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Scottsdale, Arizona, USA: Poisoned Pen Press, 2000. CE5 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in good+ to very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color illustrated light yellow wraps with very minor overall shelf wear with clear plastic tape applied to the spine plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and labels on the top outside paper edges, the title page, and the back endpaper. A mystery set in the world of art collecting and art sales. The main character is an art restorer working in a space shared with a friend's chic gallery. An 18th century portrait sent in for cleaning has a clear provenance but the cleaner begins to doubt the painting's authenticity. When she voices her doubts, the son of the painting's owners makes a number of threats. The restorer's father is a prominent judge and, to complicate things, a killer sentenced by him years ago, is finally out of prison and out for revenge. 277p.. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over… Read More

New York, New York, USA: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1998. BD1 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear plus it is very slightly shelf cocked plus there are the usual library stamps and pocket on the top outside paper edges, front and back endpapers, and title page plus the dust jacket endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. the dust jacket shows no visible signs of wear plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the endflaps are glued down to the inside surfaces of the boards. This is a title in the author's Tish McWhinny mystery series. The story is set in Vermont. Tish becomes involved in a murder when the old painting of a dog she has restored turns out to be very valuable and is stolen during the murder. By the author of "Phoebe's Knee," "Grave Consequences," "The Cashmere Kid," and "Elusive Quarry." 221p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over… Read More

New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 1990. BH6 - An unread, tight, clean, sound copy with only very, very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear. This one of the author's Lovejoy mysteryies. Lovejoy is back as a movie consultant about the robbery of London's British Museum. The job seems like easy money but Lovejoy comes under police suspicion for the murder of a reclusive antiques counterfeiter. The police attribute the disappearance of another antiques dealer to Lovejoy also. To add to these problems, a crooked dealer and his crew attack Lovejoy and ruin his house. Lovejoy comes to the conclusion that his work on the movie seems to be connected to all these problems. The movie director's lovely assistant then seduces him into obedience and he is ordered to rob the crooked dealer's Russian Exhibition, a show made possible by one of the movie's principal backers. Lovejoy hides among the film extras to escape his many… Read More