Line Up by Otto Penzler (17 results)

Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AB4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small bend on front, light discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book has a message from editor, light discoloration, and light shelf wear. A novel of suspense. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.25", 262 pages. It's the dead of winter in New York City, too many weeks past Christmas. Five young men, who've known each other since childhood, are out on the town, celebrating a bachelor party. But after the strip bars and the clubs, after the champagne and cocaine, they end up in the apartment of a prostitute, and what they'd planned as innocent revelry- a boy's night out- turns to murder. In a single dark moment they discover that their only protection is the bond of male friendship they call The Hunting Club. At first it seems unreal, like a dream. They are all privileged and successful, ambitious and smart, from fine upstanding families. They have wives and children, careers to protect. So they cover up the bloody deed. They attend the wedding. But when the nightmare seems to be over, a stranger steps out of the shadows. Someone has seen something. There is blackmail and more murder. Their safe and insulted world is crumbling. And the ties of faithful friendship, of trust and honor- which once served to keep them strong- begin to unravel. Who can they trust now? The closer they examine themselves, the more clearly they see just how thin is the line between civilization and bloody barbarism, and how easy the descent. In the end, The Hunting Club is no longer their strength, but a fractured façade for murder and betrayal, propelling the five toward a moment when they must find out what really happened that fateful night of the bachelor party and who must pay the price. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. AC4 - A hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has small smudges, light discoloration, and light shelf wear. Book has light shelf wear. A novel. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.75"x5.75", 327 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Translated by Linda Coverdale. In January 1917, five wounded French soldiers, hands bound before them, are brought to the front at Picardy by their own troops, forced to climb from the trenches onto the narrow strip of no-man's-land that separates French and German armies, and left to die in the cross fire. Their brutal punishment has been hushed up for over two years when Mathilde Donnay, a young, wheelchair-bound woman from a small town in the South, begins a relentless quest to find out whether her fiancé, officially "killed in the line of duty", may still be alive. As the fiercely independent and wonderfully imaginative Mathilde combs the country for information about the other four soldiers- a farmer from the Dordogne, a street hustler from Marseilles, a Parisian trade unionist, and a carpenter- an elaborate web of deception and coincidence emerges. Struggling against all reason and counsel. Mathilde carries her search to its end, and in discovering what happened to the five men, she comes also to an understanding of the horrors, and the acts of kindness, brought about by war. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BH3 - A first edition (complete number line) hardcover book in very good condition and a very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light tanning and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.5"x 5.5", 313 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Political repression and torture. Terrorist kidnapping. Both evil, yet . What if the kid-napping is a means to END political torture by a corrupt regime? And what if they're torturing your father? What choice do you have? Young, lovely Constanza Alvarado has made her choice. Self-exiled from politically corrupt Paraguay and a student of Marxism, Constanza is painfully aware of the immorality of fighting evil with evil. Yet when the Paraguayan secret police arrest her father and torture him unspeakably in order to confiscate his wealth, Constanza hatches a plot. She will kidnap the secret police chief's son, Alfredo, and his young bride, Elizabetta, who are honeymoon-ing in Salzburg. Constanza will return them only upon the release of her father - but, as a sop to her conscience, she will not authorize her friends and co-kidnappers to use real guns. London travel agent Paul Benedict, an expatriate American veteran, thinks he's made his choice - to stay uncommitted in all things. Yet Paul is unwittingly drawn into Costanza's naive plot. If Paul joins her, he will be part of the kidnapping. If he turns her in, he will be part of the death of Costanza's father. If he does nothing, he will be part of either or both. The luxury of not choosing is gone. Paul MUST take sides. And Constanza is so very lovely. The stakes go up. Major Ruiz - a ruthless killer from the Paraguayan secret police - is on the trail of the kidnappers. His involvement and the sensitive nature of the kidnapping have brought Herr Tolz, a weary Austrian coun-terspy, into the fray. Tolz, too, will have to make a choice in that final battle.a choice that may be the last of his career. From the abduction in Salzburg to the ter-rifying battle in the Bad Gastein tunnel, to the final confrontation in the Austrian Alps, Choice of Evils is a swift, masterful thriller with a con-clusion that will leave the reader breathless. