New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2013) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in The Order of the Sanguines series. "In his first-ever collaboration, bestselling author James Rollins combines his skill for cutting-edge science and historical mystery with award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell's talent for haunting suspense and sensual atmosphere in a gothic tale about an ancient order and the hunt for a miraculous book known only as.'The Blood Gospel'." SIGNED by Rollins on the title page. 479 pp. ISBN: 9780061991042.

By the author, (2018). The first thriller in the series featuring Detective Arla Baker. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-1719895149.

New York: Walker, (1985) dj. Hardcover first edition - The authors' first mystery novel, set in the Jewish community of Boston in the Depression of the 1930s and introducing Belle Appleman, a young widow, garment worker, union menber and devotee of "True Detective" magazine and so when a body is discovered along the Esplanade, she determines to put her skills to work as an amateur sleuth. Review copy with publisher's slip laid in. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-802756255.

New York: The Viking Press, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book in the author's highly praised series of historical mysteries, set in 1820s Regency England and introducing amateur sleuth and dandy Julian Kestrel. 337 pp

New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a thriller introducing professional bodyguard Atticus Kodiak. SIGNED on the title page. 276 pp. ISBN: 0-553-102443.

New York: World Editions, Inc, 1950. First edition - The first paperback edition of the author's first novel, originally serialized in 'Unknown' magazine 1939, and published in hardcover in 1943 and 1948. In addition this is the first novel in the Galaxy Science Fiction Novel series. 158 pp.

Markham, Ontario: Viking, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second mystery, introducing the detecting team of Harriet Jeffries and John Sanders, and her first to be published in hardcover. Her first novel won the Arthur Ellis award.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1989) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second mystery, introducing the detecting team of Harriet Jeffries and John Sanders, and her first to be published in hardcover. Her first novel won the Arthur Ellis award. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-684190826.

Largemouth Software, LLC, (2017). The first book in a planned trilogy of computer science fiction novels. "John Watson, PhD student, husband and father-to-be, struggles to keep his research and career goals on track as he discovers strange anomalies in his artificial intelligence system. As his fledgling expert system grows capable of autonomously navigating, understanding and interacting with the Internet, his dreams begin to unravel when the system becomes targeted by malicious hackers, greedy corporations and someone inside the university." 372 pp. ISBN: 978-0989885355.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Pat Montella, one in which events from the Civil War are still affecting the present. "Pat Montella is summoned from her dreary office job in suburban Pennsylvania by an unusual request from a stranger. Ninety-one-year-old Magnolia Shelby wants to bequeath to Pat, in her will, her house and acreage in rural Virginia. The only condition is that Pat must visit during the first week of May in order to learn what this is all about. What she finds is Bell Run, a Civil War-era estate and battleground inhabited by the enigmatic Miss Maggie, a retired history teacher with a passion for the Civil War. " 326 pp. ISBN: 0-312-209606.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second collaboration between these two authors, and the first in a series of fantasy novels set in the city-state Astreiant, a "late-Renaissance world where magic works, where astrologers and necromancers are the pundits and powerbrokers" and which is bracing itself for trouble that usually accompanies the Midsummer Fair. 384 pp. Dust jacket art by Kevin Eugene Johnson. ISBN: 0-312858442.

New York: Viking, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first (and only) novel published under this pseudonym by Edgar award winning writer Rex Burns. Introduces Jack Steele, a former U.S. Marine Corps official in Washington, D.C. who is forced into retirement after reporting on a treasonous congressman. When he returns to San Diego, he is asked by an old family friend to investigate his missing granddaughter - search which leads him from Coronado, to Denver, Colorado, as he uncovers evidence that she might be involved with a satanic cult. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-670839388.

New York: Walker, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, introducing Detective Lieutenant Abe Rainfinch of the Oklahoma Police Department. The Seraphim was a new nightclub that opened to community outcries, both because it was located in a former church - and because most of the clientele were gay. As the wife of the retired chief of detectives in Oklahoma City, the author has a realistic insight into police procedures. 236 pp. ISBN: 0-802731813.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Emerson Ward novel - when Jessica Pearson is shot by a bullet through his front window, he embarks on a search for the truth behind her death, a search which takes to the Bahamas, Florida, New York and back to Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-396-092217.

New York: Dodd Mead, 1988. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first Emerson Ward novel - when Jessica Pearson is shot by a bullet through his front window, he embarks on a search for the truth behind her death, a search which takes to the Bahamas, Florida, New York and back to Chicago. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-396-092217.

New York: Hyperion, (2000). SIGNED first edition - The first book in a fantasy duology, a gender swapped retelling of "The Count of Monte Cristo." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2019 - that is, before publication. 327 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery introducing management consultant and amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 9870-451221445.

London: Little Brown, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel introducing Isabal Dalhousie, Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth. SIGNED on the title page. 281 pp. Patterned endpapers. ISBN: 0-316728178.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2019). SIGNED first edition - Young adult fantasy that will appeal to adults also. Aurelia is a princess with magic powers, so they call her a witch. "A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy thats layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue - an absolutely wicked delight." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is before publication. 373 pp.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2019). SIGNED first edition - Young adult fantasy that will appeal to adults also. Aurelia is a princess with magic powers, so they call her a witch. "A roar of a dark and luscious epic fantasy thats layered with heady romance, bloodthirsty magic, and ghostly intrigue - an absolutely wicked delight." SIGNED on the title page and dated in 2018, that is before publication - a unique copy with the author's notation "1st signature!!" 373 pp.

London: Orion, (1994). Hardcover first edition - Canadian-born author's first novel and first mystery, introducing Laura Principal who has left an academic life at Cambridge University for a career as an investigator. Ian Rankin called Prinicpal "one of contemporary crime fiction's most intriguing and satisfying sleuths." Like her protaganist, Spring lived and worked as an academic in Cambridge, so she knows the area well. Short-listed as Best First Novel for both an Anthony and an Arthur Ellis Award. 210 pp. ISBN: 1-857972414.

New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, a police procedural set in Napoleonic Paris,introducing Chief Inspector Blanc, and involving the murder of a courtesan. ISBN: 0-06-013707x.

New York: Harper & Row, (1978.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, a police procedural set in Napoleonic Paris, and involving the murder of a courtesan. ISBN: 0-06-013707x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in this award-winning writer's North Beach series, a hard-boiled novel set in San Francisco and introducing Dante Mancuso who is leading a double life. He " works for The Company, a nebulous security organization operating just this side of the law. Dante wants out, but it's a hard life to leave behind-rich with its own seductions, its own dark attractions." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312324677.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." SIGNED on the title page. Historical and sources note. 408 pp. ISBN: 978-0544409910.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, (2016) dj. SIGNED - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." SIGNED on the title page. Historical and sources note. 410 pp. Excerpt from next book in series. ISBN: 978-1328799210.

New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel featuring the real life Constance Kopp, one of the country's first women deputies, and her charming, steadfast, but also rather eccentric sisters. Based on real events, complete with newspaper sources, this is an account of a woman "forging her own path, tackling crime and nefarious criminals along the way." Historical and sources note. 408 pp. ISBN: 978-0544409910.

New York: Viking, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Denver private investigator - a noir mystery introducing Streeter - ex-bouncer, ex-linebacker, ex-husband and current bounty hunter and PI. SIGNED on the title page. 223 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Owen Smith. ISBN: 0-670-861545.

New York: Viking, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Denver private investigator - a noir mystery introducing Streeter - ex-bouncer, ex-linebacker, ex-husband and current bounty hunter and PI. SIGNED on the title page and dated 1/22/96 - it includes the comment "Thanks for coming to my very first signing " . 223 pp. Dust jacket illustration by Owen Smith. ISBN: 0-670-861545.

New York: Ace Books, (1997). First edition - The first novel in the News from the Edge series, introducing Savvy McKinnon, a reporter for the Global Query, a notorious tabloid newspaper, who gets a phone tip about four mysterious deaths in Northern Minnesota - supposedly killed by the lake monster known as Big Jelly - a blend of science fiction and mystery with a good dose of humor included. 198 pp. plus ads. ISBN: 0-441-004598.