[Elkhart, Indiana-?]: [Dr. Miles Medicines], n.d. 29p., staplebound booklet, pages toned, small crinkle to right edge, otherwise very good. Breathless crime-fighting stories interspersed with ads for various medical products, the most famous of which today is Alka-Seltzer. The rear cover has the rubberstamp of a distributor, the Central Drug Store..... More about Thrills from the experiences of great detectives

Cat.No: 235166

New York: Corwn Publishers, 1990. Hardcover. 308p., signed by Abella, very good first edition in cloth-backed boards and unclipped dj. The first novel by the Cuban American writer is a thriller set in Los Angeles. More about The killing of the saints

Cat.No: 70610

New York: Random House/Villard Books, 1982. Hardcover. 188p., very good first edition stated in blue cloth over boards and in lightly-worn unclipped dj. McDowell was best-known as the author of the horror series "Blackwater." Both authors died of AIDS-related illnesses and lived near Boston. Gunn page 118-119. Dan Valentine &... More about Slate

Cat.No: 18550

New York: Ballantine, 1986. Paperback. 201p., very good reissue, first Ballantine mass-market paperback edition in original camp pictorial wraps. Originally published by Avon in 1982. McDowell was best-known as the author of the horror series "Blackwater." Both authors died of AIDS-related illnesses and lived near Boston. Gunn page 118-119. Dan... More about Cobalt The second Dan Valentine/Clarisse Lovelace mystery

Cat.No: 226121

London: Idol, 2002. Paperback. 217p., very good reprint PBO mass market paperback in pictorial wraps. Gay pulp fiction. Investigative journalist Nathan Dexter in a thriller set in London. Gunn page 119. First published in 1997. More about Chains of Deceit

Cat.No: 145405

Mesilla, NM: Titan Publishing Co., 1977. Hardcover. 304p., long author's inscription, signed, very good first edition in black cloth boards and slightly edgeworn unclipped dj. The New Mexican writer contends that his book is the "first mystery-suspense novel by a Chicano writer" (dj); it is also his first book. More about The waxen image; a novel

Cat.No: 33692

Nederland, TX: Renaissance Alliance Publishing, 2001. Paperback. 232p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Mystery based on homophobia in a small Maryland town. First Killian Kendal mystery. Gunn page 121. More about Bleeding Hearts [a Killian Kendal Mystery #1

Cat.No: 115659

New York: Westbury Publishing Co., 1927. Magazine. 30p., newsprint cover and text, staplebound 9.5x6.5 inch color wraps. Very acidic and fragile, staples badly rusted, but complete and can be handled and read. Pluck and Luck no. 1541. More about Pluck and Luck. Sandy and Slim, or The Boy Detectives of Caliphat, and Other Stories. December...

Cat.No: 226562

Tallahassee: The Naiad Press, 1992. Paperback. 202p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. African American author. The series is set in Chicago. More about The lavender house murder; a Virginia Kelly mystery

Cat.No: 26176

St. Louis: The Patrice Press, 1991. Trade Paperback. 210p., signed and inscribed by Barnes, very good first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps with sunned spine. Murder mystery set in depression Kansas City's jazz scene. European American author. More about Blue Monday

Cat.No: 26212

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990. Hardcover. 197p., very good first edition in boards and unclipped dj. Baxt's murder mystery series set in Hollywood. More about The Talking Pictures Murder Case

Cat.No: 21229

London: GMP, 1990. Paperback. 158p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Accidental sleuth Dr. Gordon McKenzie. Gunn page 125. More about Doing Business: a love story about murder and the free market

Cat.No: 70163