New York: Warner, (2003.). First edition - For advertising executive Charles Schine, the day began like any other with a simple commute to work - and then he meets the seductive and mysterious Lucinda Harris, an encounter that will wreck his life - derail his comfortable existence. A stunningly suspenseful story of murder, betrayal and revenge. With an announced first printing of 125,000 copies, this advance issue will be much more uncommon than the hardcover trade edition. Basis for the 2005 movie of the same name.

New Milford, CT and London: The Toby Press, (2008). First edition - The author's first novel "a captivating downhill ride through the alleys and clubs of LA's 1948 bebop scene, crafting a fascinating antihero who will do just about anything to keep his fingers on the ivories. At first, Jewish musician Louis Greenberg seems downright courageous, using his charm and piano skills to earn a place in the black jazz clubs of Watts; he's even pursuing an impossible love affair with a beautiful black regular, Beatrice. But soon it becomes apparent that his outsider status is deserved: his day job is swindling war widows out of their money, using the memories of their departed husbands as bait." (Publishers Weekly) 348 pp.

New York: Atria Books, (2004). First edition - The author's first novel, one which moves between 1593 when London's most popular playwright - Christopher Marlow - was stabbed to death, and present day New York and London where investigator Kate Morgan is called in to solve the mystery of a recently discovered 16th century manuscript. Author's note. 335 pp.

New York: Henry Holt, (1999.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, a thriller. "Reaching back to a brilliantly concealed operation during the Vietnam War, ducking into drug dens, spiraling through seedy strip joints, and blazing across the country, Jenny Siler weaves a devastating tale of murder and deception in her stunning debut." SIGNED on the title page. 262 pp. Very different cover art than the final hardcover edition.

New York: Henry Holt, (2001.) dj. SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a thriller. After serving time in New Mexico, Megan returns to a desolate wintry Montana and gets a job repossessing cars. SIGNED on the title page. 246 pp.

New York: Penguin / Blue Rider Press, (2013.). SIGNED first edition - Novel inspired by the lives of photographer Dorothea Lange and the woman who was the subject of her most iconic photograph - Migrant Mother. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp.

New York: Penguin / Blue Rider Press, (2013.) dj. SIGNED first edition - Novel inspired by the lives of photographer Dorothea Lange and the woman who was the subject of her most iconic photograph - Migrant Mother. SIGNED on the title page. 322 pp. ISBN: 978-0399160707.

New York: Hyperion, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a fantasy duology, a gender swapped retelling of "The Count of Monte Cristo." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2019 - that is, before publication. 327 pp.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2009). First edition - A massive historical thriller, based on historical details of Charles Dicken's life, and narrated by Wilkie-Collins, Dickens's friend and fellow writer, which explores the still unsolved mysteries of the author's last years. 773 pp.

New York: Scribner's, (1999). First edition - An Inspector Luke Thanet mystery - a novel written in the classic British tradition. 247 pp,

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. SIGNED first edition - The story of a young woman's search - both emotional and literal - for a father who disappeared. Simpson was selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in America by Granta magazine. SIGNED on the first blank page. (in bronze ink which matches the color of the slipcase)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. SIGNED first edition - The story of a young woman's search - both emotional and literal - for a father who disappeared. Simpson was selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in America by Granta magazine. SIGNED (in ink which matches the color of the slipcase) on the first blank page and also personally INSCRIBED on the title page "For Susan, Happy Birthday and best wishes."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. SIGNED first edition - The story of a young woman's search - both emotional and literal - for a father who disappeared. Simpson was selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in America by Granta magazine. SIGNED on the first blank page. (in gold ink which matches the color of the slipcase)

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. SIGNED first edition - The story of a young woman's search - both emotional and literal - for a father who disappeared. Simpson was selected as one of the 20 best young novelists in America by Granta magazine. SIGNED on the first blank page. (in gold ink) 506 pp.

New York: Morrow, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - Her third Grant County, Georgia mystery featuring medical examiner Sara Linton. SIGNED on the title page. 346 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. SIGNED first edition - A novel by this Pulitzer prize winning author which focuses on the five children, originally from an Iowa farming family, over three decades. "Each chapter covers a single year, beginning in 1920, as American soldiers like Walter return home from World War I, and going up through the early 1950s, with the country on the cusp of enormous social and economic change." Longlisted for the National Book Award. The first book in a planned trilogy. SIGNED on the title page. 395 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery featuring management consultant and amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 291 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. SIGNED first edition - The second mystery by this highly praised young writer - this is the story of Cassidy Sanderson, scout for the Los Angeles Dodgers, the only female scout in the major leagues. SIGNED on the title page. 319 pp.

New York: Warner, (1999). First edition - Novel described as "a modern-day Rear Window that brings Hitchcockian suspense to the written page in a tale of murder in a London apartment building" where a woman has taken refuge from an abusive relationship. 372 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2019). SIGNED first edition - Young adult fantasy that will appeal to adults also. Aurelia is a princess with magic powers, so they call her a witch. "A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy thats layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue - an absolutely wicked delight." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is before publication. 373 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2019). SIGNED first edition - Young adult fantasy that will appeal to adults also. Aurelia is a princess with magic powers, so they call her a witch. "A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy thats layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue - an absolutely wicked delight." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is before publication - a unique copy with the author's notation "1st signature!!" 373 pp.

Toronto, Canada: Robot Binaries & Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Fast paced techno-thriller, the first novel by an MIT-trained engineer who works in artificial intelligence (the supermarket self-checkout machines are based on his work) IINSCRIBED by the author on a blank prelim "To.... Enjoy the book!" Includes a publicity sheet at the front, and at the end of the book a glossary of foreign and technical terms, reader's guide, bibliography, and more. Cover and illustratrations by Kathy Harestad.408 pp plus an author's note, interview with the author.

Toronto, Canada: Robot Binaries & Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Fast paced techno-thriller, the first novel by an MIT-trained engineer who works in artificial intelligence (the supermarket self-checkout machines are based on his work) SIGNED by the author on a blank prelim with the words "Enjoy the book!" Includes a publicity sheet at the front, and at the end of the book a glossary of foreign and technical terms, reader's guide, bibliography, and more. Cover and illustratrations by Kathy Harestad.408 pp plus an author's note, interview with the author.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. First edition - Smith worked as a California State Park Ranger in the Auburn Recreation area - land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, and supposedly the site of a dam that was never built - his "account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded -- brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures." Map. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-618224165.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2005. SIGNED first edition - Smith worked as a California State Park Ranger in the Auburn Recreation area - land owned by the Bureau of Reclamation, and supposedly the site of a dam that was never built - his "account of fourteen years as a park ranger thoroughly dispels our idealized visions of life in the great outdoors. Instead of scout troops and placid birdwatchers, Smith's beat -- a stretch of land that has been officially condemned to be flooded -- brings him into contact with drug users tweaked out to the point of violence, obsessed miners, and other dangerous creatures." INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in 2004 - that is, before publication. Map. 216 pp. ISBN: 0-618224165.

New York: Henry Holt, (2012.). First edition - The author's first novel: "A spectacularly original thriller about a professional torturer who has a strict code, a mysterious past, and a dangerous conviction that he can save the life of an innocent child." A surprisingly uncommon advance issue. 324 pp.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, a story about the problems which ensue when the greedy owner of a Las Vegas catering service tries to muscle in on a small family owned business in Hawaii. David Liss called this "an addictive and engaging page turner that is both hilarious and unexpectedly touching." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 320 pp.