‎Biography‎

‎Maxwell Thomas pseudonym of Thomas Gifford‎

‎KISS ME TWICE SIGNED COPY‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Mysterious Press 1988. 1st. Edition first printing October 1988. with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY. Maxwell continues to pay homage to the film noir tradition.The year is 1945. Ex-football star Lew Cassidy is now a partner in a detective agency with his Fordham sidekick Terry Leary and Harry Madrid both former cops. His wife Karin supposedly killed in the bombing of Cologne has been found alive by U.S. Army intelligence officer Col. Sam MacMurdo. Several problems prevent the couple's reconciliation however. Suffering amnesia as a result of injuries incurred during the blitz Karin has married SS officer Manfred Moller. MacMurdo recruits Lew to destroy an American escape route for Nazis being run by Reichsmarshal Hermann Goring whose cohort is Karin's husband. Moller has traveled to the U.S. to establish Goring's network and Lew must find him if he and Karin are to have a second chance for happiness. Maxwell's excellent portrayals of both fictional and historical characters and his attention to period detail effectively evoke the wartime era. The gripping brisk-paced plot boasts a stunning conclusion. Signed by Author. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Mysterious Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 015154 ISBN : 0892961643 9780892961641

‎Cox Don Richard‎

‎Arthur Conan Doyle REVIEW COPY‎

‎N.Y.: Ungar Pub Co 1985. 1st. Edition. Fine in dust jacket. REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. Traces the life and career of the British novelist examines his historical fiction mysteries and fantasies as well as nonfiction prose and describes the themes of his work. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Ungar Pub Co Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 015214 ISBN : 0804421463 9780804421461

‎Barnard, Robert (as Bernard Bastable)‎

‎TOO MANY NOTES MR. MOZART:‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Carroll & Graf Pub 1996. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Combining mystery with alternative history Bastable who is really veteran mystery author Robert Barnard offers us a Wolfgang Mozart who has lived to old age. Still unrecognized still in debt a widower after a long and happy marriage the former child prodigy and performer for kings finds himself giving music lessons to Princess Victoria heir apparent to the throne of England. But having more on her mind than music the princess asks her piano teacher to uncover the truth about the ambiguous relationship between her mother and Sir John Conroy. The mature Mozart-a bit cagey puckish and fond of his young student-acts as a liaison between the princess's mother and the disarmingly informal newly crowned King William IV who lives with Queen Adelaide surrounded by his brood of illegitimate children. The King Victoria's uncle invites her the heir apparent to the Windsor court. Shortly after her arrival a court visitor is fatally poisoned after sipping from a cup intended for Victoria and the king calls upon Mozart to make the kind of discreet inquiries at which he has proven so competent. Bastable imagines his characters and their setting so fully and seamlessly and offers such appealing possibilities that readers will wish this slight piece offered Mozart and Victoria more range." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Carroll & Graf Pub‎

Bookseller reference : 014841 ISBN : 0786703156 9780786703159

‎Wishart, David‎

‎FOOD FOR THE FISHES‎

‎United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton 2005. First edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. The ninth Marcus Corvinus historical thriller. Licinius Murena a fish farmer has been found murdered in one of his own eel tanks. The trouble is that a whole slew of people from his wife downwards were not shedding any tears at his departure. Marcus Corvinus is the man to find out. With the help of course of his clever wife Perilla if she can spare the time from her newly acquired passion for gambling. As we follow the Byzantine thought-processes by which our hero solves the crime we are entertained with enriching accounts of pisciculture and "Twelve Lines" the Roman precursor to backgammon. Review Slip and sheets from the American distributor laid in. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Hodder & Stoughton Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014723 ISBN : 0340827386 9780340827383

