Search Results: Titles starting with S from Blackbird Bookshop

New York: Warner Books. Near Fine; Inscribed on the title page. Pages lightly toned.. 2006. First Printing. Softcover. Pulled from her bed by an early morning phone call from her boss, police reporter Annie Seymour finds herself at a crime scene staring at the naked body of a Yale student. What starts out as bad news for the prestigious university gets worse when Annie learns the girl was a student by day and a high-priced escort by night. Stonewalled by her cop boyfriend and tailed by overeager and incompetent cub reporter Dick Whitfield, Annie stumbles onto a network of corruption that everyone, even her own mother, seems to be involved in. ; Mass Market PB; 6.75 x 4.25 x 1 inches; 324 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Harpercollins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; On book spine, the "T" in "Tony" . starting to rub.. 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn solve a crime that involves the murder of a Pueblo tribal official, the death of a schoolteacher, and the disappearance of a tribal memento. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 305 pages .

New York: Mysterious Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title . page. Winner of the Sara Ann Freed Memorial Award. Author's debut novel. . Pages lightly toned.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Covering the murder of a Yale student who worked evenings as a high-priced escort, police reporter Annie Seymour finds her investigation into the murder compromised by her stonewalling cop boyfriend, an incompetent cub reporter, and a far-reaching network of corruption. ; 1.2 x 9.1 x 6 Inches; 290 pages; Signed by Author .

Sherman Oaks: Truman Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first book. Light edge soil.. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. A supernatural yarn about murder, voodoo and retribution in present day New Orleans, where a killer experiences the unholy purgatory of his own remorseless past. ; 6.6 X 4.2 X 0.8 inches; 279 pages .

New York: Dutton. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light shelf wear to jacket.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. When ex-bank robber Tyler Pierce's daughter is murdered by a serial killer in Florida, Pierce uses his underworld connections in a desperate attempt to find the killer and, at the same time, straighten out his own life. ; 9.25 x 6 x 1.25 inches; 354 pages .

New York: St Martins Press. Very Good; Uncorrected Proof in blue paper covers. Sticker shadow front . cover, page edges lightly toned.. 1991. Uncorrected Proof. Softcover. Trade PB; 239 pages .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Hint of a lean, else fine.. 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. With its gleaming white beaches and magnificent estates, the island of Nantucket is home to some of America's richest families. In October 2004, it was the scene of a tragic murder. This is the sotry of the innocent victim and her accused killer. ; 9.1 X 6.3 X 1.1 inches; 272 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title . page. Has been gently read.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Towering live oaks guard old secrets and powerful forces that even the spirited Bay Tanner can't control. ; 6.8 X 5.0 X 1.0 inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Bantam. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on the title . page. Book with the browned pages common to UK editions. Light wear to . jacket corners.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife has been convicted of the murder of a serial killer, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal in two weeks' time, his wife will be given a life sentence. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 300 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Flattening to spine heel; a few page . tops ruffled.. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Appointed by former classmate Judge Henry Lawler to prosecute the boyfriend of a murdered woman, Jerry Kennedy has difficulty proving the guilt of the defendant, a more than likely suspect, when the victim's body is discovered long after her death. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches; 241 pages .

New York: W. W. Norton. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket is price-clipped, with shelf . wear and edge wrinkling; light pressure marks front panel.. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. When a wealthy horse owner is kicked to death by a horse in Saratoga Springs, the pensive Charlie Bradshaw and his opportunistic foil, Victor Plotz, discover the enmity and suspicion that lie behind the man's death. ; 8.5 x 6 x 1 inches; 221 pages .

New York: Mills Music. Very Good; For piano. Dick Jurgens pictured on front cover. Light soiling.. 1948. Sheet Music .

New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Browned edges and top edge soil; . jacket has chips with loss along edges.. 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. The story is set in London, 1865, and concerns a house called High Chimneys where secrets are hidden among the household members. [Barzun & Taylor 699]; 8.1 X 5.6 X 1.0 inches; 230 pages .

New York: Vanguard Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Has been gently read.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. In a desperate high-tech scavenger hunt for a 100-year-old time capsule, Frank Balenger finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death. To save himself and the woman he loves, Frank must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. ; 9.0 X 6.2 X 1.2 inches; 349 pages .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; First in the Jazz Ramsey series. Has . been gently read.. 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Jazz Ramsey is a volunteer cadaver dog handler and she is working with Luther, a cadaver dog in training. Putting him through his paces at an abandoned building that will soon become pricey condos, Luther signals a find and Jazz Is stunned to see the body of a young woman, She's even more shocked when she realizes that the murdered woman is a former student and the detective who will be assigned the case is an old lover. ; 8.5 X 5.7 X 1.1 inches; 320 pages .

New York: Chares Scribner's Sons. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Jacket is encased in mylar and flaps . have been glued to the inside boards.. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. When Mr. Crumwallis, the obtuse and penny-pinching headmaster at Burleigh School, selects obsequious but evil-minded Hilary Frome to be head boy, disruptive pranks soon become life-threatening. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 201 pages .

New York: Crown Publishers. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Scratch front panel jacket near spine, . light top edge wrinkling at spine.. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Only novel by Ed McBain under this pseudonym. Meet Sonny: a recent graduate of medical school, a good sport, fine raconteur, stalwaart friend - and cold-blooded killer. His assignment is to murder one of the most closely guarded of all world leaders. ; 8.9 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 291 pages .

New York: St Martins. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . 1994 Gold Dagger Award winner. Light top edge foxing; light edge wrinkles.. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. The death of Mathilda Gillespie shocks the English village of Fontswell and sets local tongues wagging. ; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.2 inches; 327 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Andre Deutsch. Very Good with no dust jacket; Address stamp to front enpaper, also what . looks like the Dewey Decimal Classification for this book, however, this . does not appear to be an ex-library.. 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Details the inner workings of Scotland Yard as told by Sir Harold Scott, the Commissioner of the Metroplitan Police from 1945 - 1953. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1 inches; 256 pages .

New York: Grand Central Publishing. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Author's first hardcover novel. Toned . edges; minor wrinkling edges jacket.. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Special Agent Daniel Vartanian has sworn to find the culprit of multiple killings that mimic a thirteen-year-old murder. ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.5 inches; 436 pages .