Friday, September 30, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 09/30/11

This week's update is chock-full of goodies!

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.



Weekly Update 9/30/11



BAD NEWS AND GOOD NEWS

:( Rob Stroud, who has been Otto’s assistant for the last seven years is leaving us to return to his home town of Atlanta. We’ll miss him lots.

:) Alex Hess has taken Rob’s place and we’re sure you’ll join us in welcoming her to her position as assistant to Mr. Mystery.




SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks is not a mystery, but it is getting terrific reviews, and we have signed first editions. The story features The Kid, who is on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, but the novel is really about making moral decisions and the indistinct boundaries between our intentions and our actions. $25.99



A Mortal Terror is the sixth Billy Boyle World War II Mystery by James R. Benn. As investigator for both the Boston cops and General Eisenhower, Lieutenant Billy Boyle has never encountered a serial killer. Until now. The murderer he’s after has a chilling agenda: taking out the top American brass on the eve of one of the major battles of World War II. $25.00



We still have some first editions available of Getting Off by Lawrence Block, writing as Jill Emerson. This Hard Case Crime title is proving to be enormously popular. $25.99



A good time was had by all last Friday as we celebrated the publication of Down These Green Streets, edited by Declan Burke. We do still have some copies of this anthology of Irish crime writing signed by the eight contributors who were in town: John Connolly, Declan Hughes, Alex Barclay, Colin Bateman, Declan Burke, Stuart Neville, Arlene Hunt, and Ian Campbell Ross, who wrote the Introduction. If you didn’t pre-order this title, get in touch quickly! Trade Paperback. $34.95



James Lee Burke signed Feast Day of Fools, his third novel featuring Hackberry Holland, the Sheriff of a small Southwest Texas border town. This novel features the return of Preacher Jack Collins, a serial murderer whom The New York Times called "one of Burke’s most inspired villains." Our copies are signed on the title page. $26.99

Gianrico Carofiglio signed copies of Temporary Perfections which features defense lawyer Guido Guerrieri who practices in the beautiful Italian coastal town of Bari. Guerrieri is hired by an old colleague to work a missing-persons case that the police have failed to solve. Although better suited to a detective than a lawyer, Guerrieri becomes engrossed in the case and stumbles into a sinister cover-up. $24.95



Carofiglio also signed copies of the paperback edition of his previous novel, A Walk in the Dark. Gianrico Carofiglio was an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Bari, a port on the coast of Puglia, and is now a member of the Italian Senate. He is a best-selling author in Italy. $14.95



The Affair by Lee Child is the much-anticipated title which tells the story of the first case of the legendary Jack Reacher. It is 1997 and a woman is dead with the evidence pointing to a soldier at the nearby military base; one with connections in Washington. Reacher, a soldier, is ordered undercover to find out everything he can, control the local police, and then to vanish. A Crime Collector’s Club Main Selection. $28.00



Red Flags is a novel of the Vietnam War by Vietnam vet Juris Jurjevics. Army cop Erik Rider is sent to the remote wilderness of the Central Highlands to take down a Viet Cong opium operation. He soon learns that not all enemies are beyond the perimeter and that someone wants him dead; easy enough in a combat zone. This masterly novel of soldiers and spies is getting rave reviews from other thriller writers including Olen Steinhauer and Dan Fesperman, A Thriller/Espionage Crime Club Main Selection. $26.00

Stolen Souls is Stuart Neville’s third thriller set in Belfast. Detective Inspector Jack Lennon finds himself dealing with a turf war as the Christmas season approaches. He discovers that an escaped prostitute is the cause of the violence and that he is in a deadly race against time with two very different killers. A Hard Boiled Club Main Selection. $25.00



The Best American Mystery Stories 2011 by series editor Otto Penzler and guest editor Harlan Coben is now available. Another starred review in Publisher’s Weekly! The best of the best includes stories by some of the best writers in the mystery field. A must, as always. Otto’s signature only. Trade Paperback Original. $14.95

We also have a few first editions of The Best American Mystery Stories 2010. These are signed by Otto and guest editor Lee Child. Trade Paperback Original. $14.95







UNSIGNED PAPERBACKS NOW AVAILABLE



Crimes in Southern Indiana by Frank Bill is not for the faint of heart. These stories are darker and dark and have earned high praise from Donald Ray Pollock, Jason Starr, Scott Phillips, and Derek Nikitas, so be warned. A Trade Paperback Original. $15.00



