New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery in a new series by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon,. ISBN: 0-399-139176.

New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-399-139176.

New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 2nd mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. Fast, funny and irreverent. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140174.

New York: St Martin's Press, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American mystery writer's first book - and winner of the Private Eye Writers of American Best First Private Eye novel contest. SIGNED on the title page. This is a review copy - no publisher's material, but the reviewer made inked notes on the front endpaper. ISBN: 0-312-017960.

New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-399-139176.

New York: Putnam, 1999. SIGNED first edition - The 6th in his highly praised Aaron Gunner mystery series; Gunner investigates the suicide of a gangsta rapper. SIGNED on the title page.

New York: Putnam, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The 2nd mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. Fast, funny and irreverent. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-399-140174.

New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring African American private investigator Aaron Gunner. SIGNED by author on title page, and dated in the year of publication. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-399-141324.

New York: Putnam, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring African American private investigator Aaron Gunner. SIGNED by author on title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-399-141324.

New York: St Martin's Press, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - African American mystery writer's first book, set in Los Angeles and introducing Aaron Gunner. Winner of the Private Eye Writers of American Best First Private Eye novel contest. SIGNED by author on title page. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-312-017960.

New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery in a new series by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon,. ISBN: 0-399-139176.

New York: Putnam, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery set in Los Angeles and featuring African American private investigator Aaron Gunner. SIGNED by author on title page. 223 pp. ISBN: 0-399-143033.

Leawood, KS: Brash Books, (2014). SIGNED - A humorous thriller by this award winning writer - a story of "sports, sex, and outrageous schemes" set in Las Vegas. SIGNED on the title page. Originally published in 2004 under the pseudonym of Ray Shannon. 235 pp. ISBN: 978-1941298466.

Ann Arbor, MI: Bywater Books, 2018. SIGNED first edition - The second in the series of books featuring Black and lesbian Detroit private investigator Charlie Mack - "Born and raised in the city that America forgot, Charlene 'Charlie' Mack has built a highly respected private investigations firm through hard work, smart choices, and relentless ambition - and a crack team of investigators who are highly skilled and trustworthy bolsters her successes. Then Charlie and her team are asked to take on a seemingly impossible task - to identify and thwart an attack on the upcoming Detroit Auto Show." SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp. ISBN: 978-1612941158.

New York: Vintage Books, (1988.). Classic novel with Harlem detectives Grave Digger Jones and Coffin Ed Johnson. Basis for the movie of the same name. 159 pp. ISBN: 0-394-759990.

New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, (1996). Classic novel originally published in 1960, featuring Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones, two Black police detectives in Harlem in New York City. 156 pp. ISBN: 1-560251042.

New York: Walker, (2001.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A definite biography of the complex and under-rated African American writer who is best known for his Harlem cycle crime novels by a writer who is himself an acclaimed poet, novelist and critic. Photographs, list of works by Himes, notes, index. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-13629.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Ashley Books, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - African American's first book - a story of racial conflict in Philadelphia, murder in Washington, D.C. ending with a tense courtroom trial. Cover praise from Ossie Davis who called Jefferson "one damned good storyteller." 308 pp.

Freedom, California: Crossing Press, (1988.). First edition - From the back cover: "Clio Browne is proud of the detective agency she inherited from her father, the first black private investigator in St. Louis. She's worked hard over the years to develop a clientele of satisfied customers and she's always made it a point not to stick her nose into family squabbles." 193 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-89594-3204.

New York: Harper Collins, (2012.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The author's second novel, set on a plantation in Louisiana, which has become an historical site - a reminder both of antebellum days and of the evils of slavery. SIGNED on the title page. 374 pp. ISBN: 978-0061802058.

New York: HarperPerennial, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, the story of a young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, trying to put his past behind him and barely succeeding in staying above water. Nominated for the Edgar, short listed for the Orange award, this grips you from the first page. SIGNED on the title page. 427 pp. ISBN: 9780061735851.

New York: Harper Collins, (2012.). SIGNED first edition - The author's second novel, set on a plantation in Louisiana, which has become an historical site - a reminder both of antebellum days and of the evils of slavery. SIGNED on the title page. 384 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, trying to put his past behind him and barely succeeding in staying above water. Nominated for the Edgar, short listed for the Orange award, this grips you from the first page. Boldly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "To --- To your joy, Many blessings" 427 pp. ISBN: 978006173868.

San Francisco: Mercury House, 1996. First edition - A classic of African American literature, nominated in France for the Prix Maurice Edgar Coindreau Award for a translation of an American work, it is "a mystery story in which words both cloak and reveal.". ISBN: 1-56279-084-6.

New York: St Martin's, (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring the street-savvy, 50, black Harlem private investigator, Joe Cinquez, by this African American playwright; this one deals with drug dealing in Jamaica and in a Jamaican neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. 359 pp. ISBN: 0-312-00611x.

Sacramento, CA: Pegasus Books, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket "ItÕs the story of a lurid murder in San Francisco . . . Disturbingly violent at times, sexy, racially-charged and full of intrigue, LEGAL THRILLER is perfectly-set to be the next legal genre blockbuster." 431 pp. ISBN: 0-967312329.

San Francisco: Pegasus Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of the chaos which takes over when it appears that a giant asteroid is on a collision course with earth. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 495 pp. ISBN: 0-9673123-53.

San Francisco: Pegasus Books, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel of the chaos which takes over when it appears that a giant asteroid is on a collision course with earth. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in the year of publication. 495 pp. ISBN: 0-9673123-53.

Boston: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1954 Los Angeles: when Paris Minton's finds himself beaten up, shot at and robbed, and his used bookstore burned to the ground, he has no choice but to turn to his friend and fellow World War II veteran, Fearless Jones. Mosley at his best.SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-592382.

New York: Pocket Books, 1997. SIGNED - SIGNED on title page. Author's fifth mystery featuring African American veteran, janitor, landlord and sometimes private investigator Easy Rawlins . ISBN: 0-671-884298.