New York & Ontario: Viking, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel, set in Boston, Massachusetts where the brutal murder of a gentle priest in his own church is just the first in a string of killings investigated by homicide detective Lieutenant Joe McGuire, an avowed atheist. Arthur Ellis Award winner for best first novel in 1990. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-670827363.

Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the uncommon and award-winning Ellis Portal series featuring a disgraced judge, the son of Italian immigrants, who is now homeless and living in a makeshift shelter in a river valley that is a wilderness preserve running through the center of Toronto. In this, his friend Queenie tells him of a person who apparently froze to death. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the 1999 Arthur Ellis Award. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 321 pp. ISBN: 1-882593278.

Toronto: Collins Crime Club, (1983). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Canadian edition (with no price on the dust jacket) of the first mystery featuring Inspector Charlie Salter of the Metropolitan Toronto Police. Wright was born in England, but lived in Canada for many years before becoming a writer. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel, Winner of the Crime Writers Association's John Creasey Memorial Dagger Award for Best First Mystery Novel, Winner of the City of Toronto Book Award. 181 pp. ISBN: 0-002226340.