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  What follows is a list of anthologies available at "M" is for Mystery. They are organized in alphabetical order by title. Signed books are signed on the title page or on the opening page of the author's contribution, as stated. All dust jackets are in transparent archival covers. To order any of the titles included on these pages, simply cut-and-paste the appropriate information and email us at info@MforMystery.com or call us at 650-401-8077. Outside the Bay Area, call us toll free at 888-405-8077.

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American Crime Stories retold by John Escott : Escott, John .  Oxford, UK: Oxford University, 1996. Later printing. Soft Cover. Signed by Block on first page of his story. Fine. Seven american crime stories by Lawrence Block, Stanley Ellin, Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith, John Lutz, Nancy Pickard, and Mary Roberts Rinehart, retold by John Escott. $9.00

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Baltimore Noir : Lippman, Laura, editor .  US: Akashic, 2006. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Fine. Anthology. One of the "Noir" series set in various locales. Original stories by Tim Cockey, Dan Fesperman, Rob Hiaasen, Sujata Massey, Ben Neihart, David Simon, Marcia Talley, and others. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

Best American Crime Reporting 2007 : Fairstein, Linda, editor .  US: Harper Perennial, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Fairstein on title page and first page of introdution. New. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

Best American Mystery Stories 2003 : Connelly, Michael, editor .  US: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Signed on by Mosley on the opening page of his story. Very Fine. Anthology. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $13.00

Best American Mystery Stories 2006 : Turow, Scott, editor .  US: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Signed on by C.J. Box on the opening page of his story. Very Fine. Anthology. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.00

Best American Mystery Stories 2007 : Hiaasen, Carl, editor .  US: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Signed on by Ridley Pearson on the opening page of his story. Very Fine. Anthology. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.00

Best British Mysteries : Jakubowski, Maxim, editor .  London, UK: Allison & Busby, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Mina, Perry, and Robinson on the opening page of their stories. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology featuring stories by the new wave of british crime writers: Stella Duffy, Ian Rankin, Denise Mina, Edward Marston, Amy Myers, Martin Edwards, Jerry Sykes, Robert Bernard, Carol Anne Davis, Simon Brett, Val McDermid, Mat Coward, Anne Perry, Peter Robinson, Judith Cutler, Marion Arnott, Bill James, Nicholas Royle, Martina Cole, Stephen Gallagher, Peter Lovesey, Sally Spedding, David Williams, John Harvey, and Peter Turnbull. $35.00

Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: Penzler, Otto, editor .  US: Black Lizard, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Fine. Anthology. 1,150 pages of "the best crime stories from the golden age of the '20s, '30s and '40s," most from Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly and Black Mask, the cream of the 500 or so cheaply produced magazines that proliferated on newsstands before World War II. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. $25.00

Blood On Their Hands : Block, Lawrence, editor .  US: Berkley, 2003. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Bowen on the opening page of her story. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology. "Explore the furies and temptations that can drive ordinary citizens to the wrong side of the law in 19 suspenseful stories" by Brendan DuBois, Noreen Ayres, Shelley Costa, Tom Savage, Tracy Knight, Aileen Schumacher, Elaine Viets, G. Miki Hayden, Elaine Togneri, Henry Slesar, William E. Chambers, Stefanie Matteson, Charlotte Hinger, Dan Crawford, Rhys Bowen, Mat Coward, Marcia Talley, Elizabeth Foxwell, and Jeremiah Healy. As new. $23.95

Book Of Spies : Furst, Alan, editor .  US: Modern Library, 2004. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Signed on by Furst on title page. Very Fine. Anthology. A sampler of spy writing covering three quarters of a century. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

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Chicago Blues : Hellmann, Libby Fischer, editor .  US: Bleak House, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Sakey on the opening page of his story. Very Fine. Anthology of mostly original short stories from 21 renowned Windy City authors: Stuart M. Kaminsky; Kevin Guilfoile; Libby Fischer Hellmann; Jack Fredrickson; Sara Paretsky; Kris Nelscott; J.A. Konrath; Sean hercover; Max Allan Collins; Michael Black; Steven B. Mandel; David J. Walker; Michael Allen Dymmoch; Sam Reaves; D.C. Brod; Mary V. Welk; Sam Hill; Marcus Sakey; Ronald Levitsky; Brian Pinkerton; Barbara D'Amato. Released simultaneously with limited and trade hard cover editions. As new. $15.95

