Search Results: Murders And Mysteries from Books in Bulgaria

London: Black Swan. Very Good. 2009. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Light reading and cover creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 608 pages; As a young boy Jordan was expelled from his family's secretive polygamous Mormon sect. Now he returns to Utah, for the first time in many years, because his father has been found shot dead. The person accused of his murder is one of his many wives - Jordan's mother... .

London: The Book Club. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1959. Reprint. Hardcover. Book Club Edition . Missing DJ, spine lightly sunned. One ink name inside, minor foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Green cloth boards with black lettering to spine. ; 256 pages; A murder on a trian is witnessed by a friend of Miss Marple, but no body is found. So Miss Marple arranges for it to be looked for, successfully of course! .

London: Hodder. Very Good. 2015. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Some reading and light cover ceases, some shelf and edge wear, slightly cocked spine. ; First printing of Hodder paperback edition with number 1, 2015. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover photos courtesy of automara/plainpicture and Shaun Lowe / Getty Images. ; The Inspector Banks Series; Vol. 22; 384 pages; When DCI Banks and his team are called to investigate the theft of a tractor from a North Yorkshire village, they're far from enthusiastic about what seems to be a simple case of rural crime. Then a blood stain is found in an abandoned hangar, two main suspects vanish without a trace, and events take a darkly sinister turn... .

London: Arrow. Very Good+; Minor reading creases. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks . inside.. 2002. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 442 pages; Minty Knox, 37 years old and never had a boyfriend. A shy inocent soul who's been left a house by her aunt and a few thousand in the bank. A perfect target for an unscrupulous con-man. ; 0099426196 .

London: Harper. New. 2013. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. First printing of Harper reissue paperback edition with number one, 2013. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover design and photo uncredited. ; The Dalziel and Pascoe Mysteries; Vol. 2; 352 pages; Superintendent Andy Dalziel has a strong dislike of students, but, contrary to rumour, he doesn't actually believe in killing them. The discovery of a body buried under a statue at Holm Coultram College prompts a full investigation that adds murder to the usual student diet of illicit sex and witches' Sabbaths. His colleague Peter Pascoe takes a lighter view on education, but an equally dim view on murder. Nevertheless, he finds time to rekindle an old faculty flame, while Dalziel sparks a student protest. All seems to be going as expected when another body is found... .

London: John Murray. Good+. 1968. Reprint; Fifth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading and cover creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny splits at sine extremities, small ink initials to front endpaper. ; Nice tight copy. Cover artwork uncredited. ; 248 pages; The first collection of twelve Sherlock Holmes short stories that originally appeared in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia". .

London: Mayflower. Very Good; Light foxing to inside covers, endpapers and edges of reading . block. ; Nice tight copy, no names inside, appears unread. Cover artwork . uncredited.. 1976. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . First Printing; 480 pages; A brutal murder, an arrest, interogation, confession, trial, conviction, and a sentence of death in the electric chair. But prompted by a new ambitious lawyer, the convicted man appeals. Guthrie needs this case, not just to win it, but to engineer a long drawn out suspenseful drama and then win in a blaze of publicity to become one of the star defenders whose names flourish in the headlines across the nation. And watching, waiting his time, is the judge, a former close friend of Guthrie's, who knows that in this odyssey through the courts the most likely losers will be truth and justice. ; 0583125433 .

London: Pan Books. Very Good-. 2002. Reprint; Sixth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading and cover corner creases, cocked spine, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Sixth printing of Pan mass market edition, 2002. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design uncredited with photo courtesy of Andrew Sanderson/Trevillion Picture Library. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; An Inspector Banks Mystery; 528 pages; Number 35, the Hill. An ordinary house in an ordinary street. But it is about to become infamous. When two police constables are sent to the house following a report of a domestic disturbance, they stumble upon a truly horrific scene. A scene which leaves one of them dead and the other fighting for her life and career. The identity of a serial killer, the Chameleon, has finally been revealed. But his capture is only the beginning of a shocking investigation that will test Inspector Alan Banks to the absolute limit... .

London: Constable. New. 2015. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. First printing in this edition with full number line, 2015. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new book. Cover design by Hannah Wood with illustration by Gina and Matt. ; The Agatha Raisin Series; 256 pages; The local ladies all deem Mr John a wizard, so when Agatha finds a few grey hairs on her head - and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple - she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser. And as well as sorting out her hair it soon becomes clear the charming man also has designs on her heart - but their future together is cut short when Mr John is fatally poisoned in his salon... .

London: Robinson Publishing. Very Good. 2006. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases, slight rubs to corners of slightly slanted spine, paper lightly edge toned. ; Fourth printing of Robinson mass market edition, 2006. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design by Joe Roberts with artwork by Francis Farmar. ; The Agatha Raisin Series; Vol. 14; 288 pages; Reports of a haunted house soon have amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin snooping around, only to discover the victim is a universally disliked old biddy and someone is playing a practical joke. But then the old lady is murdered - but for Agatha, solving a crime is much more fun than ghostbusting! Very soon she's up to her usual tricks, involving the villagers, local police, and, naturally, her handsome new neighbour... .

