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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))

Babson, Marian; Roy Harley Lewis; Eileen Dewhurst. Death in Fashion; Miracles Take a Little Longer; There Was a Little Girl. Walter J. Black, 1986. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, pages yellowing, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$6.50 ((gc7996))

Baldacci, David. True Blue. Large Print Edition. Grand Central Publishing, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 789 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615235452.....$25 ((ml7793))

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.....$6 ((gc6789))

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. ISBN 0312207670.....$10 ((ml503))

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. ISBN 0312207662.....$7 ((gc2537))

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))

Blake, Eleanor. Death Down East. Triangle Books, 1942. Hardback w/o dj, red cloth with black skelton on cover, book is slightly slanted, previous owner wrote address in pencil multiple times on endpapers, front hinge starting, brown pages, 241 pages, solid binding, overall good condition. It was pretty awful, sitting there in front of the fireplace and just waiting. Waiting while one person after another in a whole crowd of people you knew came up and asked if there wasn't anything you wanted and why weren't you dancing and wouldn't you like to go outdoors and get a little air. And wondering all the time which of them it was who was thinking that in a little while you would be dead......$7.50 ((gc1155c))

Booth, Charles G. Sinister House. A Mystery Story of Southern California. Grosset and Dunlap, 1926, 2nd printing. Hardback w/o dj, orange cloth, book is slanted, cardboard showing cover edges, covers soiled slightly, previous owner inscription, 302 pages plus ads, few dog-eared pages, pages yellowing, OK as reading copy. Early in his life Mr. Conrad Gill, the diamond broker, had mastered the art of keeping one's disappointments to oneself. Good taste in all things, especially in those which pertained to the personal feelings, was one of the maxims by which he had governed his career......$8 ((gc1155b))

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. ISBN 0671681052.....$5 ((gc3031q))

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))

Charteris, Leslie. The Saint on Guard [Large Print Edition]. Ulverscroft, 1972, Large Print Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, black remainder marks, 415 pages, few dog-eared pages, book is slightly shaken, good condition. ISBN 0854561145.....$20 ((gm536))

Charteris, Leslie; Mary McMullen; Peter Driscoll. The Saint in Trouble; Welcome to the Grave; Pangolin. Walter J. Black, 1979. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, pages yellowing, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$6 ((gc7998))

Chesney, Marion. Hasty Death. An Edwardian Murder Mystery. St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004. Hardback w/dj, 225 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0312304536.....$15 ((ml55s))

Christie, Agatha. Death on the Nile. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1983. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 055335003X.....$10 ((ml7024))

Christie, Agatha. Mrs. Mcginty's Dead. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1987. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 0553350595.....$10 ((ml7022))

Christie, Agatha. Ordeal by Innocence. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1987. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 0553350676.....$10 ((ml3456))

Christie, Agatha. The Murder at the Vicarage. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1983. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 0553350064.....$10 ((ml7008))

Christie, Agatha. The Mystery of the Blue Train. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1987. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 0553350684.....$10 ((ml7011))

Christie, Agatha. The Seven Dials Mystery. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1986. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 055335051X.....$10 ((ml7006))

Christie, Agatha. Towards Zero. The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection. Bantam Books, 1983. Hardback w/o dj, black leatherette with gold lettering, marble endpapers, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition, gift quality. ISBN 0553350110.....$10 ((ml3174z))

Christie, Agatha; Lawrence Treat; Alan Amos. There is a Tide; T as in Trapped; Borderline Murder. Detective Book Club, 1948. Hardback w/dj, 3-in-1, dj shows light shelf wear/small stain back dj, pages are clean & unmarked, very good condition......$15 ((ml7604))

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))

Clark, Mary Higgins and Carol. Dashing Through the Snow. Large Print Edition. Simon and Schuster, 2008, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 300 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781607513155.....$25 ((ml7791))

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 . ISBN 0708983154.....$6.50 ((gc3345))

Coles, Manning. Death of an Ambassador. A Tommy Hambledon Story. The Crime Club, 1957. Ex-library hardback w/o dj, dj flap description cut & glued inside, front hinge separation, last page torn & taped, wear marks on cover edges, 189 pages, solid reading copy......$20 ((ml2301e))

Compton, Jodi. Sympathy Between Humans. Delacorte Press, 2005. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 372 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0385337140.....$13.75 ((ml1811))

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))

Cornwell, Patricia. The Scarpetta Factor. Large Print Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 850 pages, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615233496.....$25 ((ml7794))

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))

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))