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Dead Man's Hand : Penzler, Otto, editor .  US: Harcourt, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Deaver and Lescroart on the opening pages of their stories. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology. Crime stories at the poker table by: Lorenzo Carcaterra, Christopher Coake, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Sue Denymme, Parnell Hall, Sam Hill, Rupert Holmes, John Lescroart, Laura Lippman, Eric Van Lustbader, Walter Mosley, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Robinson, and Alexander McCall Smith. As New. $27.00

Deadly Bride : Gorman, Ed, and Martin H. Greenberg, editors .  US: Carroll & Graf, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Jance on the opening page of her story. Very Fine. Anthology. The best crime stories of 2005 by: Simon Brett, Stanley Cohen, Jeffery Deaver, James W. Hall, Kim Harrington, Jeremiah Healy, Wendy Hornsby, J.A. Jance, Robert Levinson, Mike MacClean, Neal Marks, Craig McDonald, Rick Mofina, David Morrell, Sharan Newman, Anne Perry, Nance Pickard, Sue Pike, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Marcia Talley, Peter Tremayne, and F. Paul Wilson. As New. $16.95

Death Do Us Part : New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder : Coben, Harlan, editor .  US: Back Bay, 2006. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Abbott, Maleeny, Hockensmith, and Pearson, on the first pages of their stories. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. An anthology of relationship oriented mysteries by Jeff Abbott, Charles Ardai, Jay Brandon, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Brendan Dubois, Jim Fusilli, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Steve Hockensmith, William Kent Krueger, Laura Lippman, Tim Maleeny, Rick McMahan, P.J. Parrish, Ridley Pearson, Tom Savage, R.L. Stine, Charles Todd, and Tim Wohlforth. As new. $35.00

Death Do Us Part : New Stories About Love, Lust, and Murder : Coben, Harlan, editor .  US: Back Bay, 2006. First Paperback Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Abbott and Maleendy on the first pages of their stories. Very Fine. An anthology of relationship oriented mysteries by Jeff Abbott, Charles Ardai, Jay Brandon, Lee Child, Harlan Coben, Brendan Dubois, Jim Fusilli, Bonnie Hearn Hill, Steve Hockensmith, William Kent Krueger, Laura Lippman, Tim Maleeny, Rick McMahan, P.J. Parrish, Ridley Pearson, Tom Savage, R.L. Stine, Charles Todd, and Tim Wohlforth. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $13.99

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Fresh Blood : Ripley, Mike and Maxim Jakubowski, editors .  London, UK: Bloodlines, 1996. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Rankin on the opening page of his story. Fine. Anthology. Short stories by the new wave of british crime writers: Nicholas Blincoe, John Harvey, Stella Duffy, Russell James, Maxim Jakubowski, Mark Timlin, Ian Rankin, Derek Raymond, Joe Canzius, John B. Spencer, Denise Danks, Graeme Gordon, Mike Ripley, and Chaz Brenchley. Pages browning slightly. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. $15.95

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Hard Boiled Brooklyn : Coleman, Reed Farrel, editor .  US: Bleak House, 2006. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Spiegelman on the first page of his story. Very Fine. Anthology. Dark stories that "scream Brooklyn" by Peter Blauner, Ken Bruen, Maggie Estep, Jim Fusilli, Gabriel Cohen, Michele Martinez, Ralph Pezzullo, S.J. Rozan, Tim Sheard, Peter Spiegelman, Jason Starr, Charlie Stella, and Joseph Wallace. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $15.95

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Like A Charm : Slaughter, Karin, editor .  US: William Morrow, 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Connolly and Robinson on the opening pages of their chapters. Fine / Near Fine dust jacket. A novel with chapters by Kelly Armstrong, Mark Billingham, Lee Child, John Connolly, Emma Donoghue, Jerrilyn Farmer, Jane Haddam, John Harvey, Lynda LaPlante, Laura Lippman, Denise Mina, Fidelis Morgan, Peter Robinson, Karin Slaughter, and Peter Moore Smith. Two verticle creases run the length of the front flap. $29.00

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Mammoth Book Of Best British Mysteries : Jakubowski, Maxim, editor .  London, UK: Running Press, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Val McDermid on the opening page of her story. New. Anthology featuring 35 stories by british crime writers including Ken Bruen, Colin Dexter, Val McDermid, Robert Bernard, John Harvey, Peter Lovesey, Michael Jecks, and Reginald Hill. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. $13.95

