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  • THE RODERICK ALLEYN MYSTERIES VOLUME 1
    NGAIO MARSH
    The first three Inspector Roderick Alleyn novels from  "a peerless practitioner of the slightly surreal, English-village comedy-mystery" ( Kirkus Reviews).   This volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:   A Man Lay Dead : During a country-house party between the two world wars, servants bustle, gin flows, and...

    $329.00

  • THE RODERICK ALLEYN MYSTERIES VOLUME 2
    NGAIO MARSH
    Three compelling tales of crime featuring the sharp-witted British police detective:  "Any Ngaio Marsh story is certain to be Grade A." — The New York Times   This volume includes three books in the classic detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:   Death in Ecstasy : Tainted wine sends a member of a religious sect to meet her maker in a witty mystery ...

    $329.00

  • THE RODERICK ALLEYN MYSTERIES VOLUME 3
    NGAIO MARSH
    Three witty novels by  "the finest writer in the English language of the pure, classical puzzle whodunnit" ( The Sun).   This volume includes three books in the Golden Age detective series from the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master:   Death in a White Tie : A high-society homicide is the talk of the London season: "Marsh's writing is a pleasure." — The Seattle Times   Ove...

    $329.00

  • THE WINTER MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    A murder in the mountains is the latest case for the Manhattan detective famed for his "highbrow manner and parade of encyclopedic learning" ( The New York Times). Wealthy and worldly-wise detective Philo Vance has been asked to keep watch at a house party in the snowy Berkshires of western Massachusetts, where he encounters an assortment of guests ranging from a treasure hunte...

    $119.00

  • THE GRACIE ALLEN MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    The beloved 1930s comedienne becomes the famed detective's sidekick in the series that "transport[s] the reader back to a long-gone era of society" ( Mystery Scene). During a glamorous night on the town, Gracie Allen finds a dead body—and a cigarette case nearby that belongs to her date for the evening. Detective Philo Vance is on the scene, but questioning Gracie is causing mo...

    $149.00

  • THE ANARCHISTS' CLUB
    ALEX REEVE
    A blackmailer and a corpse found carrying his name and address stir up trouble for a transgender man living in Victorian London. It's tough to be a preacher's kid, and for Leo Stanhope it may be harder than for most. He was born Charlotte, and in the Reverend Pritchard's home—as in all of Victoria's England—there is little room for persons unwilling to know their place and stic...

    $199.00

  • THE OTHER DEVIL'S NAME
    E. X. FERRARS
    When an old colleague complains of disappearing neighbors, a retired professor of botany starts digging for clues in this delightful cozy mystery. Andrew Basnett may be retired from academia, but that doesn't seem to have stopped his former colleagues from dumping problems in his lap. This time around it's peppery Constance Camm, whose neighbors keep disappearing. Miss Camm and...

    $119.00

  • THE CRIME AND THE CRYSTAL
    E. X. FERRARS
    A retired professor finds that an amateur sleuth's work is never done, even on an Australian holiday in this cozy mystery with "a dandy plot" ( Publishers Weekly). Andrew Basnett takes a break from his little English village to spend Christmas in the small Australia city of Adelaide. Visiting Tony, an old colleague with a newish wife, Basnett soon learns that a cloud hangs over...

    $119.00

  • THE CASINO MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    Bet on this Golden Age mystery from the author of The Dragon Murder Case. "One is tempted to say that this is the best of the Philo Vance stories." — The New York Times The "tremendous popularity" of the Philo Vance series stems in part from author S. S. Van Dine's preference for ripping his plots from the headlines of the day ( The New York Times). By the early '30s, when Casi...

    $119.00

  • THE DRAGON MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    A whodunit that "presents a good puzzle, and that, according to Mr. Vance and his tens of thousands of readers, is what murder mystery books are for" ( The New York Times). No question, The Dragon Murder Case showcases Our Philo at his most supremely irritating. The book is set at a Manhattan mansion complete with picturesque pool. Into that pool dives Sanford Montague, never t...

