New York: Dutton, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's second novel set during the Second World War in the Mexican-American barrio in Los Angeles called the "Zona Roja" and climaxes during the infamous ÔZoot-Suit RiotsÕ of 1943, when sailors assaulted zoot-suiters in downtown Los Angeles. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-525-240608.

New York: Dutton, (1978.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second novel set during the Second World War in the Mexican-American barrio in Los Angeles called the "Zona Roja" and climaxes during the infamous ÔZoot-Suit RiotsÕ of 1943, when sailors assaulted zoot-suiters in downtown Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated in Los Angeles 2005. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-525-240608.

Plainfield, NJ: Logos International, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - The last novel by this Christian writer, who is best known as one of the founders of the Inner Healing movement, a process she described as the healing of memories. Set in Southern Califonia, this is the story of an Episcopalian rector trying to break out of the despair that has enfolded him for months. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-882701096.

New York: Henry Holt, (1987). Hardcover first edition - The second hardboiled thriller set in the seamy California and Las Vegas underworld featuring British expat - and former Scotland Yard investigator - James Reed. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-02278.

New York: Hyperion, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "novel in stories" - the author's first book, ten interconnected stories that depict the lives of the Pomo Indians, bound together by a lone ancestor and making a life off the reservation in the Northern California town of Santa Rosa. SIGNED and dated on the title page. Includes a family tree. Dust jacket praise from Peter Matthiessen, Sherman Alexie and Joy Harjo. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-786860170.

Racine, WI: Whitman Publishing Co., (c. 1962.). Hardcover - "Authorized edition featuring Annette [Funicello], star of motion pictures and television" - including the Mickey Mouse show. A mystery for teenagers set in Southern California. Illustrated byl Adam Szwejkowski ; wrap around cover art by Al Anderson. 210 pp plus 2 pp publisher's advertisements.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979. First edition - The author's hightly praised first novel, set mostly in Southern California as the events of Nixon's impeachment play out on the radio in the background. Publisher's material laid in. Tall format. 223 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of a young sculptor in San Francisco, who descends into a tailspin of mourning, and violent dangerous sex, after her older sister is murdered in a motel in a Sierra ghost town. Winner of the James Jone Literary Society Award for best first novel. Promotional postcard laid in. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-684-855895.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.). SIGNED first edition - Second novel featuring LAPD detective Hayden Glass - who is on 6 months psychiatric leave, and discovers the world of internet porn. SIGNED on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 9780765322951.

New York: Atria / Simon & Schuster, (2013). SIGNED first edition - "In 1898, a young wife travels from the Midwest to a remote lighthouse on the wild coast of California. What she finds at the edge of the earth, hidden between the fog and the sea, will change her life irrevocably." SIGNED on the title page and dated October, 2012 before this book was published. 274 pp.

New York: Random House, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A bittersweet memoir about drug abuse and alcoholism in See's family for over fifty years, frank but also wryly optimistic, told with humor and grace. SIGNED on the title page by this award-winning novelist. Illustrated with photographs. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-679430261.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wild and witty combination of feminist fiction and post-nuclear apocalyptic fantasy set on the California coast, where nuclear war has melted the sandy beaches into multi-colored glass and a bunch of crazies are about to rescue the human race with a new beginning of "golden days." INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- Don't believe those other guys. Believe me." 196 pp. Dust jacket by Fred Marcellino. ISBN: 0-07-0561206.

New York: Random House, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of humor and wisdom, set in a California that doesn't quite live up to anyone's dreams. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material and a photograph laid in. 221 pp. ISBN: 0-375-50155x.

London: Century Hutchinson, (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A wild and witty combination of feminist fiction and post-nuclear apocalyptic fantasy set on the California coast, where nuclear war has melted the sandy beaches into multi-colored glass and a bunch of crazies are about to rescue the human race with a new beginning of "golden days." SIGNED on the title page. 196 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0561206.

