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KEEP COOL, MR. JONES
by Fuller, Timothy
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1950
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 52.58
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Boston: MA: Atlantic Little, Brown , 1950. 1st ed. stain at spine head, foot, edgewear, about very good in dust jacket chipped at corners, spine head, foot, soiled at rear, front bright. Price-clipped. This story is the fifth and final entry in Timothy Fuller's series starring Jupiter Jones. Jones starts his sleuthing career as a graduate student in Harvard Has… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 52.58
IN THE SPIRIT OF MURDER **SIGNED COPY**
by Belgrave, Laura
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781570721083
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 42.72
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Johnson City: TN: Silver Dagger, 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dj. When a medium turns up dead in a backwoods Florida town, police detective Claudia Hershey is thrust into a nightmarish case. This copy is SIGNED by the author at title page. Silver Dagger is a consortium of Southern Mystery writers who have… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 42.72
THIS WAY OUT: An Inspector Quantrill Mystery
by Radley, Sheila
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1989
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- ISBN
- 9780684191256
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. 1st American edition, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "... set in rural England, a decent, frustrated man meets a dynamic stranger who embodies the explosive force of his pent-up rage. Derek Cartwright and Hugh Packer share a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.29
THE MYSTERY OF THE DOWNS
by Watson, John and Arthur Rees
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1918
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 65.72
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London and New York: John Lane Company, 1918. First edition. Some light wear, spine slightly darkened, some lettering is flaking else a very good-near fine, tight copy. Features private investigator Crewe. "Arthur Rees was fond of locating his mysteries in remote seaside villages. Here the setting is the coastal downs surrounding a fishing village.… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 65.72
DAPHNE DEAD AND DONE FOR
by Ross, Jonathan
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st US Edition
- Published
- 1991
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- ISBN
- 9780312054083
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1991. 1st U.S. edition, March 1991, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "This tidy English procedural, part of a series by former detective superintendent Ross, captures the flavor of a small British city, including police life and politics. When a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.29
THE DEAD OF WINTER: A BLACKWATER BAY MYSTERY.
by Gosling, Paula
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- As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780892965113
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 23.66
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N.Y.: Mysterious Press, 1996. 1st edition, January 1996, so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Publishers publicity sheet laid in. "The town of Blackwater Bay, Mich., the inspired setting for A Few Dying Words, is back. Gold Dagger winner Gosling uses two main characters… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 23.66
THE BELLS OF OLD BAILEY: An English Village Murder Mystery By a Golden Age Master
by Bowers, Dorothy
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- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 2006
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780915230952
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 18.40
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Lyons, Colorado, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2006. 1st Ed. AS NEW. Scotland Yard looks into the connection cbteween five suicides in Long Greeting and Miss Tidy, the white -haired owner of the village teashop. It was not until the fifth death in Long Greeting that Miss Tidy made up her mind to go to the police." The owner… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 18.40
THE WYCHFORD MURDERS ***IINSCRIBED COPY***
by Gosling, Paula
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780385235518
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 46.01
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Garden City, New York,: Crime Club Doubleday, 1986. 1st US edition, Slight spine slant else fine in near fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. Top of page edges spotted, dust jacket has light rubbing at edges. The first of Paula Gosling’s Luke Abbott series, INSCRIBED COPY. Inscribed at tite page "To ---, a… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 46.01
UNDERNEATH EVERY STONE: A Blackwater Bay Mystery
by Gosling, Paula
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- ISBN
- 9780316646239
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 23.00
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London: UK: Little, Brown and Company, 2000. 1st edition, fine i fine dust jacket. The fifth and last of the Blackwater Bay mysteries, set in a small town located Michigan and featuring Sheriff Matt Gabriel.It's election time in Blackwater Bay - but there's a dead man in Cotter's Cut who won't be casting his vote this year. Sheriff Matt… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 23.00
IF EVER I RETURN, PRETTY PEGGY-O ***SIGNED COPY***AWARD WINNER**
by McCrumb, Sharyn
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780684191041
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 39.43
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N.Y.: Scribners, 1990. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Pages show some age-tonong else near fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Introduces Sharyn McCrumb's popular ballad series featuring Sheriff Spencer Arrowood. A MACAVITY AWARD WINNER for Best Novel and an ANTHONY AWARD FINALST for Best Mystery..… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.43
PICTURE OF INNOCENCE
by McGown, Jill
