GIFT BOOKS UNDER $25.00

Some of these titles are not yet available. Please contact The Mystery Bookstore directly to reserve copies or to verify availability. You may email orders@mystery-bookstore.com or telephone us on our toll-free number, (800) 821-9017.


deathinparadise.gif Tony Blanche and Brad Schreiber, DEATH IN PARADISE
Four Walls, $18.00 (oversized softcover)
This short history of the L.A. Coroner’s office makes a darker, more macabre gift. Photos and articles discuss the mysterious deaths of Thelma Todd, the Black Dahlia, and Marilyn Monroe, among others. Not gratuitously gory, but not for the squeamish, either.


hardboiledandhighheeled.jpg Linda Mizejewski, HARDBOILED AND HIGH-HEELED: The Woman Detective in Popular Culture
Routledge, $19.95
A great survey of strong women and femmes fatale in crime fiction.




rumpoleandthepenge.jpg John Mortimer, RUMPOLE AND THE PENGE BUNGALOW MURDERS
Putman, $23.95
Once again, we’re thrilled to have a new collection of Rumpole stories just in time for Christmas. Last year’s collection was one of our biggest sellers, and we hope this will be, too.




Charles Pappas, THE ULTIMATE FILM NOIR QUOTE BOOK
Spike Books, $14.95
Sound like Bogart, Cagney, Mitchum and other heroes (or villains) with this collection of the best lines from crime and noir films.


raymondchandlerslosangeles.gif Elizabeth Ward and Alain Silver, RAYMOND CHANDLER’S LOS ANGELES
Overlook Press, $19.95 (oversized softcover)
A great, moody collection of black-and-white photographs of all the sites visited by Raymond Chandler’s fictional detective, Philip Marlowe.


Posted by linda on October 29, 2004