Suspense from Murder By The Book
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TELL THEM WHATS-HER-NAME CALLED
by Davis, Mildrted
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1974
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- 9780394495095
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$24.27
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N.Y.: Random House, 1974. First edition, so stated. Slight lean, edges sunned, else very good in lightly soiled dust jacket. A student whose mother died under mysterious circumstances begins to suspect a murderer in the midst of her small college circle of friends and acquaintances when others start to have mysterious "accidents" all with… Read more about this item Item Price
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FIREFOX DOWN!
by Thomas, Craig
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1983
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- 9780553050431
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$32.36
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N.Y.: Bantam Books, 1983. First Edition, October 1983. Sunned at edges, light wear else very good in dust jacket, a couple of closed tears along top edge, a few nicks else very good. Forced to crash land the top secret fighter he has stolen from the Russians, in a remote area of Finland,… Read more about this item Item Price
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SNOW FALCON
by Thomas, Craig
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1980
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- 9780030454967
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N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980. First American Edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Top of pages dusty, slight slant else near fine in dust jacket, one small closed tear, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "Kenneth Aubrey, head of SIS, sends an agent into Finnish Lapland to check up on some… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CANNIBAL HEART
by Millar, Margaret
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- Good-Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1949
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NZ$121.36
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N.Y.: Random House, 1949. First edition, so stated. Color variation to boards, very light edge wear in dust jacket, unclipped, $2.50 price intact, piece out at head of spine, a few closed tears, rubbed and soiled at rear. Millar gazes unflinchingly at the psychology of a deranged adult and their struggle to control their basest impulses. Suspenseful to the last,… Read more about this item Item Price
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SO MANY STEPS TO DEATH
by Christie, Agatha
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1st US Edition
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- 1955
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NZ$161.81
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N.Y.: Dodd Mead & Company, 1955. 1st U.S. Edition, (British title: Destination Unknown, Collins, 1954). Orange cloth, titles in black on spine with Dodd's colophon at spine and front cover. Spine slightly slanted, light edgewear else a very good, solid copy in dust jacket. Jacket has chipping along all edges, 3/4" piece out on bottom of spine, small piece out… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE 7TH PASSENGER
by MacGowan, Alice and Perry Newberry
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- Used - Very Good
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- No Jacket
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- First Edition
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- 1926
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NZ$80.90
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N.Y.: Fredrick A. Stokes Company, 1926. First edition. Orange cloth with black lettering. Spine lightly faded, corners bumped, covers lightly soiled, a very good, solid copy. Features Jerry Boyne; San Francisco, CA; 1907. Jerry Boyne who investigates the mysterious disappearance, in the middle of his re-election campaign, of District Attorney Ross Garrett, and in doing so, he uncovers a web… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FEVER TREE: And Other Stories of Suspense
by Rendell, Ruth
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1982
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- 9780394529165
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- 1
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N.Y.: Pantheon Books, 1982. First American Edition, so stated. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Eleven masterful, eerie suspense tales by the outstanding English mystery writer show what happens when the sinister thoughts of ordinary people are unleashed . First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Montiel, David. Book. Item Price
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THE KEYS TO THE STREET: A Novel of Suspense
by Rendell, Ruth
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- Used - Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1996
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- 9780517706855
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NZ$40.45
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N.Y.: Crown Publiishers, Inc., 1996. First American edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in slightly rubbed dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. "In a story that commands -- and fully rewards-- intense engagement from its readers, Rendell (The Crocodile Bird; Simisola) once again proves an astute, intense… Read more about this item Item Price
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CRAIG AND THE TUNISIAN TANGLE
by Benton, Kenneth
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1975
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- Hardcover
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- 9780802753045
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NZ$19.42
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N.Y.: Walker and Company, 1975. 1st US edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Soiled along edges, page edges age spotted in dust jacket with rubbing to folds, lightly soiled. Peter Craig in Tunisia. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Book. Item Price
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THE LIGHTHOUSE: A Novel of Terror
by Pronzini, Bill and Marcia Muller
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- Used - Good
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1987
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- Hardcover
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- 9780312001506
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- 1
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N.Y.: Saint Martin's Press, 1987. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Page edges lightly soiled else fine in near fine dust jacket, scratch at front and small tear at rear, rubbed at extremeties, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Two outstanding contributors to the world of mystery fiction combine their talents once… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MAN WITHIN
