New York: Walker, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery written by Beck as K. K. Beck, featuring Iris Cooper and reporter Jack Clancy. Set in 1928, Iris is visiting a wealthy classmate with a penchant for collecting, at his family's California mansion. INSCRIBED on the title page and uncommon thus (Walker was known both for taking a chance on new authors and for its small print runs, so many books they published are rather hard to find, and especially so signed or inscribed) . 166 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-56557.

San Francisco: North Point Press, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her fourth novel, the story of the changing relationship between three writers, set in the San Francisco Bay area. 157 pp. ISBN: 0-86547-141x.

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - features Muriel Axelrod, a secretary for Lovell Munitions in San Francisco. Funny and absorbing. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-89733-1079.

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel - features Muriel Axelrod, a secretary for Lovell Munitions in San Francisco. Funny and absorbing. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-89733-1079.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1978) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in San Francisco, this is a realistic tale of sordid corporate wealth, murder and revenge, and the debut of a memorable investigator, former sportswriter Sinclair Lewis Maxwell, who gets involved when his girlfriend is savagely murdered while investigating organized prostitution. The first and only book written under this pseudonym. 219 pp. ISBN: 0-698-108914.

New York: Arbor House, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel to be issued in hardcover by this award-winning fantasy writer. The 12 year Solstice has come to a small coastal town in Northern California, and with it an evil carnival and many strange happenings. INSCRIBED on the title page . "For Leslie, This book of romance and terrible hermit crabs. Best wishes, James P. Blaylock." Cover praise from Tim Powers, Patricia McKillip and others. 264 pp. Wrap around dust jacket art by Viido Polikarpus. ISBN: 0-87795898X.

New York: Ace Books, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A tiny town in California is home to many strange secrets - SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. Dust jacket art by Sam Montesano. ISBN: 9780441016532.

Garden City, NY: A Crime Club Selection / Doubleday, 1952. dj. Hardcover first edition - Vintage crime novel set in Southern California. "A Cinderella slopement turns into ashes when widowed Connie, to protect her son's future, marries wealthy, dipsomaniac Merrill -- and discovers the dead body of the caretaker of the Malibu beach house after her lonely wedding night. Merrill is suspect, threatened by his brother; Connie hires a private detective to learn the truth of her first husband's death; the roadside dinner where she had worked yields another victim before Merrill's death, from a heart attack, starts the puzzle unravelling. An innocent heroine who learns courage turns a rather distasteful story into a forceful one." (Kirkus Reviews) 190 pp.

New York: Ecco Press / Harper Collins, (2015). First edition - Set in Northern California, and based on actual events in 2011 which culminated in a more than month-long police and SWAT team search in the Mendocino forest, this powerful novel explores the roots of violence, mental illness and alienation as it alternates in telling the stories of three damaged people from their viewpoint. 384 pp. ISBN: 978-0062349378.

New York: The Viking Press, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book, second novel, described as a 'hilarious and pyrotechnic novel about marijuana farming in Northen California.' SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-670-194395.

New York: The Viking Press, (1984.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third book, second novel, described as a 'hilarious and pyrotechnic novel about marijuana farming in Northen California.' SIGNED on the title page by the author. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-670-194395.

New York: The Viking Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His sixth collection of short stories. The title story is an account of life in a post-apocalyptic world, where the narrator only survived the plague that destroyed almost the entire human population because he was camping in a remote Sierra cabin, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-670030058.

New York: Viking, (2012) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An historical novel about three women's lives on a California island, separated by fifty years, but joined in their courage and dreams. "On a tiny, desolate, windswept island off the coast of Southern California, two families, one in the 1880s and one in the 1930s, come to start new lives and pursue dreams of self-reliance and freedom." SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-0670026241.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Bradfield's highly praised first novel, told in the voice of an eight-year old boy, one with no permanent home, as he travels with his mother across Southern California. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-394-578759.

New York: Walker, (1983.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel, introducing Jerry Brogan and set in the world of horse racing in Southern California. SIGNED on the title page. 173 pp. ISBN: 0-802754929.

