New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 dj. Hardcover first edition - 5th mystery featuring children's book writer Lyon Wentworth and his wife, State Senator, Bea Wentworth, set in Connecticut. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0533864.

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981 dj. Hardcover first edition - 5th mystery featuring children's book writer Lyon Wentworth and his wife, State Senator, Bea Wentworth, set in Connecticut. 172 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0533864.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Gregor Demarkian, retired chief of the FBI's Behavorial Sciences Unit, and author Bennis Hannaford. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209096.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book featuring Paula Holliday, a former media exec who has moved from the big city to the suburbs to start her own gardening business. 291 pp. ISBN: 0-312369670.

New York: Berkley, (2004). First edition - The second in her series of mysteries featuring golf pro Cassie Burdette snags, who is taking a break from the touring circuit to work at a plush golf resort in Connecticut - only to stumble upon the body of an unpopular member. 256 pp. ISBN: 0-425195309.

New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, (2004.). First edition - from the back cover: "She's the goddess of hearth and home, America's millionaire media maven of domesticity, Connecticut's most dazzling hostess, and everything in her world must be perfect - except that Maggie Darling's enviable life has suddenly gone off the rails. ..A rolicking, timely and perfectly refreshing comedy of manners." 324 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. . . told in the alternating voices of the Ohs: nonconformist, Anna; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest. It is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art." Based in part on the life and probable murder of Ellis Ruley, an African American outsider artist in Connecticut. SIGNED on the TITLE page (not a tipped in page). Brief list of suggestions for further reading. 561 pp. ISBN: 9780061941023.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013). SIGNED first edition - "A disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. . . told in the alternating voices of the Ohs: nonconformist, Anna; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest. It is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art." Based in part on the life and probable murder of Ellis Ruley, an African American outsider artist in Connecticut. SIGNED on the title page. 561 pp.

New York: Harper Collins, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy. . . told in the alternating voices of the Ohs: nonconformist, Anna; her ex-husband, Orion, a psychologist; Ariane, the do-gooder daughter, and her twin, Andrew, the rebellious only son; and free-spirited Marissa, the youngest. It is also a portrait of modern America, exploring issues of class, changing social mores, the legacy of racial violence, and the nature of creativity and art." Based in part on the life and probable murder of Ellis Ruley, an African American outsider artist in Connecticut. Brief list of suggestions for further reading. 561 pp. ISBN: 9780061941023.

New York: Dial Press, (1980) dj. Hardcover - A medical thriller set in a peaceful Connecticut coastal town, where a pediatrician has moved with his young daughter for a new start. A teen-age prank at a top-secret laboratory where recombinant DNA testing is being carried out, results in an accidental infection - first of the teenagers, who show signs of psychosis - and then of most of the town. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-803717482.

New York: Scholastic, (2008) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first collaboration between these two authors - Nelson (who wrote her earlier books under the name Waniek) is an award-winning poet and children's writer. The story of a 14 year old girl who moves from Brooklyn to "nowhere" Connecticut, but then has paranormal experiences which draw her into the life of a mulatto slave girl - Phyllys - who was murdered in that house. Much of this book is based on the history of Colchester, Connecticut - and Abraham Hajj, a history buff who lives there, appears in the book as a researcher who encourages Pemba to find out the truth. 129 pp. ISBN: 978-0545020763.

New York: Hyperion, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Hartford, Connecticut and featuring police lieutenant Joe Dartelli. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Don't break the chain." 348 pp. ISBN: 0-78686172X.

New York: Hyperion, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel set in Hartford, Connecticut and featuring police lieutenant Joe Dartelli. SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-78686172X.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, fourth book, set in a Connecticut town where a beekeeper is struggling to save a family business, and his son has joined a cult with a malevolent leader. "This is storytelling at its best - gritty, high-minded, ever vigilant in the life and death matters that are ours."(Lee K. Abbott) "This gem of a book should bestow on Penner the literary eminence he deserves." (Publishers Weekly) 170 pp. ISBN: 0-671664239.

New York: Poseidon Press, (1990) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, fourth book, set in a Connecticut town where a beekeeper is struggling to save a family business, and his son has joined a cult with a malevolent leader. "This is storytelling at its best - gritty, high-minded, ever vigilant in the life and death matters that are ours."(Lee K. Abbott) "This gem of a book should bestow on Penner the literary eminence he deserves." (Publishers Weekly) INSCRIBED on the half title page to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-671664239.

New York: Bantam, (1999.). First edition - Fourth mystery featuring organic gardener Louise Eldridge, set in Connecticut. 299 pp.

New York: Bantam, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Fourth mystery featuring organic gardener Louise Eldridge, set in Connecticut. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-553-106937.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel described as "a sparkling contemporary adaptation of Sense and Sensibility . . . sisters Miranda, an impulsive but successful literary agent, and Annie, a pragmatic library director, quite unexpectedly find themselves the middle-aged products of a broken home. Dumped by her husband of nearly fifty years and then exiled from their elegant New York apartment by his mistress, Betty is forced to move to a small, run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage. Joining her are Miranda and Annie, who dutifully comes along to keep an eye on her capricious mother and sister." SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-0374299040.

New York: Pocket Books, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a mystery set in the coastal town of Grand Cove, Connecticut. ISBN: 0-671-673173.

New York: Horizon Press, (1968) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book, a comic novel of suspense, set in the antique businesses of a Connecticut suburb where shoplifting a few choice items has become the rage. 254 pp.

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1933.). Hardcover - First book in this series featuring teenage aviatrix Dorothy Dixon. The young aviator Bill Bolton and his father are neighbors now of Dorothy and her father, and after Bill rescues her when he sailboat capsizes, he agrees to give her flying lessons. In addition to learning to fly, Bill and Dorothy track down a gang of bank robbers. Although these books were supposedly written by Noel Sainsbury's wife Dorothy, he was actually the author who "made Bill Bolton famous" as the main character from another one of his series. Comment in this book that Dorothy was named for Sainsbury's wife. 249 pp.plus 3 pp publisher's ads .

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1933.) dj. Hardcover - One of a series of books featuring teenage aviatrix Dorothy Dixon. Although these books were supposedly written by Noel Sainsbury's wife Dorothy, he was actually the author - and Bill Bolton, the character from one of Sainsbury's series, makes an appearance in each of these books. 252 pp.

Chicago: Goldsmith Publishing, (1933.). Hardcover - Second book in this series featuring teenage aviatrix Dorothy Dixon. In this one, she has obtained her pilot's license and has her own plane - an amphibian. Although these books were supposedly written by Noel Sainsbury's wife Dorothy, he was actually the author - and Bill Bolton, the character from one of his series, makes an appearance in each of these books. 251 pp.