Friday, October 8, 2010

Sally's Weekly Update for 10/08/10

We're late today, but well worth the wait I think.

And thanks for your patience while our emails were getting lost in cyberspace. All is well now, I hope.

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 10/8/10



EVENTS

Tuesday, October 12th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

A launch party for Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva

This debut, set in Providence, RI, is receiving great reviews from the likes of Michael Connelly and Harlan Coben. $24.99

Thursday, October 14th 6.30 p.m. - 8.00 p.m.

The Sleepwalkers by Paul Grossman

Another debut, this one set in Germany in 1932 $24.99

Reading and discussion.

Kings and Queens of Suspense

Thursday, October 14th at Hunter College Lewis Frumkes and his newly located Writing Center are running a suspense panel featuring Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark, Alan Furst, and Lawrence Block. Frumkes himself will moderate. The event is free and open to the public and will be held in the Faculty Dining Room at 7 PM. There will be refreshments and a books-signing. Limited space.

Please rsvp to 212-772-4292 or 212-772-4294



SIGNED COPIES NOW AVAILABLE



Red Jade by Henry Chang is the third in the series featuring NYPD detective Jack Yu whose usual beat is Chinatown. His latest investigation will take him to another Chinatown - this one in Seattle - as puzzling links between murder and the criminal underworld reveal themselves. $25.00

Lee Child signed the UK edition of Worth Dying For, his follow up to 61 Hours. The UK edition of this Jack Reacher thriller is the true first. Many of you pre-ordered this book and those order will be filled anon, but we do have a few copies left. $48.00



Reed Farrel Coleman was here last night for the launch of his new Moe Prager mystery Innocent Monster. And very successful it was! Again, we have copies left. $24.95

Michael Connelly was also here signing The Reversal which features both Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch. A Crime Collectors Club Main Selection. $27.99

John Lawton signed A Lily of the Field which moves from Vienna and Auschwitz to New Mexico and the rubble strewn streets of post-war London. Lawton’s thrillers are first class which is why he’s our Thriller/Espionage Club Selection. This is the true first edition. $24.00

Gold Boy, Emerald Girl by Yiyun Li is a collection of stories from a young writer who is receiving glowing reviews. She appears in the 20-Under-40 list in The New Yorker and her work is called "brilliant" by Publishers Weekly. $25.00

Joyce Carol Oates signed her collection of stories, Sourland. These stories explore how the power of violence, loss and grief shape both the psyche and the soul. $25.99



S.J. Rozan’s latest Bill Smith and Lydia Chin novel, On The Line, is signed. When Lydia Chin is kidnapped, P.I. Bill Smith must keep her alive by playing, and winning, an elaborate game of the kidnapper’s devising against impossible odds. $24.99



SIGNED FROM THE U.K.

Saints of New York by R.J. Ellory has arrived a little early (it is our November Brit Club selection). Set in New York, the death of a young heroin dealer causes no great concern to NYPD Detective Frank Parrish. But when the dealer’s teenage sister winds up dead, questions are raised that have no clear answers. As the homicides continue - and a disturbing pattern emerges - Frank tries to make some sense of the deaths, while battling his own demons. Ellory is a superb writer and a great favorite here at Mysterious. A British Crime Club Selection. $50.00

Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom was awarded the Swedish Academy of Crime Writers’ Award for Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, previously won by both Henning Mankell and Stieg Larsson. We only have a very few of this thriller, so first come first served. $40.00



FOR COLLECTORS

The Concrete Blonde by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1994. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.



The Poet by Michael Connolly, Little Brown, NY. 1996. First Edition. SIGNED. $45.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Dancing Bear by James Crumley, Random House, NY. 1983. First Edition. $150.00

Fine in dust jacket with slight crease on inside flap.

Rain Fall by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY 2002. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00

Author’s first book. Introduces John Rain. Fine in dust jacket with slight crease top of spine. Signed on tipped in page.

Hard Rain by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2003. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00

Second John Rain thriller. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Rain Storm by Barry Eisler, Putnam, NY. 2004. First Edition. SIGNED. $25.00

Third John Rain thriller. 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.

Rumor Hath It by Christopher Hale, Doubleday Crime Club, NY. 1945. First Edition. $45.00

Lt. French. Fine in dust jacket.

The Notched Hairpin by H.F. Heard, Vanguard, NY. 1949. First Edition. $65.00

A Sherlock Holmes pastiche in which the detective has retired and taken the name "Mr. Mycroft." Name stamp on front endpaper, else fine in price clipped dust jacket, which is chipped along the top edge.

The Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, Pegasus, NY. 2010. First U.S. Edition. SIGNED. $50.00

Scarce. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Walking Back the Cat by Robert Littell, Overlook Press, NY. 1997. First U.S. Edition. $25.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Return to the Scene by Q. Patrick, Simon & Schuster, NY. 1941. First Edition. $150.00

A fine, fresh copy in an excellent dust jacket which is bright and clean, with minor wear to the top corners and top of spine. Very scarce in such collectable condition.

(Reference) British Mystery Writers, 1920-1939, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley. Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00

Important book, Vol. 77 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.

(Reference) British Mystery Writers Since 1940, First Series, edited by Bernard Benstock and Thomas F. Staley, Gale Research, Detroit. 1989. First Edition. $65.00

Important book, Vol. 87 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography. Very fine without dust jacket, as issued.

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

Includes title story and A Horse in the Baby’s Bathtub. Limited to 250 numbered copies Signed by Ed Gorman who wrote the introduction and Harry O. Morris who did the artwork. Fine with no dust jacket as issued.

Smoke by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 1995. First Edition. SIGNED. $35.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

The Hook by Donald E. Westlake, The Mysterious Press, NY. 2000. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Bad News by Donald E. Westlake, Warner Books, NY. 2001. First Edition. SIGNED. $30.00

Fine in fine dust jacket.

Sally

sally@mysteriousbookshop.com

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