LAVENDER LIES
(1999)
Signed first printing of another fragrant China Bayles mystery, in which the lawyer-turned-herbalist-turned-sleuth must solve the murder of a real estate shark (and plan a wedding).
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PRIMITIVE SECRETS
(2002)
Inscribed first edition of the Honolulu-based author's mystery novel, the first in a series starring detective Storm Kayama.
THE JEFFERSON LETTERS
(2001)
Inscribed first edition of Ballinger's second murder mystery set in the fast-paced, high-stakes, violence-ridden world of American antiquarian book and manuscript collecting.
BORDERLINE
(2009)
Signed first edition of the fifteenth book in Barr's Anna Pigeon mystery series, set in West Texas's Big Bend National Park and drawing on the author's experience as a park ranger.
DEEP SOUTH
(2000)
Signed first edition of this mystery in Barr's Anna Pigeon series, set in Mississippi, where the author lived and worked as a park ranger throughout the 1990s.
FLASHBACK
(2003)
Signed first edition of Barr's eleventh Anna Pigeon, set in the Dry Tortugas National Park and drawing on the author's own experience as a park ranger.
HUNTING SEASON
(2002)
Signed first edition of Barr's tenth mystery featuring park ranger Anna Pigeon, set on and around Mississippi's Natchez Trace Parkway.
MURDER ON THE ILE SAINT-LOUIS
(2007)
First printing of this suspenseful story of an abandoned baby, a pair of murders, and a terrorist plot, and how computer security expert Aimee Leduc uncovers the threads connecting them.
FULL CRY
(2003)
Signed first printing of this tale of murder and dishonest hunting practices among the upper crust of Virginia fox hunters, and the master of the foxhounds who is determined to make things right.
BRIDESMAIDS REVISITED
(2000)
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.
DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL
(2002)
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.
TILL THE COWS COME HOME
(2004)
Signed first edition of Clemons's debut mystery novel, set in the dangerous worlds of dairy farming and motorcycle enthusiasm.
THE DROWNING MAN
(2006)
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.
BET ME
(2004)
First edition of this RITA award-winning romance, one of the most acclaimed single-title contemporaries yet of the 21st century.
TREASURE OF KHAN
(2006)
Signed first printing of this Mongolian thriller, in which Dirk Pitt must get to the bottom of the connection between a murderous oil tycoon and the fabled grave of Genghis Kahn – the second novel Clive co-authored with his son.
COLD AND PURE AND VERY DEAD
(2000)
Handsome signed first edition of Dobson's mystery novel, combining three of literature's perennially compelling themes: English professors, upstate New York, and cold-blooded murder.
THE MALTESE MANUSCRIPT
(2003)
Signed first edition of the Fordham professor's fifth Karen Pelletier literary mystery, featuring a rare book theft, a murderous English Department conference, and assorted other academic crimes and punishments.
ALONE AT NIGHT
(2004)
Signed first edition of Erickson's fourth Minneapolis mystery starring detectives Mars Bahr and Nettie Frisch.
HARD EIGHT
(2002)
Signed second printing of this thrilling mystery, part of the Stephanie Plum series following a woman bounty hunter.
BARKING!
(2001)
Uncommon signed first printing of Evans's fourth novel, a murder mystery starring private investigator Grace Smith.
EFFIGIES
(2006)
Signed first edition of this third archaeological mystery in Evans's Faye Longchamp series, set in the author's native Mississippi.
SINS AND NEEDLES
(2006)
Inscribed first edition of Ferris's tenth needlework mystery, with an appended knitting chart for recreating the American flag described in the novel; instructions for committing the story's knitting-needle murder are, however, not included.
CHINA LAKE
(2002)
Signed first edition of Gardiner's debut novel, a crime thriller written and first published in the UK by the Oklahoma-born author; its subsequent publication in the US received a 2009 Edgar Award.
MORIARTY
(2008)
Review copy of the third novel in Gardner's trilogy, which began with the counter-intuitively titled RETURN OF MORIARTY, continued with REVENGE OF MORIARTY, and here concludes with, simply — MORIARTY.
EVERY LAST CENT
(2001)
Signed first edition of the twenty-second mystery novel featuring Lovejoy, an unscrupulous antiques dealer; the books were adapted into a long-running television program for the BBC, starring Ian McShane.
