Katherine Marris (14 results)

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Near Fine to Fine. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. the third novel in Beck's humorous mystery series featuring Jane DaSilva, former lounge singer, now chief (and only) investigator for Seattle's Foundation For Righting Wrongs; text is clean, tight, with very slight spine lean; pictorial wrappers show only very minimal surface and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, Second Printing. Beck's ninth mystery novel and the first in her lightly humourous series featuring Jane da Silva, former European cabaret singer now director of her uncle's charitable foundation in Seattle and suddenly involved in murder. Text is clean, tight, square; back panel of dustjacket creased near top edge, o/w minimal surface and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition, First Printing. A Seattle AM radio station playing classical music is the setting for K.K. Beck's blend of humor and murder; remainder mark on bottom edge of text, would o/w rate as a Fine coply in like dustjacket.

Condition: Very Good. Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good Plus to Very Good. First Printing, First Paperback Edition. A historical mystery set in California in 1928 by Beck, a master of the lightly humorous 'whodunnit.' The Easter week house party at the very rich Brockhursts' has nearly everything, including a sinister seance with an unexpected blackout and screaming; a missing butler and a 5000-year-old mummy, ousted from his sarcophagus by the dead body of nearly naked young woman. Pictorial wrappers show some minor surface wear including a single light crease on the back cover. What appears to be a phone number on the inside front cover, no chipping or tearing. Text is clean and unmarked, tight and square. A collectable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good Plus. First Edition. Beck is well-known for her humorous, light-hearted mysteries. This one is set in a supermarket and features overworked and underpaid assistant manager Ted Constantino; First Printing of the First Edition; boards and text are clean, tight; dustjacket shows considerable wear along edges and on corners.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. The fourth novel in Beck's humorous mystery series featuring Jane Da Silva, chief investigator for the Bureau For Righting Wrongs, finds the Bureau with no current cases and Jane back at her other occupation as a blues singer at a hotel in Seattle when a very dead blonde is found in the bathtub in the hospitality suite; small remainder dot on bottom edge of text, o/w text and boards are clean, tight, square; dustjacket has 3/4-inch repaired tear on lower edge of front panel, minimal other surface and edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, Second Printing. The first novel in Beck's highly-praised humorous mystery series set in the Pacific Northwest and featuring Jane da Silva, ex-Paris cabaret singer, now director of her late uncle's Foundation for Righting Wrongs or, as she prefers to think of it, the Bureau of Hopeless Cases.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a fine hardcover, with a remainder mark near the bottom spine of the text block, in a fine dustjacket. A stand-alone featuring Nadia Wentworth, Hollwood star filming Kali-ra, Queen Of Doom , when a multitude of eccentric characters show up to the shoot. Of course someone dies. Who could be next. Cozy fun.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing stated of a fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket with 2 small indentations on the front cover near the spine approximately half way down. The 2nd book in the "Workplace Mystery Series" featuring Alice Jordan selling ads for second rate radio station KLEG. A murder happens at the station and she helps the detective assigned to the case. This copy is inscribed, dated and signed by the author. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a very good hardcover with one bump to the top near the spine and 2 creases at the top of the spine, in a near fine dustjacket. The 3rd and last, as of Dec/21 of the Jack Clancy(reporter),and Iris Cooper (flapper) mysteries. This one is set in Hawaii.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first printing of a near fine hardcover in a near fine dustjacket. Featuring Charles Carstairs, owner of Cosmo's Car Center and his bookkeeper Sylvia Snow, who, when a body is discovered in one of his cars, becomes the prime suspect in the murder. They then investigate to clear his name. The author's 4th book overall and the first in the "Workplace Mystery Series". This copy is inscribed, dated and signed by author on the title page. Inscribed by Author.