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Coben, Harlan, Gone for Good (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Yellow boards with gray tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj has minor shelf wear and is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line; signed by author. ''As a boy, Will Klein had a hero: his older brother, Ken. Then, on a warm suburban night in the Kleins' affluent New Jersey neighborhood, a young woman - a girl Will had once loved - was found raped and murdered in her family's basement. The prime suspect: Ken Klein.'' from the dj. $13.50



Cochran, Molly and Warren Murphy, The Broken Sword (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with red foil lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; stated First Edition: April 1997. ''Cochran and Murphy now continue the saga of Arthur's adventures in 'The Broken Sword,' another tale of chivalry, adventure, and magic in the modern world. Beatrice, who is blind, has found the Holy Grail. When she touches it, her vision is restored -- and she gains strange, mystical powers. Drawn to the young king by the Grail's magic, Beatrice becomes Arthur's companion as he returns from the Middle East to the United States. what should be a simple trip is instead fraught with peril. Even in the technological age, there are those who use magic -- and not always for good.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Cochran, Molly and Warren Murphy, The Forever King (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Green boards with silver letter on spine; dj is not price-clipped and is proteccted with a Brodart cover; stated first edition with full number line. ''In a darkened house not far from the place where Camelot may once have stood, a madman schemes. Once the cup that men call the Holy Grail was his. Soon it will be his again. The Grail's protectors are few and weak: an alcohol-soaked ex-FBI agent; a courtly old gentleman who once, long ago, held awesome power; and a ten year-old boy.'' -- from the dj $9.45



Cohen, James, Through a Lens Darkly (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall First edition; blue boards with grey binding tape; silver foil lettering on spine; dj in very good condition now protected with Brodart cover. ''This taut psychological thriller explores the treacherous consequences of a filmmaker's obsession with a serial killer. After spending a year working on 'Raw Death,' a low-budget video compilation of actual death scenes, recent film-school graduate Chris Thomas is convinced he can recognize 'the look' in the eyes of killers before they strike. While in the midwest filiming a documentary, when a young girl turns up dead, Chris realizes he has inadvertently captured her final hours with her boyfriend on film. And in his eyes, Chris detects 'the look.''' -- from the dj $9.00



Coleman, Carter, Cage's Bend (0.00) Trade Paperback, Very Good No Jacket, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall ARC with minor wear to edges. ''Cage's Bend is the story of a family damaged by tragedy and unfulfilled dreams - and renewed by the unshakable bonds of love.'' A great read. $6.30



Condon, Richard, Emperor of America (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall White boards with blue tape binding; silver lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover, slightly yellowed with age; not price clipped. ''In this incisive anduproarious satire on American polities, the author of 'Prizzi's Honor' and 'The Manchurian Candidate' turns his wicked eye on the ''Impreial Presidency'' -- with a 'real' emperor ruing America in the not too distant future (which may already be upon us). When a nuclear accident (or was it an accident?) destroys Washington, D.C., it's up to an army colonel named Caesare Appleton to asume command of the nation -- or at least he 'thinks' he's in command. While battling the Evil Empire of Nicaragua and plotting to convert Nantucket into a landing filed for CIA plnes carrying Colombian cocaine, he becomes both the master and the pawn of the omnipresent media.'' -- from the dj $9.00



Connelly Michael, The Burning Room (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Red boards with silver lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj is protected with a Brodart cover. ''In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being hit by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would find this one tough going, but Bosch's new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, has no homicide experience. A young star on the force, Soto has been assigned to Bosch so that he can pass on to her his hard-won experience.'' -- from the dj $9.86



Connelly, Michael, A Darkness More Than Night (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with silver lettering on spine; dj is protected with a Broadart cover, but shows edgewear; stated First Edition with full number line. ''Harry Bosch is up to his neck in a case that has transfixed all of celebrity-mad Los Angeles: a movie director is charged with murdering an actress during sex, and then staging her death to look like suicide. Bosch is both the arresting officer and the star witness in a trial that has brought the Hollywood media pack out in full-throated frenzy.'' -- from the dj $13.46



