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  • Balchin, C. S. Forester, Eric Linklater & Christopher Sykes, Nigel:  Fatal Fascination.  Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1964. First American Edition. Very good+ in red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine, which is slightly rolled, and with a prior owner's name on the front paste down. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with a dampness stain on the verso side which does not impact on the printed side of the jacket and with light wear and rubbing to the ends of the spine area and light soiling to this white background jacket. "Four historic cases (of murder) vividly recreated by four master storytellers." 200 pages of text.
    TB19702  $14.00



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    Berendt, John:  Midnight In The Garden Of Good and Evil.  New York: Random House, 1994. Reprint. Fine in black paper covered boards with metallic light blue text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. 388 pages of text. A tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind. This title "became a New York Times Best-Seller for 216 weeks following its debut and remains one of the longest-standing New York Times Best-Sellers.(Wikipedia)
    TB33153  $20.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Specimen Song.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed and inscribed with "Best wishes" by the author. This is the author's fifth book and the second in the Gabriel Du Pre series. The first in that series was also the author's first book, Coyote Wind.
    TB04898  $45.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Kelly Blue.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1991. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel and the 2nd Kelly in the series following Yellowstone Kelly.
    TB04305  $35.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Notches.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB05887  $35.00




  • Bowen, Peter:  Imperial Kelly.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's third novel and the third Kelly in the series.
    TB05067  $14.00




  • Brautigan, Richard:  Willard and His Bowling Trophies.  New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. First Edition. Near fine in dark brown paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine and a remainder mark on the bottom edge. In a fine jacket with a hint of rubbing to the spine ends. Sub-titled: "A Perverse Mystery". It was considered a "cross-genre" novel.
    TB06776  $24.50




  • Burke, James Lee:  Cadillac Jukebox.  New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket.
    TB05027  $9.00




  • Burke, James Lee:  Burning Angel.  Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1989. First Editon. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards with gilt text stamping. In a near fine dust jacket with just a hint of wear at the top of the spine area. The author's 14th novel which was preceeded by his Black Cherry Blues which won Edgar Award.
    TB04707  $7.00



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    Caldwell, Ian, and Dustin Thomason:  The Rule Of Four.  New York: The Dial Press, 2004. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cream cloth and off white paper covered boards with metallic red text stamping on the spine. In a fine unclipped dust jacket. Signed by both authors on the title page. A bibliomystery and the authors' first book. 372 pages of text.
    TB22189  $18.00




  • Coel, Margaret:  The Eagle Catcher.  Niwot: University Press of Colo., 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated 6/10/95 by the author on the title page. Only 2,000 copies of the first edition were printed.
    TB03607  $86.00




  • Coel, Margaret:  The Ghost Walker.  New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03681  $12.00



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    Cornwell, Patricia:  All That Remains.  New York: Charles Scribners, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's third book and the second in her now famous Kay Scarpetta series. 373 pages of text. A very tight, clean and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB29256  $14.00




  • Cornwell, Patricia D.:  Cruel & Unusual.  New York: Scribners, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine jacket with the price intact. The author's fifth book and fourth mystery title.
    TB02415  $9.00




  • Crumley, James:  Dancing Bear.  New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. panel with no other signs of wear or damage. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's fourth book and quite uncommon.
    TB15706  $225.00




  • Crumley, James:  Dancing Bear.  New York: Random House, 1983. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and decorated paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with several 2 & 3" long scratches to the front panel with no other signs of wear or damage. The author's fourth book.
    TB07077  $165.00




  • Crumley, James:  The Last Good Kiss.  New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with red text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third book.
    TB05883  $125.00




  • Crumley, James:  Bordersnakes.  New York: Random House, 1978. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The author's sixth book.
    TB05884  $45.00




  • Crumley, James:  The Mexican Tree Duck.  New York: The Mysterious Press, 1993. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with red text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's fifth book which deals with Crumley's character, C. W. Surhrue who first appeared as the private investigator in The Last Good Kiss.
    TB06998  $25.00




  • Dunning, John:  The Bookwoman's Last Fling.  New York: Scribner, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown and yellow paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 3/16 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 337 pages of text. The author's fifth Cliff Janeway biblio-mystery and the last volume in the series.
    TB30789  $10.00



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    Edwards, Ruth Dudley:  The Saint Valentine's Day Murders.  London: Quartet Qrime, 1984. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with white text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The author's second mystery title which is exceptionally uncommon.
    TB17646  $120.00



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    Evanovich, Janet:  One for the Money.  New York: Charles Scribner's S, 1994. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and purple paper covered boards with blue text stamped on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/8 inches with spots of foxing to the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. The author's first book of mystery. Previously she had been an author of pulp romances. Only 17,000 copies of this printing were produced. 290 pages of text. This title won the 1995 Dilys Award. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32191  $80.00



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    Evanovich, Janet:  Two for the Dough.  New York: Charles Scribner's S, 1996. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 light gray cloth and red-orange paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. The author's second mystery title. She had previously been an author of pulp romances. 301 pages of text. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32192  $50.00