Davidson, Diane Mott. Catering to Nobody. St. Martin's Press, 1990, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dust jacket, 266 pages, dj shows light shelf wear, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club Edition. .....$10 ((rh7))

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))

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))

Duncan, Robert L.; E.X. Ferrars; George Bagby. Fire Storm; Last Will and Testament; Guaranteed to Fade. Walter J. Black, 1978. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, bumped corner, owner imprint circle front endpaper, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$5 ((gc8004))

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. ISBN 038517389X.....$7 ((gc3031r))

Dunnett, Dorothy. Dolly and the Bird of Paradise. Alfred A. Knopf, 1984, First American Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dust jacket, mylar jacket, book is slanted, library stamps & labels, 316 pages, dj shows shelf wear/rubbing, good condition. A Johnson Johnson Mystery. ISBN 0394523776.....$12.50 ((ml8056))

Eberhart, Mignon G., Brian Garfield, and Ellis Peters. Danger Money; The Romanov Succession; The Horn of Roland. Detective Book Club, 1974, Book Club Editon. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, bumped corner, pages are clean & unmarked, very good condition......$7 ((gc7001s))

Eberhart, Mignon G.; Frederick C. Davis; H.C. Huston. The Unknown Quantity; Drag the Dark; With Murder for Some. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, dj shows light shelf wear/fraying, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$7.50 ((gc7991))

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))

Edwards, Michael B. Murder at the Panionic Games. Academy Chicago Publishers, 2002. Hardback w/dj, dj shows shelf wear, 260 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0897335007.....$9 ((gc254b))

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))

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))

Fish, Robert L. and H.B. Rothblatt; Elizabeth Peters; William Haggard. A Handy Death; Borrower of the Night; The Notch on the Knife. Detective Book Club, 1973. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$5 ((cs391r))

Fletcher, J.S. Paradise Court. Crime Club/Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1929. Hardback w/o dj, black cloth, covers shows some scuffing/soiling slightly, 325 pages, few dog-eared pages, pencil notations back endpaper, good condition......$20 ((gc7001n))

Francis, Dick; Helen McCloy; Roy Lewis. Smokescreen / A Change of Heart / A Wolf by the Ears. Detective Book Club, 1973. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, few small light brown spots on covers, overall very good condition.....$5 ((cs214n))

Francis, Dick; Victor Canning; Marian Babson. Proof; Birds of a Feather; A Trail of Ashes. Walter J. Black, 1985. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, previous owner inscription, pages yellowing, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$5 ((gc7995))

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))

Gardner, Erle Stanley. The D.A. Calls It Murder (Franklin Mystery Series). Franklin Library, 1989. Hardback w/o dust jacket, black cloth with gold lettering & decoration, 243 pages, silver gilt page edges, very good condition. Gift quality. .....$8 ((mw68))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; Alan Amos; Edna Sherry. The Case of the Terrified Typist; They're Going to Kill Me; Backfire. Walter J. Black, 1956. Hardback w/dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, dj frayed/small tears, previous owner inscription, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$5 ((gc8002))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; Constance Cornish; Whit Masterson. The Case of the Mythical Monkeys; Dead of Winter; The Dark Fantastic. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, test is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$10 ((gc7993))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; Helen Nielsen; Anthony Gilbert. The Case of the Gilded Lily; The Crime is Murder; Riddle of a Lady. Walter J. Black, 1956. Hardback w/o dj, brown cloth, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, previous owner inscription, couple small dent in cover edges, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$6 ((gc7997))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; John Creasey; Amber Dean. The Case of the Spurious Spinster; the Killing Strike; Encounter with Evil. Walter J. Black, 1961. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, bumped corner, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$6 ((gc8003))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; Rae Foley; Thomas B. Dewey. The Case of the Fabulous Fake; Girl on a High Wire; The Love-Death Thing. Walter J. Black, 1969. Hardback w/o dj, Detective Book Club, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$5.50 ((gc7987))

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))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; Veronica Parker Johns; Hugh Lawrence nelson. The Case of Hesitant Hostess; Murder by the Day; The Fence. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/dj, Detective Book Club, 3-in-1, dj is badly chipped/torn, text is clean & unmarked, book itself is in very good condition......$5 ((gc7988))

Gardner, Erle Stanley; William Haggard; Hugh Pentecost. The Case of the Mischievous Doll; The Unquiet Sleep; The Tarnished Angel. Walter J. Black, 1963. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$8 ((gc8001))

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))

