New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second book by this award winning poet and short story writer, eleven interconnected stories set in the 1950s in a fictional black community north of Kansas City. 213 pp. ISBN: 0-375-506306.

Boston: Little Brown, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel, a legal thriller, by the former Los Angeles deputy district attorney who was the lead on the O. J. Simpson trial. 356 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2011.). SIGNED first edition - First novel, a legal thriller, by the former Los Angeles deputy district attorney who was the lead on the O. J. Simpson trial. SIGNED on the title page and dated in Oct 2010.

Berkeley, CA: Blue Wind Press, 1979. First edition - A rather uncommon novel by this California poet, his first - set against the background of the psychedelic 60s, this is the story of an American professor/poet's brief but disturbing affair with an enigmatic Englishwoman. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-912652-535.

Santa Fe, NM: Sunstone Press, (1993). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a story of feuding, greed and violence set in Montana in the 1880s. SIGNED on the first page with the words "Best wishes" and dated in 1994. 234 pp. ISBN: 0-865341915.

New York: Hyperion, (2000.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, and the first Hitchcock Sewell mystery, featuring Baltimore's most eligible undertaker. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-65709.

New York: Hyperion, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - Author's first novel, and the first Hitchcock Sewell mystery, featuring Baltimore's most eligible undertaker. 308 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-65709.

New York: Pocket Books, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set in Los Angeles, featuring Ted Lowe, who is investigating the murder of a thirteen year old girl, and finding layer after layer of corruption. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-671028278.

Berkeley, CA: Poltroon Press, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel featuring private detective August Riordan, and set in Silicon Valley, where he is hired by a multi-millionaire entrepreneur to find the stolen software for an advanced chess program. SIGNED on the title page. Illustrated with photographs. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-918395-216.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, nominated for the Edgar, and set in a decaying Brooklyn neighborhood. Features NYPD detective Jack Leightner, who grew up in the area, and his estranged son, Ben, "a young documentary filmmaker fascinated by its history. The Hook has been home to dockworkers and drug dealers, Al Capone and Joey Gallo, a giant public housing project, and one of the nation's greatest ports. Ben wants to find out why the once-thriving waterfront community has become a beautiful ruin - and why it has damaged his own family." SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 0-312274580.

New York: Harper Collins, (2001). A very funny first novel, a story of literary fraud - satire combined with gripping suspense. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0194170.

New York: Harper Collins, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A very funny first novel, a story of literary fraud - satire combined with gripping suspense. SIGNED on the title page. 254 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0194170.

Los Angeles: Uglytown Productions, (2001). SIGNED first edition - The first book in this series set in Seattle in the years after World War II and featuring private investigator Jake Rossiter and his assistant Miss Jenkins (who is eager to be an investigator herself). A young Negro jazzman has gone missing and his proud father will not give up hope. "SIGNED on the title page. 361 pp. ISBN: 0-966347358.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His first novel, introducing former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. SIGNED on title page. 485 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-684-857146.

Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing. (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel. When a child is found murdered in a field, with his body marked in imitation of the crucifixion of Christ, Lord Godwin, ex-Crusader and Bailiff of Hexham, in the service of the Archbishop of Canterbury, is summoned to the scene. . . "Soon a rumor begins to spread that the Jews had murdered young Albert, and a mob seizes all the Jews in Hexham, an extended family of nine. Godwin's first task is to prevent the Jews' murder by the mob, his second to find the person guilty of the horrible murder." INSCRIBED on the title page. Map, glossay. 311 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 1-581821883.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, the story of naval aviators at war over Vietnam, and only the second novel published by the Naval Institute Press (the first being, of course, Clancy's Hunt for Red October.). ISBN: 0-87021-200-1.

New York: Doubleday, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American playwright's first novel (preceded by three award-winning short story collections), set in the years just before and after the Civil War. 231 pp. ISBN: 0-385-411715.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in Harlem in the 1920s, during the period known as the Harlem Renaissance. "He captures the fervor of post-World War I black optimism, contrasted by rampant racial bigotry, while chronicling the lives of three sisters: Velma, Barnard graduate and aspiring writer; Miriam, indefatigable activist for back-to-Africa nationalist Marcus Garvey; and Louise, whose fair skin leads her to the Cotton Club and show business." (Publisher's Weekly) Warmly and personally INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated 12 March 89, in the year of publication. 447 pp. ISBN: 0-671658840.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Winner of the Minotaur Books/ Mystery Writer's of America First Crime Novel Award. Hot shot New York criminal defense attorney Kevin Corvelli loses big when a client he fails to get off is killed in prison, and proven to be innocent. His career destroyed, but determined to remain a lawyer, he bolts to Hawaii where he once again finds himself defending a man he knows is innocent against a murder charge. 342 pp. ISBN: 9780312611583.

Longboat Key, Florida: Oceanview Publishing, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this former crime reporter (preceded by two non-fiction books on the Los Angeles police department.) Introduces Detective Ash Levine. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 9781608090075.

Longboat Key, Florida: Oceanview Publishing, (2010.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this former crime reporter (preceded by two non-fiction books on the Los Angeles police department.) Introduces Detective Ash Levine. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 9781608090075.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller set in Peru in the 1960s when the indigeneous revolt against the government and the haciendos is gaining momentum - and is also meeting with brutal suppression. An American climber becomes involved in their struggle and finds himself not only with a price on his head but struggling for his own survival. Cosgrove is an experienced mountain climber and his knowledge of climbing adds to this book. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-684834146.

New York & London: Quercus, (2013). First edition - The author's first thriller, set in Rome and introducing Commissario Balistreri. Translated from the Italian by N.S. Thompson. 564 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (1991.). Canadian author's first novel, a story of the twentysomething generation, overeducated and underemployed, working McJobs (low pay, low prestige, low benefit, no future) in the service industry. Illustrated. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-312-05436x.

Longboat Key, FL: Oceanview Publishing, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first thriller and first novel featuring private investigator Rick Cahill. "[He] was never convicted of his wife's murder, but he was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even by himself." Gar Anthony Haywood called this "a smart new spin on the classic P.I. novel." Winner of the Anthony Award for Best First Novel. SIGNED on the title page. 297 pp. ISBN: 978-1608090761.

New York: St Martin's, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, an historical thriller set in 1883 where the newly constructed Brooklyn Bridge becomes a target for a group of former Confederate soldiers, , and led by a fanatical captain determined on revenge for the death of his brother at Gettysburg. Detective Tom Braddock's investigation into a murder uncovers hints of the conspiracy and puts his own life in jeopardy. SIGNED on the title page. 436 pp. ISBN: 0-312203713.