New York: Random House, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Told in alternating voices, this is the story of three young women from very different backgrounds who meet, by chance, at the Forbidden City nightclub in San Franciso in 1938, in a city preparing for the World's Fair, and a world on the brink of war. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 383 pp. ISBN: 978-0812992892.

New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first (and only) novel published under this pseudonym by Edgar award winning writer Rex Burns. Introduces Jack Steele, a former U.S. Marine Corps official in Washington, D.C. who is forced into retirement after reporting on a treasonous congressman. When he returns to San Diego, he is asked by an old family friend to investigate his missing granddaughter - search which leads him from Coronado, to Denver, Colorado, as he uncovers evidence that she might be involved with a satanic cult. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670839388.

New York: Putnam, (2016). SIGNED first edition - A moving and highly praised novel which "presents two very different American stories, tied together by the fate of a child. When Soli Castro-Valdez leaves her small Mexican village for the United States, she endures the difficult journey but arrives pregnant and undocumented. Meanwhile, Kavya Reddy, whose parents immigrated to the US from India, is living a more peaceful life with her husband in Berkeley. Unable to have a child, Kavya becomes a foster parent and when Soli winds up in immigrant detention, her son Ignacio winds up with Kavya." SIGNED on the title page. 472 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Posthumous publication of what was intended to be the start of a new series, featuring Charlie - Charlotte - Lyon, who has turned her OCD into a sucessful crisis management business. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312-36170x.

New York: Scribner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own limosine service, An interesting and highly praised series. 267 pp. SIGNED by author on a bookplate. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-7432-12665.

New York: HarperCollins, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and recovering drug addict, and now also the owner of a limo business and an unofficial adoptive mother of a little girl. An interesting and highly praised series, featuring a strong woman protagonist, by an author whose checkered past was not unlike that of Munch, but whose life was sadly cut short with her death in 2007 at just age 50. This copy is INSCRIBED on the title page by the author "For --- Enjoy the journey." 287 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0192127.

New York: Scribner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own limosine service, An interesting and highly praised series. SIGNED on title page. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-12665.

New York: Scribner, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own limosine service, An interesting and highly praised series. INSCRIBED on title page"To --- Nice meeting you." 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-45008.

New York: Scribner, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own limosine service, An interesting and highly praised series. SIGNED on title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-45008.

New York: Scribner, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery featuring "Munch" Mancini, woman auto-mechanic, parolee and former biker and drug addict - and now the mother of an adopted seven-year old girl and the owner of her own business, An interesting and highly praised series. SIGNED on title page. and dated in the year of publication. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-4558x.

Philadelphia: Running Press, (2011). SIGNED hardcover first edition - A young adult novel set in the Los Angeles area in 1965, against a backdrop of war, riots, racism, feminism and music - the stories of six high school students who share their experiences and feelings in interconnected free verse. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page and stamped with a peace symbol. Includes a 1965 timeline. 207 pp. ISBN: 978-0762440719.

New York: Morrow, 1979. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza abd the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department, who find themselves dealing with several serious crimes - the kidnapping of a young girl, the brutal murder of an old woman, a mysterious double suicide and more. 239 pp.

New York: Morrow, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 24th mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza and the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department, which has recently been merged with the robbery division. 252 pp. ISBN: 0-688002099.

New York: Morrow, 1981. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 32nd novel in the highly acclaimed police procedural mystery featuring Lieutenant Luis Mendoza and the Robery and Homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department. 228 pp. ISBN: 0-688003788.

New York: Morrow, 1976. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 27th crime novel featuring Luis Mendoza of the homicide division of the Los Angeles Police Department. Linington, wrting as Dell Shannon, was one of the first women to write a police procedural series. 222 pp. ISBN: 0688031226.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (2001) dj. Hardcover - The fourth mystery featuring PI Jack Liffey, a former aerospace engineer, a decent guy who drives a beat-up old car and who has a talent for finding lost children, set in the gritty underside of Los Angeles and Orange County. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-7867-0876x.