Matter Of Crime Volume 4 : Bruccoli, Matthew J. and Richard Layman, editors .  US: Harcourt Brace Janovich, 1988. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Short stories by various authors, including James Ellroy and Andrew Vachss. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. Heavy vinyl protective cover. $15.00

Meeting Across The River : Kaye, Jessica and Richard J. Brewer, editors .  US: Bloomsbury, 2005. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Box and Brewer. Very Fine. Stories inspired by the haunting Bruce Springsteen Song by Eric Garcia, William Kent Krueger, Pam Houston, C.J. Box, Gregg Hurwitz, Michael John Richardson, Randy Michael Signor, Richard J. Brewer, Steve Hamilton, Peter David, Eddie Muller, Aimee Liu, Phillip Reed, Barbara Seranella, Cara Black, David Corbett, Paul Charles, Wallace Stroby, Anthony Rudel, and Jessica Kaye. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

Men From Boys : Harvey, John, editor .  US: Dark Alley, 2003. First US Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Deaver, Robinson and Winslow on the opening pages of their stories. Very Fine. Anthology. "17 masters of crime and suspense explore what it means to be a son ... father ... man." Stories by Lawrence Block, Andrew Coburn, Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, John Harvey, Reginald Hill, Bill James, Dennis Lehane, Bill Moody, George Pelecanos, Peter Robinson, James Sallis, John Straley, Brian Thompson, Don Winslow, and Daniel Woodrell. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $13.95

Moment On The Edge: 100 Years Of Crime Stories By Women : George, Elizabeth, editor .  US: Harper, 2005. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Muller on the opening page of her story. Very Fine. Anthology. Short stories by Margery Allingham, Charlotte Armstrong, Dorothy Davis, Nadine Gordimer, Ngaio Marsh, Marcia Muller, Joyce Carol Oates, Sara Paretsky, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy Sayers, and Minette Walters, and are here as well, and sleuths Sharon McCone, Jemima Shore, and V. I. Warshawski. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

Murder Most Crafty : Bruce, Maggie, editor .  US: Berkley Prime Crime, 2005. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Dunlap and Massey on the opening pages of their stories. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. A collection of homicidal handicrafts by Susan Wittig Albert, Maggie Bruce, Jan Burke, Dorothy Cannell, Susan Dunlap, Monica Ferris and Denise Williams, Parnell Hall, Victoria Houston, Judith Kelman, Margaret Maron, Sujata Massey, Tim Meyers, Sharan Newman, Gillian Roberts, and Paula L. Woods. As new. $21.95

Murder Most Feline : Gorman, Ed, Martin H. Greenberg, and Larry Segriff, editors .  US: Cumberland, 2001. First Paperback Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine. Anthology. Stories by Ann Barrett, Dulcy Brainard, Gary A. Braunbeck, Jon L. Breen, Richard Chizmar and Barry Hoffman, Mat Coward, Matthew J. Costello, Bill Crider, Cathrine Dain, Janet Dawson, Parnell Hall, Jeremiah Healy, Jan Grape, Tracy Knight, Dick Lochte, and Shirley Rousseau Murphy. Trade paperback. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $14.95

Murder On The Run : Adams Round Table, editors .  US: Berkley, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Block on the opening page of his story. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology. 11 original stories "of the desperate days and nerve-shattering nights of criminals on the run" by Lawrence Block, Mary Higgins Clark, Stanley Cohen, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Mickey Friedman, Joyce Harrington, Judith Kelman, Warren Murphy, Justin Scott, Peter Straub, and Whitley Strieber. As new. $21.00

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Northern Blood : Edwards, Martin, editor .  London, UK: Flambard, 1995. First Edition, First State. Soft Cover. Signed by McDermid on the opening page of her story. Very Fine. Anthology. 17 crime stories from the north of England by Robert Barnard, Chaz Brenchley, Ann Cleeves, Barbara Crossley, Eileen Dewhurst, Martin Edwards, Roger Forsdyke, Reginald Hill, Margaret Lewis, Peter Lewis, Val McDerMid, Kay Mitchell, Stephen Murray, Alan Stewart, Peter N. Walker, Barbara Whitehead, and Douglas Wynn. Also includes to interviews with Ngaio Marsh.Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $11.00

