Search Results: Thriller from Shellhouse Books

Orion, 2002. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Superb copy of his first crime thriller, introducing retired cop Max Freeman in the Florida Everglades. Edgar Award winner for Best First Crime Novel of 2003.

Dutton, 2002. 1st edition. Hardcover. Mint in mint dustwrapper. Signed by the author and also by Michael Connelly, with whom Jonathon King stands comparison in respect both of the sense of place - the brooding Florida Everglades - which he brings to his first crime novel, and of the inner demons besetting his main character, the retired cop Max Freeman. Brilliant to have these two writers signing this book. Edgar Award winner for Best First Crime Novel of 2003.

Hodder & Stoughton, 2021. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dustjacket. Signed by the author. A flawless copy of her first crime novel, in the unusual setting of an Antarctic research station. Superbly received on publication, reviewers calling it 'A modern-day Agatha Christie on ice', 'A brilliant locked-room mystery', 'Brilliantly atmospheric and terrifying', and 'A classic thriller'; and it has the best shout-line since the film of Alien - 'One dead body. Twelve suspects. Twenty-four hour darkness'. The true first printing.

Harper Collins, 1998. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in very fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author on the title page. Lovely copy of his fourth novel.

Hodder & Stoughton, 2008. 1st edition. Hardcover. Very fine in like dustwrapper. Signed by the author. Her third psychological thriller, filmed for tv under the title Case Sensitive.

Legend/Century, 0. 1st edition of each book (1988, 1989). Hardcover. Roofworld is very fine in very fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author, to boot. A beautiful copy of the first trade printing, ie not Book Club, of his first novel. It comes with a very near fine copy of The Bureau, a collection of twelve stories, thus offering the author's first two books of 'urban paranoia', his special genre.