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London, United Kingdom: Signet, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 448 pages. A terrifying childhood abduction has left California cop Rachel Simmons with a burning desire to see the law upheld. And nothing will stand in her way - not even the abuse of authority she witnesses at the hands of a fellow officer. Now Rachel has violated the most sacred law within their ranks - the blue code of si lence. But it isn't until she is framed for attempted murder and the lives of her children are threatened that she realizes she can trust no one - not even the ambitious D.A. who seems to offer her a way out. For Rachel Simmons, justice has become the most dangerous ideal of all..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group, 1996. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 446 pages. Also inculdes 15 more pages of the beginning of the 2nd book A Light in the Window. Combining the stellar script-adaptation skills of award-winning writer Paul McCusker with the best-selling novel by Jan Karon, Radio Theatre's At Home in Mitford will leave listeners longing for more. Set in the charming village of Mitford, this book will delight listeners as it draws them into the life of Father Tim, an Episcopal rector who finds himself running on empty and longing for change. His bachelor existence is changed and enriched by a lovable cast of characters, including a stray dog, a lonely boy, and a comely neighbor. Father Tim, a cherished small-town rector, is the steadfast soldier in this beloved slice of life story set in an American village where the grass is still green, the pickets are still white, and the air still smells sweet. The rector's forthright secretary, Emma… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 1987. Half-Leather. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0399132260. "Here is a story which will keep every reader on the very edge of his seat until the last page is turned". " Violence streaks like lightning in a race to the death when Dick Francis pits good ag ainst evil as only he can."Slight spine slant. Prev. owner's name on FFep. Jacket rubbed near bottom of spine..

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division, 1997. Trade Paperback. Fine. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop - the only bookshop - in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites the hostility of the town's less prosperous shopkeepers. By daring to enlarge her neighbors' lives, she crosses Mrs. Gamart, the local arts doyenne. Her warehouse leaks, her cellar seeps, and the shop is apparently.haunted. Only too late does she begin to suspect the truth: that a town that lacks a bookshop isn't always a town that wants one. 123 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avon Books, 1989. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "She held the world's most fabulous treasure in her hands." The House of Uni was known for rare jewelry masterpieces, and Cella Taggard was heir-apparent to the legendary fortune. Then a shocking secret - and a senseless murder - threatened to bring her world crashing down.The scandal threatened not only the business, but Cell a's own chance for happiness with the man she loved. Only by confronting her rivals head on, by becoming as ruthless as they, could she save her legacy and claim the future that was rightfully hers..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Back Bay Books, 2001. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. It is 1910 Vienna, and a woman's body has been found in the Volksgarten. She is Dora--Freud's famous patient. The Inspector (whose name we never learn) is painstakingly trying to put together the circumstances of her death with the help of the principles outlined in the 1901 book System der Kriminalistik, the first tome to attempt a psychological approach to understanding crime. The Inspector's wife, Erszébet, meanwhile, is drawn to this murder for reasons she doesn't understand and decides to investigate using her own methodology, derived from the Gypsy folklore she grew up with in Hungary. What separates The Fig Eater from ordinary mystery fiction is the look it offers at detective work in the early 20th century, as the methods used moved from folklore and ignorance to the scientific. Photography of the era often resulted in the loss of fingers. Forensic methods so… Read More

Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Publications, Inc. 1969. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 32 Pages of exciting pictures from the most talked about movie of our time! 446 pages. More than thirty years ago, a classic was born. A searing novel of the Mafia underworld, The Godfather introduced readers to the first family of American crime fiction, the Corleones-and became the definitive novel of the virile, violent subculture that remains steeped in intrigue, in controversy, and in our collective consciousness. Some light rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine and some places on outside edges. Spine is creased. Rear cover top edge near spine has is bumped with a 1/16" closed tear..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Plume, 1998. Trade Paperback. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In Le Divorce, Diane Johnson delightfully recounts the adventures of two sisters from California who make a modern pilgrimage to the City of Light. Pregnant and abandoned by her French husband, Roxeanne Walker de Persand turns to her younger sister, Isabel, for support, while the powerful Persand family exerts subtle but firm control over her decision whether or not to divorce. Complicating matters is the disposition of a family heirloom, a painting in Roxy's possession that is suddenly discovered to be worth millions. In the midst of a variety of schemes, the stakes are suddenly raised by a crime of passion, disrupting everyone's motives and plans. Not since Edith Wharton penned her brilliant portraits of Americans abroad has an American novelist so perfectly captured the possibilities and perils of succumbing to the allure of Paris. 309 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The Long Night of White Chickens is a novel truely born of two worlds: it is the story of Roger Graetz, raised in a Boston suburb by an aristocrat Guatemalan mother, and his relationship with Flor de Mayo, the beautiful young Guatemalan orphan sent by his grandmother to live with his family as a maid. When, years later in the 1980s, Flor is murdered in Guatemala while running an orphanage, Roger returns to uncover the truth of her death. There he is reunited with Luis Moya, a childhood friend, and together they venture on a quest and chronicle of Flow's whole life story that will prove to have unexpected, and unforgettable, repercussioins. 450 pages. 1" crease on bottom right corner of front cover. Slight rubbing on 4 outside corner tips..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf Incorporated, 1998. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Trade. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In the year 2000, Senator Kerry Kilcannon's insurgent campaign against the Vice President has come down to the last 7 days remaining until the California Presidential Primary. Kerry's problems are shown as formidable, and this narrative is intertwined with scenes from Kerry's past. How will he re-evaluate his life, and the terrible cost of his ambition? .497 pages..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Dell Publishing Co. 1996. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer.except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he's in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous million-dollar war of nerves, skill and outright violence--a fight that could cost one young lawyer his life, or turn him into the biggest rainmaker in the land. 598 pages. Some light rubbing on top & bottom & edges of spine, and 4… Read More

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1988. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "My name is Yanan and my story begins where it will end.She was born over 20,000 years ago, in a lodge on the ice-swept tundra, in a land where death was always near. Her people were hunters, living in kinship with the tigers and the wolves, struggling trhough the long winters when meat and wood were scarce.rejoicing in the brief, glorious summers. And in this land of great and terrible beauty, Yanan survived to womanhood - passionate and brave, richly sensuous and dangerously proud. From the perils of the hunt to the tomelss wonders of love and marriage, birth and death, Yanan's life was a grand and thrilling adventure in a harsh, magnificent world.Enter her world, Live her adventure. You will never forget the journey." "Reindeer Moon vividly portrays the scent and sight and sound of this ice age world.a marvelous, moving book." 393 pages. Spined is creased..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Putnam Publishing Group, The, 1997. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 308 p. A Spenser Novel, in which the popular private eye is hired by a prestigious Boston law firm to assure that a convicted bad guy w as the real murderer. Ellis Alves, a bad kid with a very long record, is suspected of killing Melissa Henderson, a white coed from snazzy Pemberton College. Alves' former lawyers think he was framed, and they hire Spenser to look into the matter. Pairing up with Hawk, his intrepid helper, they find a trail that leads from Boston to Manhattan's ritzier places where corrupted lawmen and spoiled ric h kids with nasty habits abound. Corruption is one thing, attempted murder is another as an assassin shoots Spenser. He just barely makes it, goes into hiding temporaril y while he plots how to bring d own the shooter..

Wings Books, 1995. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 854 pages. The New York Times calls Maeve Binchy, "a remarkably gifted writer . . . a wonderful student of human nature." Engrossing, beguiling, compassionate, and humorous, these bestsellers present an array of characters that are heartwarming and unforgettable. Includes The Lilac Bus, Firefly Summer, and Silver Wedding. From the Publisher The New York Times calls Maeve Binchy "A remarkably gifted writer.a wonderful student of human nature". Engrossing, beguiling, compassionate, and even humorous, this best-selling author creates characters who are heartwarming and unforgettable in The Lilac Bus, Firefly Summer, and Silver Wedding. Bottom of spine slightly bumped..