BOOKED TO DIE
Uncorrected advance proof of the first Cliff Janeway mystery.
Uncorrected advance proof of the first Cliff Janeway mystery.
Warmly inscribed first edition of Hager's second mystery novel, following an outreach minister to the hippies of 1970s Grand Rapids, Michigan, as he saves souls and solves murders.
Signed first edition of this Tess Monaghan mystery, which finds the Baltimore PI taking on her first case as an independent investigator – and following leads on a murderer that seem to point to the location of her new office.
Signed first edition of the author's first novel about an old-money young journalist who gets her first big break — by investigating her own family.
First printing of Chandler's first novel, the inimitable book that marks the apex of noir.
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
First impression, the only book in the James Bond series told from the point of view of a woman rather than from Bond's own perspective.
First printing of Hammett's final novel, an unusually nice copy of a book difficult to find in collectible condition.
First printing of this pivotal true-crime book, one of the best works of nonfiction ever.
Signed first edition of Crais's seventh Elvis Cole mystery, nominated for the Shamus Award for best private investigator novel.
First edition of the author's second mystery novel, set in contemporary Kenya and featuring several expatriate Americans.
First printing of the first book in acclaimed Woodrell's Bayou Trilogy of crime novels taking place in the fictional Southern neighborhood of Frogtown.
Signed first edition of the second installment in the Queenie Davilov mystery series, in which Q must find a missing screenwriter — and finish his script.
Rare first edition of this classic mystery exploring the dark crimes born of the evil impulse to acquire rare books without paying a fair market price for them.
Uncommon edition of Doyle stories, illustrated with distinctive wood engravings by Musacchia.
Third volume of Dôle's revived Harry Dickson stories, following the great Jean Ray's example in melding detective fiction, horror, and parapsychological investigations in these tales of the American Sherlock Holmes.
Second installment in the New Adventures of Harry Dickson, the American Sherlock Holmes, written by Dôle following themes previously developed by Jean Ray, who (as John Flanders) wrote the most famous and fantastical Dickson pulps in the 1930s.
Harry Dickson, born in New York City circa 1890 and first described in print in Germany, rose to his greatest fame when chronicled in pulp magazines of the 1930s by the great fantasist Jean Ray; these New Adventures by Dôle carry on the tradition of the King of Detectives.
Signed first editions of the first 15 titles in Evanovich's popular series about a woman bounty hunter, from ONE FOR THE MONEY through LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, and with the first two holiday novellas.
Signed first edition of this mystery novel that finds newspaperman and reluctant sleuth Dalton Walker comes face to face with conspiracy, corruption, and murder as he chases down the story of the death of an anonymous little girl.
Signed first edition of the first Tess Monaghan book, in which the recently unemployed journalist and rower must take on some sleuthing jobs in Charm City to pay the bills.
Rare first printing of this selection of Poe's tales, including "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
Signed slipcased first edition of LaPlante's debut novel, a murder mystery complicated by its protagonist's incipient dementia, issued as part of the Powell's Books INDIESPENSABLE series.
First edition of Winspear's third post-World-War-I historical mystery, in which detective Maisie Dobbs searches the spirit world and the mortal plane for a missing soldier.
Signed first printing of this hospital murder mystery, the story of Dr. Nora Sternberg, who turns sleuth when she uncovers a pattern of deaths of retired doctors and nurses after routine surgeries.