The Potter’s Field is the latest Inspector Montalbano mystery by Andrea Camilleri. This series, featuring the Sicilian police detective, is one of our most popular. A Trade Paperback Original. $15.00



The latest from Hard Case Crime is Quarry’s Ex by Max Allan Collins. This latest Quarry comes in Trade Paperback. $9.95



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

All That I Am is Anna Funder’s second novel (after Stasiland). It tells the story of Ruth Wesemann who grew up in Germany and dedicated her life to resisting the rise of Nazism. Fleeing the country, she moves to Bloomsbury in London but discovers that Hitler’s reach extends much further than she thought, even to London itself. $43.00

The Fear by Charlie Higson is for young adults (and others) and tells the story of DogNut who lives in a London where "the sickness" has struck everyone over the age of fourteen. Children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups and DogNut and the rest of his crew set out to find lost friends. But who are their friends and who are the enemy in this changed world? Higson is the author of the Young Bond series. $33.00



FOR COLLECTORS

Black Plumes by Margery Allingham, Doubleday Crime Club, 1940. First U.S. Edition. $175.00

One corner bumped, else about fine in a near-fine dust jacket with three tiny chips.

After the First Death by Lawrence Block, Macmillan, NY. 1969. First Edition. SIGNED. $250.00

Trivial rubbing at lower edge, a tiny "x" at the top of the front free endpaper, else fine in a clean, bright dust jacket with a small closed tear at the stop of the spine.

The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1940. First Edition. $250.00

Very good plus in a near fine dust jacket.





The Secret of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton, Cassell, London. 1927. First Edition. $75.00

Very good-near fine copy.

The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais, Doubleday, NY. 1993 First American Hardcover. 1993. $175.00

Hardcover edition of a paperback original published in 1987, when it was nominated for an Edgar. The author’s first book, which introduced Elvis Cole. Scarce, as only a small number of copies were produced, mainly for libraries. Very fine in dust jacket.

An Expensive Place to Die by Len Deighton, Cape, London. 1967. First Edition. $100.00

Fine in price-clipped dust jacket. The Top Secret Docket is laid in.

Deadline by John Dunning, Cahill, Huntington Beach, CA. 1995. First Hardcover Edition. SIGNED. $65.00

Hardcover edition of paperback original first published in 1981. Corners bumped, else fine.

One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, Scribner, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00

First Stephanie Plum novel. Inscribed and signed. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Blind Pig by Jon A. Jackson, Random House, NY. 1978. First Edition. $175.00

Author’s second book. Very fine in dust jacket without the ubiquitous remainder mark.

Malice in Wonderland by Rufus King, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1958. First Edition. $125.00

Queen’s Quorum title. Small scuff at base of spine, else fine in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed.

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane, Harcourt, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $125.00

Author’s superb first novel. Very fine in dust jacket.

The Steam Pig by James McClure, Gollancz, London. 1971. First Edition. $300.00

Author’s first book, winner of the British Crime Writers’ Association Gold Dagger. A trace of foxing on the fore-edges, else a very fine copy in pristine dust jacket.

Beyond This Point Are Monsters by Margaret Millar, Random House, NY. 1970. First Edition. $45.00

Very fine copy in a pristine dust jacket.

Spenser’s Boston (Robert B. Parker), Otto Penzler, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00

Full-color photographs by famed Japanese photographer Kasho Kumagai. Text and introduction by Parker. Very fine in dust jacket, which has a small bump at top of spine.

Rules of Prey by John Sandford, Putnam, NY. 1989. First Edition. SIGNED. $175.00

First book in the acclaimed Lucas Davenport series. Very fine in dust jacket.

Unpopular Opinions by Dorothy L. Sayers, Gollancz, London. 1946. First Edition. $100.00

Twenty-one essays, including five about Sherlock Holmes. Former owner’s inscriptions on front endpaper, else fine in a fine dust jacket, uncharacteristically for this publisher’s cheap jackets.

The Bridge of Sighs by Olen Steinhauer, St. Martin’s, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $150.00

Author’s first book. Very fine in dust jacket and uncommon in this condition.

One L by Scott Turow, Putnam, NY. 1975. First Edition. $175.00

Page edges very lightly spotted, else a fine copy in a bright, price-clipped dust jacket.

A Darkening Stain by Robert Wilson, HarperCollins, London. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00

Very fine, immaculate copy in dust jacket.

The House of Terror by Edward Woodward, Mystery League, NY. 1930. First U.S. Edition. $150.00

A very fine copy in a stunning, pristine dust jacket and scarce thus.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Friday, September 23, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 09/23/11

Here's the latest update.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.



