New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, introducing Benjamin Justice, a gay journalist in West Hollywood, who had won the Pulitzer Prize several years before only to have it pulled when it turned out the story was fabricated. He is persuaded by his former editor to research the circumstances surrounding a shooting outside a gay nightclub. Winner of the Edgar Award For Best First Mystery. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-385482345.

New York: Arbor House, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel set in the rural South of the 1940s and 1950s which "explores one family's convoluted history. Physical and emotional violence, religious fanaticism, and pot-boiling love and hate combine to define one of those bizarre families, seemingly exaggerated but all too familiar to most Southerners. The Treadwells, headed by the certifiably insane Robert and long-suffering Mattie, repeatedly sacrifice themselves and each other for no apparent good reasons but always with some father-against-son motivation that makes sense to the individual at the time. Descriptions of places and events are perfectly on target (Publishers Weekly) INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 405 pp. ISBN: 0-877958017.

New York & London: Scribner, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in remote Pick, Kentucky - "A riveting story of ancient friends and ancient enemies played on a stage that evokes the swamp forest prehistory. . . A book in keeping with the finest Southern gothic comic tradition." 416 pp. ISBN: 0-684815354.

New York: St Martin's, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book (Carson Wolfe is a pseudonym for a NYC criminal lawyer). Combines courtroom drama with a witty Puerto Rican detecting couple - Maria and Carolito are the Nick and Nora Charles of the South Bronx. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-312-552858.

San Francisco: Cleis Press, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Woolf's first novel, completed in 1912 when she was 30 years old, but only published three years later, in a much tamer version, as "The Voyage Out." This novel was reconstructed from the original manuscripts held by the New York Public Library by Louise deSalvo, who also wrote the introduction to this edition. xxvii, 350 pp. ISBN: 1573441481.

n.p. Mystrique Press / JW Publishing, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a story of murder, conspiracy and corruption in the energy industry, set in Houston, Texas, California and elsewhere. Introduces Detective Dave Duncan and his partner Stephanie Fox. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author and dated in 2007. Epilogue. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-976892103.

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.

New York: Everest House, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A contemporary novel of unutterable terror." The author's first novel - dust jacket praise from Stephen King who called it "a hypnotic journey into darkness. You'll be a long time forgetting this book - if you ever do." The story of a young couple who move to a small farm in upstate New York. (Barron, Horror Literature 4-337, Reginald 37369. etc.) 272 pp. ISBN: 0-89696-0218.

New York: Everest House, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A contemporary novel of unutterable terror." The author's first novel - dust jacket praise from Stephen King who called it "a hypnotic journey into darkness. You'll be a long time forgetting this book - if you ever do." The story of a young couple who move to a small farm in upstate New York. (Barron, Horror Literature 4-337, Reginald 37369. etc.) 272 pp. ISBN: 0-89696-0218.

New York: Berkley, (2023) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller by this Oscar nominated screenwriter, set in a fictionalized version of Whittier, Alaska, a town with a year round population of about 280, most of whom live in the winter in one building. Told in the alternating voices of three women - Cara Kennedy, a detective from Anchorage who finds herself trapped in the town when a landslide closes the only access; a teenager named Amy Lin, who discovered the first body parts, and Lonnie, a 30-something woman with a pet moose. Cover praise from such diverse writers as C. J. Box, Ann Cleeves, Naomi Hirahara and more. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 978-0593336670.

Denver: MacMurray & Beck, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Author's third book, his first novel, following 2 collections of short stories. Cover praise from James Lee Burke: 'Yarbrough is one of the best writers to come out of the South in many years .. a stunning novelistic debut... a major talent from whom we'll hear much more.' INSCRIBED by Yarbrough on the title page - "For - in hopes these pages please." 280 pp. ISBN: 1-878448-854.

Denver: MacMurray & Beck, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third book, his first novel, following 2 collections of short stories. Cover praise from James Lee Burke: 'Yarbrough is one of the best writers to come out of the South in many years .. a stunning novelistic debut... a major talent from whom we'll hear much more.' 280 pp,. ISBN: 1-878448-854.

