New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second novel - a story of terrorism in New York City. Bell was probably the most established of the authors who were selected by Granta magazine in the late 1990's as the best young writers in the United States. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-3773.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's second novel - a story of terrorism in New York City. Bell was probably the most established of the authors who were selected by Granta magazine in the late 1990's as the best young writers in the United States. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-3773.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Southern author's second novel - a story of terrorism in New York City. Bell was probably the most established of the authors who were selected by Granta magazine in the late 1990's as the best young writers in the United States. A presentation copy INSCRIBED on the title page ("Come back to see us. Letter soon (he promised.: Hope you like this one." Laid in is a 2 page typed chatty letter -"have been saving these items for months, as you can tell. Took me a while to read Madison's book, but found it much better than the first, which is to be expected..." 322 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-3773.

New York: Penguin, (1986). Southern author's second novel - a story of terrorism in New York City. Bell was probably the most established of the authors who were selected by Granta magazine in the late 1990's as the best young writers in the United States. A title in the "Contemporary American Fiction" series. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-14-0093303.

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1985. Hardcover - Southern author's second novel - a story of terrorism in New York City. Bell was probably the most established of the authors who were selected by Granta magazine in the late 1990's as the best young writers in the United States. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-89919-3773.

Boston: Little Brown, (1999). SIGNED first edition - Edgar award winning author's fourth novel, a thriller about terrorism, heroism and the damage done by unfounded media accusations. SIGNED on the title page. 428 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning author's fourth novel, a thriller about terrorism, heroism and the damage done by unfounded media accusations. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-316038172.

Boston: Little Brown, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning author's fourth novel, a thriller about terrorism, heroism and the damage done by unfounded media accusations. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-316038172.

Boston: Little Brown, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Edgar award winning author's fourth novel, a thriller about terrorism, heroism and the damage done by unfounded media accusations. SIGNED on the title page. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-316038172.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. dj. Hardcover first edition - Fritz Tolm, publisher of a once liberal newspaper but now part of a gigantic consortium, has already seen his life and that of his wife become a slow suffocation - caught between the threatening violence of terrorists and the oppressive police apparatus and surveillance - the "safety net" - designed to protect them. Translated from the German by Leila Vennewitz. 313 pp. Dust jacket design by Paul Bacon. ISBN: 0-394514041.

New York: Putnam, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Adventure novel featuring John Clark, former Navy SEAL and Vietnam veteran. 639 pp. ISBN: 0-399-138250.

New York: Scribner, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about September 11, and the days and years after it. 246 pp. ISBN: 1416546022.

New York: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt, (2007). Hardcover first edition - A controversial and interesting look at America's psychological response to the 9/11 attacks. She offers a fascinating explanation of why 9/11 led to such a perverse retreat from our own values - "The answer... lies in a historical anomaly unique to the American experience: the nation that in recent memory has been least vulnerable to domestic attack was forged in traumatizing assaults by nonwhite 'barbarians' on town and village. That humiliation lies concealed under a myth of cowboy bluster and feminine frailty." Notes, index. xii, 351 pp. ISBN: 978-0805086928.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth thriller featuring rogue journalist and lone wolf Frank Corso, set in Seattle, where an airborne horror has left a tunnel full of corpses. 313 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0554800.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2004.). First edition - Fourth thriller featuring rogue journalist and lone wolf Frank Corso, set in Seattle, where an airborne horror has left a tunnel full of corpses. 313 pp.

Hamlin, Pennsylvania: Leister Publishing Co, (2000). First edition - Mystery thriller about international terrorism, inspired by the author's experiences in Egypt in 1997, when he was a journalist and terrorists massacred 58 tourists at the Queen Hatshepsut temple. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-9618234-29.

London: Secker & Warburg, (1955.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first comprehensive account of the trial of Jomo Kenyatta, a trial which took 5 months in the winter of 1952-53, on charges of being the leader of Kenya's Mau-Mau. Index of incidents. 255 pp.

New York Forge (2012). First edition - A suspense novel of the modern Texas Rangers, featuring Ranger Caitlin Strong, A fight against a terrorist threat with its roots going back to 1818: In the Gulf waters off the Texas coast, the pirate Jean Lefitte and his partner Jim Bowie launch an attack on the Mother Mary, a slave ship carrying an invaluable treasure. Now fifth generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong finds herself investigating the murder of the oil-rig crew that had found the long-lost wreckage of the Mother Mary." 351 pp.

New York: North Point Press, (2002). First edition - The author's personal account of being on Ground Zero and access to the cleanup and reconstructing of the World Trade Center. Accompanying the engineers, laborers,and rescue workers city officials throughout the rebuilding and reconstructing of a nation and a skyscraper. 203 pp.

Dallas, TX; Durban House Publishing Company, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "thriller rooted in ancient Middle East hatreds of identity and blood loyalties. Set in the world of elite professional tennis, BASHA is charged with the fiercely competitive nature of professional sports and the dangers of terrorism." SIGNED and dated in 2002 on the title page. 301 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1-930754140.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller, set in San Diego, and featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. SIGNED on the title page. Author's afterword. 390 pp. ISBN: 978-0-06-1230882.

New York: Putnam, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller, set in San Diego, and featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. INSCRIBED on the title page "to --- Please enjoy the latest Madriani story. " 429 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150927.

New York: Putnam, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A legal thriller, with complex issues regarding privacy, national security and the extent to which the government might go in "fighting terrorism." Features defense attorney Paul Madriani. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 420 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150927.

New York: Putnam, (2000.) dj. Hardcover - A legal thriller, set in San Diego, and featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-399-150927.

New York: St Martin's, (1982.). First edition - Novel set in England in the 1970s focusing on the relationship of two women, cousins - one whose mother remained in Ireland and who is involved in the IRA and the other the daughter of the sister who emigrated to California and who is involved in the women's rights movement. This 'combines several themes within the tense format of a thriller.' 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312-084625.

New York: St Martin's, (1982.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in England in the 1970s focusing on the relationship of two women, cousins - one whose mother remained in Ireland and who is involved in the IRA and the other the daughter of the sister who emigrated to California and who is involved in the women's rights movement. This 'combines several themes within the tense format of a thriller.' 206 pp. ISBN: 0-312-084617.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - An early suspense thriller by this bestselling author, who won the Edgar for his first book. (Third title listed, but actually his 4th book) Wall Street is being held hostage by a group of terrorists who are threatening to blow it up. 365 pp. ISBN: 0-671-610872.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2012). SIGNED first edition - His second international thriller - a former federal agent has started over as a private investigator in Buenos Aires, but then he runs into a long lost friend - who has converted to Islam - and who is soon the chief suspect in a terrorist attack. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp.

New York: The Viking Press, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The story of the heroic rescue efforts at the World Trade Center on 9/11 by a writer who was a himself a New York City firefighter. Photographs. 336 pp. ISBN: 0-670-03116X.

New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel written using this pseudonym - The "troubles" of Ireland have crossed the sea to New York on St. Patrick's Day as Irish terrorists explode bombs during the parade. 331 pp. ISBN: 0-698110293.