Weekly Update 9/23/11



Another Announcement from The Mysterious Bookshop!

Exciting times here at store. We no sooner announce one mouth-watering piece of news than another comes along:

AFTERTHOUGHTS by Lawrence Block

Originally published as an e-book, Lawrence Block has authorized The Mysterious Bookshop to publish this title in a limited hardcover edition.

Afterthoughts contains the author’s reflections on his career which spans more than fifty years. These more than forty-five essays talk about his work including the semi-autobiographical series featuring Matthew Scudder.

It is a must for fans of Lawrence Block.

Hardcover Edition limited to about 100 copies, each signed by the author. $35.00

Please place your orders as soon as you can since we anticipate a high demand for this title.



A reminder that our Rare Book Sale ends on September 30th. There are still some wonderful books left. Go to our website www.mysteriousbookshop.com And click on Rare Book Sale.



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



Sara Blaedel is one of the most popular crime writers in Denmark. She stopped by the store and signed copies of Call Me Princess, which has now been translated into English. In an idyllic neighborhood of Copenhagen, a young woman is found bound an gagged, the victim of a rape. Detective Inspector Louise Rick learns that the victim met her rapist on a dating website. Louise suspects that the rapist is using the website to target future victims and immerses herself in the online dating world. $25.00



Eoin (pronounced Owen) Colfer stopped by to sign his first mystery, Plugged. The author of the Artemis Fowl series for children has written a wickedly funny crime caper which tells the story of Daniel McEvoy, an Irish bouncer working in New Jersey. Dan has problems, not the least of which is that the girl he loves has been murdered and the mob and the cops are after him. A First Mystery Club Main Selection. $24.95



Bye Bye, Baby is a Nathan Heller mystery from Max Allan Collins. Hooray! It is 1962 and Marilyn Monroe hires Heller to tap her phone and record conversations in case Twentieth Century Fox tries to cancel her contract for delaying the production of Something’s Got to Give. And then Marilyn is dead from an overdose, an apparent suicide. But Heller isn’t buying it. $24.99



Special Agent Pendergast is back in Cold Vengeance by Preston & Child. Devastated to discover that his wife, Helen, was actually murdered (sorry if that was a Spoiler - but if you don’t know this, then you’re probably not a fan) Pendergast wants revenge. As he stalks Helen’s betrayers, he also delves into her past and learns that Helen may have been a collaborator in her own murder. $26.99



On Canaan’s Side is the latest from Sebastian Barry. Barry has been short-listed for the Man Booker prize in the past and this tells the story of Lilly Bere’s life in her own words. As her tale unfolds, Lilly tries to make sense of her life and of the people who’s lives she has touched. Spanning nearly seven decades, this novel explores memory, war, family ties and love and loss. $25.95



FOR COLLECTORS

About the Murder of a Startled Lady by Anthony Abbott, Farrar, NY. 1935. Later Printing. SIGNED. $35.00

In this impossible crime novel, a medium states that a spirit message has told her of the location of a corpse - which turns out to be true. Inscribed and signed.

The Book of Murder by Frederick Irving Anderson, Dutton. NY. 1930. First Edition. $100.00

Scarce Queen’s Quorum title by one of the great under-rated writers of mystery stories. Spine ends worn, else very good

(Audio) The Black Lizard Collection of Black Mask Stories, edited by Otto Penzler

Volume 1: 7 hours on 6 CDs $29.95 Includes Come and Get It by Erle Stanley Gardner

Volume 2: 61/2 hours on 6 CDs $29.95 Includes The Dancing Rats by Richard Sale

Volume 3: 71/2 hours on 6 CDs $29;95 Includes The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett

Trent Intervenes by E.C. Bentley, Knopf, NY. 1938. First U.S. Edition. $125.00

Uncommon Queen’s Quorum title. A fine copy in dust jacket, which has light wear at spine ends and several tears on front panel.

A Morning for Flamingoes by James Lee Burke, Little Brown, Boston. 1990. First Edition. $65.00

Author’s fourth mystery. Very fine in dust jacket.

Burning Angel by James Lee Burke, Hyperion, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

As new in dust jacket.

The Eyes of Max Carrados by Ernest Bramah, Grant Richards, London. 1923. First Edition. $250.00

Uncommon collection of detective stories about a blind detective. Covers a bit soiled, else very good.