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Very Good-Near Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1958
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- Paperback
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$12.14
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N.Y.: Berkley Books, 1958. 1st pbk. Berkley G-146 [.35 cover price]. Vintage Paperback. Reading crease, spine edge lightly rubbed, a few creases. Francis Andrews is a reluctant smuggler living in the shadow of his brutish father’s legacy. To exorcise the ghosts of the man he loathes, Andrews betrays his colleagues to authorities and takes flight… Read more about this item Item Price
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FAIR GAME [aka A Running Duck] **AWARD WINNER**
by Gosling, Paula
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- Used - Very Good
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- Near Fine
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- 1st American Edition
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- 1978
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- Hardcover
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- 9780698109216
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- 1
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1978. 1st American edition, so stated. Revised and expanded from the original first published in Great Britain under the title A RUNNING DUCK. Author's first book. 1978 NEW BLOOD DAGGER AWARD WINNER. This classic thriller was the basis of the 1986 film "Cobra " starring Sylvester Stallone. Former library… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE CONTENT ASSIGNMENT **DEBUT NOVEL**
by Roth, Holly
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- Used - Very Good
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- Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1954
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N.Y.: Simon and Schuster: An Inner Sanctum Mystery, 1954. 1st edition, so stated. Yellow boards slightly darkened, a couple of spots, pages age toned else very good in dust jacket, edges rubbed, small pieces out along top and at spine head and foot, rubbed and soiled. Not price clipped, $2.50 price intact. Roth's… Read more about this item Item Price
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BELLS FOR THE DEAD
by Knight, Kathleen Moore
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- Used - Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1942
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Garden City: NY: The Crime Club, Inc., : Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.,, 1942. 1st edition, so stated. Green cloth binding very light wear at rear else about fine in homemade acetate jacket. White pages and tight binding. 300 pages. Joan Thorntree journeys with her new husband, Jeremy, to his family estate… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE MARBLE FOREST **SIGNED COPY**
by Durrant, Theo (written By Terry Adler, Anthony Boucher, Eunice Mays Boyd, Florence Ostern Faulkner, Allen Hymson, Cary Lucas, Dana Lyon, Lenore Glen Offord, Virginia Rath, Richard Shattuck, Darwin L. Teilhet & William Worley.)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1951
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NZ$647.23
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N.Y.: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1951. 1st edition, so stated. Red decorated boards with black lettering and picture at front. Very light wear at edges with some very minor soiling at spine else a near fine copy in dust jacket with very light soiling, not price clipped, $2.50 price intact, in protective mylar cover. Durrant… Read more about this item Item Price
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GREEN TEA AND OTHER STORIES (Dover Thrift Edition)
by LeFanu, J. Sheridan
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- Used - Fine
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- First Printing
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- 1993
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- Paperback
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- 9780486277950
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NZ$12.14
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N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc., 1993. 1st printing, oversize paperback. Fine. Cover by Paul E. Kennedy. This is a new selection of ghost stories, reprinted from the standard texts. The selection was made and the introductory Note specially written for this edition by John Grafton. Regarded as the Victorian era's greatest writer of ghost stories, J.… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE ICARUS AGENDA
by Ludlum, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1988
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- ISBN
- 9780394543970
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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N.Y.: Random House, 1988. 1st edition, so stated. . About fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. 675 pages. Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term of office quietly—when a political mole reveals to the world Kendrick's deepest secret...that Kendrick was the anonymous man in Masqar, the man… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AQUITAINE PROGRESSION
by Ludlum, Robert
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1984
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- ISBN
- 9780394536743
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Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
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NZ$26.70
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N.Y.: Random House, 1984. 1st edition, so stated. top of page edge block is spotted, slight spine twist, blck cloth is near fine with gold lettering at spine bright, in a very lightly worn dust jacket , not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. Geneva. There American lawyer Joel… Read more about this item Item Price
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A BURNT-OUT CASE
by Greene, Graham
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1961
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NZ$64.72
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London: UK: William Heinemann Ltd, 1961. 1st edition, January 1961. Top of page edges spotted, else fine, bound in it's original black cloth boards with silver lettering to the spine in near fine dust jacket, lightly darkened at spine, not price clipped (16s net), , in protective mylar cover. Dust Wrapper design by Lacey Everett. Querry, a… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AX **AWARD FINALIST**
by Westlake, Donald E.
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- Used - Fine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 1997
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- Hardcover
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- 9780892965878
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Mysterious Press, 1997. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Chilling portrait of a downsized middle manager turned serial killer. A MACAVITY AWARD NOMINEE..... First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Item Price
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