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MERCY

By: Adler-Olsen, Jussi

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Camberwell, VIC, Australia, Michael Joseph/Penguin Books: 2011

Seller ID: 009247

ISBN: 0718156889

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

503pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. Translated by Tiina Nunnally. "Copenhagen detective Carl Morck's been taken off homicide to run a newly created department for unsolved crimes. His first case concerns Merete Lynggard, who vanished five years ago. Everyone says she's dead. Everyone says it's a waste of time. He thinks they're right . . . " Book weight approx. 570g.
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THE MORUTAU AFFAIR

By: Baker, Vernon H.

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Hartwell, VIC, Australia, Sid Harta Publishers: 2006

Seller ID: 011006

ISBN: 1921206446

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good+

iv,+ 244pp., plus 3 page publisher's promo section at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "In the steamy jungle of Southern Papua in the early 1950s, a white plantation owner is murdered. Bearing the marks of a horrific knife attack, his body is found in the verandah bedroom of the plantation's main house, four miles inland from Baxter Harbour . . . several suspects are uncovered: an expatriate sub-manager, Papuan natives and the victim's beautiful German-born wife . . . " Book weight approx. 320g. *Postage charge w...
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THE FACELESS MEN

By: Beeby, Otto

Price: $42.75

Publisher: Richmond, Victoria, Australia, Hutchinson of Australia: 1969

Seller ID: 013057

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

183pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain charcoal boards have a minor blind indentation on foot or rear board, else unmarked. An original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, several formerly dog-eared leaves, else textblock unmarked. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn, and abraded on edges. Of Note: This jacket is under Hutchinson's 'John Long' imprint. 'The Faceless Men' by Australian journalist/author Otto Beeby (1906-1981) is his second thriller featuring Tony Spencer - a conman with a conscience . . . It'...
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ON PROBATION: Detective Ludowski's Casebook (Signed Copy)

By: Bevege, Margaret

Price: $19.00

Publisher: Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Preszoom Pty. Ltd.: 2001

Seller ID: 012910

ISBN: 1876409223

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

182pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally concaved. Illustrated, unsealed card wrapper lightly edgeworn, and scuffed. Inscribed "With best wishes" and signed by author on front flyleaf, else textblock unmarked. Detective Constble Elizabeth Ludowski, first female appointed to the Police Commissioner's Special Assignments Squad within the Queensland CIB. Complete with a criminology degree and backed by five years' exemplary service in uniform, she is eager to pursue the state's worst criminals . . . but what if her boss challenges her confidence, and her fellow team members res...
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THE CURSE OF THE GOLDEN YO-YO : A Cornelia Finnigan Mystery. (Signed Copy)

By: Bowles, Robin

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Rowville, VIC, Australia, The Five Mile Press: 2007

Seller ID: 009229

ISBN: 1741785332

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

279pp., plus 8 page, publisher's promotional section at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Personal inscription, "To xxxxxxx, best wishes" signed by Robin Bowles on first (author biog.) page, else leaves clean and unmarked, albeit very faintly tanned at edges. Illustrated card wrapper very mildly edgeworn at head. "With a swagger, a smile and a slash of lipstick she takes on the mystery of a torched Ferrari, investigates the case of the poisoned Pekinese puppies and stumbles into the world of missing persons, drug deals gone wrong, laundered money and murder . . . " A fictio...
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THE SCREAMING MIMI

By: Brown, Fredric (Frederic)

Price: $11.40

Publisher: United States, Black Mask Books: 2008

Seller ID: 011267

ISBN: 1596545836

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Note: This book appears to have originally been published as a Print on Demand copy. 199pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Tiny spot to title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper slightly splayed, corresponding spot to inside front cover, two corner creases. From the rear cover: "A touchstone of psychological horror, Frederic Brown's (1906-1972) cult novel 'The Screaming Mimi" (1949), was subsequently filmed in 1958 and again by Italian horror director Dario Argento in 1970 as 'The Bird with the Crystal Plumage'. Book weight approx. 310g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this i...
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A MURDER OF QUALITY (Penguin C2271)

By: Carre, John Le

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, Penguin Books: 1964

Seller ID: 012839

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Good

155pp., plus (v). Book clean. Spine firm, but concaved and mildly canted. Art-illustrated card wrapper (Keith Burns) lightly edgeworn and bumped, and has a scratch and crease on rear wrap. Textblock noticeably tanned, else unmarked. This title is the second George Smiley mystery fiction by John le Carre (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell, b. 1931) and features George Smiley investigating a murder at one of England's leading public schools - a murder that was forecast by the victim . . . Book weight approx. 95g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weig...
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MERINO MURDER

By: Casey, R.

