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DATE WITH DEATH

A first UK EDITION B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  UNREAD.  Bought new at publication and stored carefully ever since.

The first book in the Dales Detective Series.  Julia Chapman is the pseudonym of Julia Stagg.

SYNOPSIS:  “Samson O’Brien has been dismissed from the police force, and returns t....

WILDWOOD

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Bumped at head and tail of book spine.  Heavy age tanning to pages making them rather brown but still eminently readable.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing signs of wear to the extremities.  Creased at head and tail of jacket spine to match the bumps.

SYNOPS....

ELECTRIC CITY

A first UK edition hardback with a stated First published by Mysterious Press in August 1994 and a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  Tanning to pages.  Foxing to edges, not affecting page faces.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price, but is showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities:  some minor cr....

WOLVES EAT DOGS

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 9 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Bumped at head of book spine.  Age tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete, still shows the price but is showing some signs of wear to the extremities:  some minor creasing to top edge, especially at head of spine to correspond with the bump.

The Fifth book in the Arkady Renko series.<....

AGATHA RAISIN LOVE, LIES AND LIQUOR

A UK paperback edition with a 5 to 10 number sequence indicating a 5th printing.  Appears unread.

An Agatha Raisin Investigation.

SYNOPSIS:   “Sea, sand – and the slammer for Agatha!

Agatha Raisin thinks she’s in for a treat when her ex-husband, James Lacey, invites her on holiday but – horrors! – his idea of an idyllic break is the small, r....

THE LIE TREE

A UK B Format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a 6 to 9 number sequence indicating a 6th printing. Some slight shelf wear to the covers and very light tanning to pages.

SYNOPSIS:  “The leaves were cold and slightly clammy.  There was no mistaking them.  She had seen their likeness painstakingly sketched in her father’s journal.  This was his greatest secret, his treasure a....

THE PARIS WIFE

A b FORMAT (130 X 198 MM) PAPERBACK. The pages are lightly tanned but the book has an unread appearance.

SYNOPSIS:  “Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition.  After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set s....

ANGEL BLOOD

A first UK edition hardback with a single number 1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Minor bump to head and tail of book spine.  Some tanning to pages.  The dust jacket is complete and still shows the price, but is showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

SYNOPSIS:  “The nurses call this place the Bin and it’s where we live. We don’t ....

GALLOWS COURT

A UK B format paperback (130 x 198 mm) edition.  Read once very carefully.

The first book in the Jacob Flint Series.

SYNOPSIS:  “London, 1930  Sooty, sulphurous, and malign: no woman should be out on a night like this.  A spate of violent deaths – the details too foul to print – has horrified the capital and the smog-bound streets are deserted.

But Ra....

BLACK LIGHT

A first UK edition B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a single #1 as the number sequence indicating a first printing.  Unread.

By writers from the SAW Franchise – Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan and Stephen Romano.

SYNOPSIS:  “Welcome to the haunted world of Buck Callahan, a private investigator whose unique gifts place him in demand for those looking for quick s....

MAISIE DOBBS

A UK B format (130 x 198mm) paperback.  Originally published in 2005, this is a later, undated 8th printing.   Age tanning to pages.  Reading creases to spine.  Covers showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.  Crease across bottom left-hand corner of rear cover.  The flash in the photo is making the covers look yellow, whereas they are more orange.

The first book in ....

DARK ENTITIES (Publisher’s Copy Slipcased Deluxe Edition)

This is a Publisher’s Copy – a book that is identical to the deluxe slipcased edition of 13 Numbered copies in all respects bar one: on the limitation page, instead of having a Number (or a Letter in the case of a Lettered edition), it has ‘PC’ written where the number (or letter) should appear.

PC copies (sometimes called ‘presentation copies’) are no....

MR CAMPION’S VISIT

A first UK edition hardback with a stated This First World Edition published in 2019 in Great Britain and the USA.  Unread.   The dust jacket is un-priced, which is  the norm now for for Severn House Books.

An Albert Campion Mystery.

SYNOPSIS:  “Suffolk 1970.  Albert Campion is back in black Dudley, once the scene of murder and mayhem but now home to the brand-new Uni....

THE CORPORATION WARS: INSURGENCE

A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing.  Small-sized hardback (130mm x 200mm) which was published without a dust jacket.

Second book in the Corporation Wars Trilogy.

SYNOPSIS:  “Die for the company, live for the pay.

And the ultimate pay-off is DH-17, an Earth-like planet hundreds of light years from human habitat....

NIGHTCHASER

A first UK edition trade paperback (152mm x 230mm) with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing of this edition. Unread.

Book One in the Endeavour Trilogy.

SYNOPSIS:  “A convict and an enchanting rogue hold the fate of the universe in their hands…

Wanted criminal Tess Bailey and her band of merry thieves are desperate and on the run.  The mo....

THE GHOST PIRATES

This is a trade paperback book (152mm x 230mm) and appears to be a printing of an e-book originally released in 2004, printed by Amazon, however, there is no actual printing date in the book .  Covers are showing some slight signs of wear to the extremities.

SYNOPSIS:  “The captivating tale of the ship “Mortzestus,” an unlucky vessel haunted by “too many shadows....