Connelly, Michael, Blood Work (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; red lettering on spine; first edition; previous owner's name on ffep; light sticker residue on front of dj; dj protected with Brodart cover. '''Blood work' -- that's what Terrell McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Until a heart condition forced him to take early retirement, he headed all investigations of serial murders in the Los Angeles area. Now he is recovering from a heart transplant operation and leads a quiet life. His goal is simple: to finish restoring the fishing boat he lives on in Los Angeles Harbor and return to his hometown on Catalina Island. But McCaleb's calm seas turn rough when a story in the L.A. Times brings him face-to-face with Graciela Rivers, a drakly intriguing woman who hooks him with the story of her sister's unsolved murder.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Connelly, Michael, Lost Light (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Red boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on sppine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition with full number line. ''Only the money was real. Four years ago, LAPD detective Harry Bosch was on a movie set asking questions about the murder of a young production assistant when an armored car arrived with two million dollars cash for use in a heist scene. Iin a life-imitates-art firestorm, a gang of masked men converged on the delivery and robbed the armored car with guns blazing. Bosch got off a shot that struck one of the robbers as their van sped away, but the money was never recovered. And the young woman's murder was in the stack of unsolved-case files Bosch carried home the night he left the LAPD.'' -- from the dj $11.66



Connelly, Michael, The Black Box (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Black boards with silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Harry Bosch first encountered Anneke Jespersen in a dark alley. She'd been shot, execution-style, on one of the most notorious nights in Los Angeles history, a night when the city burned and the police protected no one. Anneke carried a journalist's credentials, and Bosch assumed she had come to the center of the riots in search of a story. In the wake of the smoke and chaos, his investigation was reassigned and went nowhere. Jespersen's murder was never solved.'' -- from the dj $12.60



Connelly, Michael, The Brass Verdict (0.00) Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Copper colored boards with brown tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, he is back in the courtroom. When his famed former colleague Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits the biggest case he's ever had: defending Walter Elliot, a prominent Hollywood producer accused of murdering his wife and her lover. Haller has his hands full with Elliot, who seems more concerned about his movies than about a possible life sentence. With a key part of the defense's strategy missing, Mickey scrambles to prepare for trial, and the pressure only intensifies when he learns that Vincent's killer may be coming for him next.'' -- from the dj $9.90



Connelly, Michael, The Burning Room (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Red boards with silver lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj is protected with a Brodart cover. ''In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being hit by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Even a veteran cop would find this one tough going, but Bosch's new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, has no homicide experience. A young star on the force, Soto has been assigned to Bosch so that he can pass on to her his hard-won experience.'' -- from the dj $9.86



Connelly, Michael, The Closers (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition with full number line. ''In Los Angeles in 1988, a sixteen-year-old girl disappeared from her home and was later found dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. The death appeared at first to be a suicide -- but some of the evidence contradicted that scenario, and detectives came to believe this was in fact a murder. Despite a by-the-book investigation, no one was ever charged.'' -- from the dj $14.36



Connelly, Michael, The Crossing (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Black boards with copper foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half brother, Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed, and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned familyh man. Though the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Connelly, Michael, The Crossing (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Black boards with gold foil lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Detective Harry Bosch has retired from the LAPD, but his half brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. A woman has been brutally murdered in her bed, and all evidence points to Haller's client, a former gang member turned family man. Thought the murder rap seems ironclad, Mickey is sure it's a setup.'' -- from the dj $8.55



Connelly, Michael, The Drop (0.00) First Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾'' - 9¾'' tall Orange boards with silver foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; full number line and stated First Edition. ''Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP -- the Deferred Retirement Option Plan -- and given three years before he must retire from the LAPD. Seeing the end of the mission coming, Bosch wants cases more fiercely than ever, and in one morning he gets two.'' -- from the dj $14.36



Connelly, Michael, The Fifth Witness (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Black boards with gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Mickey Haller has fallen on tough times. Criminal defense in Los Angeles has virtually dried up, and with paying clients few and far between, he has had to expand his business into foreclosure defense. But just when Mickey thinks criminal court is in his rearview mirror, one of his clients is accused of killing the banker she blames for trying to take away her home.'' -- from the dj $13.50



Connelly, Michael, The Gods of Guilt (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Grey boards with gold foil lettering on spine; stated First Edition; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover. ''Mickey Haller get the test 'Call me ASAP - 187,' and the California penal code for murder immediately get his attention. Murder cases have the highest stakes and the biggest paydays, and they alway mean Haller has to be at the top of his game.'' -- from the dj $9.45



Connelly, Michael, The Lincoln Lawyer (0.00) 1st Edition, Hardcover, Very Good Very Good, - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾'' tall Blue boards with green tape binding; gold foil lettering on spine; dj is not price clipped and is protected with a Brodart cover; stated First Edition. ''Mickey Haller has spent all his professional life afraid that he wouldn't recognize innocence if it stood right in front of him. But what he should have been on the watch for was evil.'' -- from the dj $9.00



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