    $119.00

  • ACTS OF MURDER
    L.R. WRIGHT
    A serial killer stalks the Sunshine Coast in this "tightly plotted . . . richly atmospheric" ( Booklist ) installment of the Edgar Award–winning series—the inspiration for Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town . "Wright is fully [Ruth Rendell's] equal in psychological studies of compulsion." — Kirkus Reviews The ninth and final book in the Edgar Award–winning Karl Alberg ser...

    $119.00

  • A SIX LETTER WORD FOR DEATH
    PATRICIA MOYES
    A killer of a crossword draws Inspector Tibbett into a mystery with "considerable charm, atmosphere (an Isle of Wight travelogue), and English geniality" ( Kirkus Reviews). It's a slow day at Scotland Yard, so Inspector Henry Tibbett takes a busman's holiday, immersing himself in the world of puzzling puzzlers. The hijinks kick off with an amusing gift: Someone unnamed has sent...

    $119.00

  • ANGEL DEATH
    PATRICIA MOYES
    A devilishly complex mystery in a heavenly setting puts Emmy Tibbett in the role of sleuth—from "the author who put the 'who' back in whodunit" ( Chicago Daily News). Fans of Emmy Tibbett, have we got the book for you! Vacationing with friends in the Caribbean, Emmy and Henry meet a sprightly and delightful spinster who spins a yarn about a young woman lost at sea and then (per...

    $119.00

  • THE KENNEL MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    A classic mystery featuring dogged detective Philo Vance. "An intricate puzzle . . . [Vance] has an uncanny insight into the subtler aspects of crime." — The New York Times Given all the rich people getting bumped off in Philo Vance's Manhattan, it's amazing there are enough left to support the symphony. Latest up: Arthur Coe, found dead in his own locked bedroom. Suicide? The ...

    $119.00

  • THE SCARAB MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    These Egyptian hieroglyphics spell "murder." "Classic, almost textbook, golden age detective fiction. The plotting is ingenious and fiendishly convoluted." — Vintage Pop Fictions In 1922, English anthropologist Howard Carter discovered the long-hidden tomb of King Tutankhamun, and the world went Egypt-crazy. Just a few years later, New York is not immune to the craze, and even ...

    $119.00

  • WHO IS SIMON WARWICK?
    PATRICIA MOYES
    "[A] playfully old-fashioned merry-go-round of missing heirs, false claimants, and fabricated identities . . . Ingenious and elegant." — Kirkus Reviews Millionaire Lord Charlton altered his will in favor of his nephew, Simon Warwick, who had been adopted by American parents when his own were killed in World War II. When Lord Charlton dies, two men claiming to be Simon Warwick t...

    $119.00

  • HALF MOON STREET
    ALEX REEVE
    A transgender man in Victorian London investigates the murder of the prostitute he loved in this "intriguing debut" historical mystery (Historical Novel Society). Like half the young men in London, Leo Stanhope is rich in dreams but poor of pocket. He dreams of taking his beloved Maria away from the brothel and making a home with her. He dreams of a life far from the blood and ...

    $119.00

  • THE BISHOP MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    Philo Vance unravels rhymes in a deadly key. "Without question one of Van Dine's finest achievements. . . his construction of plot is really quite superb" ( Tipping My Fedora). After solving the Greene murders, Philo Vance has taken a well-earned holiday in Switzerland. Returning to New York City he finds his old chum, District Attorney Anthony Markham, up against a bizarre ser...

    $119.00

  • THE COCONUT KILLINGS
    PATRICIA MOYES
    A tropical Inspector Tibbett mystery from the author who "has the authentic Agathian gift for mixing the ordinary and the sinister" ( Financial Times). What would you do if a U.S. Senator was found murdered with a machete on the grounds of your exclusive golf club in the Caribbean? Maybe order another umbrella drink and work on your tan . . . or if you're John and Margaret Colv...

    $164.00

  • THE GREENE MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    "Outrageous cleverness . . . among the finest fruits of the Golden Age" featuring amateur sleuth Philo Vance—from the author of The Canary Murder Case (Bloody Murder). Members of the Greene family keep dying while the pool of possible perpetrators keeps shrinking. Philo Vance—the independently wealthy, staggeringly brilliant, not remotely modest (and did we mention handsome?) a...