Serenade by James M. Cain, Knopf, NY. 1937. First Edition. $200.00

Heel or spine and one corner bumped, else very good in dust jacket which is chipped at spine ends and rear cover.

The Department of Queer Complaints by Carter Dickson, Morrow, NY. 1940. First Edition. $45.00

Queen’s Quorum collection of locked room mysteries. Cover lightly soiled, three-quarter inch split at bottom of front hinge, else very good.

The Adventures of Tyler Tatlock by Dick Donovan, Chatto & Windus, London. 1900. First Edition. $200.00

Short collection by hugely popular Victorian mystery writer. Gold spine lettering dulled, tiny ding at bottom of spine, else very good in a handsome pictorial binding.

Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler, Doubleday, London. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Bryant & May mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler, Doubleday, London. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Bryant & May mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler, Doubleday, London. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Bryant & May mystery. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Bus That Vanished by Leon Groc, Macaulay, NY. 1928. First Edition. $50.00

An "impossible" crime set in Paris, in which a bus disappears from a restricted area. Name, else about fine in dust jacket, which is worn at hinge of front flap and is lightly rubbed.

The Blackbirder by Dorothy B. Hughes, Duell, Sloane & Pearce, NY. 1943. First Edition. $125.00

Gift inscription on front endpaper, a small bookseller’s label inside front cover, else a fine copy in dust jacket, which is fine and bright except for a small chip at top of spine and another on the rear panel.

Vicious Circle by Robert Littell, Overlook, NY. 2006. First Edition Thus. $24.95

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Old Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy, Greening, London. 1909. First Edition. $150.00

Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone and Queen’s Quorum title. Spine ends and hinges worn, else near very good.

Raffles After Dark by Barry Perowne, Cassell, London. 1933. First Edition. SIGNED. $100.00

Small spot on rear cover, bubbling of cloth along front hinge, as usual due to the binder’s glue, else a near fine, bright copy. An inscribed presentation copy, signed by the author and dated in the year of publication.

Death from a Top Hat by Clayton Rawson, Putnam, NY. 1938. First Edition. $125.00

Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, and one of the great locked room mysteries. The first Great Merlini novel. Spine sunned and rubbed at spine ends, else very good.

Once Against the Law by Donald E. Westlake and William Tenn, Macmillan, NY. 1968. First Edition. $35.00

An uncommon anthology of literary crime and mystery stories. Fine in dust jacket.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Exclusive Photos From Our Party for Hard Case Crime with Lawrence Block and Christa Faust

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Otto with Jeffery Deaver



Jeffery Deaver dropped by this summer to sign his new James Bond novel CARTE BLANCHE. Here he is with our own Otto Penzler!

Party for DARKNESS ALL AROUND by Doug MaGEE 10/18/11






The Mysterious Bookshop
is proud to present:

Doug Magee
discussing his new novel
Darkness All Around

Tuesday, October 18th
from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
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Friday, September 16, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 09/16/11

Greetings from chilly New York.

A reminder that I am out of the store on Wednesdays and Thursdays. I came back today to discover that I have many more emails than usual. Summer must be over!
I will answer them in the order they came to me. Thanks for your patience.

Meanwhile, here's the latest update full of exciting news and books. Enjoy.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.





Weekly Update 9/16/11



EVENTS

Wednesday, September 21st. 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

One of our favorite publishers, Hard Case Crime, took a small hiatus but has now started publishing again with some great new titles. Help us celebrate the re-launch with the following authors:

Lawrence Block (as Jill Emerson) - Getting Off $25.99

Christa Faust - Choke Hold $9.95

Also on hand will be Hard Case publisher and author Charles Ardai, plus Hard Case authors Russell Atwood, and Peter Pavla.

Friday, September 23rd. 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

We will be celebrating Irish crime fiction with bestselling and emerging authors who have ties to the Emerald Isle: Alex Barclay, Colin Bateman, Declan Burke, John Connolly, Pete Hamill, Declan Hughes, Arlene Hunt, Stuart Neville, and Peter Quinn.

We’ll have copies of Down These Green Streets, a collection of essays on the subject of modern Irish crime writing. We will get copies signed by all the authors, however, we do not know at this point if we are going to be receiving first editions (in paperback). Let us know if you’d like a copy signed by all authors, regardless of edition.

Refreshments will be served.



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT

The Mysterious Press is going digital

In 1975, Otto Penzler founded The Mysterious Press. Now the Press is going digital!