Garfield, Brian; Celia Fremlin; E.X. Ferrars. Necessity; A Lovely day to Die; Root of All Evil. Walter J. Black, 1984. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. NOISBN.....$5 ((gc8007))

Garfield, Brian; Doris Miles Disney; Mark Hebden. Hopscotch / Cry for Help / A Pride of Dolphins. Detective Book Club, 1975. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, brown smudge on cover, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$9 ((cs14o))

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))

Grafton, Sue. U is for Undertow. Large Print Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 722 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615236800.....$25 ((ml7792))

Hawthorne, Julian (editor). The Lock and Key Library. The Most Interesting Stories of All Nations. German. Review of Reviews Co., 1915. Small hardback w/o dj, red cloth with red leather on spine, spine shows some spotting/1" tear, green pictorial endpapers, b&w frontispiece, 371 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. German Mystery Stories by Spielhagen, Meyrink, Theden, Heyse, Hauff, Theodor, Hoffman, Rosner, and Groner. .....$15 ((tl378))

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. ISBN 0241100852.....$5.50 ((gc799))

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. ISBN 0060820810.....$11.50 ((bw1391))

Holton, Leonard; John Creasey; Tobias Wells. The Devil to Play / Inspector West at Home / Brenda's Murder. Detective Book Club, 1973. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, bumped corners, text is clean & unmarked, good condition.....$5 ((cs14n))

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))

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))

Johansen, Iris. Bood Game. Large Print Edition. St. Martin's Press, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, 454 pages, bumped corner, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615234929.....$25 ((ml7790))

Johnston, Velda; Dick Francis; John Creasey as Gordon Ashe. The Frenchman; High Stakes; A Shadow of Death. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, Detective Book Club, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$5.50 ((gc7990))

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))

Kilmer, Nicholas. Lazarus, Arise. Poisoned Pen Press, 2001. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, back hinge separation, 213 pages, solid reading copy. ISBN 1890208809.....$12 ((ml293))

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))

Long, Al. The Tamperers. Writers Club Press, 2000. Soft cover, bumped corner, 269 pages, very good condition. ISBN 0595163327.....$10 ((ml2455))

MacDonald, John D.; Velda Johnston; J.J. Marric. The Turquoise Lament / The White Pavilion / Gideon's Press . Detective Book Club, 1973. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, bumped corner, covers show light soiling/smudged, good condition.....$5 ((cs391s))

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))

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))

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))

Mays, Willie and Jeff Harris. Danger in Center Field. Argonaut Books, 1963. Hardback w/dust jacket, dj shows shelf wear/fraying/tears, front hinge starting, 192 pages, good condition. Baseball mystery. .....$15 ((ml8000))

McConnaughey, James; Edward Candy; Kathleen Moore Knight. Three for the Money; Which Doctor?; High Rendezvous. Walter J. Black, 1953. Hardback w/dj, dj is frayed with a few medium size chips, light brown stain at top, bumped corner, text is clean & unmarked, good condition......$6 ((gc7994))

McKinney, Robert L. Death in a Small Southern Town. Cliffhanger, 1987. Softcover, 207 pages, cover folded, very good condition . ISBN 0912761105.....$7 ((gc3813))

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))

McNeile, H.C. Bulldog Drummond at Bay. Triangle Books, 1935. Hardback w/o dj, green cloth, cover shows light staining, book is slightly curved, brown pages, 307 pages, good condition. The mysterious message -- "Mary Jane. Urgent. G G Pont. A5" -- involved Bulldog Drummond in his most thrilling and hazardous adventure......$7 ((gc1154g))

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. ISBN 0684195186.....$6 ((gc2534))

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. ISBN 0812824245.....$5 ((gc6941))

Monig, Christopher. The Lonely Graves. E.P. Dutton, 1960, First Edition. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 190 pages, good condition.....$6 ((gc2640))

Mooney, Bel. The Anderson Question. Hamish Hamilton, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 185 pages, good condition. ISBN 024111456X.....$6 ((gc1602))

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))

Murphy, Bruce F. The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery. St. Martin's Minotaur, 1999. Large ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 543 pages, good condition. ISBN 0312215541.....$15 ((mlo2358))

O'Connell, Carol. The Jury Must Die. Hutchinson, 2003. Soft cover, spine lined, 325 pages, few pages show water wrinkling at bottom corner, more than OK as reading copy. ISBN 0091800129.....$15 ((ml2994))

Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The Great Impersonation. Little, Brown, & Company, 1942, reprint. Hardback w/dust jacket, dj shows shelf wear/small tears along edges/slight soiling, previous owner stamp inside cover, 322 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$15 ((mw58))

Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The Man from Sing Sing. Little, Brown, and Company, 1932. Hardback w/dust jacket, book is slightly slanted, dj shows light shelf wear/fraying on edges, dj spine is sun-faded, 306 pages, pages are clean & unmarked, very good condition......$20 ((mw61))

Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The Man Without Nerves. A.L. Burt, 1934. Hardback w/dust jacket, previous owner inscription front endpaper, 311 pages, dj shows light shelf wear, very good condition......$12 ((mw51))

Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The Ostrekoff Jewels. A.L. Burt, 1932. Hardback w/dust jacket, dj shows light shelf wear/small tears/chips along edge, pencil price on dj, previous owner inscription front endpaper, pages yellowing, 329 pages, one foxed page, pages are clean & unmarked, overall very good condition, a nice copy......$17.50 ((mw55))

Oppenheim, E. Phillips. The Spy Paramount. Triangle Books, 1938. Hardback w/dust jacket, dj shows light shelf wear, 285 pages, pages browning, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition......$25 ((mw34))

Patterson, James. I, Alex Cross. Large Print Edition. Little, Brown and Company, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear & small tear, text is clean & unmarked, 482 pages, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615231027.....$20 ((ml7796))

Pearson, Ridley. Killer Summer. Large Print Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear, 562 pages, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition. Book Club, Large Print Edition. ISBN 9781615231218.....$25 ((ml7789))

Pearson, Ridley. Killer View. Large Print Edition. G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008, Book Club Edition. Hardback w/dj, dj shows light shelf wear/couple small tears on dj edge, 590 pages, very good condition. Large Print Edition. ISBN 9780739496541.....$22.50 ((ml7785))

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))

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))

Philips, Judson; Rae Foley; Victory Canning. Backlash / Where Helen Lies / The Kingsford Mark. Detective Book Club, 1976. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$7 ((cs109z))

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))

Purtill, Richard. Murdercon. Doubleday, 1982. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, book is slightly skewed, 181 pages, good condition. ISBN 0385173342.....$5 ((gc2047))

Queen, Ellery. The Spanish Cape Mystery. A Problem in Deduction. Triangle Books/Blakiston, 1946. Hardback w/o dj, orange cloth with black writing & pictorial cover, covers soiled slightly, 354 pages, brown pages, few dog-eared pages, good condition......$5 ((gc7001r))

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))

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))

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))

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))

Schorr, Mark. Red Diamond Private Eye. St. Martin's Press, 1983. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 247 pages, good condition. ISBN 0312666454.....$6 ((gc1715))

Schutz, Benjamin. Embrace the Wolf. Bluejay Books, 1985. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 205 pages, good condition. ISBN 0312941374.....$6.50 ((gc2605))

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))

Simenon, Georges; K.C. Constantine; John Creasey as Gordon Ashe. Maigret and the Black Sheep / A Fix Like This / A Blast of Trumpets. Detective Book Club, 1975. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$8.50 ((cs391t))

Simenon, Georges; Mary Higgins Clark; Robert L. Fish. Maigret and the Loner / Where are the Children? / Trouble in Paradise. Detective Book Club, 1975. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$12 ((cs14p))

Simenon, Georges; T.A. Waters; Mark Hebden. Maigret and the Bum / The Lost Victim / The Dark Side of the Island. Detective Book Club, 1973. Hardback w/o dj, 3-in-1, text is clean & unmarked, very good condition.....$5 ((cs14r))

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))

Stallwood, Veronica. Deathspell. Charles Scribner's Sons, 1992. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 207 pages, good condition. ISBN 0684195178.....$5 ((gc1542))

Stanley, William. Mr. Holroyd Takes a Holiday. Abelard-Schuman, 1966. Ex-library hardback w/dj, mylar jacket, 192 pages, dj taped to book, remains card holder back endpaper, few dog-eared pages, good condition. Mystery novel. .....$10 ((gm539))

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))

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. ISBN 0312067100.....$5.75 ((gc3031v))

Traver, Robert. Anatomy of a Murder (Franklin Mystery Series). Franklin Library, 1988. Hardback w/o dust jacket, grey blue cloth with gold lettering & silver images of pistols on cover & spine, 453 pages, gold page edges, very good condition. Gift quality. .....$20 ((mw69))

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. ISBN 0312144946.....$5 ((gc2102t))

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))

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))

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))

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. ISBN 0030224411.....$5.50 ((gc1093))

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