    $119.00

  • STRANGERS AMONG US
    L.R. WRIGHT
    A teenager is arrested for his parents' murder in a Canadian seaside village in this "riveting psychological puzzle" ( Booklist) —from the series that launched Fox TV and Hulu's Murder in a Small Town . "[Wright] can keep up with the best crime writers—even the Ruth Rendells and the P.D. Jameses." — Toronto Sun Vancouver's "Sunshine Coast" is famous for its beautiful vistas, bu...

    $119.00

  • THE CANARY MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    Amateur sleuth Philo Vance returns in the bestselling Golden Age mystery that "lifted the detective story on to the plane of a fine art" (Bloody Murder). Let us begin by promising that no actual birds are harmed in this story. The Canary of the title is Margaret Odell, once a showgirl in the Ziegfeld Follies, more recently an occasional nightclub singer and professional good ti...

    $119.00

  • BLACK WIDOWER
    PATRICIA MOYES
    A scandal that's too hot to handle sends Inspector Tibbett to the Caribbean in a jet-setting mystery from "the author who put the 'who' back in whodunit" ( Chicago Daily News). Mavis Ironmonger is nobody's idea of a good diplomatic wife. She drinks too much, she's awfully friendly with the staff at the Washington embassy, and her music-hall roots have a way of bursting out at t...

    $119.00

  • THE BENSON MURDER CASE
    S. S. VAN DINE
    A Golden Age mystery featuring one of America's most popular detectives of page and screen, "the perfect sleuth for the Jazz Age" ( CrimeReads). New York in the 1920s is the world's most glamorous city, gleaming skyscrapers reaching for the heavens, and the hot notes of the jazz bands rising even higher. Drinking it like the finest French champagne is Philo Vance, an expert in ...

    $119.00

  • MONEY IN THE MORGUE
    NGAIO MARSH / STELLA DUFFY
    This novel of murder and espionage in World War II New Zealand is "an exquisite reminder of the brilliance of Marsh's London detective" ( The Guardian). Inspector Roderick Alleyn just wants to write a letter to his wife, but World War II, for one, keeps intruding. It's war-work, after all, that has brought Alleyn to this seedy hospital in New Zealand's hinterlands, and it's the...

    $212.00

  • THE CURIOUS AFFAIR OF THE THIRD DOG
    PATRICIA MOYES
    "A mystery that throws Superintendent Henry Tibbett and wife Emmy head first into the greyhound racing underworld; a lively read." — Northern Echo One of the oddities of Golden Age fiction was its fixation on the occult and the generally weird—ancient gypsy curses, haunted burial grounds, etc. It's therefore something of a relief to settle in with the refreshingly literal Ms. M...

    $164.00

  • SEASON OF SNOWS AND SINS
    PATRICIA MOYES
    Tibbett takes to the slopes. "A good who-did-do-it mystery, a Swiss ski resort setting, vigorous, professional writing. For a long winter evening: ideal." — The Times If I were Scotland Yard, I might be that put-out with Henry Tibbett: He seems never to stay in England for more than about ten minutes, and he's always taking vacations! This time around, he and the ever-pleasant ...

    $119.00

  • WHO SAW HER DIE?
    PATRICIA MOYES
    "Of all Miss Moyes's stories of Chief Superintendent Henry Tibbett and his wife Emmy this, for really pretty classic detection, is far and away the best." — The Times Literary Supplement A bit of a delicious throwback, in many senses of the word. For starters, we have a weekend house party, that hallmark of Golden Age crime-fiction, and apparently still going strong in 1970, wh...

    $149.00

  • A MASTERPIECE OF CORRUPTION
    L.C. TYLER
    In this mystery by the author of Crooked Herring, a lawyer in Cromwell's England receives dangerous info that could stop a murder—or get him killed. John Grey is a newly minted lawyer and would-be ladies' man with a bad habit of poking his nose into other people's business and getting tangled up in intrigue. That's unfortunate, because a mis-delivered letter from royalists has ...

    $119.00

  • THE BOHEMIAN GIRL
    KENNETH CAMERON
    A puzzling note from a troubled woman draws an American expat author into the lawless precincts of Victorian London in this historical mystery. London, 1901. Denton, the notorious American writer, has returned to his adoptive home after several months in one of the less-delightful corners of the Continent. He's greeted by the usual letters from fans craving more tales of advent...

    $119.00


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