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• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  An Easy Thing   Viking, New York, 1990. Hardcover. First English Translation. SIGNED. Detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne is reluctantly involved in three cases: a murder at a corruption-riddled factory; violent threats against the innocent teenage daughter of a former porn star; and an attempt to find Emiliano Zapata, hero of the failed Mexican Revolution. F/F. $25.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  Just Passing Through   Cico Punto, Texas, 2000. Hardcover. First English Translation. Adventure novel set in 1920s post-revolutionary Mexico and featuring the author himself more than 20 years before he was actually born. Paco Ignacio Taibo II is searching for a leftist hero and he thinks he's found him in the person of Sebastian San Vicente. F/F. $20.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  Leonardo's Bicycle   Mysterious Press, New York, 1995. Hardcover. First English Translation. Four stories that meditate on the effects of a century of violence on the nature of imagination. Featuring famous writer of crime fiction, Jose Daniel Fierro. F/F. $20.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  Life Itself   Mysterious Press, New York, 1994. Hardcover. First English Translation. The author of police thrillers becomes police chief in Santa Ana, a town where police chiefs keep being murdered. F/F. $20.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  Return to the City   Mysterious Press, New York, 1996. Hardcover. First English Translation. Hecter Beascoaran Shayne rises from the dead. He doesn't want to be alive but he is, and when a woman tells him the story of her sister's death at the hands of a handsome rumba dancer in white patent leather shoes Hector agrees to do something about it. F/F. $20.00.

• Paco Ignacio Taibo II  :  The Shadow of the Shadow   Viking, New York, 1991. Hardcover. First English Translation. Set in Mexico City in 1922. Four friends meet to play dominoes. Remainder mark on bottom edges. NF/NF. $15.00.

• Frank Tallis  :  Mortal Mischief   Century, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Introduces Dr. Max Liebermann. . F/F. $40.00.

• Barry Targan  :  The Ark of the Marindor   MacMurray & Beck, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Katherine Dennison, a master mariner, is asked too help retrieve the cargo from a downed airplane. A nautical adventure. F/F. $30.00.

• Donna Tartt  :  The Little Friend   Knopf, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Author's second novel, after The Secret History. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $75.00.

• Donna Tartt  :  The Secret History   Knopf, New York, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. The lives of five students at a small Vermont college. Author's First Novel. Sensational debut. F/F. $55.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  An Air That Kills   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. First in a series exploring Britain during the decade following World War II. Set in the village of Lydmouth. F/F. $60.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  An Air That Kills   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995. Hardcover. First US Edition. First Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $25.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Blood Relation   Doubleday Crime Club, New York, 1991. Hardcover. First US Edition. William Dougal is now working as a private detective and is given the delicate task of finding the lover of the boss's daughter who seems to have disappeared. NF/NF. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Call the Dying   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $40.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Caroline Miniscule   Dodd Mead, New York, 1983. Hardcover. First US Edition. Dr. Gumper, a leading authority on Caroline Miniscule, a style of medieval script, is strangled. Nor is he the only victim. Enter William Dougal, a likeable and unprincipled graduate student who discovers that Caroline is the first clue to the whereabouts of a cache of diamonds. But there are other treasure hunters! A terrific debut. Biblio mystery. CWA JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL AWARD. NF/NF. $35.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Death's Own Door   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $40.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Our Father's Lies   Dodd Mead, New York, 1985. Hardcover. First US Edition. Celia Prentiss refuses to believe that her historian father deliberately drowned himself. She convinces her father's old friend of this and his son, Major William Dougal, once Celia's boyfriend agrees. Price clipped. Slight sunning on spine. NF/NF. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Four Last Things   HarperCollins, London, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. Little Lucy Appleyard is snatched from her minder on a cold winter afternoon and the nightmare begins. Book One of the Roth Trilogy, a gothic psychodrama set against the changing face of the Church of England. . NF/NF. $35.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Four Last Things   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997. Hardcover. First US Edition. Book One of The Roth Trilogy, a gothic psychodrama set against the changing face of the Church of England. F/F. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Judgement of Strangers   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First US Edition. Second book in The Roth Trilogy, a gothic psychodrama which moves backwards in time. F/F. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Lover of the Grave   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997. Hardcover. First US Edition. Third mystery set in the village of Lydmouth in the decade following World War II. Features Jill Francis and Richard Thornhill. F/F. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Lover of the Grave   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $70.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Mortal Sickness   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995. Hardcover. First US Edition. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Sleeping Policeman   Victor Gollancz, London, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. William Dougal investigates a case of blackmail. F/F. $30.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  The Suffocating Night   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $40.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Waiting for the End of the World   Dodd Mead, New York, 1984. Hardcover. First US Edition. Mystery featuring rogue William Dougal. F/F. $20.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Waiting for the End of the World   Victor Gollancz, London, 1984. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Mystery featuring William Dougal. F/F. $70.00.