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. AB4 - A first edition (stated with complete numberline) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has slight discoloration, little dents, and light shelf wear. Book has dented ends, light discoloration, and light shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 8.25"x5.5", 208 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The scramble for money and power in a major Madison Avenue advertising agency can become a deadly contest when someone's career is on the line. At Finch, Rowan and Hyde, the struggle leads all the way to murder; and the killing, carried out by computer, is as stylish and up-to-date as Madison Avenue itself. Ev Franklin, an unassuming and unflappable research VP, would rather be tending his apple trees than poking into this deadly mischief. But having proven his talent for detective work (Murder on Madison Avenue, 1983), he's volunteered by the CEO for the job of inside sleuth. And the more Ev stirs things up, the greater the violence that ensues Between his more mundane assignments, like conducting surveys on canned spaghetti and credit card markets, Ev uncovers surprising- and often compromising- details about his co-workers' past lives. Yet who among them could have resorted to murder to thwart a rising young computer expert's career? And what were other people beginning to find out that led the killer to repeat the violent attacks? As Ev puts all the clues together, Frank Orenstein treats us to another fast-paced mystery spiced with an insider's wickedly funny observations on both advertising and the brave new world of computers. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 1st edition with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in dust jacket (bright yellow) shows very faint soiling else near fine.fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR at title page. NOT A REMAINDER as so many of this title seem to be. "Chicago detective Joe Kiley wants revenge. His partner, Nick Bianco, was murdered while investigating the death of a young stripper. Kiley and Bianco both thought the girl's death was connected to a local mobster, but when a janitor at the club where the girl worked confesses to the crime, Bianco's murder becomes even more puzzling. What did he see on his stakeout? At every step, Kiley's investigation is stonewalled from within, forcing him to conclude that the department doesn't want Nick's killer found. He continues to investigate Nick's death with the help of a female officer, who promptly dies in an iffy suicide. Now Kiley has two deaths to avenge. And he does so brilliantly with a combination of dogged police work and brutal street justice. Howard, an Edgar award winner and frequent nominee, has created an unforgettable protagonist in Kiley and presented him with a series of crises and moral dilemmas. Kiley makes his choices and lives with the consequences like the stand-up guy he is." -- Booklist. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Saksa, Cathy (illustrator). First Edition. First edition, so stated, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in fine dust jacket, not price clipped, in protective mylar cover. SIGNED COPY, signature only, by the author on the title page. "Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, last seen in The Snake Eater, offers to put up his old friend, TV-show environmentalist and sportsman Walt Kinnick, for the night, little suspecting he'll be drawn into a fast-paced mystery surrounding an emotional disagreement over gun control. Kinnick, an avid hunter, has come to town at the behest of Gene McNiff, leader of Second Amendment For Ever (SAFE), to testify against assault-weapon control. McNiff declares Kinnick "dead meat" when he unexpectedly supports the bill. Kinnick moves on to his remote Massachusetts cabin, where he receives a telephone death threat, after which he's shot and seriously injured during a stroll in the woods, an event that the local sheriff dismisses as a hunting accident. Coyne learns that his friend has earned first place on SAFE's published enemy list-on which he himself is named seventh. With some help from Alexandria Shaw, a persistent and personable reporter, Coyne winds his way toward a disturbing finale in his fine 14th adventure. Tapply expertly delivers a straightforward mystery that resists simplifying the issue it addresses." -- Publishers Weekly. Signed by Author. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First UK edition-first printing. Fine condition.Orion,2000.First UK edition-first printing of this edition.Purple hardback(silver lettering to the spine) with Dj(two small creases,nicks and scratch on the Dj cover),both in fine condition.Nice and clean pages as new with two pencil marks impressions on the edge of the first blank page of the book,small ink mark and a nick on the outer edge of the pages.Nice and clean book.407pp.Price un-clipped.Product Description: The third entry in Otto Penzler's themed series of new stories focuses on obsession: a topic so broad that almost any crime story can be shoehorned in from Elmore Leonard's arson investigation to Shel Silverstein's droll sex offender anecdote. In a very strong line-up, Joyce Carol Oates' vampire, Edna Buchanan's shoe fetishist, James Hall's voyeur, Elizabeth George's scheming modern champion of Richard III, and Ed McBain's city dweller driven barking mad by a yappy Maltese, are up there with the best. Including a pair of wild cards from regional specialists Dennis Lehane (who leaves Boston to holiday among some memorable southern lowlifes) and Michael Malone whose path crosses Lehane's as he travels north for a closer look at homicide in New York, and with supporting performances by Kent Anderson, James Crumley, Anne Perry and Amanda Cross, this terrific volume explores the depths of obsession - for the height of bone-chilling diversion. n nAbout the Author nOtto Penzler is the owner of The Mysterious Bookshops in New York and Los Angeles. An authority on crime fiction, he is the founder of The Mysterious Press and Otto Penzler Books. He received an Edgar Award for the ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MYSTERY AND DETECTION and was honoured by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994 with the Ellery Queen Award for his contributions in the publishing field. He lives in New York.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BG3 - A first edition (First printing stated) hardcover book in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has some wrinkling and chipping on the edges and corners, crease and line scratch/dent on the front flap, tanning and light shelf wear. Book has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. This story is about quarter horse racing and good crooks and bad crooks, and it takes place in the days when the first horse over the finish line won "and how he got there is between him and somebody's conscience." 