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st American Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780449002506
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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N.Y.: Fawcett, 1998. First American Edition, July 1998, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. A Detective Chief Inspector Lloyd (like Morse, he never uses his first name) and Detective Inspector Judy Hill title. Acclaimed author Jill McGown has a dazzling way… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.29
A PERFECTLY PROPER MURDER
by Adams, Harold
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1993
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- Paperback
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- 9780802732378
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 9.86
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N.Y.: Walker, 1993. 1st ed. A fine copy of the Advancwe Uncorrected Proofs. The tenth entry in the Carl Wilcox mysteries, set in a small town in south Dakota. . First Edition. Printed Wrapper. Fine/No Jacket. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Item Price
SGD 9.86
EVEN COP'S DAUGHTERS
by Webb, Martha G. (Anne Wingate)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802756374
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 19.72
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N.Y.: Walker, 1986. 1st ed., top of page edges lightly soiled else fine in dust jacket. TEXAS.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 19.72
THE CHURCH OF DEAD GIRLS [Award Nominee]
by Dobyns, Stephen
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Published
- 1997
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780805051032
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 13.14
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N.Y.: Metropolitan Books, 1997. 1st edition, with complete number line beginning with 1. Small stain at front endpaper and at page edges else about fine in near fine dust jacket, sall stain at rear along bottom edge, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. One by one, three young girls vanish in Aurelius, a small town in… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 13.14
ORPHANS **DEBUT NOVEL**
by Pearce, Gerald
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1990
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780802757647
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 26.29
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Walker & Co, 1990. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. A DEBUT NOVEL. Publishers letter to bookseller laid in. "In this overplotted but enjoyable mystery, the first in a projected series… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 26.29
The Garden Club Mystery
by Landrum, Graham Gordon (Robert Landrum)
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1998
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312185701
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 18.40
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 1998. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Picking up from an unfinished manuscript of his late father, Graham Landrum, Robert Landrum follows the further adventures of the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution in the quiet little town of Borderville, Tennessee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
SGD 18.40
BUMP IN THE NIGHT: The Second Flaxborough Chronicle
by Watson, Colin
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- As New
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781601870315
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 17.74
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st prtg. A fine, unread copy of this trade paperback. Inspector Purbright is on loan to the police in Chalmsbury to investigate a series of bombings. He quickly learns that Chalmsbury may be the Sodom to Flaxborough's Gomorrah. Detective Inspector Purbright finds himself on loan to the police… Read more about this item Item Price
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COFFIN, SCARCELY USED: The First Flaxborough Chronicle (A Rue Morgue Classic British Mystery)
by Watson, Colin
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- As New
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- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Prtg
- Published
- 2008
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- Paperback
- ISBN
- 9781601870162
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 17.74
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Boulder, CO, U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press, 2008. 1st printing. A fine, unread copy of the trade paperback. Flaxborough is a "high-spirited town .. .like Gomorrah." It's Inspector Purbright's job to keep its citizens on the straight-and-narrow in this comic romp. He hasn't got a chance. There were surprisingly few mourners at Harold Carobleat's funeral,… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 17.74
The Anathema Stone: A Chief Superintendent Kenworthy Novel **REVIEW COPY**
by Hilton, John Buxton
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1980
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- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780312033514
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 24.32
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N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1980. 1st ed. Slight spine slant, top of page edges dusty else near fine in dust jacket rubbed along edges. REVIEW SLIP laid in. The Derbyshire village of Spentlow, where Chief Superintendent Kenworthy and his wife had chosen to spend their autumn holiday, was in the grip of celebrations organized by he Vicar to… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 24.32
Floater
by Koenig, Joseph
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1986
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9780892961733
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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SGD 39.43
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1986. 1st. Ed. NEAR FINE/FINE. Book has very slight foxing to side pages, else FINE. A story about a small town sheriff in Florida. Koenig has the Everglades as a character, as he nails the feeling of the area. The author seemingly dropped of the face of the earth. Books are scarce.. First… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 39.43
