Search Results: Mystery & Thrillers / Other from Mistymornin Books

Arbor House. Good in Good dust jacket. 1972. Hardcover. Ex-Library; 19 oz.; 286 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ library markings some edge/DJ wear good clean/solid reading copy. The classic New York Times–bestselling tale of suspense and intrigue that takes readers behind the scenes of the secretive billion-dollar diamond business.... From a centuries-old building on a narrow street in the heart of London, a firm known as the System, the world’s most lucrative and least-known cartel, maintains a stranglehold on the world’s diamonds. The company selects the stones a customer can buy and decides how much he must pay for the privilege. One dealer is tired of the game, and so he sets out to destroy the System forever. With the help of his mistress, Chesser sketches a plan to infiltrate the offices at 11 Harrowhouse—and make off with every diamond the System owns. But this billion-dollar heist is not as simple as it seems, for the System is always watching. .

Simon & Schuster Audio. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2009. Audio Book. Nick Quinn; CD; Vol. 1; 13 oz.; Good+ ex library Unabridged 10 CDs in hard case all good clean condition. Book 1 Nick Quinn Trille. Nick Quinn is being held in jail, accused of his wife Julia's murder. He knows she's dead; he saw her bloody corpse. But he's innocent. .

Lionsgate Home Entertainment. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2007. Non-Book. DVD; 8 oz.; 2 DVD in original case with original slip cover. .

Brilliance Audio. Good in Fair dust jacket. 1994. Audio Book. 1561003727 . Ex-Library; 7 oz.; Ex library Abridged Audio Book 2 Cassettes 3 hrs in case w/library markings tapes play well. Marcus Graver doesn't believe that investigator Arthur Tisler's death was a suicide. In his search for truth, Detective Graver enters a shadowy world of corruption and danger that ultimately reveals a link between the government and one of the worlds most ruthless criminals. .

Thomas Nelson Inc. Good+. 1993. Paperback. 0840777965 . Dead Air; Vol. 2; 19 oz.; 312 pages; PB read once? Good++ cover some wear owner's name written 1st end page. Larson's compelling novel about the dangers of occult activity and its influences on today's teens is the sequel to Dead Air. Wes Bender finds himself in a race against time to save his stepdaughter from destruction at the hands of a death metal band, whose singer has brainwashed the minds of helpless teens. .

Scholastic. Fair. 1995. Paperback. Goosebumps; Vol. 38; 6 oz.; 127 pages; Aged storage curve PB sticker residue solid reading copy only. Goosebumps #38. Becoming sick of the endless hot weather in their Pasadena home, siblings Jordan and Nicole Blake wish for a real winter and are delighted with an Alaskan family vacation, until they come face-to-face with the Abominable Snowman. .

Harperaudio. Good in Good dust jacket. 2002. Audio Book. 0060083425 . Ex-Library; 11 oz.; Ex library Abridged Audio book w/library markings in clamshell case w/artwork tapes play great 6 hrs 4 cassettes read by J. K. Simmons. On one of the coldest nights in Minnesota history, the difference between life and death is literally the blink of an eye for Phil Broker, until recently St. Paul's most successful undercover cop. That blink will convey the urgent warning of a comatose man who knows the dark truth binding Broker to a remarkable cast of characters -- a weary anesthesiologist, a brilliant surgeon, a wealthy novelist, his ex-wife (a reformed exotic dancer) and her unrepentant pimp. .

Harper. Very Good-. 2010. Paperback. 0061782203 . 11 oz.; 432 pages; VG- PB Read once light lean. A new star in the thriller firmament, Steven Gore brings back investigator Graham Gage for a second assignment (after Final Target) —as Gage and his wife are caught up in the lethal machinations of a worldwide financial plot rooted in China. Absolute Risk, like its acclaimed predecessor, is an international thriller for grown-ups: riveting, surprising, intelligent, and frighteningly believable. .

Carina Press. Very Good. 2014. Paperback. 0373002394 . 9 oz.; 376 pages; PB 1 spine crease lightly aged. When security expert Jason Templeton's team is ambushed while protecting a weapons manufacturer vital to U. S. Interests, he risks his life to save the man's daughter…and loses. Unbeknown to Jason, his mentor had been funding experimental medical procedures after losing his young wife. Using the untested drugs, Jason is brought back to life, stronger and faster than before, but also vulnerable in new ways. He's determined to find the traitor in their midst, who is after the miracle drug. .

Random House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1968. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. 14 oz.; 217 pages; VG- HC no DJ BCE very nice clean/tight copy. A novel about a terrifying courtship. Nick Sheldon, a promising young medic, rather than jeopardize his career, permits a man to die in the park unattended (a coronary) , then knifes in a subway the girl who had been his inadvertent witness. Later meeting and attracting her roommate, he offers his help in her determination to find the killer the police have long since given up on. But, with her growing conviction of his guilt, it is only as his wife that she can be safe -- and he can remain free. .