‎Katzenbach, John‎

‎HART'S WAR AWARD FINALIST‎

‎N.Y.: Ballantine Books 1999. 1st edition April 1999 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. A BARRY AWARD NOMINEE. Vivid and unpredictable characters and diabolically imagined suspense distinguish Katzenbach's The Shadow Man seventh novel. Set in the desperately bleak landscape of a German POW compound during the latter days of WWII this is a thriller with more on its mind than entertainment as Katzenbach tackles the theme of racial bias that breeds explosive consequences. Held captive since 1942 2nd Lt. Tommy Hartex-Harvard Law student and navigator on an ill-fated B-25is one of the most senior POWs at Stalag Luft 13 when African-American 1st Lt. Lincoln Scott P-51 pilot arrives as a new prisoner in May of 1944. Abrasively antisocial lone-wolf Scott isolates himself from the other American officers and quickly becomes the target of racial hatred from oft-decorated Mississippi-born Capt. Vincent Bedford aka "Trader Vic"a treacherous wheeler-dealer who will barter anything to friend or enemy alike. He is soon found in the latrine with his throat cut and Hart is appointed to defend the obvious suspect Scott against what seems to be his impending rendezvous with a firing squad. Facing almost hopeless odds Hart enlists the aid of two British POWs with astute forensic credentials. Slowly a pattern of deceit begins to take shape revealing duplicity from both POWs and captors. Katzenbach's setting is flawlessly grim and his characters chillingly reveal the divisive bigotry of soldiers ostensibly fighting for the same values as well as some unexpected sources of redemption. Despite some unnecessary repetitive details e.g. the ineffectively recurring symbol of Hart's cherished wristwatch this deeply affecting artfully paced war epic will hold readers enthralled to the nail-biting end. " -- Publishers Weekly. Although fiction the book and movie are loosely based on Katzenbach's father Nicholas--attorney general under President Lyndon Johnson-- 27 months as a POW in Germany. Made into a movie staring Bruce Willis Colin Farrell Terrence Howard . 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Ballantine Books Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014795 ISBN : 034542624x 9780345426246

‎Atwood, Margaret‎

‎ALIAS GRACE AWARD FINALIST‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Doubleday 1996. First edition so stated December 1996 with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. In addition to the dust jacket the front board and spine is also illustrated which latter is uncommon in modern novels. AN ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD FINALIST for Best Novel. In 2017 Canadian television broadcast a 6-part miniseries version. "Intrigued by contemporary reports of a sensational murder trial in 1843 Canada Atwood has drawn a compelling portrait of what might have been. Her protagonist the real life Grace Marks is an enigma. Convicted at age 16 of the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper and lover Nancy Montgomery Grace escaped the gallows when her sentence was commuted to life in prison but she also spent some years in an insane asylum after an emotional breakdown. Because she gave three different accounts of the killings and because she was accused of being the sole perpetrator by the man who was hanged for the crime Grace's life and mind are fertile territory for Atwood. Adapting her style to the period she describes she has written a typical Victorian novel leisurely in exposition copiously detailed and crowded with subtly drawn characters who speak the embroidered pietistic language of the time. She has created a probing psychological portrait of a working-class woman victimized by society because of her poverty and victimized again by the judicial and prison systems. The narrative gains texture and tension from the dynamic between Grace and an interlocutor earnest young bachelor Dr. Simon Jordan who is investigating the causes of lunacy with plans to establish his own more enlightened institution. Jordan is hoping to awaken Grace's suppressed memories of the day of the murder but Grace though uneducated is far wilier than Jordan whom she tells only what she wishes to confess. He on the other hand is handicapped by his compassion which makes him the victim of the wiles of other women toohis passionate desperate landlady and the virginal but predatory daughter of the prison governor. These encounters give Atwood the chance to describe the war between the sexes with her usual wit. Although the narrative holds several big surprises the central question -- Was Grace dupe and victim or seductress and instigator of the bloody crime -- is left tantalizingly ambiguous." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Book. Doubleday‎