  • Griffin, W. E. B.:  Final Justice.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue paper and gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. One of the author's volumes in the "Matt Payne" series. 466 pages.
    TB20894  $7.00




  • Guthrie, A. B., Jr.:  Murder in the Cotswolds.  Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards. In a near fine dust jacket with a tiny nick to the upper right corner of the front panel. This Montana author wrote a series of mysteries of which this is the fifth. It involves Montana Sherif Chick Charleston solving a crime in an English village.
    TB05795  $40.00




  • Harrison, Jamie:  Going Local.  New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. This Montana author's second book.
    TB07062  $45.00




  • Harrison, Jamie:  An Unfortunate Prairie Occurrence.  New York: Hyperion, 1998. First Edition. Fine in paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. A review copy with materials & a 5" x 7" photo laid-in. The author's third book and the third to take place in the town of Blue Deer, Montana.
    TB06284  $40.00




  • Harrison, Jamie:  The Edge of the Crazies.  New York: Hyperion, 1995. First Edition. Fine, In a near fine dust jacket with the slightest hint of spine wear. Written by Jim Harrison's daughter. The author's first book. Praised with quoted reviews by Bass, Matthiessen, James Crumley and Richard Currey.
    TB04040  $25.00




  • Harrison, Jamie:  Going Local.  New York: Hyperion, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. This Montana author's second book.
    TB03973  $7.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Native Tongue.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc, 1991. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 green cloth and decorated purple, paper covered boards bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 325 pages of text. The author's fourth novel. A very tight, clean and handsome copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32187  $35.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Naked Came the Manatee.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 12/31/2004. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine with a blind embossing of a manatee on the front board. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Thirteen authors contributed to this novel which was serialized in The Miami Herald. Each author provided a chapter then passed the work in progress along to the next author. 201 pages of text. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32188  $25.00



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    Hiaasen, Carl:  Stormy Weather.  New York: Alfred A. Knofp, 1995. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 orange cloth and decorated, light blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with minor spots of foxing on the top edge of the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page with the date "9-10-95" without an inscription. 336 pages of text. The author's sixth novel. A very clean, tight and bright copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32190  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  The Shape Shifter.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2006). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and light red paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. w 276 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32325  $40.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Skeleton Man .  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2004). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and light gray paper covered boards with silver colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 241 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32321  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Hunting Badger.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (1999). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 brown paper and light orange paper covered boards with copper colored text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 275 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32322  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  Seldom Disappointed A Memoir.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 red paper and blue paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches with minor bumps to the head and heel of the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 341 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32323  $20.00



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    Hillerman, Tony:  The Sinister Pig.  New York: HarperCollins Publishers, (2003). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black paper and yellow paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 228 pages of text. A clean, tight and very collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32324  $20.00




  • Hugo, Richard:  Death and the Good Life.  New York: St. Martin's Press, 1981. First Edition. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine and the spine very slightly rolled. In a near fine dust jacket with small creases at the spine ends and two small creases on the front panel. Hugo, an eminent poet and essayist, reportedly wrote this novel at the urging of his friend James Crumley. This was his first and only novel.
    TB06070  $110.00




  • Kellerman, Faye:  Sancturary.  New York: Wm. Morrow and Co., 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. The eighth Peter Decker and Rina Lasarus mystery.
    TB05053  $5.00



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    Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire.  New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text stamping on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9 1/8 by 6 3/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 503 pages of text. The sequel to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
    TB32715  $15.00



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    Larsson, Stieg:  The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest.  New York: Vintage Books/Random House, 2009. Paperback reprints. Both volumes are in near fine condition in heavy, printed paper wraps with very slight curling to the upper panels. No stains, names, dates or other writing within. Two very clean and tight copies. Both volumes are trade paperbacks measuring 8" by 5". Without dust jackets as issued. The Girl Who Played with Fire contains 630 pages followed by 12 pages from the following volume. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest contains 658 pages of text.
    TB26236  $7.00




  • Levitsky, Ronald:  The Wisdom of Serpents.  New York: Charles Scribner's, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's second novel and the second in a series of mysteries with Nate Rosen.
    TB04157  $12.00




  • McClendon, Lise:  Painted Truth.  New York: Walker & Company, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed and dated by the author on the title page. An Alix Thorseen mystery.
    TB04225  $14.00




  • Mosley, Walter:  A Little Yellow Dog.  New York: W. W. Norton, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. An Easy Rawlins mystery and the author's 6th book of fiction
    TB04349  $14.00




  • Mosley, Walter:  Gone Fishin'.  Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997. First Edition, First printing. Fine in half cloth and paper covered boards with red embossed spine lettering. In a fine dust jacket. Although this is the first Easy Rawlins mystery it remained unpublished until 1997 when the author abandoned his publisher of his first six novels, W. W. Norton, in favor of a small black publishing house in Baltimore.
    TB04362  $12.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the fly title page.
    TB04780  $14.00




