Spooky Mystery Books from Nostalgic Books & Elements

2021 "Sandy Kurtz has problems. He's got a baby on the way, his wife doesn't love him, and he's struggling to find passion or purpose at his big-box retail job. And once a month, he turns into a werewolf." back cover

From inside dust jacket: "Michaels delivers another sure-fire winner in this romantic adventure ... whose realistic set­ting, plot and vibrant characters should swell her legion of fans." - Publishers Weekly New York Times best-selling author Barbara Michaels returns with her special magical blend of romance and danger - a potion guaranteed to delight fans and garner new devotees. When young Erin Hartsock joins… Read more about this item

2023 When one of her readers asks for advice following a suspected murder, Victorian countess Amelia Amesbury, who secretly pens the popular Lady Agony column, has no choice but to investigate in this first book in a charming new historical mystery series. Amelia Amesbury—widow, mother, and countess—has a secret. Amelia writes for a London penny paper, doling out advice on fashion, relationships,… Read more about this item

Stories adapted from the original Sherlock Holmes radio broadcasts

"The Place of the Skull is Golgotha, a surprising point of reference for a Soviet author. But for Chingiz Aitmatov there is no other remaining sanction against the world-wide rape of earth, sky and ocean by a technology gone mad. It is a novel on an epic scale, profoundly Russian, vivid and deeply moving." - Arthur Miller front flap

Author SIGNATURE ONLY on the title page Sue Grafton takes the mystery genre to new heights with this twisting, complex #1 New York Times bestseller that draws private investigator Kinsey Millhone into a case shrouded in the sins of the past. Looking solemn, Michael Sutton arrives in Kinsey Millhone's office with a story to tell. When he was six, he says, he… Read more about this item

INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION Winner 1999 Glyph Award for best mystery

After a very long absence, Forge is delighted to be bringing back one of Edgar award winning Stuart Kaminsky's best loved characters, Inspector Porfiry Petrovich Rostnikov. Rostnikov is a Russian bear of a man, an honest policeman in a very dishonest post-Soviet Union Russia. Known as "The Washtub," Rostnikov is one of the most engaging and relevant characters in crime… Read more about this item

SIGNED on the title page FIRST EDITION not remainder A Bill Smith & Lydia Chin Novel

SIGNED ON THE HALF TITLE PAGE FIRST EDITION not remainder "Louis Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the nineteenth century as if he'd witnessed it firsthand." New Your Times Book Review

"Kjell Eriksson's crime novels are among the very best." —Henning Mankell A Swedish county commissioner walks out of a high-level meeting and disappears. Many years later, one of the town's natives is convinced that he's caught a glimpse of the missing man while traveling in Bangalore, India. When the rumors reach his hometown, a veteran police officer stumbles across a seemingly… Read more about this item

Meet Dr. Siri Paiboun, the reluctant national coroner of Laos. Laos, 1975 - The Communist Pathet Lao has taken over this former French colony. Dr. Siri Paiboun, a seventy-two-year-old Paris-trained doctor, is appointed national coroner. Although he has no training for the job, there is no one else: the rest of the educated class have fled. He is expected to come up… Read more about this item

SIGNED FIRST EDITION "Seventeen-year-old Larkin is an Empath, born with the ability to sense the emotions of others and siphon them to either conure or destroy." front flap

SIGNED FIRST EDITION After fifteen years in the United States, Shakilah Nair returns to her home in China, pregnant and unmarried, in a story told from the viewpoints of the women around her, from her mother and best friend to rumor-telling schoolgirls and a woman she loves, all of whom believe in the power of seen and unseen spirits.

FIRST EDITION "Silas has diamonds in the heel of his shoe. He is a thief, but until the night he meets Oscar Brodski on the footpath near his house, he has never considered murder. A diamond dealer, Brodski's pockets bulge with more precious stones than Silas has ever dreamed of, and they will be his with one swift, violent act.… Read more about this item

1968 FIRST EDITION "A Killing for Christ, Pete Hamill steps behind the public face of the modern Church and sees the dark grottoes within." Book: clean and unmarked DJ: NPC ($5.50) - small amount of staining to top - small white sticker on the back

SIGNED FIRST EDITION While investigating sabotage on the set of a controversial film in Hawaii, San Francisco sleuth Sharon McCone, in her latest mystery, finds a violent world of long-buried family secrets, drug dealing, political machinations, and murder. DJ - wrapped Book - very good+ 2 or 3 pages bumped at bottom

SIGNED FIRST EDITION clever dialogue, a twisting plot and an...engaging, fast-paced story that is hard to put away for the night - Minneapolis Star Tribune dj wrapped near fine book near fine

Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series. When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for at-risk teens, she discovers chaos. Annie, a young participant on a solo experience due back hours before, has just… Read more about this item

FIRST EDITION 2001 - "The author of Bag of Bones presents a story about how men experience memories and find their courage, in a tale of stark survival and heroism in the face of a haunted past." Book: Near Fine condition (NPC) DJ: Slight edge wear