Working in conjunction with Open Road Integrated Media, we’re publishing ebook versions of classic works of crime, mystery and suspense fiction. Many of these books have been out of print but protected by copyright, so they haven’t been readily available until now.

Our website, MysteriousPress.com is still under construction, but should be live shortly. In the meantime, you can follow us on Twitter @emysteries (https://twitter.com/emysteries), as well as become a fan of MysteriousPress.Com on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/MysteriousPress.Com)

By following us on these social networking sites, you’ll learn exactly when the site goes live, as well as be eligible for a very exciting giveaway we have planned (the details of which we’ll be announcing soon)



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a first mystery receiving a great deal of positive attention. Set in a circus, which arrives without warning, the story takes place under the black-and-white-striped tents where there awaits a unique experience, a feast for the senses. But beyond the smoke and mirrors, a fierce competition is under way - a contest between two young illusionists - a game in which, unbeknownst to the players, only one can be left standing. A First Mystery Club Main Selection. $26.95



We do have copies of Killing the Blues by Robert B. Parker and Michael Brandman signed by Brandman. This is a Jesse Stone novel and was written by Brandman who collaborated with Parker on movie projects, the Spenser TV movies, and the Jesse Stone series of TV movies starring Tom Selleck. He cowrote many of the screenplays and supervised screenplay adaptations. $25.95



Otto Penzler’s latest collection of stories is entitled Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! With stories from the likes of Stephen King, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Sheridan Le Fanu, and Joe R. Lansdale, it is simply the most tasteful collection of zombie stories ever assembled. Should you add this to your collection? That’s a no-brainer, especially when signed by Otto. A large format paperback. $25.00



A Bitter Truth by Charles Todd is the third entry in the Bess Crawford series set during WWI. When battlefield nurse Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. A Soft Boiled Club Main Selection. $24.99



UPCOMING RELEASES

The following books will be released within the next couple of weeks. Those we expect to be signed may be here later, depending on the author’s schedule, but please take a look and let us know if you would like to reserve a copy:



Eoin Colfer - Plugged. (This first mystery from the acclaimed children’s author will be a First Mystery Club Main Selection). $24.95

David King - Death in the City of Light: The Serial Killer of Nazi-Occupied Paris (Non-fiction). Will NOT be signed. $26.00



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

Good as Dead by Mark Billingham takes place over three days which begin when police officer Helen Weeks is taken hostage. DI Tom Thorne must race against time as he reinvestigates the death of the hostage-taker’s son.

Carver by Tom Cain finds Sam Carver facing his most deadly challenge yet. When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, it sent shockwaves around the world. But supposing Lehman Brothers was deliberately destroyed by a warped financial genius bent on a course of financial terrorism? What if that was only a dry run? $38.00

The Burning Soul by John Connolly is the latest thriller to feature troubled investigator Charlie Parker. A British Crime Club Main Selection

Agatha Christie’s Murder in the Making by John Curran is a follow-up to Curran’s AC’s Secret Notebooks. In it, he discusses the conventions of detective fiction and Christie’s work. As well as revealing more than a dozen unpublished book ideas, this volume contains two unseen short stories from her archives - The Man Who Knew and an early Miss Marple draft, The Case of the Caretaker’s Wife. $50.00

Dead Men’s Harvest is Matt Hilton’s latest Joe Hunter thriller. $45.00

In The Retribution, Val McDermid brings back her popular creations, Dr. Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan who must deal with the serial killer who shaped and defined police profiler Hill’s life. Jacko Vance is back. $48.00

The Invisible Ones by Stef Penney is the author’s first book since The Tenderness of Wolves which won the Costa Book of the Year award in 2008. We have only a few copies of this title. $48.00

The Bloody Meadow is William Ryan’s follow-up to The Holy Thief. Following his investigations in that book, Captain Alexei Korolev finds himself decorated and hailed as an example to all Soviet workers. But if the nature of his real actions during that case were discovered, he would face deportation to the camps of the north. When that knock comes, however, it is another case. Actress Maria Alexandrovna Lenskaya, thought to be a model citizen, has been found dead on the set of her film The Bloody Meadow. $43.00



NOT SIGNED, BUT...

Gamble by Felix Francis is the true first edition of this title. $48.00

Headhunters by Jo Nesbo is the true first edition of this title. $30.00



FOR COLLECTORS

The Girl and the Detective, by Chas. E. Blaney & J. Searle Dawley, Ogilvie, NY. 1908. First Edition. $100.00

A novel based on the stage play of the same title. Colorful pictorial wrappers. Lightly chipped at top of spine, else about fine. A rare title in the "Play Book Series."