Bookseller reference : 014779 ISBN : 0385475713 9780385475716

‎Robinson, Lynda S.‎

‎MURDER AT THE FEAST OF REJOICING: A Lord Meren Mystery‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Walker & Co 1996. 1st edition. A fine unread copy in un-clipped dust jacket with very light rubbing at rear panel. The third Lord Meren mystery. Whether dealing with the considerable charms of the Lady Bentanta protecting the Pharaoh Tutankhamun or facing the discovery of a corpse in the sanctity of his own home Lord Meren The Eyes and Ears of Pharaoh provides timeless excitement for all readers. Meren under the pharaohs orders is taking some time for himself; unfortunately his family has decided that rest and recreation mean throwing a Feast of Rejoicing. It couldnt happen at a worse time. Hidden along the Nile are the remains and treasures of Akhenaten and Nefertiti being moved to protect them from disgruntled priests. Meren and his son Kysen are responsible for their safety. That is why the discovery of the body o I the sharp-tongued shrew Anhai wife of his cousin in one of his granaries so disturbs him. Now while obeying the commands of his king and protecting the royal remains Meren must investigate a murder that strikes close to home. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book. Walker & Co Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014298 ISBN : 0802732747 9780802732743

‎Frazer, Margaret‎

‎THE WIDOW'S TALE: A Dame Frevisse Medieval Mystery‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Prime Crime 2005. 1st ed. Slight spine slant else near fine in dust jacket. A Dame Frevisse bookmark laid in. Spring 1449: Lately widowed and still grieving for her husband Cristiana Helyngton finds her life wrenched apart by her late husband's greedy and ambitious relatives who are determined to have control of her lands and her daughters. Kidnapped defamed and imprisoned in a nunnery she must find a way to save herself before she can save her children.For Dame Frevisse of St. Frideswide's nunnery Cristiana is at first simply a duty among others a puzzle but nothing more. Then questions rise and troubles deepen and turn deadly. Drawn into trouble far deeper than it first seemed Frevisse must decide where her loyalties lie-- to her cousin to the truth--or to England's peace. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. Book. Prime Crime Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014556 ISBN : 0425200183 9780425200186

‎Furst, Alan‎

‎Kingdom of Shadows HAMMETT AWARD WINNER‎

‎New York: Random House Inc 2001. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Winner of the HAMMETT AWARD for Best Novel. Paris 1938. As Europe edges toward war Nicholas Morath arrives in Paris on the night express from Budapest. Morath urbane and handsome at forty-four a lieutenant of the Hungarian cavalry in the First World War spends his days as the owner of a small advertising agency and his nights in the bohemian circles of his Argentine mistress. Looming over this elegant existence however is the shadow of Adolf Hitler. Morath has been recruited by his uncle Count Janos Polanyi for a secret mission of the utmost importance. Polanyi is a diplomat at the Hungarian legation in Paris; desperate to stop his country's drift into alliance with Nazi Germany he lives in a shadow world and trades in conspiracy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Random House Inc Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014561 ISBN : 0375503374 9780375503375

‎Mills, Mark‎

‎AMAGANSETT AWARD WINNER‎

‎New York: Putnam Pub Group 2004. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Decorated map endpapers. 394 ppg. WINNER OF THE CWA CREASEY DAGGER AWARD FOR FIRST NOVEL. "A mysterious drowning rekindles a conflict between a Basque-American fisherman and a powerful Long Island family in screenwriter Mills's smart complex debut novel a fascinating murder mystery that begins in the post-WWII years when Conrad Labarde hauls up the body of Lillian Wallace in his net while earning his livelihood in the waters off the Hamptons. At first the drowning looks like a tragic accident but when the autopsy report raises the possibility of murder and Labarde's history with the Wallaces is uncovered police chief Tom Hollis suspects Labarde of playing a central role in Lillian's death. Further investigation however casts suspicion on the powerful Wallace family. As Mills weaves together the various plot threads he ably paints the Hamptons as a social battleground for the local fisherman the Jewish residents and the wealthier sport fishermen. Mills saves his trump card for the climax. Probing morally nuanced and rich with period detail this is a fine first novel." -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Putnam Pub Group Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014619 ISBN : 0399151842 9780399151842

