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DONE FOR A DIME.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Ballantine, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second noir novel by this highly praised writer, who combines compassion with a vivid description of the rough side of life - described as being even better than his first book 'The Devil's Redhead.' Set in a small city 'on the northern tip of the San Francisco Bay, beset by drug dealers, arsonists, squatters, and now murder.' SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp. Recommended. ISBN: 0-345-447530.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 87743More details Price: $40.00 -
EULOGY FOR A BROWN ANGEL: A Mystery Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket. (some rubbing and edgewear to the dj)
Book ID: 84651More details Price: $16.50 -
EULOGY FOR A BROWN ANGEL: A Mystery Novel.
Edition: First printing.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (hinr of spine slant, sunning to spine of dj)
Book ID: 84703More details Price: $30.00 -
THE FORGOTTEN MAN.
Edition: First UK printing.
London: Orion, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring private investigator Elvis Cole, his partner Joe Pike and LAPD detective Carol Starkey. SIGNED on the title page and dated 14 April 05, in the year of publication. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-7528520004.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 80663More details Price: $45.00 -
THE FORGOTTEN MAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Doubleday, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring private investigator Elvis Cole, his partner Joe Pike and LAPD detective Carol Starkey. SIGNED on the title page. 342 pp. ISBN: 0-385-504284.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (edge of board bumped)
Book ID: 53609More details Price: $27.50 -
THE WATCHMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Joe Pike novel, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. Barry award for best thriller. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-81632.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47221More details Price: $22.50 -
THE SENTRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2011.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Joe Pike novel. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 72026More details Price: $28.50 -
TAKEN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2012.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller set on the California Mexico border, the world of bajadores, featuring Elvis Cole and Joe Pike. 341 pp. ISBN: 9780399158278.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.
Book ID: 77146More details Price: $18.00 -
THE SENTRY.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Putnam, (2011.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Joe Pike novel. 306 pp.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 78174More details Price: $17.50 -
THE WATCHMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Joe Pike novel, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. Barry award for best thriller. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-81632.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 47055More details Price: $27.50 -
INDIGO SLAM.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Elvis Cole mystery set in the Southern California underworld of drugs and crime. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-62610.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)
Book ID: 77199More details Price: $30.00 -
THE WATCHMAN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Joe Pike novel, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. Barry award for best thriller. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-7432-81632.
Condition: Very good in near fine dust jacket (remainder line).
Book ID: 53611More details Price: $20.00 -
A DEADLY CHANGE OF COURSE - PLAN B.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Avalon Books, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - after suffering a minor heart attack at just 35, Devonie Lace decides to get out of the rat race before it kills her, so she starts living on her sailboat (Plan B) and she buys and sells trinkets at auction. INSCRIBED on the title page "--- Hope you have as much fun reading this as I did writing it" and dated in the year of publication. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-803492995.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 69273More details Price: $25.00 -
CLOSE TO DEATH: A Buena Vista County Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dodd, Mead, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery set in this fictitious Southern California county - in this one, when a young architect builds an unusual house on a tiny sliver of a lot, it stirs up animosity leading to murder. 214 pp. ISBN: 0-396076750.
Condition: Near fine in very good dust jacket (rubbing to the dj)
Book ID: 82487More details Price: $16.50 -
CATCH A FALLING STAR.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Point / Scholastic, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Young adult novel: "Nothing ever happens in Little, CA. Which is just the way Carter Moon likes it. But when Hollywood arrives to film a movie starring former child star turned PR mess Adam Jakes, everything changes. .. . [and Carter gets a] secret offer of a lifetime: playing the role of Adam's girlfriend while he's in town, to improve his public image, in exchange for a hefty paycheck. Her family really needs the money and so Carters agrees. But it turns out Adam isn't at all who she thought he was. As they grow closer, their relationship walks a blurry line between what's real and what's fake." SIGNED on the title page. 299 pp. ISBN: 978-0545627047.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)
Book ID: 72227More details Price: $28.50 -
PLAY MELANCHOLY BABY.
Edition: Trade paperback, 2nd printing.
Menlo Park, CA: Perseverance Press, (1986.). "Murder most Californian: Murder in the hot tub, murder with the wine bottle...When the obnoxious piano player is discovered floating face down with a fractured skull, no one has a clue who-dunit." 228 pp. ISBN: 0-9602676-38.
Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 59152More details Price: $11.50 -
PLAY MELANCHOLY BABY.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Menlo Park, CA: Perseverance Press, (1986.). "Murder most Californian: Murder in the hot tub, murder with the wine bottle...When the obnoxious piano player is discovered floating face down with a fractured skull, no one has a clue who-dunit." 228 pp. ISBN: 0-9602676-38.
Condition: Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers (slight spine slant).
Book ID: 83359More details Price: $15.00 -
TORSO.
Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.
London: Victor Gollancz, Ltd., (1999). SIGNED first edition - The 6th thriller - a stand-alone novel - by the author known for her books featuring Georginna Powers. "Steven and Stella are an English couple in Laguna, California - debauched, illegal and on the run. She works in a gallery and he has affairs; he pilots a boat for a plastic surgeon and likes to watch her." SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-575066458.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 86544More details Price: $24.50 -
L.A. JUSTICE.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Warner, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel featuring Nikki Hill, a black female prosecutor in LA, from Darden (the OJ Simpson prosecutor) and Lochte (writer of New Orleans mysteries). SIGNED on the title page by Lochte. 434 pp. ISBN: 0-444-523275.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 53455More details Price: $25.00 -
SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Walker, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first mystery, set in the small California town of Azalea, where life centers around the church. Winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-8027-32054.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 4452More details Price: $21.50 -
WITNESS TO EVIL
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th novel in the award-winning series featuring Oakland private investigator, Jeri Howard - this one is set among the homeless of Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-449-000427.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 5224More details Price: $30.00 -
WITNESS TO EVIL
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th novel in the award-winning series featuring Oakland private investigator, Jeri Howard - this one is set among the homeless of Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-449-000427.
Condition: Very good in a fine dust jacket (spine somewhat cocked.)
Book ID: 48877More details Price: $25.00 -
WITNESS TO EVIL
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th novel in the award-winning series featuring Oakland private investigator, Jeri Howard - this one is set among the homeless of Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-449-000427.
Condition: Very good in a good dust jacket (tear at fold, light crease on front cover of dj .
Book ID: 40515More details Price: $20.00 -
BIT PLAYER: A Jeri Howard Mystery.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Palo Alto, CA: Perserverance Press / John Daniel, 2011. SIGNED first edition - Jeri becomes involved in investigating a murder in Hollywood in the 1940s, when her grandmother was working as a bit player in the movies. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 978-1564744944.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 65468More details Price: $21.50 -
WITNESS TO EVIL
Edition: First printing.
New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 6th novel in the award-winning series featuring Oakland private investigator, Jeri Howard - this one is set among the homeless of Berkeley, California. INSCRIBED on the title page "--- Do you like Paris - and Bakersfield? Hope you enjoy Jeri's excursions to both places" and dated in 1998. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-449-000427.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 65365More details Price: $30.00 -
WHAT YOU WISH FOR.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.
Palo Alto, CA: Perserverance Press / John Daniel, 2012. SIGNED first edition - Story of four old college friends from Berkeley - and of hidden secrets. A suspense novel, but also a story of friendship, love, and loyalty. SIGNED on the title page. 284 pp. ISBN: 9781564745187.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 60102More details Price: $20.00 -
THE BIRTHDAY GIRL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Dutton, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - As she prepares to celebrate her fortieth birthday, in her new house in Palm Springs, it appears Ellie has everything she ever wanted. . . "Except everything is not quite as perfect as it looks on the outside - hiding those skeletons has a cost, and it all comes to a head the night of her fabulous birthday party in the desert where everyone who matters in her life shows up, invited or not. .. and the glittering facade of Ellie's life begins to crumble." SIGNED on the title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 978-1524743772.
Condition: Fine in a very near fine dust jacket (an as new copy, but crease to corner of dj flap.)
Book ID: 77667More details Price: $40.00 -
THE SLEEPING DOLL.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first thriller featuring Kathryn Dance, a kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, set in the Monterey area. SIGNED on the title page. 428 pp. ISBN: 9780-743260947.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 62285More details Price: $30.00 -
ROADSIDE CROSSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in the High-Tech Thriller Trilogy, featuring Kathryn Dance, a kinesics expert with the California Bureau of Investigation, set in the Monterey area. SIGNED on the title page. 397 pp. ISBN: 978-1416549994.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (light toning to the pages)
Book ID: 62329More details Price: $30.00 -
ROADSIDE CROSSES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third in his High Tech Thriller trilogy, set on California's Monterey Peninsula. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 9781416549994.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 61112More details Price: $30.00