Murder Strikes Thrice by Charles G. Booth, Anson Bond, Hollywood. 1946. First Edition. $75.00

Digest-sized paperback. A very scarce collection of three novelettes by the famous pulp writer (Johnny Angel, The General Dies at Dawn) and Oscar winner (The House on 92nd Street). Spine rolled, else very good.

Innocent Blood by P.D. James, Scribners, NY. 1980. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James, Scribners, NY. 1982. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Second Angel by Philip Kerr, Orion, London. 1998. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket with promotional band in place.

The Shot by Philip Kerr, Orion, London. 1999. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Thriller set in the U.S. in 1960. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The One from the Other by Philip Kerr, Putnam, NY. 2006. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Bernie Gunther mystery. Precedes the UK edition. Signed on tipped-in page. Fine in fine dust jacket.

An Agent in Place by Robert Littell, Bantam, NY. 1991. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine I n fine dust jacket.

The Visiting Professor by Robert Littell, Random House, 1994. First Edition. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

T

he Jack Harvey Novels by Ian Rankin (writing as Jack Harvey), Orion, London. 2000. First Edition Thus. SIGNED. $50.00

Witch Hunt, Bleeding Hearts and Blood Hunt. With a new introduction by the author. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Doors Open by Ian Rankin, Orion, London. 2008. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Heist thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Hollow Man by Dan Simmons, Bantam, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Lovedeath by Dan Simmons, Bantam, NY. 1993. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00

Short stories. Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Test of Wills by Charles Todd, St. Martin’s Press, NY. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $75.00

Authors’ first book introducing Ian Rutledge. Signed by both authors. Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Fearsome Doubt by Charles Todd, Bantam, NY. 2002. First Editiion. SIGNED. $35.00

An Ian Rutledge mystery. Signed by both authors. Fine in fine dust jacket.

A Long Shadow by Charles Todd, Morrow, NY. 2006. First Edition. SIGNED. 35.00

An Ian Rutledge mystery. Signed by both authors. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Enough by Donald E. Westlake, Evans, NY. 1977. First Edition. $65.00

Very fine, fresh copy in a pristine dust jacket.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Gerald Elias at The Mysterious Bookshop



We were thrilled recently to host an evening with author and violinist Gerald Elias to celebrate the release of his new mystery DEATH AND THE MAIDEN.

Mr. Elias entertained us with a beautiful musical performance.

To listen to the music that inspires Mr. Elias click here.

September Newsletter Now Available!

The Mysterious Bookshop September Newsletter is now posted online. The second version is the printable version (fewer pages).


Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 09/09/11

What an extraordinary couple of days at the US Open Tennis Championship! What drama!

I did add to my collection of signed caps. This time, the very dour Andy Murray did the honors. Rafa remains elusive.

Back to books,

Here's the latest update. Hope your reading year is as satisfying as mine. I've already compiled quite a list of "favorites."

Have a good weekend.

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

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Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m



Weekly Update 9/9/11





SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



Laura Lippman signed copies of her latest, The Most Dangerous Thing. Five friends come together when the youngest and wildest of them dies a violent death. It is the first time they have been together for years - and the revelations begin. Each of these old friends has a secret and each begins to wonder if their secret has been discovered - and if someone within their circle is out to destroy them. $25.99




Children of Paranoia by Trevor Shane is a dystopian novel set in a time when The War is the only thing that matters. Joseph has been killing people on behalf of a cause that he believes in but doesn’t fully understand. The War is governed by a rigid set of rules, and fought by two distinct sides - one good and one evil. The only unknown is which side is which. When Joseph meets Maria, his purpose becomes unimportant, but he’s about to learn that leaving The War can be more dangerous than fighting it. $25.95



UPCOMING RELEASES

The following books will be released within the next couple of weeks. Those we expect to be signed may be here later, depending on the author’s schedule, but please take a look and let us know if you would like to reserve a copy:

Laurie R. King - Pirate King (A Mary Russell mystery. A Soft Boiled Crime Club Main Selection). $25.00 SIGNED

Erin Morgenstern - The Night Circus (A First Mystery Crime Club Main Selection) $26.95 SIGNED

Jo Nesbo - Headhunters (Trade Paperback Original - will not be signed) $14.95



Robert B. Parker & Michael Brandman - Killing the Blues. (A Jesse Stone novel). $25.95



FOR COLLECTORS

The Poisoned Chocolates Case by Anthony Berkeley, Crime Club, Garden City. 1929. First American Edition. $500.00

Very good to fine in a very good dust jacket with some minor chipping and a water stain on the front panel. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

The Beast Must Die by Nicholas Blake, Harper & Brothers, NY. 1938. First American Edition. $350.00

Owner’s faint ex-libris blind stamp on the front free endpaper; owner’s ink name. Very good in dust jacket with numerous small chips and tears. Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, Collins, London. 1936. $1,000.00

A very good copy. Harycraft-Queen Cornerstone.