Denver: MacMurray & Beck, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's third book, his first novel, following 2 collections of short stories. Cover praise from James Lee Burke: 'Yarbrough is one of the best writers to come out of the South in many years .. a stunning novelistic debut... a major talent from whom we'll hear much more.' SIGNED by Yarbrough on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 1-878448-854.

London: Robert Hale, (1957) dj. Hardcover first edition - Very uncommon first edition of the first novel by this prolific British suspense writer - as Tim Heald commented her "novels were robust and uncompromising, and displayed sympathy for the underdog." This story of a man on the run from the police who winds up in a peaceful English village exemplifies that. 190 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - ÔAn extraordinary debut novel ... the story of a woman, who, finding herself torn between two men and two cultures, turns for answers to an unknown Japanese grandmother, once a famous geisha.Õ Dust jacket praise from Lisa See, Jean Hegland and Chita Divakaruni (who called it Ôa thoughtful and magnetic taleÕ). ISBN: 0-553-110993.

New York: Riverhead Books, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel (preceded by plays and short stories), a coming of age story set in a small town in 1970s Georgia and in Los Angeles. Dust jacket praise from Tina McElroy Ansa who called it "funny, unsettling, enthralling." 210 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0639.

New York: Riverhead Books, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel (preceded by plays and short stories), a coming of age story set in a small town in 1970s Georgia and in Los Angeles. Dust jacket praise from Tina McElroy Ansa who called it "funny, unsettling, enthralling." 210 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0639.

New York: Riverhead Books, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American author's first novel (preceded by plays and short stories), a coming of age story set in a small town in 1970s Georgia and in Los Angeles. Dust jacket praise from Tina McElroy Ansa who called it "funny, unsettling, enthralling." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1998. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-57322-0639.

New York: Viking, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a compelling thriller: "For years, best friends Sarah and Jennifer kept what they called the ÒNever ListÓ: a list of actions to be avoided, for safetyÕs sake, at all costs. But one night, against their best instincts, they accept a cab ride with grave, everlasting consequences. For the next three years, they are held captive with two other girls in a dungeon-like cellar by a connoisseur of sadism. Ten years later, . . . her abductor is up for parole and Sarah can no longer ignore the twisted letters he sends from jail." 303 pp. ISBN: 978-0670026517.

London: W. H. Allen, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this award-winning journalist and biographer, set in England during World War II where the Colonel's regiment is waiting to be sent to France and into action. Warmly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper "For my dear friends ---- just so you will know how I suffered. Love and good luck to your book" and dated in the year of publication. 256 pp.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995. SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, one which combines intrigue and history. Set in Paris in 1892, a city embroiled in a political scandal involving the French Panama Canal Company; the protagonist is the American historian and author Henry Adams, grandson and great-grandson of President Adams. SIGNED on the title page. Editor's letter bound in at the front of the book. 375 pp. .

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which combines intrigue and history. Set in Paris in 1892, a city embroiled in a political scandal involving the French Panama Canal Company; the protagonist is the American historian and author Henry Adams, grandson and great-grandson of President Adams. SIGNED on the title page. 375 pp. . ISBN: 0-374229430.

New York: Warner, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - Zettel's first novel featuring heretic priest turned data pirate Eric Born. Co-winner of the 1997 Locus Award for Best First Novel (tied with Whiteout by Sage Walker) and nominated for the 1996 Philip K. Dick Award. Dust jacket art by Donato. 452 pp.

New York: Harper & Row, 1989. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery set in San Francisco, introducing Quinn Parker. Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in the year of publication. 325 pp. ISBN: 0-06-016087x.

New York: Viking, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel preceded by several non-fiction books on the history of New York going back to the New Amsterdam days of Dutch settlers - the setting for this historical mystery. "Its 1663 in the tiny, hardscrabble Dutch colony of New Amsterdam. Orphan children are going missing, and among those looking into the mysterious state of affairs are a quick-witted twenty-two-year-old trader, Blandine von Couvering, herself an orphan, and a dashing British spy named Edward Drummond." Maps. Author's historical note. 418 pp. ISBN: 978-0670023646.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, commended for its historical accuracy - a variation of the classic "locked room" mystery featuring Benjamin Franklin and set in London in 1757. 240 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0224411.