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Scimitar

By: Abbott, John

Price: $12.50

Publisher: Crown Publishers: 1992

Seller ID: 17627

ISBN: 051758705x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no Dust Jacket

A killer masked in a golden-boy exterior is assigned to hunt down a series of people bound by a small green scimitar tattooed on their chests, while at the same time dodging the advances of an obsessed woman. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 289 pages; 17627T
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The Balloon Man

By: Armstrong, Charlotte

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Coward - Mccann, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 16749

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16749
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Last Man Standing

By: Baldacci, David

Price: $12.95

Publisher: Warner Books: 2001

Seller ID: 15311

ISBN: 0446525804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

8vo 8" - 9" tall; 548 pages; 15311
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The Christmas Train

By: Baldacci, David

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Warner Books: 2002

Seller ID: 19136

ISBN: 0446525731

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Banned from flying after an altercation with airport security, cash-strapped journalist Tom Langdon is forced to take the train to Los Angeles to spend Christmas with his girlfriend, financing the trip by selling a story about a train ride taken during the holiday season; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 260 pages; 19136
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Last Man Standing

By: Baldacci, David

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing: 2001

Seller ID: 30501

ISBN: 0446525804

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Very Good+ Dust Jacket

When Web London's FBI Hostage Negotiation Team is ambushed in a dark alley, Web is the only survivor. As the FBI investigates, suspicion surrounding Web deepens. Now, he needs help from an unlikely ally in his desperate search for the killer of his friends, and finds himself up against a force intent on finishing the job that began in the alley. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 548 pages; 30501
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Saving Faith

By: Baldacci, David

Price: $20.50

Publisher: Warner Books: 1999

Seller ID: 20821

ISBN: 0446525774

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

In a novel of Washington insider intrigue, influence peddlers Danny Buchanan and Faith Lockhart are pitted against one another when the CIA and FBI take an interest in their bribery activities. ; Small 4to - 9" to 11" tall; 451 pages; 20821
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Mayday Man: A Novel Of Nuclear Peril

By: Beecher, William

Price: $16.50

Publisher: Washington, D. C., Brassey's: 1990

Seller ID: 22435

ISBN: 0080367291

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket

SIGNED and inscribed by author. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Beecher sets his first novel in the early '80s. Egyptian radicals, frustrated by Sadat's recent peace with Israel, propose to introduce a nuclear option. Money begged from Libya, plutonium stolen from South Africa and a jetliner hijacked from the Soviet Union give the conspirators a bomb and a delivery system. Can Israeli intelligence--and an American reporter--foil the plan? Beecher, former assistant secretary of defense and longtime foreign correspondent, handles technical details convincingly. He is particularly effective in ...
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The Strange Death Of Mistress Coffin

By: Begiebing, Robert J.

Price: $10.95

Publisher: Algonquin Books: 1991

Seller ID: 12043

ISBN: 0945575564

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good Dust Jacket

17th century New England mystery based on a true story. Boards slightly warped. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 12043
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Biggie And The Fricasseed Fat Man

By: Bell, Nancy

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books: 1998

Seller ID: 22852

ISBN: 031219238X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

When the owner of the new chicken cafe is found shot in the head, Biggie quickly becomes wrapped up in solving the murder and begins an investigation in which no one in town can be excluded from the suspect list. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 211 pages; 22852
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Trent's Last Case

By: Bentley, Edmund Clerihew

Price: $39.00

Publisher: Thomas Nelson & Sons: 1915

Seller ID: 28755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no Dust Jacket

Author's first book and considered the first "modern" detective novel. By the inventor of the clerihew (a form of humorous verse) . Listed in Haycraft-Queen Cornerstones. Spine lettering faded. Rear board split at upper and lower spine edge. Slight slant. Faint stains on rear endpapers. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 377 pages; 28755
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The Bridled Groom

By: Borthwick, J. S.

Price: $10.95

Publisher: NY, St. Martin's: 1994

Seller ID: 21692

ISBN: 0312104359

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket

Coastal Maine provides the setting for the latest mystery featuring English teacher Sarah Deane and Dr. Alex McKenzie, who plan to be married at last, although they have to solve a classic puzzler first. By the author of Dude on Arrival. DJ edgeworn. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 324 pages; 21692
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The Cat Who Brought Down the House

By: Braun, Lilian Jackson

Price: $16.50

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons: 2003

Seller ID: 29143

ISBN: 0399149422

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

Twenty-five years ago, Jim Qwilleran walked into my life...huffing into his large moustache, spelling his name oddly, drinking black coffee at the Press Club bar. He was tall but seemed world-weary. His entire earthly possessions fit into two suitcases. He was a down-and-out crime reporter willing to cover any minor beat if it could get him back into newspapering. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 29143
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A Kiss Remembered

By: Brown, Sandra

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Warner Books: N.D.

Seller ID: 18565

ISBN: 0739426028

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 244 pages; 18565
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The Crush

By: Brown, Sandra

Price: $11.00

Publisher: Warner Books: 2002

Seller ID: 23924

ISBN: 0446527041

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine Dust Jacket

While serving as a juror on a high-profile murder trial, Dr. Rennie Newton, usually cool and reserved, finds herself defending the inalienable rights of the accused-even as his stare unnerves her. Ominously, when she arrives home, five dozen roses are there waiting for her. Now, as she becomes the obsession of Lozada, the accused murderer she helped acquit, Rennie is drawn into a ferocious endgame of vengeance with an embittered cop who wants Lozada-by any means necessary. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 474 pages; 23924
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Shadow Of Cain

By: Bugliosi, Vincent (with Ken Hurwitz)

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, W. W. Norton & Company: 1981

Seller ID: 25799

ISBN: 0393014665

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Previous owner's cataloging dot taped to spine of DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 309 pages; 25799
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Sunset Limited

By: Burke, James Lee

Price: $13.50

Publisher: Doubleday: 1998

Seller ID: 17209

ISBN: 0385488424

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket

A gripping tale of racial violence, class warfare, and the sometimes cruel legacy of Southern history, Sunset Limited is a stunning achievement, confirming Burke's place as one of America's premier stylists as well as master storytellers. "Not since Raymond Chandler has anyone so thoroughly reinvented the crime and mystery genre," said novelist Jim Harrison, and in Sunset Limited Burke continues to carve out new territory. Small tear at head of DJ. ; 8vo - 8" to 9" tall; 309 pages; 17209
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The Emperor Of Ocean Park

By: Carter, Stephen L.

Price: $8.10

Publisher: Vintage: 2002

Seller ID: 23424

ISBN: 0375712925

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

After the death of his father, the flamboyant and controversial Judge Oliver Garland, his son Talcott must unravel the truth about his father's life, a quest that brings him face to face with old scandals and family secrets. ; Vintage Contemporaries Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 657 pages; 23424
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