Crime

Crime

Berendt, John, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (Random House, 1994). ISBN  0-679-42922-0. “The Book,” they call it in Savannah. This shaggy dog tale wraps around a murder trial, but the stars are locals like drag artist Lady Chablis, who- after playing herself in the film version, announced she expected to be the first performer in history to win Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. Autographed at Clary’s Cafe’ in Savannah. HBB price: $35.

Cozzens, James Gould, The Just and the Unjust (Harcourt, Brace & Co, stated 1st ed., 1942). Compelling tale of a murder trial in a small county seat. Some chips and nicks to the dust jacket edges; otherwise, very good condition. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket, 434 pp. HBB price: $49.95.

Ellroy, James, My Dark Places: An L.A. Crime Memoir (Alfred A. Knopf, 1st ed., 1996). ISBN 0-679-44185-9. The author of The Black Dahlia sets out to close the file on his mother’s murder unsolved after 38 years. Hardcover, octavo, unclipped dust jacket, very good condition. “Signed by the Author” sticker on front of dust jacket. HBB price: $200.

Rash, Ron, One Foot In Eden (Novello, stated 1st ed., 2002). ISBN 0-9708972-5-1. The first novel by Rash,who has gone from critical strength to strength in the decade since. A mysterious death, long unsolved, in an Appalachian town uprooted by a coming dam project. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket; front endpaper inscription clipped out at top right corner. Autographed and inscribed on the title page. Very good condition. HBB price: $35.

Travers, Robert, Anatomy of a Murder (St. Martin’s Press, 1958). Book-of-the-Month-Club edition. This account of a small town lawyer facing the younger lawyer, who ousted him from the D.A.’s office, in a murder trial. The novel was made into a film starring James Stewart and George C. Scott. This book is in very good condition, with a slight forward tilt to the spine. Hardcover, unclipped dust jacket. HBB price: $19.95.