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Politics Noir : Phillips, Gary, editor .  London, UK: Verso, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Greer on the opening page of his story. Fine. Anthology. Short stories by the new wave of british crime writers: Nicholas Blincoe, John Harvey, Stella Duffy, Russell James, Maxim Jakubowski, Mark Timlin, Ian Rankin, Derek Raymond, Joe Canzius, John B. Spencer, Denise Danks, Graeme Gordon, Mike Ripley, and Chaz Brenchley. Pages browning slightly. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. $15.95

Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Year's Finest Crime and Mystery Stories : Gorman, Ed, and Martin H. Greenberg, editors .  US: Pegasus, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Deaver, Muller, and Pronzini on the opening pages of their stories. Very Fine. Anthology. Short stories by Lawrence Block, Michael Connelly, Jeffrey Deaver, Marcia Muller, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Perry, Bill Pronzini, and others. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $15.95

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San Francisco Noir 2 - The Classics : Maravelis, Peter, editor .  US: Akashic, 2008. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by contributors, Clevenger and Herron on title page. Signed and inscribed "Darkly yours," by Maravelis with two stamps: "danger de mort" and a single eye. Very Fine. Anthology. One of the "Noir" series set in various locales. Includes stories by Ambrose Bierce, Craig Clevenger, Vince Emery, Dashiell Hammett, Don Herron, Jack London, and Mark Twain. Trade paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $15.95

Sisters On The Case : Paretsky, Sara, editor .  US: Obsidian, 2007. First Edition. Soft Cover. Signed by Dunlap on the first page of her story. Very Fine. Anthology. Featuring today's best-known women mystery writers. P.M. Carlson, Barbara D'Amato, Dorothy Salisbury Davis, Susan Dunlap, Kate Flora, Linda Grant, Kate Grilley, Carolyn Hart, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Sue Henry, Rochelle Krich, Charlotte McCleod, Margaret Maron, Claire McNab, Annette Meyers, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, Medora Sale, Eve K. Sandstrom, Patricia Sprinkle. Mass market paperback original. No dust jacket as issued. As new. $7.99

Speaking Of Greed : Block, Lawrence, editor .  US: Cumberland, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Dunlap, Pronzini, and Robinson on the opening pages of their stories. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology. 20 "stories of envious desire" by Doug Allyn, Robert Bloch, Lawrence Block, Dorothy Cannell, Bill Crider, Matt Coward, Brenden DuBois, Sue Dunlap, Ed Gorman, Jeremiah Healy, Gabrielle Kraft, David Morrell, Marcia Muller, Helen Nielsen, Bill Pronzini, Jack Ritchie, Gillian Roberts, Peter Robinson, John F. Suter, and F. Paul Wilson. As new. $24.95

Speaking Of Lust : Block, Lawrence, editor .  US: Cumberland, 2001. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Anthology. 20 "stories of forbidden desire" by Clive Barker, Paul Bishop, Lawrence Block, Simon Brett, Gil Brewer, James Crumley, Loren D. Estleman, Ed Gorman, James W. Hall, Jeremiah Healy, Joan Hess, John Lutz, Richard Marsten, Joyce Carol Oates, Marthayn Pelegrimas, Thomas S. Roche, Julian Symons, and Robert Weinberg. As new. $24.95

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Taste of Murder : Weibezahl, Robert, editor .  US: Poisoned Pen, 2004. First Thus Edition. Hard Cover. Signed by Weibezahl on title page. Very Fine / Very Fine dust jacket. Cookbook. Agatha and Macavity Award finalist. Oversized companion edition to the follow up book (A Second Helping of Murder), this delectable volume celebrates the connection between detective fiction and food with more than 130 recipes. Signed on recipe page by Robert B. Parker (Susan Silverman's Boiled Water), Peter Robinson (Warm Pear and Stilton Salad), Nathan Walpow (Night-in-the-Cooler Eggplant Salad), Marcia Muller (Sharon McCone's Garlic Bread), Jan Burke (Irene Kelley's Favorite Asparagus Linguine), Carol O'Connell (Creole Seafood Gumbo), Linda Fairstein (Justin's Tuna Steaks), John T. Lescroart (Almost Patented Teriyaki Salmon), Dana Stabenow (Sauce Sauvage a la Claudine), Carolyn Wheat (Special New York Bars), J.A.Jance (Cynthia's Pecan Praline Cake), and Carola Dunn (Peche Melba). As new. $19.95



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