New York: Harper Collins, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, after two collections of short stories. Set in the 1960s against the backdrop of the Kennedy assassination, this coming-of-age story is told through the voice of Suzanne, a young girl when the novel opens. SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-06017434x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third thriller by this Philadelphia born author. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1250019530.

New York: Putnam, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tan's wonderful first novel, the basis for the movie of the same name. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134204.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - His first novel introducing Boston attorney Brady Coyne, who has a reputation for discretion and so he is asked to investigate a death caused by a fall from a cliff top - a possible suicide or was it murder? Winner of the Scribner Crime Novel Award. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-684180561.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery introducing William Dougall, an "engaging and unprincipled graduate student" and his girlfriend Amanda as they hunt for a cache of diamonds. Awarded the CWA New Blood Dagger. nominated for the Edgar for best first novel, 234 pp. ISBN: 0-396081495.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery set in a "slick Floridacity with a wicked past" and featuring journalists A. J. Egan, a newcomer, and Palmer Kingston, a shrewd and legendary reporter. 215 pp. ISBN: 0-396-091709.

New York: Putnam, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in Boston, this is the author's first novel, introducing private investigator Fina Ludlow, the black sheep of a dysfunctional family of attorneys, who is retained by her family's firm as an investigator after she drops out of law school. SIGNED on the title page. Nominated for the Shamus award. 405 pp. ISBN: 978-0399162121.

New York: Custom House / Harper Collins, (2020). First edition - The author's first novel, a story which is part mystery, part Gothic horror and part the story of a young woman trying to find a sense of belonging in the world. 'or those lucky few selected to attend Catherine House, tuition, room, and board are free - but in return students are required to give the House three years, summers included, completely isolated from the outside world. 309 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set at Harvard and introducing Veronica (Nikki) Chase, the only black professor in Harvard's economics department. 286 pp. ISBN: 0-684845261.

New York: Random House, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery novel the story of a young woman who finds herself on trial for murder - by witchcraft. Author's note. 285 pp. ISBN: 0-39441988x.

New York: Doubleday, (2010.). First edition - "Drummond Clark was once a spy of legendary proportions. Now Alzheimer's disease has taken its toll and he's just a confused old man who's wandered away from home waiting for his son to fetch him." Or is he? Author's first book, a fresh take on the former CIA agent novel. 324 pp.

Tulsa, OK: Council Oak Books, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a title in the Brown Bag Mystery Series." Hired to track down a fourteen-year-old runaway named Jessica Finney, Oregon private eye Zachariah Smith leaves the small town of Mackie, heading to Portland to follow his clues. Not far down the road, he picks up a young woman named Allison, who is also clearly on the run - . . In Portland, Zachariah checks into a motel with one runaway and sets out to track down the other." SIGNED on the title page. Small hardcover format. 440 pp. ISBN: 0-933031416.

Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Jenna Murphy, a young art curator. Cover praise from Sheldon Siegel and Nina Schuyler who says this "beautifully weaves together lush language, the intricacies of the Asian art world, and page-turning tension." The author is herself an Asian art historian and consultant, who worked as a museum curator. SIGNED on the title page. 320 pp. ISBN: 978-0804011853.

New York: Harper Collins, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, the epic story of a courageous and independent, but now almost forgotten woman - born into a world of wealth in the French aristocracy, but shaped by the novels of Rousseau, she refuses to be married unless it is for passion - but she finds love with the English poet William Wordsworth. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 483 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Visiting the seemingly peaceful and culturally rich community of Soul City (where roses bloom in the cracks of the sidewalk along Cornbread Boulevard), journalist Cadillac Jackson finds himself in the midst of a hostile mayoral election and falls in love with a woman who challenges him to rethink his African-American identity. The author's first novel (second book), a mix of comic fantasy and social commentary and a send-up of popular culture trends, praised by such diverse authors as Tom Wolfe, Terry McMillan, Nelson George and others. SIGNED on the title page with a drawing. Wraparound dust jacket art by Christian Clayton. ISBN: 0-316741582.

St. Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this talented young author, an Ojibwe, who grew up at Leech Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota. Moving back in forth in time from 1980 to the 1960's this begins The grave we with dug for my brother Little remainded empty even after we filled it back in. SIGNED on the title page. Dust jacket praise from Louise Erdrich and Toni Morrison who described this as 'a wonder. Out of the seasons and landscapes of a Minnesota reservation David Treuer has forged a strong intricate narrative complete with the intimate voices of fully realized characters.' 248 pp. Dust jacket art by Jim Denomie, also of the Ojibwe Nation. ISBN: 1-55597-2314.

New York: Random House, 2000. SIGNED first edition - Set in Big Stone Gap, Virginia in the year 1973. A family scandal sends the heroine, 35 year-old Ave Maria Mulligan into new levels of activity, shattering her quiet spinster life. First novel by this playwright. With a projected first printing of 150,000 copies, this ARC is much less common than the hardcover copy. SIGNED on the title page, and dated April 2000. 328 pp.

New York: Clarion Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2015). First edition - The author's first novel, a young adult thriller - "when an elusive killer stalks the neighborhood, only the boy who breaks all the rules can piece together the truth."Finalist for the 2016 Edgar award. 250 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, featuring art thief Tom Kirk and FBI agent Jennifer Brown. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0762098.

New York: Shaye Areheart Books (Random House), (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's highly praised first novel, a story of stolen children and good intentions gone wrong. SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 0-307-336689.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of love and loss, set in Kathmundu in contemporary Nepal. His first book, a collection of short stories, won the Whiting Award. INSCRIBED on the title page "For... Thanks for showing me San Francisco." 290 pp. ISBN: 0-618247270.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of love and loss, set in Kathmundu in contemporary Nepal. His first book, a collection of short stories, won the 2001 Whiting Award. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-618-247270.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a story of love and loss, set in Kathmundu in contemporary Nepal. His first book, a collection of short stories, won the Whiting Award. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp. ISBN: 0-618247270.

New York: Harper Collins, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, featuring the golden age mystery writer Josephine Tey Detective Inspector Archie Penrose. Set in the theatre world in London, where Tey's play "Richard of Bordeaux" is ending its long and sucessful run. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0061451539.

London: Ward Lock & Co., Limited 1906. Hardcover first edition - The first collaboration between these two authors, a story of espionage and treachery set in 19th century France and Russia. It begins simply and dramatically -"I was condemned to die." Glossy frontispiece by Harold Piffard. Tissue guard. 320 pp plus 4 pp publisher's ads. Rather hard to find - no copies being offered for sale, and Worldcat only locates 4 copies in the UK.

New York: HarperCollins, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel (second book) a picaresque story set in Arizona's racially-mixed society in the mid 1950's. Cover praise from Ursula Le Guin who calls it a 'very funny and tender novel....War, prize-fighting, drinking, macho hunkery, all end in a busted head and a life of grief. His luckless and endearing heroes, Mike and Bonifacio, won't ever get anywhere or do anything, but they have kind hearts and great souls. True romantics, cowless cowboys...always searching for snow in the desert, sometimes even finding it.' SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0170891.

New York: Crown, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a coming of age novel set in contemporary Marin County in Northern California.. ISBN: 0-517-571706.

New York: Crown, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a coming of age novel set in contemporary Marin County in Northern California.. ISBN: 0-517-571706.

New York: Delacorte, (2013). SIGNED first edition - Winner of the Delacorte Press Prize for a First YA Novel. The Horn Book review states that this book "captures both the disheartening helplessness of the situation and the boys' reckless resistance: 'We cross a landfill on our way to school. We swim in creek water that smells like nail polish remover . . . We are not fools. We are brave and brilliant.' There is power and hope in that kind of statement, and Jason's coming-of-age tale, though dark, is full of both. SIGNED on the first page. 185 pp.