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & taped, front hinge separation, 212 pages, few folded pages, good condition....$5 ((gc2598)) [ORDER FORM]
Saunders, Clare Casler. Design for Treachery. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947. Hardback w/o dj, brown cloth, 236 pages, previous owner inscription, very good condition....$5 ((gc3148)) [ORDER FORM]
Schorr, Mark. Red Diamond Private Eye. St. Martin's Press, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 247 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc1715)) [ORDER FORM]
Schutz, Benjamin. Embrace the Wolf. Bluejay Books, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 205 pages, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc2605)) [ORDER FORM]
Siller, Van. One Alone. Doubleday, 1946, Crime Club. Hardback w/o dj, stamp front endpaper, 222 pages, cover scuffed slightly, very good condition....$10.50 ((gc3818)) [ORDER FORM]
Smith, Kay Nolte; Edmund Crispin; Edmund Ward. Catching Fire; Frequent Hearses; The Baltic Emerald. Detective Book Club, 1982. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, very good condition, a nice copy.....$5 ((gc1702)) [ORDER FORM]
Stallwood, Veronica. Deathspell. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 207 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc1542)) [ORDER FORM]
Stevenson, Burton E. The Marathon Mystery. A Story of Manhattan. Henry Holt, 1904. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth, covers & several pages show water damage/wrinkling, 323 pages, previous owner inscription, dog-eared pages, one color plate partly detached, OK as reading copy.....$10 ((gc7042)) [ORDER FORM]
Tourney, Leonard. The Bartholomew Fair Murders. St. Martin's Press, 1986, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 232 pages, dj scuffed, good condition....$5.75 ((gc3031v)) [ORDER FORM]
Wainwright, John. Clouds of Guilt. St. Martin's Press, 1985, First U.S. Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated, black remainder marks, 188 pages, good condition.....$5 ((gc2102t)) [ORDER FORM]
Wainwright, John. Square Dance. St. Martin's Press, 1975. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, pages browning, 255 pages, dj soiled, good condition....$7 ((gc3031w)) [ORDER FORM]
White, Randy Wayne. Dead of Night. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2005. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 352 pages, bumped corners, very good condition.....$10.50 ((bw1430)) [ORDER FORM]
Woolrich, Cornell. The Dark Side of Love. Tales of Love and Death. Walker, 1965. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, several folded pages, couple smudged pages, 181 pages, couple pages have small brown stains, good condition.....$175 ((ml420c)) [ORDER FORM]
York, Jeremy. Death to My Killer. Macmillan, 1966, first printing. Ex-library hardback w/dj, dj laminated & glued, 185 pages, good condition.....$6.50 ((gc2601)) [ORDER FORM]
York, Jeremy. Seeds of Murder. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958. Hardback w/dj, dj frayed/shelf wear, previous owner inscription, 190 pages, very good condition.....$5 ((gc6938)) [ORDER FORM]
Zochert, Donald. Murder in the Hellfire Club. Holt, Rinehart, & Winston, 1978, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, front hinge taped/repaired, 240 pages, good condition.....$5.50 ((gc1093)) [ORDER FORM]