New York: Walker, (1985) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's third mystery novel, and the second in the series featuring racetrack announcer and amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan, set in the world of horse racing in Southern California. Brogan has just gotten his big chance - covering the Triple Crown races for radio. SIGNED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-802756271.

New York: Walker, (1984) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second mystery novel, and the firdt in the series featuring racetrack announcer and amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan, set in the world of horse racing in Southern California. An association copy INSCRIBED on the title page. 189 pp. ISBN: 0-802755755.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's fourth mystery novel, featuring racetrack announcer and amateur sleuth Jerry Brogan, set in the world of horse racing in Southern California. SIGNED on the title page. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-671681052.

New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel (third book), the story of a young man who has "come to San Diego on his broken down Harley to put a hellraising and felonious adolescence behind him." Didn't work out quite as he planned.. . SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-38547962X.

Madison, WI: Intrigue Press, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "Whipsaw is missing. LaCosta refuses to call the cops. DelaTek stands to lose millions" and even though Matt Donohue is retired, he's the one supposed to make the ransom drop. Set in San Francisco in the big money world of computer games. SIGNED on the title page. 311 pp. ISBN: 1890768707.

New York: Simon Pulse/ Simon & Schuster, (2018). SIGNED hardcover first edition - When her estranged father leaves her his cherished classic Firebird after his death, eighteen year old Ali sees this as the solution to her and her mother's financial problems. But first she has to drive the car to the buyer - and she never learned how to drive a stick-shift - so she and her ex-boyfriend start out on a road trip. SIGNED on the title page. 455 pp. ISBN: 978-1481499217.

Lulu Publishing Services, (2015). Art Lake is a simple everyday kind of man, living on the edge of the great American dream of a suburban life in California - but with no money, no health insurance, and a lot of stress he turns to meditation and finds that he can take the form of a common house cat. "He is content to use his new found power to supplement his diet by eating mice (poverty can do strange things to a man) and to reduce boredom by chasing moths. He has no plans to be a hero and as he leaves middle age he has gained enough wisdom to not dream of being one. The Universe has other plans." 205 pp. ISBN: 978-1483426020.

Leawood, KS: Brash Books, (2015). The author's first novel - "A shrewd, darkly-funny, wildly unpredictable crime novel. . . A bankrupt lawyer and a greedy insurance adjuster concoct a personal injury scam involving a runaway grocery cart and recruit a half-wit golf course greenskeeper as their fall guy. But the plan goes horribly wrong, and as it spirals into a murderous fiasco, the grifters must deal with betrayals, shakedowns, bombs and mobsters to avoid prison or worse, an early grave in a Southern California landfill." 282 pp. ISBN: 978-1941298862.

New York: Avon, (2003). SIGNED first edition - Third mystery featuring San Francisco PD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie - realistic cop story written by an author who is a real cop. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp. plus publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-06-1057878.

New York: Avon, (2002.). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery featuring San Francisco PD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie - realistic cop story written by an author who is a real cop. SIGNED on the title page. 266 pp. plus publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-06-1061239.

New York: Harper Collins, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - First mystery featuring San Francisco PD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie - arealistic cop story written by an author who is a real cop. SIGNED on the title page. 388 pp. plus publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-06-101432X.

New York: Avon, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery featuring San Francisco PD Homicide Investigator Kate Gillespie - realistic cop story written by an author who is a real cop. SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-06-1053775.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery by this Edgar award winning author set in Southern California, featuring reporter Irene Kelly, and her husband, police detective Frank Harriman. SIGNED on the title page. 366 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-73850.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.). SIGNED first edition - Mystery by this Edgar award winning author set in Southern California, featuring police detective Frank Harriman, husband of her earlier series character Irene Kelly. SIGNED on the title page. 396 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery by this Edgar award winning author set in Southern California, featuring police detective Frank Harriman, husband of her earlier series character Irene Kelly. SIGNED on the title page. 396 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855526.