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Thirteen Steps Down
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Ruth Rendell |
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| Publisher |
Hutchinson |
| Published Date |
7 October 2004 |
| ISBN |
0091799759 |
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£7.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Fine/fine new unread condition. Signed by Ruth Rendell directly on the title page in black pen.
Synopsis:
A classic Rendellian loner, Mix Cellini is superstitious about the number 13. Living in a decaying house in Notting Hill, Mix is obsessed with 10 Rillington Place, where the notorious Christie committed a series of foul murders. He is also infatuated with a beautiful model who lives nearby - a woman who would not look at him twice. Mix's landlady, Gwendolen Chawcer is equally reclusive - living her life through her library of books. Both landlady and lodger inhabit weird worlds of their own. But when reality intrudes into Mix's life, a long ......more |
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The Wood Beyond
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Reginald Hill |
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Scorpion Press |
| Published Date |
1995 |
| ISBN |
1873567235 |
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£39.99
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Signed limited edition in dustjacket. Number 81 of 85. Beautiful copy with leather spine presented in marbled boards with clear acetate jacket and gold coloured page edges to top....more |
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The White Lioness
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Henning Mankell |
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Harvill Press |
| Published Date |
2003 |
| ISBN |
1860469604 |
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£10.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. First edition first printing. Fine/near fine. Slight creasing/bruising to dustjacket at top rear corner. Not price-clipped - shows price of £14.99. No previous owner inscriptions.
In peaceful southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team are called in to investigate. As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing person's case, he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive, but he has no conception of how far he will have to go in search of the killer and the origin of the crime....more |
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The Unquiet
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John Connolly |
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Hodder and Stoughton |
| Published Date |
3 May 2007 |
| ISBN |
9780340920480 |
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£14.89
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Fine/fine new unread condition. Signed by the author.
Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychologist, has been missing for years following revelations about harm done to the children in his care. Believing him dead, his daughter Rebecca has tried to come to terms with her father's legacy, but her fragile peace is about to be shattered. Someone is asking questions about Daniel Clay, someone who does not believe that he is dead: the revenger Merrick, a father and a killer obsessed with discovering the truth about his own daughter's disappearance. Private detective Charlie Parker is hired to make Merrick go away, but Merrick will not be stopped. Soon Parker ......more |
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The Sin Within Her Smile.
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Jonathan Gash |
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Century. |
| Published Date |
January 1992 |
| ISBN |
0712660151 |
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£9.00
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Fine/fine.
Synopsis
Antique dealers in the Eastern Hundreds are gripped by a mania to buy. Lovejoy is accused of stripping a country mansion and then he finds an old friend dead in the marshes. This crime story is written by the author of "The Great California Game", "The Very Last Gambado" and "The Gondola Scam".
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The Secret of Annexe 3
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Colin Dexter |
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Macmillan |
| Published Date |
October 1986 |
| ISBN |
0333431391 |
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£199.00
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Near fine/Near fine. A lovely copy of this seventh book in the Inspector Morse series. The book has minor creasing to the very top right hand corner of the dustjacket at the front, and the front inside flap of the dustjacket has a faint diagonal crease line running from just inside the top right hand corner to about a third of the way down. The dustjacket has not been price clipped - but shows noprice. No other faults.
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The Reapers
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John Connolly |
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Hodder and Stoughton |
| Published Date |
15 May 2008 |
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9780340936658 |
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£10.99
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Hardback in dustjacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Near fine/near fine new unread condition. Slight bump to top rear corner and slight pinching at base of spine.
Synopsis
They are the Reapers, the elite among killers. Men so terrifying that their names are mentioned only in whispers. The assassin Louis is one of them. But now Louis, and his partner, Angel, are themselves targets. And there is no shortage of suspects. A wealthy recluse sends them north to a town that no longer exists on a map. A town ruled by a man with very personal reasons for wanting Louis's blood spilt. There they find themselves trapped, isolated, and at the mercy of a killer feared ......more |
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The Lovers
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John Connolly |
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Hodder and Stoughton |
| Published Date |
9 July 2009 |
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9780340936696 |
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£16.99
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Hardback in dustjacket. Signed by the author directly on the title page. Very fine/very fine new unread condition.
Product Description
When Charlie Parker was still a boy, his father, a NYPD cop, killed a young couple, a boy and a girl barely older than his son, then took his own life. There was no explanation for his actions.
Now Parker is working on his most personal case yet: an investigation into his own origins and the circumstances surrounding the death of his father.
