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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Overall light wear as pictured. Cover photo of Erle Stanley Gardner. Includes "The Boiler" by Julian Symons; "A Nice Easy Job" by Bill Pronzini; "Sherman's Horse" by Rex Burns; "Looking Out for Number One" by Thomas Walsh; "Devil Over Your Shoulder" by Etta Revesz; "Is Anyone There?" by Timothy Childs; "The Sliver of Evidence" by Jack Ritchie; "Best Laid Scheme" by Dorothy A. Collins; "The Late Swimmer" by M. K. Houghtaling; "First Lesson in Murder" by Maurizio Perli; "The Circus Mystery" by Lisa Mueser; "Dover and the Smallest Room" by Joyce Porter; "The Big Ivory" by Victor Milan; "The Problem of the Vanishing Town" by Jon L. Breen; "The Problem of the General Store" by Edward D. Hoch; "Mystery Newsletter" by Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner; "The Jury Box" by Jon L. Breen.

Condition: Good. First Edition. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of three novellas, and five short stories. Featured are novellas - Brett Halliday A Man of Violence, Richard O'Brien The Comic Books Murder, Edward D. Hoch A Country Like the Sun. The short stories are: Thomas N. Scortia Fall Out One, A.F. Oreschnick Breaking into Big Time, Edwin Schorb The Code of the Blue Commune, Harbert Harris Trial by Fury, Jerry Jacobson Cutback. Earlier owner's initials on the table of contents page, above the Mike Shayne story and the front and back cover. Rubbing to the front cover. In fair condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue 21 Short Stories. Featured are Secrets by June Thomson, My Dear Dead Dope by Thomas Adcock, The Touch of a Vanished Hand by John F Suter, Money in the Bank by Jeffry Scott, Cloud of Smoke by Morris Hershman, Beat Your Neighbor Out of Doors by Jiro Akagawa, The Truth by Michael Z Lewin, The Theft of the Barking Dog by Edward D Hoch, Dead Ringers by Barbara Owens, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, A Will is a Way by Steven Saylor, The Killer Instinct by Betty Rowlands, Pool of Discontent by Scott Mackay, The Perfect Victim by William Bankier, The Threat to the Cathedral by Terry Mullins, The Witness by Jo Bannister, I Hate Aaron Cane by Phyllis Diller, The Dinosaur Season by Steven Utley, Somewither Cold and Strange by Donald Olson and Crossed Wires by Jeremiah Healy. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are The Phoenician Bauble by Isaac Asimov, A Matter of Succession by Patricia Moyes, Just Passing Through by RL Stevens, The Corpse Candle by John F Suter, Best Friend by Germaine Roquevert, Lady in the Black Cape by Florence V Mayberry, The Vanity of Martin Roscoe by Ian Stuart, Where's Your Sense of Humor? by Patricia McGerr, Meet Me by the Mannequin by Cornell Woolrich, Writer's Block by George Baxt, Tragedy at Catters Cove by Thomas Otter and The Theft of the Sliver of Soap by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are Suspect by Patricia Highsmith, The Trespass by Thomas Adcock, Would I Lie to You? by Donald Olson, Margaret You Mourn For the Man Who Stole from Borges by Ruben Loza Aguerreberre, The Wasp by Peter Lovesey, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, The New Master by Lord Dunsany, A Rabbit or a Skunk? by Terry Mullins, Like Father or Else by David Pierce, Friends by Janwillem van de Wetering, Coming Clean by William Bankier and The Problem of the Black Roadster by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are Bye-Bye Shimmy by Martin Russell, Where is He? by Isaac Asimov, The Prize in the Pack by William Bankier, The Only Tree in Tasco by Edward D Hoch, What Have You Done Now? by Spaulding Bean, Double Death by Hugh Pentecost, Thrown-Away Child by Thomas Adcock, A Case of Double Vision by Ed Conrow, A Kind of Murder by Miriam Sharman, The Wide Loop by Clark Howard and The Jury Box by Allen J Hubin. