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Book cover ofThe Curious Curate
  • AGATHA RAISIN AND THE CURIOUS CURATE

  • Author: M C BEATON
  • Publisher: Constable
  • Comments:

    A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later 2015 fifth reprint of the 2010 edition. Some tanning to pages.  Some faint creasing across the bottom right-hand corner of the front cover and a minor bump to the edge of the spine.

    SYNOPSIS: “Agatha is going through a man-hating phase and so is unmoved by news of the captivating n....

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Book cover ofThe Wellspring of Death
  • AGATHA RAISIN AND THE WELLSPRING OF DEATH

  • Author: M C BEATON
  • Publisher: Constable
  • Comments:

    A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later, undated, fifth printing of the 2010 edition.  Some tanning to pages.  Appears unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “First a trickle, then a flood – murky waters in the charming Cotswolds…

    Next to Agatha’s sleepy Cotswold village of Carsely lies Ancombe, the epitome of qui....

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Book cover ofCamden Murder 14766
  • THE CAMDEN MURDER

  • Author: Mike HOLLOW
  • Publisher: Allison & Busby
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a stated first edition.  Read once very carefully.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine (caused in transit).  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, but was damaged in transit (see photo) with some creasing to top edge and two small nicks.

    The Blitz Detective Series Book 7.

    SYNOPSIS:  “November 1940.  As dawn begins to ....

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Book cover ofVicious Vet
  • AGATHA RAISIN AND THE VICIOUS VET

  • Author: M C BEATON
  • Publisher: Constable
  • Comments:

    A UK paperback edition  originally published in this edition by Constable in 2010. This is a later, undated, fifth printing of the 2010 edition.  Production fault affecting pages 53, 54, 55 and 56, not affecting text – the pages haven’t been cut quite square.  Appears unread.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Agatha lets sleeping vets lie…

    Retired PR boss Agatha Raisin is e....

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Book cover ofDeath Long Shadow 1
  • DEATH’S LONG SHADOW

  • Author: Judith CUTLER
  • Publisher: Severn House
  • Comments:

    A first edition hardback with a stated  This First World Edition published 2021 in Great Britain and the USA.  Unread.   The dust jacket is unpriced which is the norm now for Severn House books.  Very tiny bump to head of spine caused in transit from the publisher.

    A Matthew Rowsley Mystery.

    SYNOPSIS:  “On a freezing winter’s night, with the household in mournin....

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Book cover ofNation 1
  • NATION

  • Author: Terry PRATCHETT
  • Publisher: Doubleday
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine and to bottom edge of front board.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price but is showing some signs of wear to the extremities.  Some minor creasing to top edge of ....

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Book cover ofRain 14761
  • RAIN

  • Author: Stephen GALLAGHER
  • Publisher: New English Library
  • Comments:

    First UK edition hardback in very good condition for its age.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine.  Age tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear to the extremities.  Some minor creasing to match the bumps on the spine.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Lucy Ashdown is a girl with a mission: to find her sister Christine’s killer. Fo....

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Book cover ofThe Hamlet Trap
  • THE HAMLET TRAP

  • Author: Kate WILHELM
  • Publisher: Victor Gollancz
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback in very good condition for its age.  Age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable, and some minor foxing to page edges not affecting text.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price.  Some minor foxing internally not visible externally.

    The first Charlie Meiklejohn and Constance Leidl mystery.

    SYNOPSIS:  ....

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Book cover ofThe Fatal Child
  • THE FATAL CHILD

  • Author: John DICKINSON
  • Publisher: David Fickling Books
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Age tanning to pages.  Bumped at base of book spine and a quarter-inch bump across the bottom right-hand corner of the front board.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, but is showing some slight signs of storage wear to the extremities.

    Sequel to The Cup of the World and ....

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Book cover ofYellow.dog
  • YELLOW DOG

  • Author: Martin AMIS
  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Comments:

    A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.   Age tanning to pages.  Covers are showing some slight signs of storage wear to the extremities.  The covers of the book are more orange than they appear in the photo.

    SYNOPSIS:  “When ‘dream husband’ Xan Meo is vengefully assaulted in the garden ....

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Book cover ofSin Undone
  • SIN UNDONE

  • Author: Larissa IONE
  • Publisher: Piatkus
  • Comments:

    A first UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  Tanning to pages.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

    The fifth book in the Demonica/Lords of Deliverance Series.

    SYNOPSIS:  “As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved, and now vows she’ll di....

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Book cover ofGeek Girl
  • GEEK GIRL

  • Author: Holly SMALE
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
  • Comments:

    A UK B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback.  Originally published in 2012, this is a later, undated, fourth printing.  Some tanning to pages.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to extremities.  Crease across bottom left-hand corner of rear cover.

    Author’s debut novel.  Book One in the Geek Girl series.

    SYNOPSIS:  “Harriet Manners knows a lot of things.  *....

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