The investigation will reveal a life haunted by lies, by secrets kept and loyalties compromised. And by two figures in the shadows, a man and a woman, with only one purpose: to bring an end to ......more |
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The Loss of the Jane Vosper
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Freeman Wills Crofts |
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Penguin |
| Published Date |
1953 |
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n/a |
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£1.99
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1953 Penguin. First edition thus. VG+ used condition....more |
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The Long Good-Bye
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Raymond Chandler |
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Hamish Hamilton |
| Published Date |
1953 |
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£499.00
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Hardback book in original dustjacket. VG/VG. Book in very good condition for age. No previous owner inscriptions. Some marks and stains to pages. Scarce dustjacket in very good condition for year. Not price-clipped - shows price of 10s. 6d net. Darkened area to dustjacket at base of spine from where selotape reinforcement has been removed. One small surface nick to dustjacket on left flower pot. Water line along the top edge of the dustjacket form slight liquid damage at some stage - only really visible from rear. A nice collectible copy of a book that is highly sought after as it precedes the U.S. edition....more |
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The Long Good-Bye
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Raymond Chandler |
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Hamish Hamilton |
| Published Date |
1 1953 |
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£425.00
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Hardback book in original dustjacket. VG/VG. Book in very good condition for age. No previous owner inscriptions. A few small liquid stains to page edges. Scarce dustjacket in good condition for year. Not price-clipped - shows price of 10s. 6d net. Small pieces missing from the top and bottom of the dustjacket on the spine. Some creasing to dustjacket at front and rear. One to two inch closed tears and small loss to dustjacket corners. Two inch closed tear to dustjacket at rear top spine edge. A nice collectible copy of a book that is highly sought after as it precedes the U.S. edition....more |
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The Lies of Fair Ladies
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Jonathan Gash |
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Century. |
| Published Date |
January 1992 |
| ISBN |
0712653104 |
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£9.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Fine/fine used condition. Not price-clipped - shows price of £13.99.
Synopsis
Antique dealers in the Eastern Hundreds are gripped by a mania to buy. Lovejoy is accused of stripping a country mansion and then he finds an old friend dead in the marshes. This crime story is written by the author of "The Great California Game", "The Very Last Gambado" and "The Gondola Scam".
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The Lake of Darkness
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Ruth Rendell |
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Hutchinson |
| Published Date |
1980 |
| ISBN |
0091408105 |
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£21.99
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First edition. VG+/VG+. Not price-clipped. Two tiny nicks to dj about half way down front edge. Some fading to colour on spine. A scarce copy of one of Rendell's best books in unclipped jacket....more |
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The Interpretation of Murder
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Jed Rubenfeld |
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Headline |
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28 August 2006 |
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0755331400 |
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£12.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. True first edition - UK edition precedes the US edition. Signed by the author on the title page. Fine new unread condition.
In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan's wealthiest heiresses
Inspired by Sigmund Freud's only visit to America, The Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder and the mind's most dangerous mysteries. It unfurls on a sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from the steamship George Washington, accompanied by Carl Jung, his rival and protege. Across town, in an opulent apartment high above the city, a ......more |
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The Hangman's Hymn
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Paul Doherty |
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Headline |
| Published Date |
2001 |
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0747220816 |
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£4.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. First edition first printing. Fine/fine. Not price-clipped shows price of £17.99.
Synopsis
Stumbling upon an execution, Chaucer's pilgrims witness a hanging that leaves the carpenter in a dead faint. That evening, he narrates the tale of a Gloucester hangman whose involvement in the secretive punishment of three witches unleashes a vicious spate of revenge killings.
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The Hanging Garden
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Ian Rankin |
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Orion Books |
| Published Date |
1998 |
| ISBN |
0752807218 |
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£16.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Near fine/near fine used condition. Not price-clipped, but shows no price. No previous owner inscriptions. Small amount of wear to front endpaper where a not very well stuckdown bookplate was successfully removed. Slight bruising to lower spine corner.
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The Great California Game
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Jonathan Gash |
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Century. |
| Published Date |
17 January 1991 |
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0712646027 |
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£9.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Near fine/Near fine used condition. Some bumping to lower corners and lower spine edge. Not price-clipped - shows price of £13.99.
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Lovejoy, on the run from problems at home, reaches New York, where his irrepressible knowledge of antiques embroils him in a plot to pull off the crime of the century. ...more |
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The Grail Tree
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Jonathan Gash |
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Collins |
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1979 |
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0002312743 |
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£124.99
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Hardback book in dustjacket. Fine/fine. Third in the Lovejoy series. Dustjacket is not price-clipped and shows original price of £4.25 net along with Collins priec sticker showing £2. There is no fading to the colour on the spine and the spine is very firm and straight. There is a slight bump to the book at the base of the spine. The pages are bright and white and the book appears unread....more |
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The Glimpses of the Moon
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Edmund Crispin |
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Gollancz |
| Published Date |
1997 |
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n/a |
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£9.99
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Hardback. NO dustjacket. Near fine. No previous owner inscriptions. Spine firma and straight.
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The Falls
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Ian Rankin |
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| Publisher |
Orion Books |
| Published Date |
23 March 2001 |
| ISBN |
075282130x |
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£13.75
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Hardback book in dustjacket. VG/VG read condition. Some bumping to top corners. Some shelfwear to edge of dustjacket. Signed on the title page by Ian Rankin.
Synopsis
A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village, and an Internet role-playing game. The ancient and the modern, brought together by uncomfortable circumstance ... 'Rankin ......more |
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