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Hartwell, VIC, Australia, Sid Harta [Temple House]: 2005

Seller ID: 007519

ISBN: 192103095X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

iii, + 456pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners, else fine. This mystery thriller set in outback Australia finds Merino rams dying suddenly, violently and unaccountably, and a nearby agricultural research station is called upon to study the problem. An investigation is barely underway when a technician is found dead in a paddock, and the young scientist who was with him has mysteriously lost her memory, becoming, quite naturally, a suspect . . . throw in some hanky-panky, a bunch of activists, and some rams, and you h...
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THE FINAL SOLUTION : A Story of Detection

By: Chabon, Michael

Price: $13.30

Publisher: London, Fourth Estate: 2005

Seller ID: 011072

ISBN: 0007196024

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

127pp., b/white illustrations by Jay Ryan. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards very lightly bumped on one foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly surface indented. In 'The Final Solution', prose magician Michael Chabon has "condensed his boundless vision to craft a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story . . . " Book weight approx. 250g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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KILLER IN THE RAIN

By: Chandler, Raymond

Price: $14.25

Publisher: London, Quality Book Club: 1964

Seller ID: 001874

Binding: Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]

Condition: Good

xi, + 332pp., book clean, slightly cocked and bumped. Speck of colour fade on heel of backstrip. Former owner's name on ffep., splash stain on top of text block, very mild foxing specks on block edges, otherwise clean. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, slight abrading and spots on rear panel. First published in the U.K. by Hamish Hamilton, 1964. A compilation of eight short stories, with an informative intro. by Phillip Durham, the contents are: Killer In The Rain, The Man Who Liked Dogs, The Curtain, Try The Girl, Mandarin's Jade, Bay City Blues, The Lady In The Lak...
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BEHIND THE HEADLINES

By: Chapman, Robert

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London, Werner Laurie: 1955

Seller ID: 013075

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good +

196pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Black title over lightly bumped spine. Plain red boards minimally shelfworn. An indecipherable signature on front pastedown, random flecks, toned endpapers, else text-block good. "Behind the Headlines' is another fast-paced crime thriller by Robert Chapman featuring his key character, London's Banner's news agency newshound Rex Banner. It was a chilly June day in Nova Gardens when Rex Banner arrived in his old Ford . . . The dead woman had been pretty, she wasn't pretty any more . . . It was murder, the stuff that headlines are made of . . . Our sl...
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UNUSUAL BEHAVIOUR

By: Cooper, Lettice

Price: $19.00

Publisher: London, Gollancz: 1986

Seller ID: 013095

ISBN: 0575038624

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

174pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Printed, loose-plastic protected dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. Lettice Cooper (1897-1994) has woven an enthralling mystery featuring a wide range of characters, including the previously introduced Chief Detective Inspector Corby. This story, set in the times of the 'Irish troubles', has its beginning when the British police receive an anonymous letter informing them that 'something strange' is going on at Hollycroft, a large, decaying Victorian house in a London suburb. At the time, the ...
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DEEP MOAT GRANGE

By: Crockett, S.R.

Price: $30.40

Publisher: London, Hodder & Stoughton: 1908

Seller ID: 009018

Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)

Condition: Good +

viii, + 344pp., bound-in, dark sepia, tissue-guarded, halftone plate frontispiece, plus seven tipped-in un-guarded like plates throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over bumped spine. Art-illustrated green cloth boards lightly shelfworn only. A former owner's name and date (1908) on ffep., untrimmed (deckle edge) foredge and foot of text-block, random splotches and flecks throughout. No dustjacket. Mystery and suspense set in the English village of Breckonside, in the county of Northumberland . . . Contents include: Prelims., 40 chapters. Book weight approx. 495g. Size: 8vo - ov...
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DEATH OF A CHANCELLOR : A Murder Mystery Featuring Lord Francis Powerscourt. (Signed Copy)

