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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780811841863ISBN:0811841863
Description: Russell, Kirk., Chronicle Books, 2003, c2003, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 347 pp, small 8vo, nicely SIGNED by the author (no personal inscription), ISBN: 0811841863, 'The discovery of hundreds of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers', Mystery; Crime Fiction; Suspense. Read More
Description: Bugliosi, Vincent & Ken Hurwitz., W.W. Norton & Co., 1981, c1981, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with corner-clipped dj, 309 pp, 8vo, "...a paroled mass murderer being released into a vulnerable society" Read More
Description: Theroux, Paul., Houghton Mifflin Co. "A Mariner Book", 1998, c1998, 1st Mariner edition, illus. soft cover, fine, 248 pp, 8vo, "Some days Hong Kong seemed no different from the London suburb she had lived in before the war...." Read More
Description: Healy, Jeremiah., Pocket Books, 1999, c1999, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w vg+ with vg+ dj (small tear to rear panel), 359 pp, tall 8vo, "A John Francis Cuddy Mystery" Read More
Description: Morgenroth, Kate., Harper Collins, 1999, c1999, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), remainder mark on bottom edge o/w vg-fine with like dj, 259 pp, tall 8vo, "A seemingly unstoppable terrorist and human killing machine" Read More
Description: Ashford, Jeffrey., St. Martin's Press, 1989, c1988, 1st U.S. Edition, cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 165 pp, 8vo, "Before long, however, each man receives a thousand-pound bribe..." Read More
Description: Seligson, Tom., Everest House, nd, c1979, 1st Edition, red cloth (hard cover), vg with vg dj, 294 pp, 8vo, "A Novel of a Relentless Pursuit and a Terrifying Revenge" Read More
Description: Pease, William D., Viking, 1996, c1996, 1st Edition, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with like dj, 358 pp, tall 8vo, "Eddie Nickles has just retired after twenty-five years as a Washington, D.C., homicide detective..." Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781400031566ISBN:1400031567
Description: Mankell, Henning., Vintage Crime/Black Lizard (Random House), 2003, c1999, later printing, illus. soft cover (trade paperback), near fine, 421 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 1400031567, 'He arrives just in time to watch her douse herself in gasoline and set herself aflame', Crime Fiction; Swedish Mystery. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Date published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780399154973ISBN:0399154973
Description: Cussler, Clive with Jack Du Brul., G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008, c2008, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 437 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780399154973, 'Captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo', Action-Adventure; Suspense Thrillers; Maritime. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Date published: 2010
ISBN-13:9780345505101ISBN:0345505107
Description: Eisler, Barry., Ballantine Books, 2010, c2010, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 345 pp with sources & bibliography, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780345505101, 'Black Ops soldier Ben Treven gets a visit from his former commander', Suspense; Espionage; CIA; Thrillers. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2013
ISBN-13:9780307959966ISBN:0307959961
Description: Hobbs, Roger., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, c2013, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), small remainder dot on bottom edge o/w fine with fine dj, 321 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780307959966, 'Amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense', Author's first novel; Crime Fiction; Suspense; Thrillers. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Date published: 2013
ISBN-13:9780307959966ISBN:0307959961
Description: Hobbs, Roger., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, c2013, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), small remainder dot on bottom edge o/w fine with fine dj, 321 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780307959966, 'Amazing debut full of intrigue, tradecraft and suspense. Read it immediately', Author's first novel; Crime Fiction; Suspense Thrillers. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Date published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781400095827ISBN:1400095824
Description: Mankell, Henning., Vintage Crime / Black Lizard (Random House), 2009, c1999, 8th printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), near fine, 392 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 9781400095827, 'Revealing a side of Wallander that we have never seen; these long stories are vintage Mankell', Swedish Mystery; Suspense; Crime Fiction. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780151008469ISBN:0151008469
Description: Wilson, Robert., Harcourt Inc., 2001, c2001, 1st U.S. Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with near fine dj, 464 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 0151008469, '1944: Andrea Aspinall, mathematician and spy, disappears under a new identity', Historical Fiction; Spy Fiction; Espionage; Suspense. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Date published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743205245ISBN:0743205243
Description: Craig, Philip R., Scribner, 2003, c2003, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 229 pp with three recipes, 8vo, ISBN: 0743205243, 'Former Olympic fencing champion turned millionaire real estate developer Donald Fox has targeted the island for his newest moneymaking scheme', A Scribner Crime Novel. Mystery; Suspense. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date published: 2011
ISBN-13:9780062015709ISBN:0062015702
Description: Todd, Charles., William Morrow (Harper Collins), 2011, c2011, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards & cloth (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 340 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780062015709, 'World War One nurse Bess Crawford returns to find a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence', Historical Fiction; Suspense; British Mystery. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Date published: 2012
ISBN-13:9780062015662ISBN:0062015664
Description: Todd, Charles., William Morrow (Harper Collins), 2012, c2012, 1st Edition, 1st printing, boards (hard cover), fine with fine dj, 344 pp, tall 8vo, ISBN: 9780062015662, 'Rutledge wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder', Inspector Ian Rutledge series; Historical Fiction; Suspense; British Mystery. Read More
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Date published: 2011
ISBN-13:9781602399907ISBN:1602399905
Description: Tapply, William G., Skyhorse Publishing (NY), c2011, book club edition, boards (hard cover), near fine with near fine dj, 302 pp, 8vo, ISBN: 9781602399907, 'Fast-paced action/suspense thriller; a final gift from a great writer', Political Thillers; Suspense; Politics; Supreme Court. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375758270ISBN:0375758275
Description: Furst, Alan., Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001, c1995, 6th trade pb printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), near fine, 294 pp with reader's guide, 8vo, ISBN: 0375758275, 'September 1939. Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground', Historical Fiction; Suspense; Espionage; World War II Europe. Read More
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Date published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780375758270ISBN:0375758275
Description: Furst, Alan., Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2001, c1995, later printing, illus. soft cover (trade size paperback), very near fine, 294 pp with reader's guide, 8vo, ISBN: 0375758275, 'September 1939. Captain Alexander de Milja is recruited by the intelligence service of the Polish underground', Historical Fiction; Suspense; Espionage; World War II Europe. Read More
