New York: Simon & Schuster, (2009) dj. 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. 397 pp. ISBN: 978-1416549994.

Baltimore, Maryland: AmErica Inc., (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, featuring a newly divorced woman, with a daughter in college, who has moved back to her hometown on the central California coast and is starting a new career as a real estate agent - but on her very first showing, she discovers a body. Delaney is herself a real estate broker in San Luis Obispo and so she knows what she is writing about. INSCRIBED on the title page. 182 pp. ISBN: 159286063X.

New York: Norton, (1989.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in 1943 in Los Angeles - dustjacket praise from Rick Bass (who calls it a "perfect story") and James Lee Burke (who says "its depiction of the United States during World War II is the best I've read and certainly the most accurate... the story line is poignant, sad, joyful, humorous, heart-rending, innocently erotic - everything a child could have experienced in the year 1943.") 174 pp. ISBN: 0-393-027589.

New York: Atheneum, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the late 1970s, the story of three sisters - "the neighbors call us brats" - who travel with their mother across the border from San Diego to Mexico for alternative treatments for her leukemia, but whose world is about to be shattered by a betrayal worse than cancer. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 290 pp. ISBN: 978-1-481461153.

New York: Dutton, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring an international hitman who finds himself the target of two assassins. Set mostly in the Caribbean, on the island of Antigua. 467 pp. ISBN: 978-0525950868.

New York: Dutton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Sixth novel - mostly set in Oakland, California - by this best-selling author, originally from Memphis, but who now lives in Los Angeles. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 314 pp. ISBN: 0-525946039.

New York: Norton, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in California and Mexico in the late 1950s and early 1960s, this is a novel about women, hysteria, and the profession of psychiatry as practiced by men. Carolyn See called it "By turns tantalizing, chilling, spellbinding...an icy dissection of how men and women can drive each other completely berserk." SIGNED on the title page by the author, who is best known for her work on the writers Jane Bowles and Paul Bowles. 261 pp. ISBN: 0-393052168.

New York: McGraw-Hill, (1977) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by this screen and television writer. 262 pp. ISBN: 0-07-0170126.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. Reading guide laid in. ISBN: 0-385-506821.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. Reading guide laid in. ISBN: 0-385-506821.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel, the story of Rakhi, a young artist and divorced mother in Berkley, California, who is torn between the lure of her mother's past in India and assimilation in modern America. After her mother's death, Rakhi discovers her dream journals, and begins to learn, as her mother knew, that a dream is a telegram from a hidden world. But in the wake of 9/11, Rakhi and her friends find themselves branded as terrorists. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-385-506821.

New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - When the once-privileged, now-dissolute San Francisco lawyer Jack Darwin finds himself accused of a brutal rape and murder, he feels lucky to accept the proffered help of fellow attorney David Avila, until Jack becomes suspicious of Avila's true motives. SIGNED on the title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-312192576.

New York: The Viking Press, (1962) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in a small northern California town, the story of a young disabled girl labeled a half-wit by her community - but her grandmother knew better - and had her memorize the Bible, pushed her until she could walk, and even after her death the lessons she taught Jeeney Ray helped her to deal with her uncertain future. 188 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Dorrie's second collection of short stories with settings ranging from her native Germany to Southern California. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. 155 pp. Dust jacket art by Edward Gorey. ISBN: 0-679400923.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Dorrie's second collection of short stories with settings ranging from her native Germany to Southern California. Translated from the German by John E. Woods. 155 pp. Dust jacket art by Edward Gorey. ISBN: 0-679400923.

Walnut Creek, CA: Komenar, (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in California's Salinas Valley in 1975, where 17 year old Sheila finds her world changing at an overwhelming pace. SIGNED by the author and dated in the year of publication. 286 pp. ISBN: 9780981727103.

New York: Vintage Books, (2000.). SIGNED - Author's second novel, National Book award finalist and basis for the movie of the same name starring Ben Kingsley. SIGNED on the title page. 365 pp. Oprah's book club selection. ISBN: 0-375-727345.

New York: Vintage Books, (2000.). SIGNED - Author's second novel. Movie tie-in edition with photograph of Ben Kingsley on front cover. SIGNED on title page. 363 pp. ISBN: 1-400077354.

New York: Delacorte, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Berkeley policewoman Jill Smith. SIGNED on the title page. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-385-310250.

New York: Delacorte, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth Jill Smith mystery, set in Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316003.

New York: Delacorte, (1997.) dj. Hardcover - The tenth Jill Smith mystery, set in Berkeley, California. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316003.

New York: Delacorte, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth Jill Smith mystery, set in Berkeley, California. Warmly INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 296 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316003.

New York: Delacorte, (1993.) dj. Hardcover - Mystery set in Berkeley, California and feauturing homicide detective Jill Smith. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-385-304447.

New York: St Martin's, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring homicide detective Jill Smith mystery, set in Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Best wishes." 184 pp. ISBN: 0-385-316003.

New York: St Martin's, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Jill Smith, a "junk-food loving, smart and tough Berkeley cop." SIGNED on the title page. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-312-579470.

New York: Delacorte, 1997. SIGNED first edition - A Jill Smith mystery, set in Berkeley, California. SIGNED on the title page. 296 pp.

New York: Delacorte, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in Berkeley, California and feauturing homicide detective Jill Smith. SIGNED on the title page. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-385-304447.

New York: Ballantine, (2009.). First edition - Thriller set in California's Silicon Valley, featuring black ops soldier Ben Treven by a former CIA operative. Includes an author's note and interview in which he says that much of the back story and many of the incidents are based on real events. 312 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A noir epic, set in Los Angeles in 1953 where six innocent people are gunned down at an all-night diner, a horrific murder that haunts the three policemen who arrive to investigate. Basis for the Oscar nominated film of the same name, featuring Kim Basinger, who won the Academy award for Best Supporting actress. INSCRIBED on the title page with the words "blood heat!" 496 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-2933.

New York: Ballantine, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third thriller featuring Nan Vining, a Pasadena homicide cop and a struggling single mother. SIGNED on the title page. 383 pp. ISBN: 978-0345499523.