New York: Delacorte, (1998.). SIGNED first edition - His first novel, a thriller set in the secret world of Swiss banking (a world Reich worked in himself.) INSCRIBED on the title page. 513 pp. ISBN: 0-385-337272.

New York: Random House, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this writer, who is also a Brooklyn assistant district attorney - described as a "brilliant debut novel of psychological suspense." Dust jacket praise from Kathy Reichs, Alan Furst and others. SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-375505016.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013). First edition - The author's first novel (following two collections of poetry), an unusually gripping and strong debut. Introduces Alice Quentin, a London psychologist with family baggage who finds herself in the middle of a grisly series of murders. 310 pp.

New York: Amistad, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American's first book - and her only novel to date. The story of a man and a woman, successful, loving each other, but struggling in their marriage, and not realizing how much their lives have been shaped by their families. Set in rural Maryland, and going back in forth in time from 1990 to the late 60's and 70's. ISBN: 1-56743-0406.

New York: Amistad, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American's first book - and her only novel to date. The story of a man and a woman, successful, loving each other, but struggling in their marriage, and not realizing how much their lives have been shaped by their families. Set in rural Maryland, and going back in forth in time from 1990 to the late 60's and 70's. 371 pp. ISBN: 1-56743-0406.

New York: Amistad, 1993. dj. Hardcover - African American's first book - and her only novel to date. The story of a man and a woman, successful, loving each other, but struggling in their marriage, and not realizing how much their lives have been shaped by their families. Set in rural Maryland, and going back in forth in time from 1990 to the late 60's and 70's. ISBN: 1-56743-0406.

New York: Amistad, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American's first book - and her only novel to date. The story of a man and a woman, successful, loving each other, but struggling in their marriage, and not realizing how much their lives have been shaped by their families. Set in rural Maryland, and going back in forth in time from 1990 to the late 60's and 70's. INSCRIBED on the half title page "May this book help you enjoy your own sweet song" and dated in 1998. 371 pp. ISBN: 1-56743-0406.

New York: Avon, 1997. First edition - First suspense novel by this Hollywood screenwriter. 'A riveting new novel of suspense and terrorism in the political arena' - set in Texas. 376 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (1985) dj. Hardcover - Author's first mystery introducing journalist, playwright and amateur sleuth Gus Maltravers, who is determined to discover who stole a rare 16th Bible from the Vercaster Cathedral. Winner of the John Creasey award for best first novel. Full page cover praise from P. D. James who compliments this novel for its sense of place and "the intriguing contrast between ordered normality and the corruptive terror of murder." 184 pp. ISBN: 0-312-472676.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2000). First edition - The authors first novel, set in turn of century Japan, in the world of the Noh theater and in Paris during the height of impressionism. 371 pp.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer and film director's highly praised first novel: John Stewart has to get to Vegas to settle a gambling debt - or else - but his car breaks down in a small town in the middle of the Nevada desert. Violence, dirty double crosses, murder, plot twists and pure noir, basis for the Oliver Stone movie 'U-Turn.'. ISBN: 0-345-41345-8.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First edition - The highly praised first novel (second book) from the first woman director of Britain's MI5.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The highly praised first novel (second book) from the first woman director of Britain's MI5. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 367 pp. ISBN: 1-400043700.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc. (Collier on spine of book) 1929. Hardcover - Rinehart's first novel, a classic mystery, published as a serial in "All-Story Magazine" in 1906 and in book form in 1909, and one of her best. 373 pp.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a down-and-out New York gem trader who discovers the world's most precious sapphire in the gem fields of northern Madagascar. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0527250.

New York: New American Library - NAL, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first suspense novel, set in New York City. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-453-006116.

New York: Harper & Brothers, (1955) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1905 - John Merrill, a painter living in Paris, returns to America and heads to a town in the South in search of his brother who apparently eloped with a young woman 5 years earlier and then disappeared, leaving her alone and ill in St Louis. The author's first and apparently only novel. 247 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2005) dj. Hardcover - The author's first novel, a medical thriller set in London. 351 pp. ISBN: 1582881294.

New York: Atheneum, (1990). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Berlin, in early 1933 as the Nazi regime is gaining power, and Jews, radicals, and other undesirables are leaving the city. Based on film director Fritz Lang and his wife Thea. Praise from Thomas Pychon, among others, who called it "daringly imagined and darkly romantic - a moral thriller." Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-689120907.

New York: Rayo - Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Los Angeles' author's first novel (although he has published poetry, non-fiction, a children's book and a collection of short stories) , an epic story spanning 3 generations and 60 years in the life of a family of Mexican immigrants and their children and grandchilden, set in the industrial boom of post-World War II Southern California "For the Salcidos - especially for Procopio's idealistic son Johnny and his young family, the hard knocks of life often resound louder than their own sense of hope." Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-060560762.

New York: St Martin's, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the resort town of Brighton, where the young Arthur Conan Doyle teams up with the Reverend Charles Dodgson (better known by his pen name, Lewis Carroll) in a search for the daughter of a crusading politician. "Rogow manages to describe the dark details of Victorian child prostitution with total honesty while also being nostalgic and very funny." (Dick Adler review) SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-312185537.

New York: Dutton, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, featuring a feisty and upcoming district attorney who has her world turned upside down, and who takes the law into her own hands when the unthinkable happens and her 13 year old daughter is assaulted in her own home. ISBN: 0-525-935878.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida author's first novel -a story of love, trust and transition - "Mercury Gant climbs aboard his motorcycle and leaves behind his entire life. . . Umberto Santana walks out of a bank with $314,000 in stolen cash. At 17, he is still only a boy. . . , Graciela, beautiful, strong-willed and independent, is carrying Umberto's baby . . . Traveling the same route unknowingly, Gant and Umberto cross paths while flying without wings in the middle of a tornado." SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Neil Simon and Jack Parr, among others. 269 pp. ISBN: 0-312-874553.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Florida author's second novel featuring postal inspector Max Diamond who is dragged down by a snuff film / child porn investigation. SIGNED on the front endpaper and uncommon thus. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-312-878710.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award winning journalist - a thriller set on our southern border with Mexico, one which takes us into the world of border politics and drugs. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Luis Alberto Urrea, Jim Shepard and Michael Connelly (who called this one of the most accomplished first novels he has read). 397 pp. ISBN: 9780316105309.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2011). SIGNED first edition - The first novel by this award winning journalist - a thriller set on our southern border with Mexico, one which takes us into the world of border politics and drugs. INSCRIBED on the title page "To-- - Thanks for the interest and enjoy the border." 369 pp.

New York: Berkley, (2022) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing ex-police officer and former private investigator, Molly Madison "After the death of her husband, she and her golden retriever, Harlow, move cross-country to California. But as charming and peaceful as the beachside town seems, she soon learns its' tranquil tides hold dark secrets." SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0593437087.

Berkeley, CA: Creative Arts Book Co., (2001.). First edition - The author's first novel, set in San Francisco: 'All Max really wants to do is practice his juggling, drink iced tea with his friends and get over the death of his wife in a car wreck' - but he is called back to his detective work - among the characters in this offbeat mystery are a reclusive bibliophile neighbor and a gun-savvy Bible-quoting waitress. 207 pp. ISBN: 0-887393446.

Boston: Little Brown, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Former FBI agent turned head of security for a cruise line gets embroiled in a heist by his ex-con stepbrother. Author's first book - jacket praise from James Patterson, George Pelecanos, Jeffery Deaver and Les Standiford. 263 pp. ISBN: 0-316-011746.