8.25"x5.75". 183 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The number one good crook is Dino Luchesi. As a kid he grew up at the old Jamaica race track in Queens, walking hots, mucking out stalls, anything to make a buck. By the time the Second World War came along and interrupted his career, he was just beginning to make a name for himself as a trainer. The war over, he started back home across the country with a second-hand jeep, an old mare he had owned before the war named Mindy Lindy, and a young unbroken quarter horse he picked up along the way. He learns of a piece of larceny about to be perpetrated in Nevada. A perfectly respectable race horse is having his rear end dyed with spots by a local beautician so its owner can run it in a race strictly for appaloosas, thus taking the locals. Dino decides to get in on the take. What really happens is that he enters the rich, often larcenous, always surprising down-home world of quarter horse or back-country racing - a world where anything goes as long as it's done with the right touch. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BH2 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED by Timothy Watts and inscribed to Otto (Otto Penzler) on the title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. Although not marked in any way, this copy comes from the personal collection of Otto Penzler, legendary editor and founder of the Mysterious Press, an award-winning icon in the genre. 9.5"x6.5", 293 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Randall is glib, handsome and crooked. but he has a code of honor. Although he sold cars and real estate for a living before moving up to burglary there are a few things he won't do for money. While casing a house on the Main Line he connects with perky Pam, a real estate agent who doesn't have his scruples. She thinks he might be just the man for a job she has in mind. Pam wants all of the fortune her husband is due to inherit. She'll pay Randall to dispose of Jerry, a dentist who has been sharing his toothbrush with his assistant, Carmela. While Randall is hesitating over his career choice he falls in love with Karen, the nurse who is caring for Jerry's dying father. Randall wants the money Pam offered him, but he's not eager to do what it takes to earn it. So Pam turns for help to a small time Philadelphia hood who turns out to be Carmela's boyfriend Jesus. Jesus is anxious to demonstrate his manhood. And the result is an extraction that is far bloodier than anyone expected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. TITLE: HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNES By JAMES ELLROY (signed) 1994 First Edition AUTHOR: JAMES ELLROY PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: OTTO PENZLER BOOKS, NY 1994 EDITION: First Edition with the correct number line present '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1' ISBN: 1883402549 CATEGORY: Signed, Mystery, First Edition BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: BLACK SIZE: 6 ½ x 9 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 229 pages. CONDITION: The dust jacket is in fine plus condition; the original $20.00 price is still on the front flap; there are no chips or tears present. The book is in fine plus condition. The author has signed the half title page "Slash! with his initials (see photo)." Book is without other marks or writings, pages are clean and book is tight and sturdy. All the pages are present in book. Fine/Fine dust jacket condition. BACKGROUND/DESCRIPTION: NOCTURNES: SHORD DARK RIFTS, THE BLUES FORMALIZED. COMPETITIVE PRICING! Once paid, book(s) will ship immediately to customer (it's on the way), you are welcome to email about shipment date! REFUNDS: All ViewFair books, prints, and manuscript items are 100% refundable up to 14 business days after item is received. InvCodePrc E H V VIEWFAIR BOOKS: 008521.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. EXTRAORDINARILY SCARCE SIGNED! FIRST EDITION STATED, first printing. Full number line present. Book is brand new and unread. Personally hand signed, dated, and located directly to the full title page by the Editor and multimillion bestselling author, Amor Towles, and on Valentine's Day of all days! "New York City 2.14.24. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request. Amor Towles selects the best mystery short stories of the year, including tales by Andrew Child, Jeffery Deaver, and T.C. Boyle. In his introduction to this volume, guest editor Amor Towles pays tribute to the forgotten person of the mystery story―the cadaver. "Male or female, old or young, rich or poor," he writes, "for over a hundred years the cadaver has been accommodating, gracious, and generally on time. There is no other figure in crime who has proven to be more reliable." Like the cadaver, this anthology series, now in its third year of publication, is also proving reliable, bringing to readers the finest mystery/crime/suspense stories of the year from a variety of sources including mystery and general interest magazines, anthologies, online publications, and literary periodicals. Among the treasures collected herein are Jeffery Deaver's "Dodge," in which a chess match between a volatile woman and a U.S. marshal takes a surprise twist; "The Landscaper's Wife," a suspense-filled tale by Brendan DuBois that explodes all expectation; and Kerry Hammond's "Strangers at a Table," which offers a darkly witty homage to Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. The collection contains well-known authors such as T.C. Boyle and up-and-comers such as Jessi Lewis; it features tales with famous crime-fighters (Jack Reacher and Sherlock Holmes) and a bonus story from the annals of mystery history by Edith Wharton. In short, these pages promise something for every reader of crime fiction, no matter the particularities of his or her taste. Signed by Author(s).