THE BABY IN THE ICEBOX and Other Short Fiction
True limited first edition from the Franklin Library, preceding the trade edition, of this collection of short pieces by the author of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
True limited first edition from the Franklin Library, preceding the trade edition, of this collection of short pieces by the author of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE.
First UK edition of the bleakest and most shocking of the 20th century's classic crime novels, in the scarce original dust jacket.
Signed first printing of this cozy mystery, in which Ellie Haskell must solve a 50-year-old murder mystery with the help of her dead grandmother's (psychic?) friends and a foul-mouthed parrot.
First paperback edition of this historical anthology of Doyle's precursors, selected from Herodotus, Voltaire, Poe, Dumas, and others.
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
First printing of the second novel by the master of the hard-boiled, a worthy follow-up to THE BIG SLEEP (1939).
Uncorrected publisher's proof of this mystery of an amnesiac man on the streets of New York, accused of a series of grisly murders – with interesting pencil notes keeping track of characters and plot points.
First printing of the first Hawkenlye mystery, featuring an unlikely team of a royal emissary and and Abbess on the trail of a murderer in medieval Kent.
Signed second printing of the story of a college student accused of murdering her college professor, complicated by her traumatic past and multiple personalities.
Inscribed first printing of this suspenseful account of a young investigative reporter rehashing the events of her sister's murder when she was a little girl, uncovering new details of a case long thought closed.
Signed first printing of this suspenseful mystery that is uncovered little by little as a TV reported with baggage of her own encounters an anonymous murder victim in the hospital.
First printing of this collection of short interrelated mysteries solved by lucky lottery winner Alvirah Meehan and her plumber husband Willy, with inscribed bookplate laid in.
Inscribed first printing of this gripping story of a high-flying New York real estate agent who must trade the big city for the witness protection program when she stumbles upon a crime scene and a mysterious journal.
Signed first printing of this collection of ten short stories by some of the most prominent mystery writers of the 1990s, with signatures from all contributors and an inscription by Joyce Harrington.
Signed first edition of Clemons's debut mystery novel, set in the dangerous worlds of dairy farming and motorcycle enthusiasm.
Signed first printing of this mystery of a stolen Arapaho petroglyph with similarities to an old case that ended with a manslaughter conviction, an outcome that priest and sleuth Father John is determined to get to the bottom of.
Signed first edition of Coel's second Wind River Reservation mystery novel, starring a Jesuit priest and an Arapaho lawyer.
Signed first edition of Coel's murder mystery, the fifth in her Wind River series starring Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden.
Inscribed first printing of this erotic mystery, in which a botanist must get to the bottom of her estranged husband's murder while navigating the romantic attentions of her best friends Ralph and Rita.
First printing of the first book in Patricia Cornwell's long-running mystery series featuring the beloved medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta.
Signed first edition of this hardboiled Los Angeles murder mystery by former journalist Cosin, later a television writer for 24 and Law and Order: Criminal Intent.
Inscribed first edition of this fifth Mountie murder mystery by the prolific Charlotte MacLeod, writing as Alisa Craig.
Signed first edition of Crais's seventh Elvis Cole mystery, nominated for the Shamus Award for best private investigator novel.
First US edition of these collected detective stories, with a nine-page miniature Sherlock Holmes pastiche embedded in the author's introduction.
First printing of this Duncan Kincaid mystery, in which the detective superintendent begins to deepen his relationship with his former partner on the force as they investigate strange occurrences with ties to a long-hidden medieval manuscript.