  • Nichols, John:  A Ghost in the Music.  New York: Holt, Rinehart & Win, 1979. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with a bump to the upper corner of the top board. In a near fine dust jacket with modest wear to the upper corner of the front panel.
    TB04441  $8.00




  • Nichols, John:  An Elegy For September.  New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02916  $5.00




  • O'Connell, Carol:  The Man Who Cast Two Shadows.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine in black 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with bright yellow- green text on the spine. In a fine dust jacket. The second book in the Kathleen Mallory series. The author's first book, Mallory's Oracle was an Edgar nominee. This is her second book.
    TB05564  $10.00




  • O'Shaughnessy, Perri:  Case Of Lies.  New York: Delacorte Press, 2005. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 black cloth and blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 390 pages of text.
    TB20654  $10.50




  • Pearson, Ridley:  Cut and Run.  New York: Hyperion, 2005. First Edition. Fine in 1/4 white cloth and white paper covered boards with dark blue metallic text on the spine. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 368 pages of text.
    TB20653  $15.00




  • Pearson, Ridley:  The Art of Deception.  New York: Hyperion, 2002. First Edition, First printing. Fine in red and black paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. 451 pages of text.
    TB16539  $7.00



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    Randisi, Robert J., Editor:  Mean Streets.  New York: The Mysterious Press, (1986). First Edition, First Printing, Limited Edition. Fine in green cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued; however, the book is contained within a near fine cloth covered slipcase. One of only 250 copies signed by all the contributors and with this copy identified as number 108. 230 pages of text. The second private eye Writers of America anthology containing 12 short stories.
    TB32756  $100.00



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    Randisi, Robert J., Editor:  An Eye For Justice.  New York: The Mysterious Press, (1988). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and light blue paper covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/8 by 5 1/2 inches with light spots of foxing to the text block. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 211 pages of text. The third private eye Writers of America anthology containing 13 short stories.
    TB32754  $20.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  The Crocodile Bird.  New York: Crown Publishers, In, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03368  $10.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  Kissing The Gunner's Daughter.  New York: Mysterious Press, 1992. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03451  $7.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  Going Wrong.  New York: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB03600  $7.00




  • Rendell, Ruth:  An Unkindness of Ravens.  New York: Pantheon Books, 1985. First Edition, First printing. Near fine, cloth binding discolored. In a very near fine but price clipped dust jacket with a 1/4" closed tear on the rear panel.
    TB03698  $7.00



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    Stevenson, Robert Louis, and Lloyd Osbourne:  The Wrong Box.  New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1889. First Edition, First printing. Very good+ in the publisher's original light brown cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine and with a paper label of brown text surrounded by a border on the front board and with a small ad torn from the classified section of a news paper added as a second label to the lower quarter of the front board. A 12mo measuring 7 1/2" by 5" with the cloth at the head and heel of the spine worn and rubbed and the cloth on the same tanned. There is a prior owner's name in pencil and a second prior owner's stamp on the first free end page. 244 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher. A mystery-comedy co-authored with Stevenson's step-son. (Widener, 111; Wright, 5199)
    TB24883  $120.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Raptor.  New York: Harper & Row, 1990. First Edition, First printing. Fine in 1/4 blue cloth and paper covered boards. In a fine dust jacket. The author's second book of mystery to involve Neil Hamel.
    TB02279  $35.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Mercury Retrograde.  Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. Sigend Limited Edition. Fine, In a fine dust jacket with the price intact on the front flap. Signed by author, illustrator and introducer, Walter Satterthwait, on the title page. Numbered "PC" of 124 numbered and 26 lettered limited edition copies. The sixth book by this author of mystery fiction.
    TB02544  $35.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Lies That Bind.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine jacket with a tiny black pen mark at the lower quarter of the front panel near the spine. Signed by the author on the title page. The fifth Neil Hamel mystery book.
    TB01904  $14.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Wolf Path.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB01905  $14.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Other Side of Death.  New York: HarperCollins, 1991. First Edition, First printing. Near fine with a gift inscription on the first free end paper, else fine. In a fine dust jacket. The author's third Neil Hammel mystery.
    TB02278  $10.50




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Parrot Blues.  New York: HarperCollins, 1995. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. The sixth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB02910  $10.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Hotshots.  New York: HarperCollins, 1996. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's seventh Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB03383  $8.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Lies That Bind.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket.
    TB02773  $7.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  Mercury Retrograde.  Huntington: James Cahill Publish, 1994. First Edition, First printing. Fine with illustrated paper covered boards. Without a dust jacket. The author's sixth book. With an introduction by Walter Satterthwait. A collection of short stories and poems.
    TB05511  $7.00




  • Van Gieson, Judith:  The Wolf Path.  New York: Harper Collins, 1993. First Edition, First printing. Fine, In a fine dust jacket. The author's fourth Neil Hamel mystery.
    TB02774  $5.60






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