The second witty installment in an astonishingly authentic historical mystery series featuring detective Oscar Wilde and his partner in crime, Arthur Conan Doyle It's 1892, and Wilde is the toast of London, riding high on the success of his play Lady Windemere's Fan. While celebrating with friends at a dinner party he conjures up a game called murder that poses the question: Who would you most like to kill? Wilde and friends -- including Arthur Conan Doyle, Bram Stoker, and poet Robert Sherard (the novel's narrator) -- write the names of their victims on pieces of paper and choose them one by... View More...
One of the shining stars of historical crime fiction returns with this eagerly anticipated addition to the series that Booklist hails as "pitch-perfect" and the Toronto Globe and Mail calls "a lot of fun." In Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile, the famous playwright and raconteur leaves England for a lecture tour in the United States, where he meets P.T. Barnum, sees Jumbo the Elephant, becomes involved in a saloon shoot out, and entertains Broadway's brightest stars. But soon Wilde becomes entangled with the LaGrange acting dynasty, whom he befriends aboard an ocean liner. Things are not wh... View More...
This is a travel guide to America's quiet history-rich towns and villages. All 50 states are covered with at least one town per state. It contains information on B&Bs, restaurants, antiques, craft stores, art galleries, hiking, fishing, boating, walking, and sights and activities. View More...
It takes a cat to write the purr-fect mystery. Things have been pretty exciting lately in Crozet, Virginia--a little too exciting if you ask resident feline investigator Mrs. Murphy. Just as the town starts to buzz over its Civil War reenactment, a popular local man disappears. No one's seen Tommy Van Allen's single-engine plane, either--except for Mrs. Murphy, who spotted it during a foggy evening's mousing. Even Mrs. Murphy's favorite human, postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, can sense that something is amiss. But things really take an ugly turn when the town reenacts the battle of O... View More...
When Judge Calvin Jeffries becomes the first judge to be murdered while serving in office, charismatic criminal defense attorney Joseph Antonelli finds himself smack in the middle of a riveting case. View More...
On the heels of her soaring bestseller Flight, Edgar Award-winning author Jan Burke reaches new heights of suspense in this ingenious novel of hard-hitting justice and cold-blooded murder. Los Angeles County Homicide Detective Alex Brandon lives to bring killers to justice -- but when unknown assailants begin systematically killing off the FBI's Most Wanted suspects, Alex sees no cause for celebration. The vigilante slayings eerily echo the work of a serial killer from a decade ago, and convince Alex that the Exterminators, as a grateful public has dubbed them, are more ruthless and sadistic... View More...
READING COPY. UGLY ex- library copy with expected markings. Tight, slight age tanning of pages, clean interior, slight tilt to spine. Softened spine ends,cover corners, hinges and spine ends rubbed down to boards. No dust jacket. #57 of the 63 Mystery Series featuring Ludovic Travers (a wealthy writer and amateur sleuth, later proprietor of the Broad Street Detective Agency, along with Scotland Yard Superintendant George Wharton and later Chief Inspector Jewle, in London, England) NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
Tight, bright, light age soil to exterior page edges, faint curl. Has a Bella Books sticker approximately 1-1/2" high across the back cover bottom - presume this is one of the books turned over to Bella Books at the closing of Naiad. "the savage attack on a close friend propels Oregon Private Eye Cassidy James through a menacing maze of intrigue and betrayal?" NOT KEPT AT STORE- order a day ahead of time for in- store pickup View More...
A troubled child is abducted while a beloved teacher disappears. A deadly conspiracy threatens to destroy everything it touches. And Cassidy James sure picked one hell of a time to fall in love. View More...
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, former US Marshall, Alaskan resident and the author of the latest Tom Clancy Jack Ryan novels, Marc Cameron thrills readers with the second installment in his acclaimed Arliss Cutter series. Heroes for our time, Arliss and Lola are assigned to protect an uncooperative federal judge when he travels to Stone Cross, a remote and road-less Native village in western Alaska. Deputy US Marshal Arliss Cutter (still carrying his grandfather's Colt Python revolver) and deputy Lola Teariki are assigned to protect an uncooperative federal judge when he trav... View More...
In the third book in Andrea Camilleri's Inspector Montalbano series, the urbane and perceptive Sicilian detective exposes a viper's nest of government corruption and international intrigue in a compelling new case. When an elderly man is stabbed to death in an elevator and a crewman on an Italian fishing trawler is machine-gunned by a Tunisian patrol boat off Sicily's coast, only Montalbano suspects the link between the two incidents. His investigation leads to the beautiful Karima, an impoverished housecleaner and sometime prostitute, whose young son steals other schoolchildren's midmorning s... View More...
A relaxing girls' getaway turns deadly for the Black Sheep Knitters when a pushy killer is on the prowl . . . As their beloved Black Sheep member Lucy Binger prepares to tie the knot, the close-knit group decide they need a weekend to unwind before the big day. Suzanne Cavanaugh has just the spot--her friend Amy lives in a luxury New England community on Osprey Island, renowned for its famous cliff walk and spectacular ocean views, and she would be happy to host the knitters. Shortly after their arrival, however, the idyllic setting turns into a crime scene. The body of a prominent residen... View More...
Follow a group of women as they discover the depths of their friendship when a murder rocks their peaceful Massachusetts town in this cozy mystery from Anne Canadeo. The Black Sheep Knitters--Maggie, Lucy, Dana, Suzanne, and Phoebe--meet once a week without fail, sharing the varied and colorful skeins of their lives as much as knitting tips, recipes, and small-town gossip, and creating an intricate, durable pattern of friendship. Now a shocking murder has peaceful Plum Harbor, Massachusetts, in knots --and the Black Sheep women must herd together to protect one of their own from a scandalous f... View More...
Signed and inscribed, #474 of limited edition of 1500. Tight, bright, clean. Faint curl to exterior corners of cover. Scratch on top edge of front cover. "riveting tale about the Arabian horse business during the high spirited 1980's?revolves around the moral and ethical issues of selling high-end horses for record prices..." This edition contains "Outtakes" keyed with ^^ to the text. 274 pages+, 9x6" (22.9x15cm). View More...
Stop back pain, neck pain and shoulder pain Based on the Alexander Technique, Back Trouble shows how to turn everyday movements into practical therapy. 200 drawings and photos make it easy to follow the simple explanations. You will learn how to use your body correctly in all your daily activities, which can help prevent new back problems, and it can help prevent a recurrence of an earlier problem. Here is a medically recognized alternative or addition to injections, ice packs, heat, ultrasound, bed rest, medication and surgery. Can also help arthritis, pinched nerves, body tension, whiplash, ... View More...
