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Eaves Dropper

James Macgregor and John Francome · 1986 · Rooke Books

£57.99 (€69.51 | $76.61 | ¥12,233)

London & Sydney, Macdonald & Co. 1986. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of Francome and Macgregor's Eavesdropper. First edition. Signed by John Francome. John Francome (born 1952) is a former National Hunt Champion Jockey. After retiring Francome was awarded the…

Nice People

Clare Curzon · 1995 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, St. Martin's Press, 1995. First edition. Cloth. A signed, scarce first US edition by this thriller writer. Signed by the author to the title page. "With her customary deftness, Clare Curzon has produced a multifaceted mystery that Yeadings and his team unravel with …

Making Love a Conspiracy of the Heart

Marius Brill · 2003 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Doubleday, 2003. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this comic murder mystery novel by Marius Brill. Signed by the author to the title page. 'When Miranda, the Miss Lonely Hearts of Shepherd"s Bush, suddenly finds herself romanced by a tall, dark and de…

Rotten Apples Fault Lines Prey to All out of the Dark Keep Me Alive

Natasha Cooper · 1995 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

London, Sydney, New York & Toronto, Simon & Schuster, 1995-2004. First edition. Cloth. Five signed first editions by Natasha Cooper Natasha Cooper (born 1951) was Chairman of the Crime Writers' Association in 1999/2000. She broadcasts, reviews, writes features and short sto…

A Cat Affair

Derek Tangye · 1974 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Michael Joseph, 1974. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this cat novel from Derek Tangye. Signed by the author to the title page. Derek Tangye wrote nineteen books during his life which were part of 'The Minack Chronicles', and his life in Cornwall. In a…

Battlecruiser

Douglas Reeman · 1997 · Rooke Books

£49.99 (€59.92 | $66.04 | ¥10,546)

London, Heinemann, 1997. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Reeman's fine work of naval fiction. Neatly signed by the author to the title page. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper. In original cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, c…

The Bad Detective

H.R.F. Keating · 1996 · Rooke Books

£34.99 (€41.94 | $46.22 | ¥7,381)

London, Macmillan, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed second impression of the first edition of this crime novel concerning an unlikely anti-hero - the bend policeman. While the corrupt DS Stallworthy would be content to retire to the seaside, his wife Lily dreams of paradise.…

Find My Way Home a Nick Sharman Thriller

Mark Timlin · 1996 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

London, Victor Gollancz, 1996. First edition. Cloth. A signed, near-pristine copy of this scarce hardback first edition of the crime thriller 'Find My Way Home', by Mark Timlin (billed as Britain's leading writer of 'hardboiled' detective fiction). After…

Another World

Pat Barker · 1998 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.93 | $72.66 | ¥11,603)

London, Viking, 1998. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this work by Pat Barker. Pat Barker is an English writer and novelist who has won many awards for her fiction which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. In a cloth binding in original un…

The Gigantic Shadow

Julian Symons · 1988 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Black Dagger Crime, 1988. Cloth. A signed copy of this crime novel by Julian Symons. 'Bill Hunter made his living by asking uncomfortable questions of the rich and famous. But when the tables were turned, and one of his 'victims' dug up a secret from Hunte…

Late Payments

Michael Z. Lewin · 1986 · Rooke Books

£18.99 (€22.76 | $25.09 | ¥4,006)

London, Macmillan, 1986. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this detective novel from Michael Z. Lewin in its original dustwrapper. Signed by the author to the title page. In a brown cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very smart, with just some …

The Flail and the Fish

Francis Gerard · 1949 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Macdonald, 1949. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this novel of Revolutionary France from Francis Gerard. Featuring the original illustrated dustwrapper designed by Broom Lynne. From the writer of "Emerald Embassy", "Sorcerer's Shaft", "Flight and Fear" and …

Aunt Dimity&Apos;S Death

Nancy Atherton · 1992 · Rooke Books

£89.99 (€107.87 | $118.88 | ¥18,984)

New York, Viking, 1992. First edition. Cloth. 'Aunt Dimity's Death' is the mystery first novel by Nancy Atherton. Signed author's presentation copy dated 1992 with ink dedication to title. First edition in unclipped dustwrapper. Nancy Atherton is an American …

Death and the Oxford Box

Veronica Stallwood · 1993 · Rooke Books

£59.99 (€71.91 | $79.25 | ¥12,655)

London, Macmillan, 1993. First edition. Cloth. A signed, first edition of Veronica Stallwood's Death and the Oxford Box. Bound in paper-covered boards, with gilt lettering and an unclipped dust wrapper. Signed by author. First edition. Veronica Stallwood is a British author…

Born of Man and Woman

Richard Matheson · 1954 · Rooke Books

£360.00 (€431.51 | $475.58 | ¥75,944)

Philadelphia, The Chamberlain Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this anthology of gripping science fiction works. This is the first anthology of Matheson's works, named after the first story in this book and his first published short story 'Born o…

Jacquot and the Angel

Martin O'Brien · 2005 · Rooke Books

£44.99 (€53.93 | $59.43 | ¥9,491)

London, Headline, 2005. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition of this crime thriller from Martin O'Brien. Signed by the author to the title page. "In a gripping and skilfully crafted novel, Martin O'Brien serves up a murderous slice of French country life, laced…

Every Move You Make

David Malouf · 2006 · Rooke Books

£50.00 (€59.93 | $66.05 | ¥10,548)

London, Chatto & Windus, 2006. First edition. Cloth. A signed first edition copy of Malouf's seven short stories in the Australian Outback. Signed by Malouf on title page. The stories tell of the lives of bookish boys, taciturn men, strong women and wayward sons, fathers an…

Whitefire

Geoffrey Glover-Wright · 1983 · Rooke Books

£29.99 (€35.95 | $39.62 | ¥6,327)

London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of Glover Wright's intricate and fast-paced adventure thriller. Neatly signed by the author to the title page, dated 3rd May 1988. Featuring the original unclipped illustrated dustwrapper, designed by Chr…

The Cold Truth

Jonathan Stone · 1999 · Rooke Books

£24.99 (€29.95 | $33.01 | ¥5,272)

New York , St Martin's Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth. The first printing of this crime thriller written in the same vein as The Silence of the Lambs. Signed by the author to the title page. In a red cloth binding with original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, very sma…

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie in Two Volumes

Sir William Forbes · 1806 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co. 1806. Leather. A scarce set of the Life and Writings of James Beattie by Sir William Forbes. Complete in two volumes. Including many of his original letters. Volume I contains a Frontispiece of James Beattie. James Beattie FRSE (25 October …