Novels

Mr. Murder

Uncorrected Proof

Release Date: 1993
Format: Trade paperback w/ trade hardcover cover art
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Page Count: 411
States: "Uncorrected proof for limited distribution" on front cover.

Limited UK Proof

Release Date: 1993
Format: Trade paperback with modified trade hardcover art
Publisher: headline
Page Count: 409
States: "An uncorrected proof copy with the compliments of HEADLINE" on cover.
200 numbered and signed copies as issued by Headline. Number and autographed on inside front cover.

Trade Hardcover

Release Date: October 1993
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Page Count: 415
ISBN-10: 0-399-13874-9
Cover Price: $23.95
States: “1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10”

Limited Edition Hardcover

Release Date: October 1993
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Nkui, Inc.
Slipcase, frontispiece, illustration & jacket illustration ©1993 by Don Brautigan
Interior paintings ©1993 by Phil Parks
Format: 600 signed and numbered copies with slipcase
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Page Count: 415
ISBN-10: 0-399-13899-4
Original List Price: $150.00
States: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10"
Includes seven color illustrated plates, six by Phil Parks.

Book Club Edition

Release Date: October 1993
Format: Reprint of the trade hardcover edition
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Page Count: 376
Book Club ID: #19419

Literary Guild & Doubleday Book Club main selection; Mystery Guild alternate selection

Includes UPC and ISBN (same as trade hardcover) on back of dj


Audio (Cassette)

Release Date: 1993
Copyright: © 1993 by Dean R. Koontz
℗ 1993 Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audioworks
Read By: Jay O. Sanders
Length: UNABRIDGED ON TEN CASSETTES / RUNNING TIME: APPROX. 15 HOURS.
ISBN-10: 0-671-88119-1
Cover Price: $35.00
The Library of Congress record incorrectly lists this as 2 cassettes.

Large Print

Release Date: 1994
Publisher: Thorndike Press

Hardcover

691p
ISBN:0-7862-0106-1

Trade Paperback

693p
Original List Price:$14.95 (listed on cover)
ISBN:0-7862-0107-X

Large Print Book Club Edition

Release Date: 1994
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Page Count: 767
Book Club ID: #02475
Includes UPC and ISBN (same as trade hardcover) on back of dj.

Mass Market Paperback

Release Date: December 1994
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Nkui, Inc.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 481
ISBN-10: 0-425-14442-9
Cover Price: $6.99
States: “Berkley edition / December 1994” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”
On the cover of the 10th printing: “NOW A SPECIAL ABC TELEVISION EVENT”

Trade Paperback

Release Date: June 1, 2010
Copyright: Copyright © 1993 by Nkui, Inc.
“Afterword” copyright © 2006 by Dean Koontz
Publisher: Berkley Books
Page Count: 374
ISBN-13: 978-0-425-23803-5
Cover Price: $16.00
States: “A Berkley trade paperback edition / June 2010” and “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1”

Notes

A promotional t-shirt was released with a reproduction of trade hardcover release on the front.

Fourteenth of the top 15 fiction bestsellers of 1993.

Reviews:

  • “Capsule Summaries” by Fiona Webster”
    Horror: The Magazine of the Horror & Dark Fantasy Field
    Issue #2, March 31, 1994, p14

Related items:

Mr. Murder promotional t-shirt

Other Editions:

Mass Market Paperback 10th printing
UK book club edition
French paperback
Russian hardcover
Chinese trade paperback
UK Headline 4th printing
Danish Edition courtesy of Thomsen

Last updated on March 24th, 2024