The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy, Mysterious Press, NY. 1987. First Edition. $125.00

Very fine in dust jacket.

The Spider Lily by Bruno Fischer, David McKay, Philadelphia. 1946. First Edition. $175.00

Fine in dust jacket.

The Hardboiled Dicks by Ron Goulart, Ed., Sherbourne, LA. 1965. First Edition. $45.00

Collection of pulp stories, with a long introduction about the history of detective pulp magazines. Very fine in dust jacket.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest by Stieg Larsson, Maclehose Press, London. 2009. First English Translation. $50.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem, Doubleday, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Early Millar by Ross Macdonald and Margaret Millar, Cordelia Editions, Santa Barbara, CA. 1982. First Edition. $125.00

Contains the first stories of both authors, including Macdonald’s "The South Sea Soup Co.," a Sherlockian parody originally published in their high school magazine, The Grumbler, in 1931. Limited to only 150 paperbound copies. Very fine.

Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates, Dutton, NY. 1992. First Edition. SIGNED. $50.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.



The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 by Otto Penzler, Editor, Guest Editor Ed McBain, Houghton Mifflin, NY. 1999. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Signed by Otto Penzler and Ed McBain, plus contributors Thomas H. Cook and Tom Franklin. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 by Otto Penzler, Editor, Guest Editor James Ellroy, Houghton Mifflin, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Signed by Otto Penzler, plus contributors Michael Connelly, Thomas H. Cook, and Scott Wolven. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 by Otto P:enzler, Editor, Guest Editor Michael Connelly, Houghton Mifflin, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Signed by Otto Penzler and Michael Connelly. Fine in fine dustjacket.

A Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters, Morrow, NY. 1978. First U.S. Edition. $75.00

First Brother Cadfael mystery. Looks fine-but isn’t. The exterior of the dust jacket has a tiny chip at top of spine, else clean and fresh. However, there is glue residue on the flaps and on the endpapers. No other markings.

(Rex Stout) Rex Stout a Biography by John McAleer, Little Brown, Boston. 1977. Second Printing. $25.00

Definitive Edgar-winning tome. Fine in dust jacket.

The Little Friend by Donna Tartt, Knopf, NY. 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $40.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Saw Red by Bob Truluck, McMillan, Tucson. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Writ in Barracks by Edgar Wallace, Methuen, London. 1900. First Edition. $100.00

Scarce book of war poetry by the famous thriller writer. Hinges cracked, else very good-near fine. Laid in is a scarce pamphlet titled "When London Calls!," a separately printed poem from the book. Fine.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

Friday, September 2, 2011

Sally's Weekly Update for 09/02/11



With neither earthquake nor hurricane, we are enjoying a quiet week of weather here.

Here's the latest update.

Have a good weekend

Sally Owen
The Mysterious Bookshop
sally@mysteriousbookshop.com


The Mysterious Bookshop

58 Warren Street

New York, NY 10007

Ph: 212-587-1011

Fax: 212-587-1126

Open Seven Days, 11.00 a.m. - 7.00 p.m.



Weekly Update 9/2/11



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



C.J. Box has signed copies of Back of Beyond, a stand alone thriller. Cody Hoyt, a cop and alcoholic who has been struggling with his sobriety, investigates the death of his friend Hank Winters. At first it looks like suicide, but Cody knows Hank better than that. When clues link the murder to an outfitter leading tourists on a multi-day wilderness horseback trip, Cody is desperate to get on their trail especially since the trip includes his son, Justin. $25.99



Death and the Maiden by Gerald Elias finds the Magini string quartet in disarray as it prepares for a performance of Schubert’s masterpiece. As the hour of the performance approaches, amateur sleuth Daniel Jacobus along with his old friend Nathaniel Williams, and his new companion, Trotsky the bulldog, must unravel the puzzle as one by one the musicians of the quartet mysteriously vanish. $26.99



