These are the unappreciated wallflowers that are actually fabulous reads, a modest escapist offering.

The first cluster are all hardback Gollancz Suspense, Detection and Thriller. All are ex library all are in very good condition

Aiken, Joan. Last Movement. 1977 $5

Barth, Richard. The Rag Bag Clan 1983 $5

Clark, Douglas. Doone Walk. 1982 $5

Clark, Douglas. Shelf Life  1982 $5

Egan, Lesley. Malicious Mischief.  1972  $3 (intact, but well read)

Egan, Lesley. The Blind search . 1977 $5

Grayson, Richard. 1978 The Murders at Impasse Louvain. $5

Grayson, Richard. Death en Voyage. 1986. $5

Litvinov, Ivy. His Master’s Voice 1973 $5

Livingston, Nancy. Fatality at Bath & Wells. 1986. $5

Neuman, Fredric. The Seclusion Room.  1979. $5

O’Hara Kenneth The Searchers of the Dead.1979. $5

O’hara, Kenneth Nightmares’ – Nest-1982 $5

Quentin, Patrick. Puzzle for Puppets 1947 $5

Roueche’, Berton. Fago  1978  $5

This second lot are all Herron paperbacks in immaculate condition. “Library of Crime” series.

Barnett, James. Head of the Force. $4.50

Barnett, James. Head of the Force. $4.50

Crispin, Edmund. The Moving Toyshop $4.50

Grierson, Edward. The second Man. $4.50

Hilton, John John Buxton. Some Run Crooked. $4.50

Jeffries, Roderic Two-Faced Death $4.50

Keating, H.R.F. A Remarkable case of Burglary $4.50

Lathen, Emma. The Longer the Thread $4.50

Lovesey, Peter. Wobble to death $.4.50

Lovesey, Peter. Wobble to death $.4.50

MacDonald, John D. The Deep Blue Good-Bye. $4.50

Macdonald, Ross The Blue Hammer $4.50

Macdonald, Ross. The Blue hammer $4.50

Mason, A.E.W. At the Villa Rose.  $4.50

Tey, Josephine. Bratt Farrar. $4.50

Wainright, John. The Bastard. $4.50

Yull, P.B. Hazell plays Solomon $4.50

Mixed bag, all ex library unless otherwise stated. All in very good condition.

Brand, Christianna. Heads You Lose. Essex, Ian Henry Publications, 1981 $4.50

Breen, Jon. The Gathering Place. London, Macmillan, 1984. $4.50

Campbell, Keith. Goodbye Gorgeous. London, Macdonald & Co, 1952. Jacket torn, front end paper missing, $6

Cunningham, A.B. The Killer Watches The Manhunt. London, T.V. Boardman,  1951. Part of jacket pasted on back board, front board has circulating library sticker.$4

Douglas, Arthur. The Goods. London, Macmillan, 1985. $4.50

Hornung, E.W. Raffles. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1975. $4.50

Leather, Edwin. The Duveen Letter. London, Macmillan, 1980. Not ex lib. As new. $6.50.

Roe, C.F. The Lumsden Baby. A Doctor Jean Montrose Whodunnit. London, Headline, 1990. Front end paper missing $4.50

Spain, Nancy. Poison in Play. London, Hutchinson, no date, 1940s. No jacklet, no half title page. Not ex. Lib. $6

Winston, Daoma. A Sweet Familiarity.  London, Macdonald, 1983. $4.50