New York St Martin's, (1998.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "At first it seems like a simple case of kidnapping. But after Victoria Arkwright is turned loose, sadly abused and HIV-positive, two months after her titled father ignores the kidnappers' orders to keep her disappearance a secret from the police, the plot turns deeper and darker. Constable Mike Carr, briefly forgetting his pregnant, ailing wife while he listens to a high-class tart's story of obscene phone calls, has no idea that he's about to become the pivotal figure in a scandal that'll infect the ranks all the way up to the Chief Constable--as well as entangle a rock star and a parvenu billionaire in the kidnappers' plans." (Kirkus) 184 pp. ISBN: 0-312-1818566.

New York: Dodd, Mead, (1983) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's second crime novel. A newborn baby is kidnapped from a clinic, but instead of the expected ransom demand, the nurse who discovered that the infant was missing is found murdered. 198 pp. Three publisher's stickers correcting the ISBN have been placed on the copyright page, the dust jacket flap and the back cover of the dust jacket. ISBN: 0-396082491.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2013). SIGNED first edition - A race-against-the-clock thriller, told in reverse. SIGNED on the title page. x, 297 pp.

New York: Putnam, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A psychopathic con man has a perfect kidnapping scheme going - once a year, kidnap the child of a wealthy doctor, use the parents' fear for their child's life to control them for 24 hours, and don't ask for too much money. But when he kidnaps Will and Karen Jennings's five-year-old daughter, things don't work out quite the same - first of all, the kidnapper blames Will for his mother's death and so this time he is looking for revenge, not just money, and little Abby has juvenile diabetes which puts her life in danger - and then both Will and Karen decide to fight back. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-399146245.

New York Carroll & Graf, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Set in Texas, this is the story of two people wanting more from their lives, two people with great ambitions who are now ready to face the world. But at what cost? Cover praise from such varied writers as Stephen King, Kinky Friedman and Bill Pronzini. Ed Gorman called it one of the best crime novels he read in years. ISBN: 0-7867-04071.

New York: St Martin's, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by this Edgar award winning author. It begins with a single moment that changes one woman's life forever. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 978-0312380724.

New York: St Martin's, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone thriller by this Edgar award winning author. It begins with a single moment that changes one woman's life forever. Boldly INSCRIED on the half title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 978-0312380724.