Stories and Early Novels : Pulp Stories/the Big Sleep/Farewell, My Lovely/the High Window (Library of America, 80) by Raymond Chandler, et al
If you're looking for the perfect gift for yourself or some other lover of mysteries, this beautifully-made volume from the Library of America series will definitely prove that you care enough to send the very best. And if you haven't picked up The Big Sleep, Farewell, My Lovely, or The High Window recently, you'll be amazed at how well they stand up to the test of time.  Return to Book.

The Maltese Falcon, by Dashiell Hammett Sam Spade, Dashiell Hammett's archetypally tough San Francisco detective, is more noir than L.A. Confidential and more vulnerable than Raymond Chandler's Marlowe. In The Maltese Falcon, the best known of Hammett's Sam Spade novels, Spade is tough enough to bluff the toughest thugs and hold off the police, risking his reputation when a beautiful woman begs for his help, while knowing that betrayal may deal him a new hand in the next moment. Return to Book.

Later Novels and Other Writings : Lady in the Lake/The Little Sister/ The Long Goodbye/Playback/Double Indemnity/Others
Library of America  Hardcover Raymond Chandler is arguably the best American pulp novelist. His prose is so acutely visual, his characters so raw and intense that it is small wonder that all but one of his books have been made into movies. And his hero Philip Marlowe has graduated into American legend. Together with its companion volume (Stories and Early Novels), Later Novels and Other Writings forms the most complete Chandler collection in print. In addition to his later novels, this collection contains selected essays.  Return To Book.

First Cases : First Appearances of Classic Amateur Sleuths, Volume 2 
An anthology of fifteen mysteries presents popular amateur sleuths in their very first short stories by such popular authors as Lawrence Block, Sharyn McCrumb, Joan Hess, Amanda Cross, and Carolyn G. Hart. Original." Return To Book.

Black Coffee  by Charles Osborne, Agatha Christie  St Martins Pr (Trade)  Hardcover - 240 pages
Subtitled A Hercule Poirot Novel, Black Coffee is actually an Agatha Christie play recrafted as a book meant to be read rather than seen on the stage. The story was first produced in 1930, and Charles Osborne has done little to it except string the dialogue and stage directions together in paragraph form. Christie loyalists will welcome and applaud his dedication to the original.  Return To Book.

A Is for Alibi by Sue Grafton Crime Line Paperback , Reissue edition   Laurence Fife was a slick divorce lawyer and slippery ladies' man. Until someone killed him. The jury believed that it was his pretty young wife Nikki, so they sent her to prison for eight years. Now, Nikki's out on parole and Kinsey Miihone's in for trouble. Nikki hires Kinsey to discover who really killed her husband. But the trail is eight years cold, and at the end is a chilling twist even Kinsey doesn't suspect -- a second eight-year-old murder and a brand new corpse. Return To Book.

The Black Echo by Michael Connelly
Lone LAPD detective Harry Bosch must walk the line between criminals and crooked cops following the death of an old war buddy. Billy had been a fellow "tunnel rat"--fighting with Bosch in the nightmare underground war in Vietnam. But soon Billy's murder is linked to a bank robbery via complex tunnels beneath the bank. Return To Book