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Monday the Rabbi Took Off

By: N/A

Price: $2.20

Publisher: Fawcett: 1972

Seller ID: 298773

ISBN: 9110241744

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

Best American Mystery Stories 2017 (The Best American Series Â®)

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Best American Paper: October 2017

Seller ID: 931450

ISBN: 0544949080

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used

"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."--Publishers Weekly
"Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clich d situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit--al-though there's always a little, just to grease the wheels," writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing unde...
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Blood Sport

By: N/A

Price: $3.72

Publisher: Fawcett: January 1988

Seller ID: 960008

ISBN: 0449212629

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

The Riddle of the Third Mile (Inspector Morse, #6)

By: N/A

Price: $5.00

Seller ID: 984426

ISBN: 0330479636

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

The Right Attitude to rain

By: N/A

Price: $8.57

Publisher: Anchor: July 2007

Seller ID: 986924

ISBN: 1400077117

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used - Very Good

ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 3

Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether investigating a case or a problem of philosophy, the indefatigable Isabel Dalhousie, one of fiction's most richly developed amateur detectives, is always ready to pursue the answers to all of life's questions, large and small.

The delectable new installment in the bestselling and already beloved adventures of Isabel Dalhousie and her no-nonsense housekeeper, Grace.

The Double Comfort Safari Club: The New No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Novel

By: N/A

Price: $8.58

Publisher: Pantheon Press: January 2010

Seller ID: 925994

ISBN: 1611290643

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used - Very Good

A Deadly Cliche (A Books by the Bay Mystery)

By: Adams, Ellery

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: March 2011

Seller ID: 932617

ISBN: 0425240231

Condition: Used - Very Good

While walking her poodle, Olivia Limoges discovers a dead body buried in the sand. Could it be connected to the bizarre burglaries plaguing Oyster Bay, North Carolina? At every crime scene, the thieves set up odd tableaus: a stick of butter with a knife through it, dolls with silver spoons in their mouths, a deck of cards with a missing queen. Olivia realizes each setup represents a clich . And who better to decode the clich clues than her Bayside Book Writers group?
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River of Darkness Book 1

By: Airth, Rennie

Price: $10.76

Publisher: Penguin Canada: June 2009

Seller ID: 893094

ISBN: 0143171003

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used

As rural England emerges from World War I, a vicious attack on a household leaves five butchered bodies and no explanation for the killings. Scotland Yard sends Inspector John Madden, still recovering from his own harrowing war experience and from the deaths of his family. The locals dismiss the slaughter as a robbery, but Madden detects the signs of a madman at work.
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The Dead of Winter: A John Madden Mystery (John Madden Mysteries)

By: Airth, Rennie

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Viking Adult: July 2009

Seller ID: 963762

ISBN: 0670020931

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used

The murder of a young Polish girl in wartime London puts John Madden on the trail of a ruthless hired killer
On a freezing London night in 1944, Rosa Novak is brutally murdered during a blackout. The police suspect she was the victim of a random act of violence and might have dropped the case if former police investigator John Madden hadn't been the victim's employer.
Madden's old colleagues at Scotland Yard are working on it, but their scant clues lead them to Europe, where the ravages of the war halt their inquiries. Madden feels he owes it to Rosa to find her killer and pushes the ...
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The Death of Achilles: A Novel (Erast Fandorin Mystery)

By: Akunin, Boris

Price: $7.96

Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks: April 2006

Seller ID: 957044

ISBN: 0812968808

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used

In 1882, after six years of foreign travel and adventure, renowned diplomat and detective Erast Fandorin returns to Moscow in the heart of Mother Russia. His Moscow homecoming is anything but peaceful. In the hotel where he and his loyal if impertinent manservant Masa are staying, Fandorin's old war-hero friend General Michel Sobolev ("Achilles" to the crowd) has been found dead, felled in his armchair by an apparent heart attack. But Fandorin suspects an unnatural cause. His suspicions lead him to the boudoir of the beautiful singer-"not exactly a courtesan"-known as Wanda. Apparently, in Wan...
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Chile Death: A China Bayles Mystery

By: ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley Pub Group: October 1999

Seller ID: 938052

ISBN: 0425171477

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

Ex-lawyer turned herbalist and amateur sleuth China Bayles attends a chili cookoff where a womanizing judge dies of an allergic reaction to peanuts. And since everyone knows peanuts don't belong in a bowl of Texas chili, China knows something suspicious is afoot...
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A Dilly of a Death

By: ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG

Price: $4.37

Publisher: Berkley: April 2005

Seller ID: 953178

ISBN: 0425199541

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

China Bayles is in a pickle. The daughter of her best friend, Ruby, has turned up on her doorstep, pregnant and in need of a place to live. And her otherwise sensible husband has announced that he's bored with teaching and ready for a career change." "Say "hello" to P.I. Mike McQuaid and Associates. There aren't actually any "associates" - unless you count Ruby and China, of course. But the title does have a nice, official ring to it. His first client is Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of the biggest little pickle business in Texas. According to Phoebe, her plant manager is embezzling, and she ...
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Hangmans Root

By: ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG

Price: $4.35

Publisher: Berkley: August 1995

Seller ID: 989791

ISBN: 042514898X

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

Ex-lawyer turned herbalist China Bayles must solve a hair-raising murder in this mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert.