‎Bowers, Dorothy‎

‎DEED WITHOUT A NAME A Golden Age Detective Novel‎

‎Lyons Colorado U.S.A.: Rue Morgue Press 2005. 1st prtg. A fine unread copy of this trade paperback orig pub in 1940. The victim knew the identity of his potential murderer but the clues he left behind were too obscure even for Inspector Dan Pardoe of Scotland Yard. Three times young Archy Mitfold escaped murderous attacks. Knowing the identity of his would-be killer and anticipating further attempts he contrived to leave behind clues that would lead Scotland Yard to his killer's doorstep. Of course Archy thought himself clever enough to avoid actually being murdered and assumed these clues-mostly bird sketches-would never actually be needed. Archy was wrong. Unfortunately for Inspector Dan Pardoe and Sergeant Tommy Salt Archy's clues were so obscure that they defied intepretation. World War II was only weeks old and it looked like Archy's brief flirtation with the pro-Nazi Nordic Bond might be behind his murder. Anti-German feelings were at their height during this "phony war" period as Londoners blacked out their windows to German bombers that were months away from attacking. On the other hand Archy's death also seemed somehow connected to the disappearnce of a camera-shy British philantrophist. It will take all of Pardoe's celebrated ingenuity to nab the killer. 1st Prtg. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine. Trade Paperback. Rue Morgue Press Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 014688 ISBN : 0915230828 9780915230822

‎Reed, Mary & Eric Mayer‎

‎FOUR FOR A BOY AWARD FINALIST‎

‎Scottsdale AZ: Poisoned Pen Press 2003. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. A fine copy in dust jacket very light soiling at page edges. A John the Eunuch title. In this series prequel John takes his first dangerous steps along the path that will lead him to hold office as Lord Chamberlain. 525 Constantinople. A LEFTY / BRUCE ALEXANDER HISTORICAL AWARD Nominee. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Poisoned Pen Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014452 ISBN : 1590580311 9781590580318

‎Frazer, Margaret‎

‎The Clerk's Tale: A Dame Frevisse Medieval Mystery‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Berkley Prime Crime 2002. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped with protective mylar cover. In 1466 the pious and perceptive Dame Frevisse accompanies her prioress on a visit of mercy to St. Mary's nunnery where she becomes entangled in the chaotic aftermath of a brutal murder. A Dame Frevisse series bookmarker laid in. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Berkley Prime Crime Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014494 ISBN : 0425183246 9780425183243

‎Davis Lindsey‎

‎LAST ACT IN PALMYRA‎

‎London United Kingdom: Century 1994. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. The author's sixth book with Roman sleuth Marcus Didius Falco. Rome AD 72. Marcus one-time Imperial agent has an insurmountable problem. the Emperor Vespasian has refused to elevate him to the middle rank and therefore he cannot marry his aristocratic love Helena Justina. But when Anacrites Vespasian's chief spy asks Falco to undertake a mission to the East he decides that the best solution to problems at home is to take them abroad. While in Syria with Helena searching for a possible kidnapping victim Falco discovers the body of a playwright who had been with an acting troupe from Rome. In order to discover the killer Falco an amateur poet is hireds as the new writer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Century Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014510 ISBN : 0712659366 9780712659369

‎Davis Lindsey‎

‎THREE HANDS IN THE FOUNTAIN: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Mysterious Press 1999. First edition April 1999 so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. Jacket illustration by John Martinez. The ninth title in the Marcis Didius Falco series. In vino veritas. But in the water supply of Rome horroras Marcus Didius Falco is about to find out. Sharing an ewer of Spanish red with his old friend and new partner Petronius Longus Falco is on the spot when a man cleaning the local fountain makes a gruesome discovery: a human hand. Small and evidently female the hand suggests its owner met a terrifying fate. Naturally Falco and Petro formerly of the Vigiles want to seize on it as their first big case. The officials of Rome however prefer to hush up the incident since a population that riots at the drop of a toga might run wild if body parts are polluting their drinking water. Soon other delicate dismembered hands are being found in Rome's two hundred miles of aqueduct. Now aided inspired and given critical clues by his wife Helena Falco & Partner are ready to buck the status quo and even butt heads with Falco's old boss Chief Spy Anacrites to crack the case. But O Hades! The duo suspects a serial killer is at large linked topublic festivals and likely to strike again at the upcoming Roman Games. Even a detective as astute as Falco may not spot a twisted mind in a crowd of 250000. And if Falco loses this race with time another pretty victim will make a deadly splash. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Martinez John. Book. Mysterious Press Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014532 ISBN : 0892966912 9780892966912