London: Constable & Robinson Ltd.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2008. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ. ; First UK edition, first printing with no other printings listed. Dark blue cloth boards with green lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. DJ artwork by Joe Roberts. ; The Agatha Raisin Series; Vol. 19; 208 pages; Agatha Raisin gets involved when a local jam making competition is hit by tragedy as someone spikes the preserves with LSD! .

London: Robinson Publishing. Very Good. 2006. Reprint; Fourth Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases, corner crease to rear cover, slight rubs to corners of slightly slanted spine, minor foxing to edges of reading block. ; Fourth printing of Robinson mass market edition, 2006. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Cover design by Joe Roberts with artwork by Francis Farmar. ; The Agatha Raisin Series; Vol. 13; 272 pages; Amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating new curate. But when she meets the golden-haired, blue-eyed Tristan Delon, she is swept off her feet... along with every other female in her little village. She is positively ecstatic when he invites her to dine with him, but the next day Agatha is nursing a hangover from hell and someone has done for the curate during the night. So, once again, Agatha is in the frame for murder! .

London: Robinson Publishing. Very Good. 2010. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Some reading creases and shelf wear, slightly slanted spine, top fore corner slightly thumbed, light foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Robinson mass market edition with full number line,2010. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by Pete Rozycki with artwork by Alice Tait. ; The Agatha Raisin Series; 320 pages; Can the feisty Agatha cut it as a private investigator? She soon learns that running her own detective agency in the Cotswolds is not quite like starring in a Raymond Chandler movie. But then in walks wealthy divorcee Catherine Laggat-Brown, and Agatha is given her first real case. Death threats, blackmail and physical attack soon follow, and once again Agatha is off scouring the countryside for clues and showing friends and enemies alike what Raisin Investigations can do! .

London: Max Reinhardt. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1972. First British Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Missing DJ, corners lightly bumped, light foxing to edges of reading block. ; Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. ; 240 pages; Anthology of eleven detective stories including work by Agatha Christie, Erle Stanley Gardner, August Derleth, Michael Gilbert, Ellery Queen, Leslie Charteris, and John Dickson Carr. .

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First British Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Light shelf to unclipped DJ with tiny ding to spine, some foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fourth impression of first UK edition. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover artwork Head of a girl in a green dress by Dante Gabriel Rosetti. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 480 pages; Fictionalised account regarding an actual case from the 19th century. Young housemaid Grace Marks was charged and convicted of the murder of her employer, Thomas Kinnear, and his housekeeper, Nancy Mongomery. Years later, Dr Simon Jordan, an up-and-coming expert in the new field of psychology listens as she tells the story of her life. .

London: Coronet Books. Very Good. 1973. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Light reading creases and edge wear, small ink mark to front endpaper. ; First printing of Coronet mass market edition, 1973. Nice tight copy, no names inside. ; The Inspector West Series; Vol. 39; 192 pages; A brazen girl in the witness box brings West to the brink of ruin. .

London: Warner Books. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1995. Reprint; Third Printing. Paperback. Minor shelf wear to unclipped DJ, light reading creases, paper slightly edge toned. ; Third printing, 1995. Pictorial paperback wraps with gilt lettering to front and spine. Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside. Cover photo detail from The Street by Alfred Stieglitz, July 1903. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; 544 pages; A crime as old as the hills, and a solution so new it hasn't even been thought of... .

London: Little, Brown & Company. Near Fine. 1992. First British Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB . Nice tight flat copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread and near as new. Cover photo by Adrian Mott. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Scarpetta Series; 384 pages; Someone is stalking young courting couples, taking their lives, and eight times Chief Medical Examiner, Dr Kay Scarpetta, has to write "cause of death - undetermined". So when the next girl to go missing is the daughter of one of the most powerful women in America, Kay finds herself the focus of political presssure and press harassment. And a sadistic killer is still at large... .

London: Hodder. New. 2009. Reprint; Sixteenth Printing. Paperback. Sixteenth printing of Hodder paperback edition, 2009. Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside. Brand new unopened book. Cover photos courtesy of Getty Images and Marcus Haydock/Millennium Images. Very heavy book and priced accordingly. ; The Inspector Banks Series; Vol. 18; 528 pages; The death is clearly suicide. And even when a second body is found, it still seems a straightforward case: a jealous man has killed his lover and then committed suicide. Hardly worth DCI Alan Banks cutting short his weekend. But when Banks is pulled off the investigation soon after he discovers that the murder victim wasn't all he appeared to be his alarm bells start ringing. This case is far from closed, and Banks is determined to get to the truth - whatever the risk... .

London: Warner Books. Near Fine. 1995. Reprint. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. Cover photograph by Oliver Hunter. ; 304 pages; A country village, a family home, a quiet evening. But when two armed intruders break into the Jarvises' country house the lives of Derek, his wife Janet and daughter Hannah are to be changed forever. The fact that Derek made no attempt to stop Hannah from being raped shatters the family more than the actual violation. When the rapist is freed from prison, seeking revenge one of the family decides to apply their own justice in a way that the criminal justice system failed to do. .