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 12 Short Stories. Featured are The Victorian Hangman by Edward D Hoch, The Zenobia Hatt Prize, Somewhere Else by David Pierce, A New Man by William G Tapply, Judgments by Heidi Vanderbilt, The Jury Box by Allen J Hubin, Prodigal Grandson by Elizabeth Byrd, The Problem by JW Whitehead, The Sunday Bird by Maria de Montserrat, The School of Ten Bells by Thomas Adcock, A Good Deed by Robert Barnard and the Dakar Run by Clark Howard. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are Rumpole and the Right to Silence by John Mortimer, Being of Sound Mind by Peter Lovesey, Lenny's Swan Song by Ian Stuart, The Cold Winds of Adesta by Thomas Flanagan, The Jury Box by Jon L Breen, The Retired Magician by Edward D Hoch, A Very Desirable Residence by PD James, The Habit of Widowhood by Robert Barnard, Unwelcome Guest by Jeffry Scott and Long Live the Queen by Ruth Rendell. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Sweet Corn Murder by Rex Stout, Something Like Murder by John Lutz, Innocent Victim by RL Stevens, The Forgotten Murder by EX Ferrars, Devils Pass by Edward Wellen, The Turning Point by John F Mauren, If Cornered, Scream by Patricia J Thurmond, The Cloud Beneath the Eaves by Barbara Owens, Evidence of Intent by Judith Garner, Early Warning by John Gloag, The Sacrificial Goat by Thomas Walsh, The Weathered Board by Alvin S Fick and The Spy in the Toy Business by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 13 Short Stories. Featured are The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert, Her Heart's Home by Mary McMullen, The Dead Past by Thomas Walsh, Account Settled by Robert Edward Eckels, Sister, Are You There? by Jane Windle Paynter, The Firebox by David Thomas, Motivation in Any Language by Mickey Lanford, The Rose Murders by EX Ferrars, The Weed Killer by David Ely, The Last of the Cotters by ED Boylan, The Drowning Icecube by Jon L Breen, Gone Girl by Ross Macdonald and the Theft of Nothing at All by Edward D Hoch. In Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 11 Short Stories. Featured are The Fallen by Jan Burke, The Bonnie and Clyde Caper by O'Neil De Noux, A Black-tie Affair by Barbara Cleverly, Body and Fender by James H Cobb, Stone Boy Kicked That Blood Clot Around by John Edward Ames, Run for Justice by Brendan DuBois, A Nice Old Guy by Nancy Pickard, The War in Wonderland by Edward D Hoch, There's A Killer Loose! by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, Death and the Compass by Jorges Luis Borges and Shooting the Moon by Thomas Humphrey. In Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 8 short stories. Featured are In for a Penny by Lawrence Block, The War That Never Was by Edward D Hoch, Miracles! Happen! by Doug Allyn, The Global Man by Clark Howard, Helping Others to Let Go by Andrew Klavan and Laurence Klavan, The Tinder Box by Minette Walters, A Fine Summer's Evening Beth Leydin and Arnold the Worm by Jaye Thomas. Price sticker on front cover otherwise in Near Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Collection of 10 Short Stories. Featured are The Richard Park Coincidence by Nancy Pickard, Dead Even by Clark Howard, A Convergence of Clerics by Edward D Hoch, The Perfect Beach by Jeff Williamson, The Happening by Eddie Newton, At Willow-Walk-Behind by James Powell, Devil's Brew by Bill Pronzini, The Copyist by Paul Lascaux, Stefan Slupetzky, Anke Gebert, Richard Lifka, Thomas Przybilka and Christoph Spielberg and Murder at the Butt End of Nowhere by Meredith Anthony. In Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing of this Double Issue of 19 Short Stories. Featured are The Faceless Thing by Edward D Hoch, Days of Rage by Doug Allyn, Password by Michael Z Lewin, The Ministry of Whisky by Val McDermid, The Girl in the Golden Gown by Robert S Levinson, Satan Rides The 5:15 by Vincent Lardo, When,He Wondered by Lynne Barrett, Monopoly by Judith Merchant, The Widow's Garden Party by Bruce Rubenstein, Cleaning Up by Steven Steinbock, Duel by William Link, A Tour of the Tower by Christine Poulson, Death by Misadventure by John Buchanan, Rearview Mirror by Art Taylor, The Seven Sorrows by Terence Feherty, It All Adds Up by Thomas Kaufman, The Disappearance of the Wicked by Kristine Kathryn Rusch,On the Banks of the Khorad Dur by Brian Muir and Femme Fatale by E Shaun Russell. In Fine Condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 9 short stories. Featured are Rumpole and the Right to Silence by John Mortimer, Being of Sound Mind by Peter Lovesey, Lenny's Swan Song by Ian Stuart, The Cold Winds of Adesta by Thomas Flanagan, The Retired Magician by Edward D. Hoch, A Very Desirable Residence by P.D. James, The Habit of Widowhood by Robert Barnard, Unwelcome Guest by Jeffry Scott, Long Live the Queen by Ruth Rendell. Light edgewear. Faint reading creases to the front cover near spine. Address label on front cover. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are One Eye Open by Jeremiah Healy, Divine Anger by Robert Barnard, The Coward He'd Always Been by William Bankier, The Theft of the Empty Birdcage by Edward D. Hoch, A Letter From the North by Donald Olson, The Sting of the Hoop Snake by James Powell, The Clean Place by Robert Twohy, This Gun For Hire by Jack Ritchie, Who Gives This Bride? by Thomas Adcock, The Love Motel by Shizuko Natsuki, A Bump in the Night by Carol Cail, The Evidence I Shall Give by H.R.F. Keating. The Jack Ritchie story is a reprint. Light edgewear. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are One Eye Open by Jeremiah Healy, Divine Anger by Robert Barnard, The Coward He'd Always Been by William Bankier, The Theft of the Empty Birdcage by Edward D. Hoch, A Letter From the North by Donald Olson, The Sting of the Hoop Snake by James Powell, The Clean Place by Robert Twohy, This Gun For Hire by Jack Ritchie, Who Gives This Bride? by Thomas Adcock, The Love Motel by Shizuko Natsuki, A Bump in the Night by Carol Cail, The Evidence I Shall Give by H.R.F. Keating. Light edgewear. A 2-inch sticker scar to the front cover where an address label was removed. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Man Who Shot The Werewolf by Edward D. Hoch, Kidnapping-British Style by Anthony Bloomfield, Happy Birthday, Darling by Joyce Harrington, Revival in Eastport by Jon L. Breen, Jericho and the Million-to-One Club by Hugh Pentecost, Mr. Fixit by Ernest Savage, On the Path by Ruth Rendell, The Stillness at 3:25 by Thomas Walsh, Old Man's Bargin by Carol Weiss Rosenberg, Devil's Advocate by William Bankier, Mrs. Craggs in the House of Lords by H.R.F. Keating, The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps by Bill Pronzini, Verdict of Three by Michael Gilbert. Earlier owner's name on the first page. Light edgewear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 1 novelette and 8 short stories. Featured are novelette - The Mayhew Job by Thomas Walsh, short stories - Going, Going, Gone by S.S. Rafferty, Windfall by Carroll Mayers, The Man of the Hour by William Bankier, Accidents Will Happen by Tonita S. Gardner, Slaughterhouse by Barry B. Longyear, Estate Sale by Helene Melyan, The Rattlesnake Man by Edward D. Hoch, Inspector Saito and the Shogun by Seiko Legru. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 15 short stories. Featured are In By The Tenth by John Lutz, The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov by William Brittain, The Next Day by Isaac Asimov, I Can't Help Saying Goodbye by Ann Mackenzie, Checkpoint Charlie by Brian Garfield, The Puzzle of the Temporary Thefts by H. Edward Hunsberger, Death at the Excelsior by P.G. Wodehouse, Dolcha Veeta by Clarice Greenspan, The Tower Mill by Laurette Eustis, The Number 12 Jinx by Jon L. Breen, Perfect Crime by Michael Avallone, Business Must Be Picking Up by Avram Davidson, The Closed Door by Thomas Walsh, The Ehrengraf Presumption by Lawrence Block, Captain Leopold Incognito by Edward D. Hoch. Light edge wear. Slight reading creases on the front cover near spine. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Spy Who Sat in Judgment by Edward D. Hoch, Always Rather a Prig by Margaret Yorke, A Bad Influence by Hugh Pentecost, After All These Years by Jeffry Scott, Puerto Rican Blues by Clark Howard, Harry Houdini's Trousers by Jean Darling, Softie by Robert M. Davis, The Second Man by Thomas Walsh, Have You Seen This Woman? by Barbara Callahan, We Have Your Wife by Patricia McGerr, The End of What? by Robert Twohy, Some Explaining To Do by Hillary Waugh, The Scarlet Totem by James Powell. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 13 short stories. Featured are The Happy Brotherhood by Michael Gilbert, Her Heart's Home by Mary McMullen, The Dead Past by Thomas Walsh, Account Settled by Robert Edward Eckels, Sister, Are You There? Jane Windle Paynter, The Firebox by David Thomas, Motivation in Any Language by Mickey Lanford, The Rose Murders by E.X. Ferrars, The Weed Killer by David Ely, The Last of the Cotters by E.D. Boylan, The Drowning Icecube by Jon L. Breen, Gone Girl by Ross MacDonald, The Theft of Nothing At All by Edward D. Hoch. The Ross MacDonald story was originally published in 1953 under the Kenneth Millar. Moisture ring to the front cover. In fair condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are A Case of Innocent Eavesdropping by Helen McCloy, Six Words by Lew Gillis, Stakeout by Thomas Walsh, Perfect Pigeon by Carroll Mayers, Another Wandering Daughter Job by Gerald Tomlinson, The Last of Johnny by Charles R. McConnell, Death Threat by Susan Dunlap, The Photographer and the B.L.P. by James Holding, The Family of E's by Dorothy Benjamin, The Iceman Cooleth by T.M. Adams, The School Bus Caper by Jack Ritchie, Sufficient Unto the Day by Robert Edward Eckels, The Knowten Corners Crime Wave by Stephen Wasylyk, The Theft of the Family Portrait by Edward D. Hoch. Light rubbing to the surface of the cover. Slight edge wear. Light reading creases near spine. In good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 14 short stories. Featured are Mutiny at Patton Street by Michael Gilbert, Last Rendezvous by Jean L. Backus, The Glory Hunter by Brian Garfield, The Death of the Bag Man by Stephen Wasylyk, In the House Next Door by William Bankier, Raffles and the Sweet Taste of Revenge by Barry Perowne, Trip Out on Red Lizzie by Gerald Kersh, The Other Pistol by john Rosinski, Why It Happened by Martina Thomas, The Landlady Journal by Sonora Morrow, Two Turkey's in a Snowdrift by John Vineyard, Inspector Ghote and the Film Star by H.R.F. Keating, A Glowing Future by Ruth Rendell, The Problem of the Country Inn by Edward D. Hoch. Light edge wear. Slight reading creases. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are The Way to Do It by Jack Ritchie, The Secret Fate of Fitchew by Alan K. Young, Five Clerihews by Jacques Barzun, Old Killeen's Promise by Thomas Walsh, The Last Full Measure by Hugh Pentecost, Last request by Audree Distad, Welcome to Westfield by William F. Laus, The Cartiere Cross by Diana Schrader, Do It Yourself by Michael J. Oelrich, A Place to Grow by Timothy Childs, Down This Mean Street by Robert Twohy, A Suitable Revenge by Patricia Moyes. The Hug Pentecost story was published earlier under Judson Philips originally titled "The Dagger" in 1953. Light edge wear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of this collection of 12 short stories. Featured are (short novel)- The Supreme Court Murder by Leslie Ford. The short stories: Meter Maid Meets Murder by Thomas Millstead, A Question of Honor by Robert Edward Eckels, The Coffee House Code by John Abbott, Wit's End by Michael Harrison, Can Such Things Be? by Syd Hoff, The Tuesday Night Club by Agatha Christie, The Bizarre Case Expert by William Arden, A Nice Place to Stay by Nedra Tyre. Two New spy stories: A Time to Remember by James Reach and The Spy and the Bermuda Cipher by Edward D. Hoch. The First story "new": Future Unlimited by J. Cady Mandarino. The Agatha Christie story and The Leslie Ford short novel were published earlier. The Leslie Ford novel was originally published under the title "The Clock Strikes." Light edgewear. In very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. No store stamps. Apr, 1983 issue. --- Crime stories including authors: ---- Edward D. Hoch / Margaret Yorke / Hugh Pentacost / Jeffry Scott / Clark Howard / Jean Darling / Robert M. Davis / Thomas Walsh / Barbara Callahan / Patricia McGerr / Robert Twohy / Hillary Waugh / James Powell. . .See photos for additional content. . .