‎Liss, David‎

‎A Conspiracy of Paper: A Novel‎

‎New York: Random House Inc 2000. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's acclaimed first novel. An EDGAR BARRY and MACAVITY AWARD WINNER. An outsider in eighteenth-century London Jewish pugilist and hired thug Benjamin Weaver prowls the city's mean streets in the service of England's gentry tracking down debtors and thieves and is enlisted in an intricate tale of financial skulduggery and multiple murder. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Random House Inc Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014545 ISBN : 0375502920 9780375502927

‎Mosley Walter‎

‎Little Scarlet‎

‎Boston Massachusetts U.S.A.: Little Brown & Co 2004. 1st ed. Near fine in dust jacket rear panel lightly rubbed. Easy Rawlins helps the police investigate the mysterious death of a red-headed woman known as 'Little Scarlet' who was found dead in an apartment building during the height of the Los Angeles riots in 1965. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Little Brown & Co Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014397 ISBN : 0316073032 9780316073035

‎Jecks, Michael‎

‎THE OUTLAWS OF ENNOR REVIEW COPY‎

‎United Kingdom: Headline Book Pub Ltd 2003. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket not price clipped in protective mylar cover. This is The Britiish first edition which was was sent as a review copy with review slip laid in for the American edition to be published in April of 2004. On their return trip from Spain in the summer of 1323 Baldwin & Simon's ship is attacked off the coast of Brittany. Simon watches in horror as Baldwin is swept overboard as their ship breaks up . Washed ashore on the main island of Ennor Simon is distraught with the thought that his closest friend and confidant is dead. Master of the castle Ranulph de Blancminster demands that Simon investigate the murder of the hated local tax collector Robert. He feels sure that the inhabitants of the neighboring island of St. Nicholas are responsible. Meanwhile Baldwin has washed up on St. Nicholas and is nursed back to health by the beautiful Tedia. He is asked by the Prior to investigate the murder. As Baldwin and Simon's parallel investigations bring them closer to the truth they become involved in the bitter rivalry between the two island communities. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Review Copy. Headline Book Pub Ltd Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014418 ISBN : 0755301722 9780755301720

‎Peters Elizabeth‎

‎THE GOLDEN ONE. AWARD FINALIST‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 2002. First edition so stated with complete number line beginning with 1. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket. An AGATHA AWARD Nominee. It is 1917 and The Great War shows no sign of abating. Answering the siren call of Egypt once more Amelia Peabody and her family arrive at their home in Luxor to learn of a new Royal Tomb that has been ransacked by thieves. Soon the intrepid clan of archaeologists are confronted by an even more disturbing outrage: the discovery of a freshly and savagely slain corpse of a thief defiling the ancient burial sight. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Book. Morrow/Avon‎

Bookseller reference : 014136 ISBN : 0380978857 9780380978854

‎Paige, Robin (Susan & Bill Albert)‎

‎Death at Bishop's Keep: A Victorian Mystery‎

‎New York New York U.S.A.: Berkeley Prime Crime 1998. 1st prtg thus originally published by Avon in 1994. Very light reading crease else about fine. 1st thus. originaly published by Avon in 1995. Small sticker pull atr front else near fine. 1st in this highly successful Paperback Original series featuring Kathryn Ardleigh an American living abroad in Victoria's England and penning pseudonymous "Shilling Shockers" for an eager sensation-hungary populace. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Book. Berkeley Prime Crime Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 014148 ISBN : 0425164357 9780425164358