The Cut by George Pelecanos is the first in a new series featuring Sperio Lucas, a veteran of the Iraq war, whose specialty is recovering stolen property. But when a high-profile crime boss hires him to find out who’s been stealing from his operation, Lucas finds himself in a world of men whose amorality and violence leave him reeling. A Crime Club Main Selection. $25.99



The Killer is Dying by James Sallis features a hired killer on his final job, a burned out detective whose wife is dying slowly and in agony, and a young boy abandoned by his parents and living by his wits. While they never meet, their stories are linked. Beautifully writtern. A Hard Boiled Club Main Selection. $24.00



We do have some copies (very few) of Flashback by Dan Simmons. Sorry to those of you who have had to wait so long for this title but the author was ill and his tour postponed for a while. But it is always worth waiting for Simmons who sets this novel in a dystopian future when the policies of the United States have caused nearly total economic , political and moral collapse. Not that the general population cares - they’re addicted to flashback, a drug that allows users to re-experience the best moments of their lives. One of those addicts, Nick Bottom a former detective, is asked by a top governmental adviser to investigate the five-year-old murder of his son. This is a provocative novel from one of the most imaginative writers at work today. $27.99

FOR COLLECTORS

Dancing Bear by James Crumley, Random House, NY. 1983. First Edition. $100.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Love Insurance by Earl Derr Biggers, Bobbs-Merrill, IN. 1914. First Edition. $25.00

Very good, bright copy

Baudolino by Umberto Eco, Harcourt, NY. 2002. First English Translation. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco, Harcourt, NY. 2005. First English Translation. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Ten Lords A-Leaping by Ruth Dudley Edwards, HarperCollins, London. 1995. First Edition. $20.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Seventy-Seven Clocks by Christopher Fowler, Doubleday, London. 2005. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Bryant & May. Fine in fine dust jacket.

White Corridor by Christopher Fowler, Doubleday, London. 2007. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Bryant & May. Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Case of the Demure Defendant by Erle Stanley Gardner, Morrow, NY. 1956. First Edition. $45.00

Fine copy in dust jacket. Review slip laid in.

The Cana Diversion by William Campbell Gault, Worldwide, Toronto. 1980. First Edition. INSCRIBED and SIGNED. $35.00

True first edition of the paperback original. Corners minutely creased, else very fine, unread copy. Inscribed and signed by Gault.

Blood on Biscayne Bay by Brett Halliday, Ziff-Davis, Chicago. 1946. First Edition. $50.00

About fine in a very good jacket. Some minor crimping to spine ends. Chips to top and bottom of dj spine and corners, a 2" semi-closed tear at top of rear corner. Front panel and spine are still clear and bright.

Weep for a Blonde by Brett Halliday, Dodd, NY. 1957. First Edition. $65.00

A hint of rubbing at spine ends, else a fine copy in a near fine jacket. Small chips to three corners, larger chip to bottom corner of rear panel.

Yellow Shadows by Sax Rohmer, Burt, NY. 1926. $20.00

Very good, near fine copy in chipped pictorial dust jacket that lacks back panel and flap.

Dead Reckoning by Lee Thayer, Dodd, Mead, NY. 1954. First Edition. $35.00

Colored pencil note on front endpaper, else a fine copy in a bright dust jacket with a few closed tears.

The Seersucker Whipsaw by Ross Thomas, Morrow, NY. 1967. First Edition. SIGNED. $750.00

A beautiful copy. Fine in like dust jacket.


Nothing But a Man by Jim Thompson, Popular Library, NY. 1970. First Edition. $200.00

Paperback original. Fine in wrappers.

Ironside by Jim Thompson, Popular Library, NY. 1967. First Edition. $75.00

Paperback original. Very fine in wrappers.

Child of Rage by Jim Thompson, Centipede Press, CO. 2008. First of this Edition. $50.00

With a new introduction by Ed Gorman. Very fine hardcover without dust jacket, as issued.



Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com






Thursday, September 1, 2011

Celebrating Irish Crime Fiction: Party for DOWN THESE GREEN STREETS 09/23/11




The Mysterious Bookshop
celebrates Irish Crime Fiction
and the release of

Down These
Green Streets
with
Alex Barclay, Colin Bateman, Declan Burke, John Connolly,
Pete Hamill, Declan Hughes,
Arlene Hunt, Stuart Neville
and Peter Quinn.


Friday, September 23rd.
from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

Admission is free.

The Mysterious Bookshop
58 Warren Street (Between Church and West Broadway)
New York, NY 10007
(212) 587-1011
info@mysteriousbookshop.com