…   9   HONG KONG  setting  –  1980s suspense books …  

 

 

                               YELLOWTHREAD  STREET   MYSTERY  books … 

 

      … protagonist  Chief Inspector  Harry Feiffer  balances chinese and british interests while juggling investigations

      into horrendous , violent crimes with some slapstick humor in his HONG KONG police procedures …

 

 

               … RARE, out-of-print  …  VINTAGE  …  UNIQUE …  

 

           …  HIGH QUALITY  …  fiction  …  mass market paperback books …

 

 

       1.   YELLOWTHREAD STREET …  a street food vendor and then a hooker are murdered – resulting in a three-way

      gang war … published 1975;  this mysterious press copy 1988, 1^st printing … MINT:  creaseless spine and covers, clean,

     smooth, square;  shows light aging … LIGHTLY READ … series first book …

 

 

      2.   THIN AIR …  a planeful of passengers are dead from cyanide poisoning and street gangs kill 12 citizens … 

    … published 1978;  this penguin copy 1982, 1^st printing … EXCELLENT:  light spine crease, clean, smooth, square;

     shows mild aging … LIGHTLY READ …

 

 

     3.   SKULDUGGERY …  a skeleton in a raft is without teeth but with a dead fish, a drainpipe and some sweet potatoes …

      … published 1979;  this owl press copy 1984, 1^st printing … VERY GOOD:  creaseless spine and covers, clean, square;

      shows moderate aging and wear …

 

 

     4.   SCI-FI …  an all-asia science-fiction festival brings out the movie characters as well as murderous competitors …     

     … published 1981;  this owl press copy 1984, 1^st printing … LIKE NEW/NEAR PERFECT:  creaseless spine and covers,

      clean, smooth, square;  has minor edge crease on back cover … LIGHTLY READ …

 

 

     5.   PERFECT END …  a typhoon brings death as does a serial killer after the police …    

     … published 1981;  this owl press copy 1984, 1^st printing … MINT:  creaseless spine, clean, smooth, square;  has minor edge

     crease on back cover and inked name inside front cover … LIGHTLY READ …

 

 

      6.   ROAD SHOW …  bombings at crowded traffic jams …

     … published 1985;  this mysterious press copy 1988, 1^st printing … EXCELLENT:  creased spine and stocker on back cover,

      clean, smooth, square;  shows light aging … LIGHTLY READ …

 

 

    7.   HEAD FIRST …  several headless corpses float in the harbor …

     … published 1986;  this mysterious press copy 1988, 1^st printing … MINT:  creaseless spine and covers, clean, smooth,

      square;  shows light aging … LOOKS UNREAD …

 

 

      8.   OUT OF NOWHERE …  a truck crashes into a passenger car – yet, not unintentional …

     … 1988, mysterious press, 1^st printing … NEW/PERFECT:  creaseless spine and covers, clean, smooth, square;

      shows light aging … CLEARLY UNREAD …

 

 

     9.   INCHES …  9 people dead in a bank – but not a robbery? …

      … 1994, mysterious press, 1^st printing … LIKE NEW/MINT:  creaseless spine and covers, clean, smooth, square;

      has edge wear … LOOKS UNREAD …

 

 

       author  WILLIAM MARSHALL ... was an award-winning, popular, and prolific australian screenwriter, playwright,

       journalist, and mystery/suspense author …

 

 

*  seller will consider  selecting/mixing/consolidating with my other book listings …

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*  more info / pictures available upon request … from a private collection (not ex-library books),  seller not a used-bookstore … securely packaged (boxed) when shipped … non-smoking household … previously stored vertical on cool, dry shelf …

*  if international shipping, then only with  eBAY  Global Shipping Program …

 

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*  please review my other listings for high quality books from my private collection … books for the book lover, reader, and collector …

 

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