‎Petrie,Glen‎

‎The Monstrous Regiment: A Mycroft Holmes Adventure‎

‎London United Kingdom: Bantam Press. London 1990. 1st ed. Light wear at edges page edges lightly soiled slight spine slant else near fine in dust jacket. SIGNED COPY. The second Mycroft Holmes title. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bantam Press. London Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014235 ISBN : 0593017013 9780593017012

‎Ambler, Eric} Lewis, Peter‎

‎ERIC AMBLER‎

‎Continuum NY 1990 1st ed. Fine in dj the first full-length study of Ambler's life and work. Includes Bibliography. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Continuum NY 1990 Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 014322

‎Davis, Lindsey‎

‎SILVER PIGS: The First M. Didius Falco Mystery‎

‎NY: Crown 1989. 1st ed very light spotting at foreedge else fine copy in dust jacket. Rome AD70. The 1st Falco title. "The intriguing premise of a detective story set in Imperial Rome in 70 A.D. is unpredictably fulfilled by Davis's hero-gumshoe M. Didius Falco an iconoclastic young republican. Falco rescues the niece of a senator from a kidnapping attempt is attracted by both her innocence and the secret she keeps regarding a silver ingot the "pig" of the title and then stricken when her corpse is found in a spice warehouse. Hired by her family to track down the reasons behind her death Falco spends the winter in Britain working as a slave in a silver mine. Enduring vividly depicted hardship with customary sharp-witted pluck he picks up the hints of a plan to overthrow Vespasian the current emperor. He also meets the senator's divorced sharp-tongued daughter Helena Justina and brings her back to Rome where they work with--and against--each other to bring the well-developed plot to its satisfying conclusion. Wisecracking in ancient idiom Falco seems nevertheless a recognizably up-to-date young man one whose honor humor and humanity work him quickly into reader's affection. Davis's story though couched in period detail rewards as much for deft handling of plot and depth of characterization as for its historicity." -- Publishers Weekly. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Crown Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 005104 ISBN : 0517573636 9780517573631

‎Emerson, Kathy Lynn‎

‎MURDERS AND OTHER CONFUSIONS: The Chronicles of Susanna Lady Appleton 16th-Century Gentlewoman Herbalist and Sleuth SIGNED COPY / LIMITED EDITION‎

‎Norfolk VA U.S.A.: Crippen & Landru Publishers 2004. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. LIMITED EDITION one of 225 copies this being #155 bound in cloth and SIGNED and numbered by the author. Accompanying each copy is a seperately printed pamphlet "excerpts from A Cautionary Herbal being a compendium of plants harmful to the health by S.A." Susanna Lady Appleton was a gentlewoman a herbalist and expert crime solver during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I Queens of England during the turbulent 16th century. Eleven stories -- five of which are previously unpublished. New introduction and historical notes to each story by the author and a checklist of Kathy Lynn Emerson's novels and stories. Susanna Lady Appleton was a gentlewoman a herbalist author of A Cautionary Herbal being a compendium of plants harmful to the health and an expert crime-solver during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I Queens of England during the turbulent 16th century. It was a time when religious differences were fought with the sword and the torture chamber and an ardent Protestant could be burned at the stake for heresy under the rule Mary and an fervent Catholic could be executed for treason under the rule of Elizabeth. Susanna investigates a body found in a dovecote death by Devil's Turnips the woman whose babies always died by being "overlaid"; the use of a Neck Verse to save a condemned prisoner's life the mysterious tavern sign of a woolsack and other cases full of the color and danger of the 16th century. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Limited/ Numbered Edition. Crippen & Landru, Publishers Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013801 ISBN : 1932009205 9781932009200

‎Peters, Elizabeth‎

‎LORD OF THE SILENT: An Amelia Peabody Novel‎

‎New York NY U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon 2001. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. It is the autum of 1915 and the elderly Peabody-Emersons in Cairo for their annual excavation. But Cairo has been turned into an army camp with enemy agents and shockingly bold tomb robbers. No place in Egypt is safe. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Book. Morrow/Avon Hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 013815 ISBN : 0380978849 9780380978847