Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press, 1991. First edition - Author's first novel, a mystery set in the lesbian society of Chicago. The catchy beginning will draw you in. 171 pp plus 9 pp publisher's ads,. ISBN: 1-562800043.

Waterville, Maine: Five Star , (2004) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery novel featuring ex-Chicago cop, now private investigator Ron Shade, set in Chicago. The first in the series was the winner of the Lovey award for best PI novel. 327 pp. ISBN: 1-4104-01901.

New York: Leisure Books , (2007.). SIGNED - Author's first book, introduces ex-Chicago cop, now private investigator Ron Shade.INSCRIBED on the title page "To - - - I hope you like Shade's first adventure." Cover praise from Sara Paretsky and Andrew Vachss among others. Winner of the Lovey award for best PI novel. ISBN: 0-8439-59851.

New York: St Martin's, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Seventh mystery in the highly praised series featuring African American homicide detective Marti MacAlister. Set in Chicago. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-312-200676.

New York: St Martin's, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Tenth mystery in the highly praised series featuring African American homicide detective Marti MacAlister. Set in Chicago. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-312-300980.

New York: St Martin's, 1988. dj. Hardcover - Novel based on a true story of Chicago in the 30's, where reporter Jake Lingle was gunned down in broad daylight. ISBN: 0-312-014937.

New York: New American Library (1987.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 3rd Jimmy Flannery mystery, set in Chicago (the first in the series won the Edgar Award.) 206 pp. ISBN: 0-453-005772.

New York: New American Library (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 4th Jimmy Flannery mystery, set in Chicago (the first in the series won the Edgar Award.) SIGNED on the title page. 185 pp. ISBN: 0-453-005772.

New York: New American Library (1987.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 3rd Jimmy Flannery mystery, set in Chicago (the first in the series won the Edgar Award.) SIGNED on the title page. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-453-005772.

New York: New American Library 1988. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 4th Jimmy Flannery mystery, set in Chicago. ISBN: 0-453-005837.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Jimmy Flannery mystery, set in Chicago (the first in the series won the Edgar Award.) 246 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-6092.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Chicago, this is the story of a rogue police officer who is about to be hung from a tree by a politician in search of a few easy votes. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-671-703196.

Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth work of fiction by this poet and award winning writer - the story of four lonely people, joined together by the simple circumstance of sharing the same apartment building, who begin to form surprising, life-changing bonds with one another. Irena Bozinska is a mathematician who has recently emigrated from Poland to America, who works as an attendant for an aging jazz musician and Jack Kaufman, cared for by a mysteriously sad young woman, is a Chicago gangster nearing the end of his colorful, violent life. 218 pp. ISBN: 1-566890411.

New York: Kensington, (2019). SIGNED - Author's first mystery introducing PI Cass Raines "who took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized by the incident, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now sheÕs the head of a one-woman private investigation agency." SIGNED on the title page. Includes a preview of the next book in the series. 436 pp. ISBN: 978-1496714886.

New York: Kensington, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's second mystery featuring former Chicago cop turned PI Cass Raines who is asked to investigate the death of a man found floating in Lake Michigan - the scion of a wealthy family, but who was terminally ill. Who would want to kill a dying man? SIGNED on the title page. 373 pp.

Chicago: Swallow Press, (1970). Black author's first book, winner of the first Iowa School of Letters Award for Short Fiction in 1970. Stories set mostly on Chicago's South Side, depicting ordinary people whose lives are transfigured by some small chance or choice. Preface by Vance Bourjaily, which comments on the fact that Colter did not attend the Iowa School, so it was a surprise when he won the award. 225 pp. ISBN: 0-8040-05559.

New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - His 4th novel, an interesting and powerful story about surviving in the newspaper world, by a writer who was himself a newspaperman for many years. ISBN: 0-688-102255.

New York: Morrow, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - His 4th novel, an interesting and powerful story about surviving in the newspaper world, by a writer who was himself a newspaperman for many years. ISBN: 0-688-102255.

New York: St Martin's, (1996.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book in this series featuring Chicago police detective John Thinnes and gay psychiatrist Jack Caleb. (The first in the series was awarded the "Malice Domestic" award for best first traditional mystery.) 328 pp. ISBN: 0-312-139624.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First crime novel written by Izzi under this pseudonym, a thriller which pits a renegade cop against Chicago's most powerful mob figures.. INSCRIBED by the author to the late noted Oklahoma book collector Larry Owens "a 'special' reader" and signed as both Nick Gaitano and Eugene Izzi. After a dispute with Izzi's previous publisher, Bantam, became contentious an unusual agreement was reached: Izzi could not publish under his own name for three years - and so he adopted the pseudonym of Gaitano. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-671-870149.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first mystery featuring Chicago television news reporter Georgia Barnett, and the first book by Joe under this pen name. This story of a missing child, in the midst of gang warfare in a poor black community owes much of its authenticity to the fact that Joe was a newswriter at CBS in Chicago for 12 years. ISBN: 0-684-873753.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first mystery featuring Chicago television news reporter Georgia Barnett, and the first book by Joe under this pen name. This story of a missing child, in the midst of gang warfare in a poor black community owes much of its authenticity to the fact that Joe was a newswriter at CBS in Chicago for 12 years. ISBN: 0-684-873753.

New York: Penguin, (1985.). Mystery featuring Sergeant Terry Flynn of the Chicago police. ISBN: 0-14-0082239.

New York: Walker, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, one which pits a streetwise cop and an expert in arson investigation against a "morally twisted arsonist, bent on destroying much - if not all- of modern Chicago by fire." 196 pp. ISBN: 0-802754988.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third thriller featuring Michael Kelly, cynical cop turned private investigator, a hard-boiled story set in Chicago. Author's note. 284 pp. ISBN: 9780307272508.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third mystery featuring Chicago documentary filmmaker Ellie Foreman. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 285 pp. ISBN: 1-590581016.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Ellie Foreman. The Library Journal review stated "Chicago industrial filmmaker Foreman becomes involved in a murder case when she inadvertently provides a filmed alibi for the accused. Despite her testimony, the jury convicts him owing to an unconcerned defense lawyer, lack of supporting witnesses, and derogatory cross-examinations. Then, a fearful woman approaches Ellie with crucial evidence that could save the now-convicted man, but she dies that night in a suspicious car wreck. Before long, Ellie fancies links between the lawyer and smugglers - if not the mob. Recommended." SIGNED on the title page. 313 pp. ISBN: 1-590580737.

New York: SOHO Press, (2021). First edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp.

New York: SOHO Press, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in 1944 Chicago, this is the first book in a new series and the winner of the Mary Higgins Clark Award at the Edgar Awards. "The story of a young woman searching for the truth about her revered older sister's death, brings to focus the struggles of one Japanese American family released from mass incarceration at Manzanar during World War II." Includes a list of more reading and resources. 305 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 978-1641292498.