New American Library. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2007. Hardcover. 0739489461 . 14 oz.; 278 pages; HC w/DJ only slight reading wear/aging intials 1st end page very nice clean/tight condition. Mysteryshopper Series #3. Someone has killed Halley Hardwicke, a hot young designer, in the mall parking lot--and police have their eye on Jake, the husband of Josies best friend Alyce. It seems Halley and Jake were a little too neighborly. So Josie decides to do what she does best to help out her friend. Includes shopping tips. .

Signet Classic. Very Good-. 1965. Mass Market Paperback. 8 oz.; 287 pages; Vg- PB aged initialed 1st end page nice clean/tight condition for age. .

E P Dutton. Good in Good dust jacket. 1974. Hardcover. 0841502528 . Ex-Library; 41 oz.; 565 pages; Ex library HC w/DJ 1st end page removed library markings o/w good clean/tight condition. The chief justice of the Supreme Court is shot down in full view of millions of television views. His killer, a deputy sheriff in a midwestern city, shot for no apparent reason. And, while the assassin is a nonentity, the criminal trial that follows attracts big-very big-attention. .

Thomas Nelson On Brilliance Audio. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2013. Audio Book. 1480545589 . CD; 14 oz.; Good+ Ex Library Unabridged 9 CDs in hard case all in good clean condition. Dark waters are rising. Who will stay afloat? Architect Vance Nolan has crafted a marvel - shining apartments floating in the peaceful cove of a winding river. The project is partially occupied and about to make investors rich when a sinkhole gives way. Torrential rains quickly flood the cove, leaving a handful of builders, investors, and residents cut off from the rest of the world. The motley group is bitterly divided over how to survive. Vance insists they wait for rescue. Developer Tony Dean wants to strike out into the darkness. And single-mom Danielle Clement, obligated to each man and desperate to protect her young son, Simeon, isn’t sure which one is wiser.Power failure, an unnatural daytime darkness, explosions, and a murder expose hidden intentions and dark histories. Then Simeon spots something… Read More

Dell. Good. 1975. Vintage. Paperback. 1588279235 . 6 oz; 191 pages; PB '75 ED aging/shelf wear name on front cover story nice clean/tight early ED Dell '75. American writer of mystery novels known for their humor and ingenuity. The novel begins: By the bequest of an elder brother, I was left enough money to see me through a small college in Ohio, and to secure me four years in a medical school in the East. Why I chose medicine I hardly know. Possibly the career of a surgeon attracted the adventurous element in me. Perhaps, coming of a family of doctors, I merely followed the line of least resistance. It may be, indirectly but inevitably, that I might be on the yacht Ella on that terrible night of August 12, more than a year ago. .

Harper. As New in As New dust jacket. 2018. Hardcover. 0062339702 . Remainder; 24 oz.; 404 pages; New HC w/DJ w/remainder mark bottom page edge. From the author of the international bestseller The Swede comes an electrifying thriller set in the terrorist- and pirate-infested world of the Horn of Africa—where the sea caresses the desert, alliances shift like sand, and a Swedish detective can count on nothing but his own shrewdness to survive. A Swedish army lieutenant drops dead on a shooting range in the desert. Was it an unfortunate accident—or something more nefarious? Ernst Grip, an agent of the Swedish security police, is sent to the Horn of Africa to find out. Once he’s on the ground, however, he quickly discovers he’s on his own. No one wants him snooping around—especially not the U. S. Embassy’s CIA station. Which is no surprise, given that military transport planes are leaving from the base carrying untraceable pallets loaded with cash. .

Brilliance Audio. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 2012. Audio Book. 146924697X . 10 oz.; Good+ Ex Library Unabridged 8 CDs in hard case all in good clean condition. Nick Copeland has lost his mind only twice in his forty-eight years-once in college on a bad acid trip, and once at this very moment, as the mountain of bills he’s been hiding from his family finally topples. But Nick’s chance meeting with an old friend, Rob Johnson, pulls on the memory wires. Rob-who’s already lost his wife and job-seems resigned to a life of basic cable and Chinese takeout. Suddenly, the answer to their problems arrives: two airtight jars of high-grade heroin they’d buried under the football field of their old college campus. .

Random House Books for Young Readers. Very Good. 1983. Paperback. 0394856228 . 9 oz.; 213 pages; Unread/Unmarked PB aged light shelf wear very nice condition. Sinister apparitions and other unnatural phenomena terrify unsuspecting citizens as avenging spirits seek retribution for their unhappy lives. .

Bantam. Good. 1995. Mass Market Paperback. 0553572997 . 12 oz.; 599 pages; PB read once aged clean/tight reading copy. The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. .

Manor Books. Very Good-. 1974. Paperback. 0532152379 . 7 oz.; 224 pages; VG- PB aged some shelf wear spot back cover nice clean/tight condition. Originally published in the 1960s, this collection of stories by the author of the Albert Campion mystery novels displays the writer's sense of the fantastic. .