Mystery & Thrillers June 2016
A CHOICE OF ENEMIES.
London: Peter Davies, [1973]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. The author's first novel. "The book's compassionate outlook and portrayal of a man's dismal treatment by his own intelligence service make it a feeling man's Spy Who Came in From the Cold." - Jay Pedereson (ed.): St. James Guide to Crime and Mystery Writers, pp. 11. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 467.
DEEP PURPLE.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Allbeury on the front free endpaper. Spy thriller involving Soviet defectors. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 470.
THE JUDAS FACTOR.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1984]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 471.
THE SEEDS OF TREASON.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1986]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller involving love and betrayal. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 481.
A TIME WITHOUT SHADOWS.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1990]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller in which a operative who served in WW II attempts to find out if his resistance unit was betrayed. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 470.
A WILDERNESS OF MIRRORS.
[Sevenoaks, Kent]: New English Library, [1988]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller involving the use of psychics. One sheet press release from the publisher laid in. Smith and White, Cloak and Dagger Fiction (3rd ed.) 487.
DECEPTION.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2003]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Altman on the title page. Suspense/thriller novel.
A GAME OF SPIES.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2002]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Altman on the title page. Spy thriller set during WW II.
A GATHERING OF SPIES.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2000]. Octavo, boards. First edition. The author's first novel. Spy thriller set in 1943 involving Atomic secrets.
THE WATCHMEN.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2004]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Suspense/thriller novel.
THE FAITHFUL.
New York: Random House, [2008]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Berenson on the title page. The author's first spy thriller and the debut of his character John Wells. Edgar award winner for best first novel.
THE GHOST WAR.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2008]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed by Berenson on a tipped in page. Spy thriller. The second to feature his character John Wells.
THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2010]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller. The fourth to feature his character John Wells.
THE SILENT MAN.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2009]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Spy thriller. The third to feature his character John Wells.
HIGH JINX.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1986. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
LAST CALL FOR BLACKFORD OAKES.
Orlando, Austin, New York, San Diego, Toronto, London: Harcourt, 2005. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
MARCO POLO, IF YOU CAN.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1982. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
MONGOOSE R.I.P.
New York: Random House, 1987. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1985. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
THE STORY OF HENRI TOD.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1984. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
A VERY PRIVATE LOT.
New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1994. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
WHO'S ON FIRST.
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1980. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Spy thriller with Blackford Oakes.
NO WORD FROM WINIFRED.
New York: E.P. Dutton, [1986]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Kate Fansler mystery.
THE PUZZLED HEART.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1998]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Signed in printed block letters as Amanda Cross on the title page below the author name. A Kate Fansler mystery.
THE QUESTION OF MAX.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A Kate Fansler mystery.