MYSTERY from Barbara Bilson Books

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998. Near fine (a few lightly soiled pages--the previous owner liked to read with pencil in hand--gasp!--but I think we got them all) in near fine dust jacket (lightly rubbed). A group of thirteen short stories, all with a horse racing setting and mostly in England (one at the Kentucky Derby). Interesting to see… Read more about this item

New York: St. Martin's, 2003. Fine in fine dust jacket. Evanovich really knows how to open a mystery: this one has an opening that you are not likely to forget! Good plot, amazing and often hilarious characters --Grandma Mazur and Lula are wonderful. (Incidentally, our scan is off on the color; for some reason, the orange shows up as pink… Read more about this item

New York: Morrow, 2005. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (tiny bit of edgewear at the top of the spine, otherwise fine all around). Author's first book. Fine mystery with a really abominable villain you won't forget.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St. Martin's, 2004. Near fine (small dent in top edge of rear cover) in fine dust jacket. Tenth Stephanie Plum mystery. Lots of fun. You meet the usual cast of crazies, including Plum's gun-toting grandmother and Lula the spandexed assistant who has developed a new move for subduing bondees--she falls on them; find out more about the mysterious… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Row, 1987. Very good (few light spots on cover and page edges) in fine dust jacket. A volume in the Harper Short Novel Series (80 pages with several striking black-and-white illustrations). Hard to categorize this tale of suspense and growing mental disturbance. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by George Underwood.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1966. Very good (very slightly cocked) in very good- dust jacket (spine darkened, slightly soiled, closed tear at back fold but protected by clear Brodart cover). The New York Times called this "the major spy novel of 1966." An ex-O.S.S. man who seeks revenge against the ex-S.S. man who tortured and killed his wife during the… Read more about this item

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1990. NF (edgewear at spine) in VG dust jacket (lightly wrinkled).. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996. Originally serialized in The Miami Herald, published here for the first time in book form. Thirteen mystery writers who call Florida home each contribute a chapter, supposedly advancing the story. Much fun. Chapters from Dave Barry, Elmore Leonard, Edna Buchanan, James W. Hall, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, and others. Carl Hiaasen's name appears… Read more about this item

New York: Villard Books, 1989. Fine in fine dust jacket. A Kiernan O'Shaughnessy mystery set in California and involving the mysterious death of a Catholic priest. First edition, second printing. The first in the author's Kiernan O'Shaughnessy series. A woman medical examiner turned sleuth.. Hard Cover.

London: Collins/Crime Club, 1972. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. A Hercule Poirot mystery.. 1st British edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Arbor House , 1987. Very good (faintly foxed top page edges) in fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author on half title and dated 1/87, the year of publication. A limited first edition was published by Mysterious Press. The "bandits" are a bunch of amateurs who want to steal several million dollars raised to help the Contras, a newsworthy… Read more about this item

New York: Ballantine Books, 1992. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. Near fine in fine dust jacket. An Elizabeth MacPherson mystery. . Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Rutland VT: Chas Tuttle , 1978. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Henry Holt, 1988. True first printing of first edition.Stated "First Edition" on copyright page, and full printing number line present with "1". Number sequence at bottom of dust jacket flap: 0588 Near fine in very good+ dust jacket (price-clipped, some darkening to edges, mild edgewear at bottom of spine). . 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1997. By the author of "Murder at the MLA." Very fine in very fine dust jacket. New Agers get a going-over in this mystery featurIng Nancy Cook, a Chaucer scholar from Yale who gets involved with Santa Fe New Agers and a murder plot.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Dutton, 1994. Fine in fine dust jacket. No remainder marks. A mystery set in Southern California featuring a woman probation officer as heroine.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: St Martin's, 1999. Very fine in very fine dust jacket. SIGNED by author. A Marti Macalister mystery, the adventures of a black female police detective.. Signed by Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine/Very Fine.

New York: Random House, 1983. Very good (a few light foxing spots on page edges, otherwise clean and bright) in fine dust jacket. 345 pages including index, bibliography, and notes. This renowned novelist and screenwriter turns to a biography of a notable American writer famous for "The Maltese Falcon" and other novels.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Illus. by Photographs.

New York: E. P. Dutton (A Henry Robbins Book), 1986. Very good+ (a bit "dusty" on page edges) in very good dust jacket (light edgewear, small bookstore sticker on rear panel; not price-clipped). Looks very crisp and new in a Brodart clear cover. The 8th Amanda Cross mystery.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.

New York: Otto Penzler Books, 1995. Near fine (a bit of foxing on page edges) in near fine dust jacket (the Brodart cover protects and disguises the slight impression of a paperclip on the dust jacket; otherwise fine). A Lewis Cole mystery set on the New England coast.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover.