New York: Doubleday, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first Mamur Zapt mystery, set in 1908, as the "indirect" British rule in Cairo is beginning to wind down. The Mamur Zapt is Cadwallader Owen, the head of the Political Branch of the police. The author grew up in what was then the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Author's note. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-385415206.

New York: Ballantine, (2003). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in her World War One series - set in England in 1914, in the last golden days before war engulfed their world. Introduces Cambridge professor Joseph Reavey and his brother Matthew, an officer in the intelligence service. INSCRIBED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-345484231.

New York: Random House, 1995. SIGNED first edition - First book in the Jane Whitefield series - Whilefield is a native American - a Seneca - who for the past 10 years has been helping people disappear. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp.

New York: Random House, 1995. SIGNED first edition - First book in the Jane Whitefield series - Whilefield is a native American - a Seneca - who for the past 10 years has been helping people disappear. SIGNED on the title page. 295 pp.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1975) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel featuring art historian Dr Victoria - Vicky -Bliss. A story of romantic (and humorous) suspense by the author best known for the Amelia Peabody mysteries set in early 20th century Egypt, but who also writes suspense novels under the pseudonym of Barbaba Michaels. This involves the search for a priceless reliquary which has been hidden away for hundreds of years at the Schloss Drachenstein. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 247 pp. Wraparound dust jacket art by Charles Geer. ISBN: 0-396067697.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1990). First novel originally published in 1975 featuring art historian Dr Victoria - Vicky - Bliss. A story of romantic (and humorous) suspense by the author best known for the Amelia Peabody mysteries set in early 20th century Egypt, but who also writes suspense novels under the pseudonym of Barbaba Michaels. This involves the search for a priceless reliquary which has been hidden away for hundreds of years at the Schloss Drachenstein. 244 pp. ISBN: 0-812507525.

Alpine, CA: Sands Publishing, (2002). SIGNED first edition - The first in this series of mysteries set by a former attorney and featuring a young new attorney Joe McGinness, who finds himself involved in a grisly murder. Each of these mysteries centers around a different sport - in this one it is team roping. SIGNED on the half title page. Map of town. 226 pp. ISBN: 1-590250176.

New York: St Martin's, (1981) dj. Hardcover first edition - Canadian author's first novel and the first book in the Sunday murder mysteries series, introducing gay Montreal lawyer Geoffrey Chadwick, who, after "accidentally" killing a hustler, finds himself with a dead body he needs to dispose of. Publishers Weekly noted "Although Chadwick is abrasively disdainful early on, he is fascinating when he loosens up. Phillips keeps the reader hopping with throwaway quotations from Donne and scatalogical references and puns.. . a witty, mordant work."" 240 pp. ISBN: 0-312010974.

New York: Pocket Books, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First mystery featuring Florida true-crime reporter Marie Lightfoot. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-671-887955.

Hoboken, NJ: Polis Books, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel featuring Judah Cannon, the middle son of the notorious Cannon clan. When he returns to his rural hometown of Silas, Florida after a 3 year stint in prison, he is determined to move forward - but a phone call from his father Sherwood ensnares Judah and Ramey in a web of thievery, brutality and betrayal. SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-1943818303.

Hoboken, NJ: Polis Books, (2017) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel featuring Judah Cannon, the middle son of the notorious Cannon clan. When he returns to his rural hometown of Silas, Florida after a 3 year stint in prison, he is determined to move forward - but a phone call from his father Sherwood ensnares Judah and Ramey in a web of thievery, brutality and betrayal. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-1943818303.

New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Crime novel introducing ex-cop, Brooklyn private investigator NIck Delvecchio. SIGNED on the title page. 277 pp.

London: Orion, (2003.). The first Rebus mystery, set in Glasgow. 226 pp. ISBN: 0-75280-9423.

New York: St Martin's, (1995). SIGNED - A reissue of the first Rebus mystery, set in Glasgow and issued as a paperback original. A title in the Dead Letter Mystery series. SIGNED by Rankin on the title page with his signatue knots and crosses doodle and uncommon thus. 228 pp. plus 2 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 0-75280-9423.

New York: St Martin's, (1986) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing Southern California private investigator Matt Murdock. After beautiful, and wild Gayla Jean and her Latin lover are found incinerated in his car, Murdock is hired to provide protection to another man, who has pictures of the so-called accident, and he finds himself investigating the seamy underside of California - including the snuff film industry. SIGNED on the title page. 250 pp. ISBN: 0-312085109.

New York: Lippincott and Crowell, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An international thriller which "introduces a new detective-for-hire, Clayton Yankee Taggart." His search for the killer of a photographer, and ex-army buddy, "leads him from Texas to New York, London and across the seas and into a world where things aren't as they seem, where people can suddenly disappear or die and then reappear." SIGNED on the title page. Laid in is a single page note from collector Larry Owens to Ray, with Ray's SIGNED reply at the bottom. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-690019386.

New York: Lippincott and Crowell, (1980) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An international thriller which "introduces a new detective-for-hire, Clayton Yankee Taggart." His search for the killer of a photographer, and ex-army buddy, "leads him from Texas to New York, London and across the seas and into a world where things aren't as they seem, where people can suddenly disappear or die and then reappear." SIGNED on the title page. 272 pp. ISBN: 0-690019386.

New York: Putnam, (1991) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first crime novel and the first in the series featuring Cooper MacLeish, a Vietnam veteran and Chicago taxi driver. When he hears of the apparent suicide of a former lover his investigation reveals not only that it could not be suicide, but that her missing 14 year old son may be his. SIGNED on the title page. 255 pp. ISBN: 0-399135650.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first John the Eunuch mystery, set in 6th century Constantinople. Map. 292 pp plus an afterword and glossary. ISBN: 1-890208191.

Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Company, 1914. (c 1913). Hardcover - The first book in this four book series - A bank failure means that they will have to leave their house and move to the coastal town of Bellhaven, where an aunt of Jane's mother has offered them a house rent-free. Illustrated by Ada Clendenin Williamson with a frontispiece with tissue guard and six internal glossy plates. 354 pp.

Los Angeles: Hyperion, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An "imaginative, wacky, hilarious sci-fi story" written and illustrated by Rex, his first book about Smek. The NY Times commented that, while it was written for children, adults will appreciate it as a satire about the conquering of foreign cultures. SIGNED on the dedication page with a small drawing. (Jennifer Lopez is one of the dedicatees and J.Lo is the name of a renegade Boov mechanic in this tale) 423 pp plus an epilogue and a final drawing. ISBN: 978-0786849000.

New York: St Martin's, (1985) dj. Hardcover - Author's first mystery introducing journalist, playwright and amateur sleuth Gus Maltravers, who is determined to discover who stole a rare 16th Bible from the Vercaster Cathedral. Winner of the John Creasey award for best first novel. Full page cover praise from P. D. James who compliments this novel for its sense of place and "the intriguing contrast between ordered normality and the corruptive terror of murder." 184 pp. ISBN: 0-312-472676.

Stratford Road Press Ltd, (2005) dj. Hardcover first edition - "In the garbage filled alleys of a once great city exists a society of cats held captive under the wicked claw of a ferocious tyrant." Illustrated by Kurt Hartman in this 311 page book are many original black and white drawings, including ten full-page illustrations. At the bottom of each page is a tiny black cat, so if the reader flips the pages of the book from front to back, the cat runs through, thus creating a flipbook. 311 pp. ISBN: 978-0974322100.

New York: Disney / Hyperion, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the Kane Chronicles series for older children and young adults, a series which explores Egyptian mythology as a brother and sister, the children of a famed Egyptologist embark on a dangerous journey to save their father. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 516 pp. ISBN: 978-1423113386.

London: Collins, (1988) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing Fitzroy Maclean Angel, an out of work trumpet player and driver of an unlicensed London cab called Armstrong. 206 pp. ISBN: 0-002321939.

Brownsville, OR: Story Line Press, 1991. First edition - The first in a series - introduces Stuart Mallory as a detective who returns to his Western Michigan hometown.

New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. Hardcover - The first book in this series featuring the one-eyed spy, Owen Archer, set in York, England in 1363. Author's note, glossary. xiii, 256 pp. ISBN: 0312-097824.

New York: St Martin's, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in this series featuring the one-eyed spy, Owen Archer, set in York, England in 1363. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note, glossary. xiii, 256 pp. ISBN: 0312-097824.

New York: Warner, (2001) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first in a series of mysteries set in the late 13th century, in Scotland during the time of Robert Bruce and Braveheart. In April, 1297, Margeret's husband has been missing since the past November, and when a young cousin, who had pledged to find him is found brutally murdered and mutilated, Margaret sets out herself. 255 pp. plus a list for futher reading. ISBN: 0-892967080.