New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2017). SIGNED first edition - Uncommon advance issue of this crime novel introducing Darren Matthews, a Texas Ranger, and a Black man who must negotiate these two often conflicting identities: "He got confused sometimes, on which side of the law he belonged, couldn't always remember when it was safe for a black man to follow the rules." While on suspension, as a favor to a friend, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark where two bodies have washed up from the bayou - that of a Black attorney from Chicago, and a white waitress. In addition to the murder investigation, this is also a work on the complexity of families, and of the lingering effects of generations of racism. Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel, shortlisted for many other awards. SIGNED on the title page. 303 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2015) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third novel, a thriller featuring Jay Porter, the lawyer who was the hero of her first novel "Black Water Rising." Fifteen years after his career-defining case against Cole Oil, Jay Porter is broke and tired. That victory might have won the environmental lawyer fame, but thanks to a string of appeals, neither he, nor the plaintiffs who live in Pleasantville, have seen a dime." Although after the death of his wife, he wants nothing more than to spend time with his children, he is persuaded to take on a murder case, only to find himself caught up in a dangerous game of shadowy politics, corruption and lies. Set in 1996 as politics is becoming dirtier than ever. 418 pp. ISBN: 978-0062259400.