• Andrew Taylor  :  Where Roses Fade   Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2000. Hardcover. First Edition. A Lydmouth Village mystery. F/F. $40.00.

• John Taylor  :  The Count and The Confession   Random House, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. True story of the murder of Roger de la Burde in 1992. Edgar Award Nominee. F/F. $25.00.

• Peter Temple  :  Identity Theory   MacAdam Cage, San Francisco, 2004. Hardcover. First US Edition. The paths of John Anselm, intelligence dealer, Con Niemand, mercenary, and Caroline Wishart, journalist, cross when they all stumble across a secret terrible enough to destroy lives and topple governments. First published in Australia. F/F. $20.00.

• Boston Teran  :  God is a Bullet   Knopf, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. In the Fall of 1970 in the badlands of Mexico, a young boy stumbles upon the savage murder of a woman that will remain unsolved for 25 years. In 1995 a young girl is kidnapped by a satanic cult. Her father, a cop, teams up with an ex-cult member to track down the girl and solve the murders that stretch across time. Author's First Book. JOHN CREASEY MEMORIAL DAGGER. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $25.00.

• Josephine Tey  :  The Daughter of Time   Peter Davies, London, 1951. Hardcover. First Edition. One of the best-loved mysteries of all time. Price clipped. Previous owner's name ffep. Very small chips to top of spine. Book is tight and the dustjacket is bright. NF/NF. $400.00.

• Josephine Tey  :  To Love and Be Wise   Peter Davies, London, 1950. Hardcover. First Edition. Inspector Grant investigates the apparent murder of a well-connected young man. Beautiful copy with minimum shelf wear. NF/NF. $300.00.

• James Thayer  :  Five Past Midnight   Simon and Schuster, New York, 1997. Hardcover. First Edition. April 1945 and President Roosevelt is briefed on the war in Europe. 28,000 men, women, and children are dying every day. A group of German staff officers is ready to assume leadership of the Third Reich and surrender instantly. Hitler may be able to carry on the war for years. The president makes the obvious decision: assassinate Hitler. Immediately. F/F. $20.00.

• Steve Thayer  :  Saint Mudd   Viking, New York, 1992. Hardcover. First Edition. Set in the Twin Cities during the 1930s, this extraordinary novel introduces Grover Mudd, a consumptive disillusioned reporter, who will discover the killers in a double murder. Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Karpis, the Barker boys, and John Dillinger all make appearances in this story. Remainder mark on bottom edges. NF/NF. $30.00.

• Steve Thayer  :  Silent Snow   Viking, New York, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. Rick Beanblossom is now the Twin Cities' top investigative reporter and is married with a baby boy. He receives an anonymous note referring to the Lindbergh kidnapping the night his own child is abducted. Beanblossom thinks the answer to his son's disappearance lies in the past and he looks into the Lindbergh case. To his surprise, the connection seems to be Grover Mudd, another hard-boiled reporter, now dead. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $20.00.

• Steve Thayer  :  The Weatherman   Viking, New York, 1995. Hardcover. First Edition. A serial killer is on the loose in Minnesota. Rick Beanblossom and weatherman Dixon Bell work at Channel Seven's Sky High News, and as Dixon predicts a tornado strike, Beanblossom tracks the killer. F/F. $25.00.

• Ross Thomas  :  Ah, Treachery   Mysterious Press, New York, 1994. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Thomas once again demonstrates the art of great storytelling. F/F. $40.00.

• Ross Thomas  :  Out on the Rim   Mysterious Press, New York, 1987. Hardcover. First Edition. Booth Stallings, a terrorism expert, is deeply interested in the five million dollars being funnelled by well-financed interests to rebels in the Philippine mountains. . F/F. $45.00.

• Ross Thomas  :  The Fools in Town are on Our Side   Wm. Morrow, New York, 1971. Hardcover. First US Edition. Ex-American Intelligence Agency operative in Shanghai. F/F. $195.00.

• Ross Thomas  :  The Porkchoppers   Wm. Morrow, New York, 1972. Hardcover. First Edition. Donald Cubbin is president of an American labor union and he faces a tough campaign for reelection. Both Cubbin and his opponent pull out all the stops to defeat each other including election-stealing and assassination. Crease inside dustjacket. . NF/NF. $75.00.

• Jim Thompson  :  Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson   Donald Fine, New York, 1988. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. This volume gathers together Thompson's writing over six decades beginning with his early magazine work of the 1920s and ending with his last unpublished manuscripts of the 1970s. Edited by Robert Polito and Michael McCauley. F/F. $40.00.

• Adam Thorpe  :  No Telling   Jonathan Cape, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Set in Paris in 1968. Twelve-year-old Gilles and his friend try to piece together a world from fragments of rumor and hushed adult conversation. F/F. $30.00.

• Adam Thorpe  :  Pieces of Light   Jonathan Cape, London, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. Hugh Arkwright's childhood in the Central African bush leaves him with a legacy of magic, mystery, and tragic loss. In the tradition of Buchan, Stevenson, and Wilkie Collins. A modern novel in which rural England and colonial Africa collide. F/F. $30.00.

• James Thurber  :  Thurber on Crime   Mysterious Press, New York, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. Stories, articles, drawings, and reflections on the evil that men and women do. Foreword by Donald E. Westlake. Review copy with publisher's materials laid in. F/F. $30.00.

• Charles Todd  :  Wings of Fire   St. Martin's, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Second Ian Rutledge mystery. F/F. $35.00.

• Colm Toibin  :  The Master   Picador, London, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. The fictionalized story of Henry James, an American-born genius of the modern novel who became a connoisseur of exile, living among artists and aristocrats in Paris, Rome, Venice, and London. F/F. $60.00.

• Simon Tolkien  :  The Stepmother   Michael Joseph, London, 2003. Trade Paperback. First Edition. Author's First Novel. Thriller by the grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien. In wraps as issued. Fine. $30.00.

• Nick Tosches  :  In the Hand of Dante   Little Brown, New York, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. In the lowest reaches of the Vatican Library, a secret chambe is opened for the first time. Inside is the manuscript of The Divine Comedy written in Dante's own hand. As it moves from hand to hand a writer and thief named Nick Tosches is asked to authenticate the manuscript. Brilliant Biblio mystery. F/F. $35.00.

• P.J. Tracy  :  Live Bait   Putnam, New York, 2004. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. The Monkeewrench gang returns. F/F. $25.00.

• P.J. Tracy  :  Monkeewrench   Putnam, New York, 2003. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Monkeewrench is a company which has put out a serial killer computer game. Now somebody is killing in the same way as in the game. First Mystery by mother and daughter. BARRY AWARD. F/F. $35.00.

• Patricia Traxler  :  Blood   St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Norrie Blume, a painter, accepts a fellowship at Radcliffe College where she develops friendships with a journalist and a poet. Her relationship with three people hurtle towards a shocking end. F/F. $20.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  After the Flood   Severn House, London, 2002. Hardcover. First Edition. Floods have played havoc with the Yorkshire countryside and when one river changes its course, a corpse comes to light. DCI George Hennessey and DC Yellich investigate. F/F. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  And Did Murder Him   Collins, London, 1991. Hardcover. First Edition. The body of a young man is found in an alley. It appears to be a motiveless murder, the result of a drunken brawl, but the officers of Glasgow's P Division are not so sure. F/F. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Condition Purple   Collins, London, 1989. Hardcover. First Edition. A woman is found dead with a knife still in her throat and the words "I belong to Dino" tattooed on her groin. P Division investigates. NF/NF. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Embracing Skeletons   Harper, London, 1996. Hardcover. First Edition. Marston Moor, the site of a Civil War battle, has been peaceful for centuries. Now the body of a child has been found there, part incinerated, half starved, and worse. The detectives of York CID have seen some shocking deaths in their careers, but this murder is different. F/F. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Fair Friday   Collins, London, 1983. Hardcover. First Edition. At the start of Glasgow's annual two weeks' July holiday a journalist is found murdered after he stumbles across a major scandal. P Division investigates. NF/NF. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Fear of Drowning   Harper, London, 1999. Hardcover. First Edition. When a middle aged couple disappear, Detective Inspector George Hennessey of the City of York police instinctively feels there has been foul play. The bodies are found buried in a shallow grave. F/F. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Perils and Dangers   Severn House, London, 2001. Hardcover. First Edition. When Nathan Ossler, a blackmailer, is found slumped in an armchair with the front of his head missing, nobody in the Yorkshire village of Strensall is shocked. DCI George Hennessey and DC Yellich have too many suspects to choose from. F/F. $30.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  The Killing Floor   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995. Hardcover. First US Edition. After a motorist swerves to avoid hitting an animal, he discovers a decomposed corpse sans head and hands in the garded of a house in one of Glasgow's most prestigious suburbs. P Division investigates. F/F. $15.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  The Man with No Face   St. Martin's Press, New York, 1998. Hardcover. First US Edition. When a man is found in Glasgow's prosperous West End district, his face blown off by a point-blank shooting, the P.I. Division detective quickly establish his identity. But penetrating the mystery surrounding this killing - a mystery that deepens at every turn - will be harder. F/F. $15.00.

• Peter Turnbull  :  Two Way Cut   Collins, London, 1988. Hardcover. Mystery featuring Glasgow's P Division. Book Club Edition with very slight shelfwear. NF/NF. $20.00.

• James Twining  :  The Double Eagle   HarperCollins, London, 2005. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Tom Kirk, a brilliant young art thief, is suspected of a daring robbery from Fort Knox. Numismatic mystery. F/F. $45.00.

• L.C. Tyler  :  The Herring Seller's Apprentice   Macmillan New Writing, London, 2007. Hardcover. First Edition. SIGNED. Author's first novel. Signed and dated. One of 100 embossed and numbered copies with author's "red fish" stamp. Fine in fine dust jacket. F/F. $65.00.