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Hardcover:
9781594147340 | Five Star, February 18, 2009, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: After young lawyer Eve Nyquist is appointed third chair in a sensational murder trial and is asked to cross examine an expert witness, her life is turned upside down after she receives death threats and unexpectantly finds romance.
Paperback:
9781880284896 | Perseverance Pr, September 15, 2006, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: In this twist on the classic whodunit, a born-again P.
A collection of short stories spans the fictional crime genre from the grimly noir to the lightly humorous, in settings that range from contemporary London to territorial Arizona, with contributions by both veteran writers and talented newcomers. Read by Robert Forster, John Rubenstein, and others.
Cassette/Spoken Word:
9781590402276 | Unabridged edition (Phoenix Audio, June 1, 2004), cover price $32.00 | About this edition: A collection of short stories spans the fictional crime genre from the grimly noir to the lightly humorous, in settings that range from contemporary London to territorial Arizona, with contributions by both veteran writers and talented newcomers.
Product Description: The advent of Court TV and the increasing news coverage of high-profile trials have pushed legal proceedings to the forefront of public interest today. Jon L. Breen has answered a growing demand for information with a second edition of Novel Verdicts: A Guide to Courtroom Fiction, a critical bibliography of courtroom fiction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
Hardcover:
9780810836747 | 2 sub edition (Scarecrow Pr, January 1, 2000), cover price $105.00 | About this edition: The advent of Court TV and the increasing news coverage of high-profile trials have pushed legal proceedings to the forefront of public interest today.
9780810817418 | Scarecrow Pr, November 1, 1984, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: The advent of Court TV and the increasing news coverage of high-profile trials have pushed legal proceedings to the forefront of public interest today.
The era's most famous detectivesSam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Lord Peter Wimsey, Hercule Poirot, Matt Scudder, Easy Rawlins, Spenser and Dalgiesh among themcome to life in this endofthecentury collection.
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Hardcover:
9780786707096 | Carroll & Graf Pub, January 1, 2000, cover price $26.00 | About this edition: Presents a collection of mystery and detective stories from such authors as Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Ed McBain, Ruth Rendell, and Erle Stanley Gardner.
Hardcover:
9780786222506 | Five Star, December 1, 1999, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Book by Breen, Jon L.
Hardcover:
9780786703616, titled "The Year's 25 Finest Crime & Mystery Stories" | 5th edition (Carroll & Graf Pub, September 1, 1996), cover price $24.00 | About this edition: Gathers mystery stories by Lawrence Block, Marcia Muller, Sharyn McCrumb, Ed Gorman, and others
9780786701414 | 3 annual edition (Carroll & Graf Pub, October 1, 1994), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Gathers mystery stories by Tony Hillerman, Lawrence Block, Ruth Rendell, and F.
Product Description: The original What About Murder? (1981) identified and annotated 239 books about mystery and detective fiction published through the end of 1981. In slightly more than a decade, the production of such works has so increased that this supplement covers over 350 titles in the original categories (general histories, reference books, volumes on special subjects, collected essays and reviews, technical manuals, and works on individual authors), most of them published between 1981 and 1991, with a few 1992 titles...read more
Hardcover:
9780810826090 | Scarecrow Pr, December 1, 1992, cover price $77.00 | About this edition: The original What About Murder?
Hardcover:
9780671681050 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1991, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: A celebration for retiring jockey Brad Roark turns into a night of deception and murder when Brad's con-man brother Mo is found dead, and amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan must find the killer
Product Description: In this collection of original essays, several prominent writers and critics of the genre examine the interface of theology and detection. Edward D. Hoch discusses Roman Catholic sleuths; James Yaffe discusses Jews in detective fiction; Marvin Lachman discusses the use of religious cults as mystery story backgrounds; co-editor Breen writes of Protestant religious mysteries and on Mormonism in the mystery; and four authors of mysteries about religious detectivesâWilliam X...read more
Hardcover:
9780810823822 | Scarecrow Pr, December 1, 1990, cover price $61.00 | About this edition: In this collection of original essays, several prominent writers and critics of the genre examine the interface of theology and detection.
Rachel Hennings, investigating the murder of a 1930s writer of crime novels, becomes convinced that a crime story from the past has not been laid to rest and is connected to the writer's demise
Hardcover:
9780802757043 | Walker & Co, September 1, 1988, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Rachel Hennings, investigating the murder of a 1930s writer of crime novels, becomes convinced that a crime story from the past has not been laid to rest and is connected to the writer's demise
Paperback:
9780792701231 | Large print edition (John Curley & Assoc, April 1, 1990), cover price $14.95
Hardcover:
9780671681043 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1990, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: When the most hated man in the horse-racing world is murdered, amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan returns to track down the killer, but the odds steepen as files implicating Brogan in the crime are found
Product Description: Contributors and their subjects include Donald E. Westlake on Peter Rabe, Loren D. Estleman on Donald Hamilton, Bill Crider on Harry Whittington, Marvin Lachman on Ed Lacy, Max Allan Collins on Jim Thompson, Jon L. Breen on Vin Packer, George Kelley on Marvin H...read more
Hardcover:
9780810822320 | Scarecrow Pr, September 1, 1989, cover price $61.00 | About this edition: Contributors and their subjects include Donald E.
Hardcover:
9781558001053 | Audio cstt edition (Dove Entertainment Inc, April 1, 1989), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Book by Adcock, Thomas, Breen, Jon L.
An anthology of short stories by such authors as Brian Garfield, Jon Breen, Raymond Obstfeld, John Ball, Robert Bloch, and Lois Du Lac
Hardcover:
9780312006204 | St Martins Pr, June 1, 1987, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: An anthology of short stories by such authors as Brian Garfield, Jon Breen, Raymond Obstfeld, John Ball, Robert Bloch, and Lois Du Lac
Hardcover:
9780688066840 | William Morrow & Co, February 1, 1987, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Eight mysteries centered in L.
Hardcover:
9780802755759 | Walker & Co, January 1, 1984, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A dead man leaves his beloved book store to his niece who finds herself involved with a murder investigation and some rather convincing ghosts
Paperback:
9780802731678 | Walker & Co, September 1, 1986, cover price $2.95 | About this edition: A dead man leaves his beloved book store to his niece who finds herself involved with a murder investigation and some rather convincing ghosts
Hardcover:
9780802756275 | Walker & Co, January 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: When owners, trainers, jockeys, and media people receive threatening messages, broadcaster Jerry Brogan investigates to find out why horse racing's Triple Crown is being disrupted by fear
Paperback:
9780893407261 | Large print edition (John Curley & Assoc, December 1, 1984), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Book by Breen, Jon L.
Hardcover:
9780802754929 | Walker & Co, May 1, 1983, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A parody of the murder-mystery genre, is set in the world of Southern California horseracing
Hardcover:
9780810815056 | Scarecrow Pr, February 1, 1982, cover price $17.50 | About this edition: Hair of the Sleuthhound: Parodies of Mystery Fiction
Hardcover:
9780810814134 | Scarecrow Pr, May 1, 1981, cover price $55.00 | About this edition: Identifies and annotates 239 books about mystery and detective fiction published through the end of 1981.
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