By: Dickinson, David

Price: $20.90

Publisher: London, Constable and Robinson: 2006

Seller ID: 006957

ISBN: 1845292251

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

314pp. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted. Author signature to title page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated ('Salisbury Cathedral', John Constable) card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "England, 1901, and beautiful Compton Cathedral, in the west of England, is preparing to celebrate a very special anniversary. Then, a few weeks before the ceremonies begin, the chancellor of the cathedral is found dead in mysterious circumstances . . . His sister suspects foul play, and that discreet aristocratic sleuth, Lord Francis Powerscourt, is asked to investgate . . . " Book weight a...
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SHERLOCK HOLMES : The Complete and Unabridged Novels. A Study in Scarlet. The Sign of Four, The Hound of The Baskervilles. The Valley of Fear.

By: Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Crows Nest (Allen & Unwin): 2009

Seller ID: 011222

ISBN: 1741758432

Binding: Flexible Boards

Condition: Very Good

652pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Small edge-stain to illustrated ffep., else leaves clean. One leaf has an in-production corner crease. Colour-illustrated flexible boards mildly edge and corner creased. Attached ribbon bookmark mildly frayed at end. From the rear panel: "Although many more of Holmes' cases were recorded in short stories, these were the only novels. Each is faithfully reproduced in this one epic volume, complete and unabridged, providing an ideal introduction to Sherlock Holmes for the uninitiated as well as a nostalgically familiar collection for long-established Holmes fans...
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THE RETURN

By: Droit, Michel

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1966

Seller ID: 004586

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

352pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Mild bump on heel of backstrip. Leaves lightly acidic. Illustrated [author portrait on rear flap] loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn and lightly soiled. Originally published in French, under the title 'Le Retour', 1964, Rene Julliard. This first English translation by Olwyn Hughes. A prize-winning novel, set in the period of Algerian independence from France, has as its hero Phillipe Thierry, a French barrister, born and bred in Algeria, but currently residing in Paris. Just and liberal, he is offered a partnership ...
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THE TOWER

By: Duffy, Michael

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2011

Seller ID: 009485

ISBN: 1742372619

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

469pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "Young detective Nicholas Troy is basically a good man, for whom working in homicide is the highest form of police work. But when a woman falls from the construction site of the world's tallest skyscraper, the tortured course of the murder investigation that follows threatens his vocation . . . " Book weight approx. 443g.
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THE MERRY WIDOWER

By: Fleming, Joan

Price: $11.40

Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton: 1975

Seller ID: 011013

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

215pp. Book clean, very slightly canted. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain maroon boards undamaged. Leaves clean, very small circular surface abrasion to title page. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly discoloured on rear (text) panel. First published in Great Britain in 1955 under the title 'The Deeds of Dr Deadcert'. A stand-alone title in the Fingerprint Books series. "Joan Fleming's novel is a masterpiece of technique; swift, witty, polished, and detached as always, it never fails to entertain." Book weight approx. 330g. *Postage charge will be reduced as th...
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RAT RACE (Second Impression before Publication)

By: Francis, Dick

Price: $52.25

Publisher: London, Michael Joseph: 1970

Seller ID: 007337

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

205pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Teal blue coloured boards minimally shelfworn only. An original 'Foyles' sticker affixed to front pastedown, minor flecks on free endpapers and edges, plus a strip approx. 35mm x 5 mm (1 1/2 in. x 1/4 in.) torn from lower foredge margin of 201/202 (no text loss). Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket slightly edgeworn, with a degree of tanning on spine. Printed in October 1970 : Second impression before publication (9 digit ISBN). This mystery thriller finds Matt Shore flying for a small air-taxi charter firm,...
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SOME DAY TOMORROW

By: Freeling, Nicolas

Price: $13.30

Publisher: New York, St Martin's Minotaur: 2000

Seller ID: 010541

ISBN: 0312262302

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

204pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Plain black boards very good. Leaves clean. Illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edge-creased and mildly indented. "Hubertus van Bijl's family has a long and respected history in the Dutch flower trade . . . through a diary-like narrative, the reader learns that Bert is not the docile botanist he - and everyone who knows him - considers himself to be. In a novel that plumbs the depths of madness, Nicolas Freeling creates his most compelling and disturbing work to date in this chilling examination of crime from the inside out."...
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Category: Fiction- Crime