When a prominent animal researcher is found hanged in the midst of angry protests against his experiments, suspicion falls on biology professor Dottie Riddle. Known as the Cat Lady of Pecan Springs, Dottie's sympathy for strays--and the victim's distaste for them--gives the police reason to think she may be capable of murder. But China doesn't think so. She hires a lawyer for Dottie and starts looking around for clues. But she so...
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Thyme of Death

By: ALBERT, SUSAN WITTIG

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: March 1994

Seller ID: 989799

ISBN: 0425140989

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used

Nominated for both an Agatha and an Anthony Award, Susan Wittig Albert's novels featuring ex-lawyer and herb-shop proprietor China Bayles have won acclaim for their rich characterization and witty, suspenseful stories of crime and passion in small-town Texas.

Now, when China's friend Jo dies of an apparent suicide, China looks behind the quaint fa ade of Pecan Springs and takes a suspicious look at everyone. And though she finds lots of friendly faces, China is sure that one of them hides the heart of a killer.
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Nightshade: China Bayles #16 (China Bayles Mystery)

By: Albert, Susan Wittig

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: April 2009

Seller ID: 572879

ISBN: 0425227030

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert takes China Bayles on a trip down memory lane, where one fresh murder and several cold cases force her to face her dark past...

China's herb shop and catering business may be thriving, but she's still reeling from her father's death--and isn't remotely interested in her half-brother Miles's investigation of it. Although, when fate forces her to get involved, China realizes it's time to bring the past to light--or else it will haunt her the rest of her life.

But China and McQuaid discover that Miles may have been keepi...
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Spanish Dagger (China Bayles Mystery)

By: Albert, Susan Wittig

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: April 2008

Seller ID: 572884

ISBN: 0425220885

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

While harvesting yucca plants to make paper, China Bayles finds a body-cause of death: unknown. It seems that the simple lives of many residents of Pecan Springs hide complex and dangerous pasts. And now, while also unraveling secrets that hit close to home, China must set the record straight- and find a killer.
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Holly Blues (China Bayles Mystery)

By: Albert, Susan Wittig

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: April 2011

Seller ID: 572886

ISBN: 0425240614

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

China Bayles isn't happy when a Texas wind blows her husband's ex-wife, and the mother of China's stepson, into her herb shop. Sally is known to have a split personality and fall into constant trouble with the law, but she claims she has nowhere else to turn. Now its up to China to weed out whatever it is Sally's running from before the truth catches up to them all.
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Mourning Gloria (China Bayles Mystery)

By: Albert, Susan Wittig

Price: $5.00

Publisher: Berkley: April 2012

Seller ID: 589597

ISBN: 0425247015

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Used - Very Good

Susan Wittig Albert, "who consistently turns out some of the best-plotted mysteries on the market,"* delivers the charm and suspense in her latest herbal treat, Mourning Gloria. Now ex-lawyer and current herbalist China Bayles must stop a killer whose evil is burning through Texas...

China is relishing the scents, produce, and even the showers of spring. She's also busy hosting Pecan Springs' Farmers' Market. It brings additional customers to her herb shop Thyme and Seasons. And residents find rare ingredients they wouldn't otherwise find in the supermarket. Eve...
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Death in the Floating City: A Lady Emily Mystery (Lady Emily Mysteries)

By: Alexander, Tasha

Price: $9.22

Publisher: Minotaur Books: July 2013

Seller ID: 940296

ISBN: 1250029767

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used

The Huffington Post calls Tears of Pearl author Tasha Alexander "one to watch--and read" and Death in the Floating City, her new Lady Emily mystery set in Venice, proves it

Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. There's no one Emma can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once with her husband, the dashing Colin Hargreaves, for Venice. There, her investigations take her from opulent palazzi to slum...
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Death of a Ghost (Felony & Mayhem Mysteries)

By: Allingham, Margery

Price: $9.19

Publisher: Felony & Mayhem: September 2007

Seller ID: 979234

ISBN: 1933397829

Binding: Trade

Condition: Used

Margery Allingham is one of the best-known names in mystery fiction. The "Campion" novels have been extensively televised, and broadcast in the U.S. and the UK; a new series is currently under option. Who's Likely to Like This? Fans of Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, Edmund Crispin and other writers of Britain's "Golden Age"
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