Search Results: Private Detective from H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller

New York: Pocket Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. The ninth novel in Shamus Awarding-winner Healy's mystery series featuring Boston private detective John Francis Cuddy; bottom of spine of both book and dustjacket bumped, o/w boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Harper & Row, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Good Plus. A very young Sherlock Holmes, a member of the cast performing Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' in New York City, is invited to dinner with Theodore Roosevelt, soon to become New York City Police Commissioner, and both find themselves investigating a murder later that night in Grammercy Park. A well-received pastiche as Jeffers adds his name to list of those seeking to fill the holes in Holmes' life left blank by Conan Doyle's original stories; a remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text and a small, faded area at the base of spine, o/w boards and text are clean, tight and square; the dustjacket shows four small tears at the base of the spine (carefully tape-repaired from the inside), o/w only minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. Farrell's first novel, which introduces Annie McGrogan, New York City actress and part-time private detective.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Farrell's first novel introduces aspiring actress and part-time private detective Annie McGrogan serving as bodyguard to a soap opera star whose husband is murdered in a sleazy East Side New York apartment; spine slightly cocked o/w a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Bantam Books, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The fifth novel in Shamus Award-winning Straley's mystery series featuring Alaskan private detective Cecil Younger, this time aboard a cruise ship investigating the controversy surrounding the ship's doctor; page 39 is dogeared o/w text is clean, tight, square in dustjacket with very slight surface and edgewear.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. The seventh novel in the hip, witty, cosmically cryptic writer's mystery series featuring private detective Kinky Friedman sees the detective Friedman take a break from Big Apple crime to return to Texas looking for his roots only to be asked to take on a Texas-sized crime case that has little old ladies in the vicinity dropping dead at an alarming rate. A remainder mark on the bottom edge of the text, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, and square; the dustjacket shows only very minimal surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. . Good Plus/Very Good. Friedman's seventh novel in his highly-praised humorous mystery series featuring New York City supersleuth Kinky Friedman returning to his Texas hill country roots to learn who is killing all the little old ladies; slight spine lean, one lower corner lightly bumped o/w boards and text are clean, tight; back flap of dustjacket creased, o/w very minimal surface and edgewear.

New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Lyons' seventh novel in his mystery series featuring California private detective Jacob Asch. A collectable copy.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1965. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Mass Market Paperback. Good Plus to Very Good. Vintage paperback, Pyramid R-1166; A Green Door mystery featuring Stout's largely forgotten New York private detective Tecumseh Fox; First Printing of First Pyramid Edition; text is clean, tight, square, age-tanned in pictorial wrappers showing some soiling along spine and on back cover o/w only minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Pyramid Books, 1965. First Edition. . Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine to Fine. vintage paperback, Pyramid R-1166; Stout's "other" New York City private detective, Tecumseh Fox, investigates a case of industrial sabotage that becomes blackmail and murder; mass market paperback, First Edition Thus; lightly age-tanned, clean and tight, appears unread; wrappers show only minor shelfwear. A scarce title. Collectable.

New York: Pocket Books, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. The third book in Doolittle's mystery series featuring Boston private detective Tom Bethany; dustjacket is slightly rubbed, no chips or tears.

New York: Atheneum, 1985. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. the fourth and scarcest novel in Chesbro's mystery-fantasy series featuring dwarf New York City investigator Mongo, this time looking into the death of his nephew, a supposed suicide, that leads him on a bizarre odyssey -- hunting and being hunted by a genius whose experiments with DNA have created strange life forms and who dreams of saving mankind by destroying it; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows only very minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.

New York: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc., 2018. Hardcover. Very Fine/Fine. The 27th book in the award-winning Estleman's long-running mystery-detective series featuring Detroit PI, Amos Walker, this time with a "guest appearance" from another Estleman series -- professional hit man, Peter Macklin. Walker finds himself a target as he serves as bodyguard to Macklin's estranged wife, Laurie, after death threats from Macklin's son, also a professional killer. First edition, first printing. Signed by Estleman on the title page. About 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, 240 pages in black paper-covered boards with yellow lettering on spine. Dustjacket's front panel shows shadowy male figure holding pistol. Lettering is yellow and white. Back panel contains five blurbs of praise for Estleman's writing against a yellow background. This is an unread, undamaged copy with no flaws. Complete, clean and unmarked except for author's signature on title page. Not ex-library, not remaindered. DJ… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. First Printing, First Edition Thus. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Originally written by Christie in 1930 as a three-act play, "Black Coffee," featuring the legendary Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, has here been adapted with the permission of the Christie estate as a 221-page novel by Charles Osborn, a Christie expert as well as a noted theater and opera critic. . Scarce. Collectable.

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Friedman's eleventh mystery featuring ace New York City private detective Kinky Friedman (himself!).

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1998. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Friedman's eleventh novel in his humorous mystery series featuring Kinky Friedman, PI, is a prequel to his earlier books, providing an explanation of how Kinky Friedman, down-and-out country musician, became Kinky Friedman, ace New York City private detective; a Fine copy in like dustjacket.

New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2007. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The tenth novel in the award-winning Mosley's mystery-thriller series featuring African-American private detective Easy Rawlins in 1960s Los Angeles. Rawlins, having just learned his longtime lover is about to marry another man, must still find a missing friend and save another friend from sudden death. Boards and text are clean, unmarked, tight and square; the dustjacket shows only a touch of edgewear. Collectable.

New York: St. Martin's Press, 2012. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. The 27th novel in Haddam's intelligent, highly-praised mystery series featuring former FBI agent-turned-private-detective, Gregor Demarkian. This time Demarkian must pick up the case where the police have been left with two badly burned corpses -- a teenaged boy working at the exclusive country club and a middle-aged woman believed to be having an affair with the boy. The woman's husband is arrested and then it's discovered her body is really the corpse of an unidentified man, leaving a series of puzzles for Demarkian to solve to find the murderer. First Printing, First Edition (stated 1st with complete numberline). 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches, 282 pages in pink paper-covered boards with green lettering on the spine. A tiny light brown stain near bottom edge of fep, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked, not remaindered. The pictorial dustjacket shows only a touch of edge wear at the spine… Read More

New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Fine/Very Fine. Constantine's fifteenth mystery novel set in Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, and featuring Police Chief Mario Balzic, now retired and working as a private investigator; First Printing of the First Edition; Signed by Constantine on the title page; a unread copy. Collectable.

New York: Mysterious Press, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. the fifteenth novel in Constantine's highly-praised mystery series featuring Mario Balzic, police chief of Rocksburg, PA, recently retired, now investigating a gun shop burglary that leads to other crimes; boards and text are clean, tight, square; dustjacket shows some minor surface and edgewear. Collectable.