2009, ISBN: 9780805041484

New York. 2009. April 2009. Minotaur Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780312375706. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. 374 pages. hardcover. Jacket desig… Plus…

New York. 2009. April 2009. Minotaur Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 9780312375706. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett. 374 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Olaga Grlic. Jacket photograph by JUPITERIMAGES. keywords: Mystery Norway Translated Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER - A cryptic murder resurrects dark memories of past atrocities in this latest mystery from the master of Norwegian crime writing. Award-winning author K.O. Dahl received international acclaim for his gripping debut thriller, THE FOURTH MAN, which introduced readers to Detective Inspector Frank Frolich and Detective Chief Inspector Gunnarstranda. Now the Oslo detectives are back. It's Friday the thirteenth, the Norwegian capital is enveloped in freezing cold, and Reidar Folke Jespersen passes what will be the last day of his life. The aging antique dealer leaves home and takes a taxi to a nearby cafe. A few hours later, through the window of the cafe, he watches his wife enter the door to an apartment on the other side of the street, where her lover lives. In the early hours of the following morning, Jespersen is found stabbed to death, sitting naked in an armchair in the display window of his antique shop. Detectives Frolich and Gunnarstranda are called to the scene. Their only clues are a numerical combination written in ink on the body of the dead man, a red string tied around his neck, a few missing World War II objects, and a number of people extremely satisfied with the news of the man's death. Questions of love and betrayal, loyalty and guilt consume the investigation, just as they fill the private lives of the investigators. K.O. Dahl's dark and poetic writing moves through the shadows of one country's history - a country where victims, perpetrators, and even police officers are haunted by the past, still trying to cope with dark memories of the Nazi occupation. THE MAN IN THE WINDOW, the second installment in Dahl's Oslo police mysteries, is an intricate and chilling detective story about love, revenge, and the inescapable past. inventory #37564 ISBN: 9780312375706., 0, New York. 2007. May 2007. St Martin's/Minotaur. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket . 0312366671. Translated from the Swedish Ebba Segerberg. 312 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rob Grom. keywords: Literature Translated Sweden Mystery. FROM THE PUBLISHER - When The Princess of Burundi was published last year by Thomas Dunne Books, American critics hailed Kjell Eriksson as Sweden's Ed McBain, and they compared him to Henning Mankell. Now The Cruel Stars of the Night, the next in this internationally acclaimed crime series, unveils a spellbinding new tale again featuring police inspector Ann Lindell. The Cruel Stars of the Night opens one snowy day when thirty-five-year-old Laura Hindersten goes to the police to report that her father, a local professor, is missing. Inspector Ann Lindell and her colleagues can find no motive for the man's disappearance. And when the corpses of two elderly men do turn up, neither of the dead men is the missing academic. Unexpectedly, the police get help from one of the professor's colleagues, who believes there is an astonishing link between the murders and the disappearance of Professor Hindersten. But as the pressure on Lindell increases dramatically, she is shocked to discover that the killer has many more diabolical schemes in store. Combining heart-pounding suspense with brilliant psychological insight, The Cruel Stars of the Night moves like a comet as it approaches the cliff-hanging climax. It is sure to win Kjell Eriksson a whole new galaxy of American fans. inventory #18391 ISBN: 0312366671., 0, New York. 1996. September 1996. Henry Holt. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0805041486. 388 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Lonnie Duka/Tony Stone Images. Author photograph by Barbara Hall. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo. keywords: Mystery Literature England. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Norma Snape knew damn well what her youngest was doing. Caught with her purse in his hand, the last of her money clutched between his fingers, Nicky Snape was adding to a long list of petty crimes and misdemeanors. But before she could reach him, Nicky was out the door, quickstepping across the rubble-strewn yard, waving the bills as he disappeared down the alley and into the street. Doris Netherfield was cradling her husband, still trying to shield him as the intruder brought the iron bar down like a club, smashing Doris's skull as if it were a piece of overripe fruit, turning a simple job of breaking and entering into a question of murder. Nicky had scrubbed everywhere, and still the water in the bowl ran red. ‘Who'd have thought the old girl had as much blood in her?' he whispered to himself over the sound of the running water. It wasn't the first time the cops had paid a call on the Snape household. For Nicky, this time it was no petty crime or misdemeanor. The call came two days after they had put him in custody, at a little before 6 A.M. Nicky Snape had been found hanging from the shower in the children's home where he was being held. Nicky had just turned fifteen. In the most deeply textured and richly peopled of his novels, John Harvey confronts some of the most intractable social issues of our age. Here is crime fiction so close to the bone you might think you were reading the newspapers - except that Harvey's artistry with words brings their ugly events and insoluble problems stunningly alive, transforming bare headlines into the stuff of human passion. inventory #22718 ISBN: 0805041486., 0<

