Fantastic Literature

THE TURN OF THE KEY

Ware Ruth · 2019

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Harvill 1st edition. A genuinely creepy 21st century ghost story packed with thrills and goosebumps. Gripping story with clever plotting and an amazing ending. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

MURDER ON THE FLYING SCOTSMAN

Dunn Carola · 2020

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Robinson 1st printing. Set in 1923 England, diligent Daisy Dalrymple sets out for Scotland on an assignment for Town and Country magazine - and she finds herself sharing a rail compartment with squabbling would-be heirs, a stowaway, and a corpse fine b-format paperback, Ken Le...

THE CASE OF THE RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT

Cunningham E V · 1978

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Holt Rinehart Winston 1st edition. They call the pool at the Beverly Glen Hotel "the naked hooker." To the frustration of the Beverly Hills police department, the women there are so high class that it's impossible to distinguish guests and girlfriends from professionals. fine ...

LIGHTNING

McBain Ed · 1984

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Hamish Hamilton 1st UK edition. Lightning strikes with repeated terror as a diabolical hangman murderer leaves one pretty coed after another dangling from the city's lampposts. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

MISCHIEF

McBain Ed · 1993

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Morrow 1st edition. The notorious Deaf Man is planning his most devilish million-dollar caper to date. In the squadroom of the 87th Precint, an otherwise slow March night is enlivened by the murder of a graffiti writer. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

QUEEN OF SWORDS

Kotzwinkle William · 1985

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Abacus 1st printing. A semi-crazed writer named Eric and his pudgy painter wife Janet take a beach house in a fishing village during the winter. near fine b-format paperback

BRAVO FOR THE BRIDE

Eyre Elizabeth · 1994

£8.95 (€10.73 | $11.82 | ¥1,888)

Headline 1st edition. When a falling statue narrowly misses Prince Galeotto and his new bride, Princess Ariana, Sigismondo fears it is no accident fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustwrapper,

DEMOLITION ANGEL

Crais Robert · 2000

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Doubleday 1st edition. With the most unforgettable female lead character since Clarice Starling, Demolition Angel is a blistering stand-alone thriller from the freshest bestselling voice in crime fiction fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper, scarce in such fine condition

THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL

McBain Ed · 1994

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Hodder & Stoughton 1st UK edition. After Matthew Hope slips into a coma — the result of a drive-by shooting — his friends, private eye Warren Chambers and police detective Morris Bloom — must follow in his investigative footsteps to discover why he was shot. fine hardcover cop...

VALHALLA

Holt Tom · 2000

£12.95 (€15.52 | $17.11 | ¥2,731)

Orbit 1st edition. When great warriors die, their reward is eternal life in Odin's great hall, Valhalla. But Valhalla has changed and like any corporation has adapted to survive. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

STORMRIDER

Gemmell david · 2002

£37.95 (€45.49 | $50.14 | ¥8,004)

Del rey 1st US edition. Press release. Centuries ago, Connavar’s triumphant battles against the invading army of Stone gained the Rigante their freedom, yet magic that once flourished has been all but snuffed out. fine hardcover copy in a fine, John ennis, dustwrapper

THE REVOLUTIONS

Gilman Felix · 2014

£7.95 (€9.53 | $10.50 | ¥1,677)

Corsair 1st printing. THE REVOLUTIONS is a fantasy of the occult scene in fin de siecle London, the celestial spheres, and mystical Martian exploration. new trade paperback

A SUIT OF DIAMONDS - SIGNED by all contributors

Anon · 1990

£47.95 (€57.48 | $63.35 | ¥10,113)

Collins Crime Club 1st edition. SIGNED by all including Robert Barnard, Sarah Caudwell, Reginald Hill, Charlotte MacLeod, John Malcolm, and others fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper., signed by all the authors on a bookplate

THE CASE OF THE POISONED ECLAIRS

Cunningham E V · 1980

£9.95 (€11.93 | $13.15 | ¥2,098)

Andre Deutsch 1st UK edition. Eclairs are mysteriously delivered to a quartet of Hollywood wives at a bridge party. They don't eat them, but the maid does and dies. fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper

BETWEEN THE DARKNESS AND THE FIRE

Dwight Jeffry (editor) · 1998

£24.95 (€29.91 | $32.96 | ¥5,262)

Wildside Press 1st edition. 23 Tales of Imaginative Fiction from the Internet (Darkfire, Volume I) fine trade paperback

VENGEANCE

Irvine Ian · 2011

£4.95 (€5.93 | $6.54 | ¥1,044)

Orbit 1st printing. A story of a betrayal, murder and a girl's hunt for justice in a world where two peoples are divided and where mistrust can only lead to war fine trade paperback

THE GAUNTLET OF MALICE - mages of Garillion 2

Harris deborah Turner · 1988

£5.95 (€7.13 | $7.86 | ¥1,255)

Orbit 1st printing. Caradoc Penlluathe has flown the city of Ambrothen fine trade paperback copy

INTERSECTIONS: The Sycamore Hill Anthology

Kessel John et al (editors) · 1999

£17.95 (€21.52 | $23.71 | ¥3,786)

Tor 1st edition. In 1994, some of the brightest stars of science fiction gathered for the Sycamore Hill workshop, putting their stories in the forge of their colleagues' collective critical wisdom. The result is Intersections fine trade paperback

FREE SPACE

Linaweaver Brad & Kramer Edward E (editors) · 1998

£17.95 (€21.52 | $23.71 | ¥3,786)

Tor 1st edition. It is the twenty-third century, and large space habitats have evolved where individual societies exist without formalized government-a galactic federation called Free Space. fine trade paperback

FLASH POINT

Wilks Peter · 2011

£3.45 (€4.14 | $4.56 | ¥728)

matador 1st printing. It's the 25th century, and Earth has entered a second dark age. The planet is now so polluted that humans can only survive by living in island cities, built on large and ancient oil rigs fine trade paperback