Near fine condition.Allison & Busby,2004.First UK edition-first printing(10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).Black hardback(silver lettering to the spine,small ink mark inside the edge of the front cover) with Dj(very small tear on the edge of the back Dj cover,some nicks,scratches and crease on the Dj cover),both in near fine condition.Nice and clean pages with a small nick and ink mark on the outer edges,a couple of small ink marks on the first and last blank pages of the book,a couple of small nicks on the edges of the pages.Nice and clean book with light shelf wear on the Dj cover.341pp.Price un-clipped. This is another paragraph Product Description: Following the enormous success of last year's The Best British Mysteries, Maxim Jakubowski has this year come up with a personal selection of sinister and riveting stories guaranteed to hook the unsuspecting reader. The Best British Mysteries 2005 includes stories of crime and treachery and previously unpublished cases by Britain's favorite sleuths: Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse, Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus, John Mortimer's Rumpole and Reginal Hill's Dalziel and Pascoe, along with stories by prizewinning writers Mark Billingham, Muriel Gray, Val McDermid, John Harvey, Christopher Fowler and Robert Barnard and up and coming writers: Mark Billingham, Laura Wilson, Lisa Cody and CWA Short Story Dagger winner Jerry Sykes.