1996, ISBN: 0805041486

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[EAN: 9780805041484], [PU: Henry Holt], MYSTERY LITERATURE ENGLAND, New York. 1996. September 1996. Henry Holt. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0805041486. 388 pages. hardc… Plus…

[EAN: 9780805041484], [PU: Henry Holt], MYSTERY LITERATURE ENGLAND, New York. 1996. September 1996. Henry Holt. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0805041486. 388 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Lonnie Duka/Tony Stone Images. Author photograph by Barbara Hall. Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Norma Snape knew damn well what her youngest was doing. Caught with her purse in his hand, the last of her money clutched between his fingers, Nicky Snape was adding to a long list of petty crimes and misdemeanors. But before she could reach him, Nicky was out the door, quickstepping across the rubble-strewn yard, waving the bills as he disappeared down the alley and into the street. Doris Netherfield was cradling her husband, still trying to shield him as the intruder brought the iron bar down like a club, smashing Doris’s skull as if it were a piece of overripe fruit, turning a simple job of breaking and entering into a question of murder. Nicky had scrubbed everywhere, and still the water in the bowl ran red. ‘Who’d have thought the old girl had as much blood in her?’ he whispered to himself over the sound of the running water. It wasn’t the first time the cops had paid a call on the Snape household. For Nicky, this time it was no petty crime or misdemeanor. The call came two days after they had put him in custody, at a little before 6 A.M. Nicky Snape had been found hanging from the shower in the children’s home where he was being held. Nicky had just turned fifteen. In the most deeply textured and richly peopled of his novels, John Harvey confronts some of the most intractable social issues of our age. Here is crime fiction so close to the bone you might think you were reading the newspapers—except that Harvey’s artistry with words brings their ugly events and insoluble problems stunningly alive, transforming bare headlines into the stuff of human passion. inventory #22718, Books<

1996, ISBN: 0805041486

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[EAN: 9780805041484], [SC: 24.9], [PU: New York: Henry Holt, 1996. dj], SIGNED HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - MYSTERY SUSPENSE & DETECTIVE FICTION NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover first editio… Plus…

[EAN: 9780805041484], [SC: 24.9], [PU: New York: Henry Holt, 1996. dj], SIGNED HARDCOVER FIRST EDITION - MYSTERY SUSPENSE & DETECTIVE FICTION NOISBN, Jacket, SIGNED hardcover first edition - First US printing. The eighth in his highly acclaimed series of mysteries featuring Charlie Resnick. This copy is SIGNED on the title page, and dated in the year of publication. Laid in is a promotional postcard and a small brochure entitled 'Easy Meat' which includes tour date information, excerpts from this novel and Harvey's next one, and two poems by Harvey. Fine in fine dust jacket (as new.), Books<

ISBN: 9780805041484

"Easy Meat" is crime fiction so close to the bone it is almost like reading the newspapers--except that John Harvey's artistry with words and concern for character bring their ugly events… Plus…

"Easy Meat" is crime fiction so close to the bone it is almost like reading the newspapers--except that John Harvey's artistry with words and concern for character bring their ugly events and insoluble issues stunningly alive, transforming headlines into the stuff of human passion. "Harvey's terse style is just about perfect".--"Detroit Free Press". Media > Book, [PU: Henry Holt and Company also Metropolitan Books]<