New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'sometimes terrifying, sometimes riotously funny, always bizarrely convincing ghost story' set in an invented Los Angeles, SIGNED on the title page and as usual, the left-handed author signed upside down. Nominated for the Nebula, winner of the Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror novel. 381 pp. Dust Jacket art by Michael Koelsch. ISBN: 0-312860862.

New York: Pocket Books, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first suspense novel (preceded by several plays and works of non-fiction), nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel and for the Agatha Award. Daniel Woodrell calls this a "swift, nasty joy ride through the noir zip codes of Los Angeles." INSCRIBED on the title page "To - I''m thanking you in advance for the great ideas." 289 pp. ISBN: 0-671-001639.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel featuring the hard luck hero and scammer Harold Dodge - a "bleak, funny tale of used-car corruption, murder, and sex in a seamy, unremitting Los Angeles." SIGNED on the title page. 273 pp. ISBN: 0-671001663.

New York: St Martin's / Stonewall Inn, (1998.). SIGNED - The first novel by this author of Japanese and Polish ancestry who grew up in Tokyo and Los Angeles. The story centers on two high school women's basketball stars, one Japanese American, one African American, who are both intense rivals and friends. When their parents move in together, their relationship becomes even more complicated. SIGNED on the title page. 365 pp. ISBN: 0-312-181426.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author of Japanese and Polish ancestry who grew up in Tokyo and Los Angeles. The story centers on two high school women's basketball stars, one Japanese American, one African American, who are both intense rivals and friends. When their parents move in together, their relationship becomes even more complicated. 365 pp. ISBN: 0-312-181426.

New York: Putnam, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The first book in a new series set in Los Angeles, California - Anna Batory is a former Wisconsin farm girl who runs the night crew---a small band of video free-lancers who cruise L. A. in their truck from ten to dawn looking for news (accidents, murders, robberies, demonstrations. etc.) they can film and sell to the local stations or networks. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-399-142371.

New York: Putnam, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series set in Los Angeles, California - Anna Batory is a former Wisconsin farm girl who runs the night crew---a small band of video free-lancers who cruise L. A. in their truck from ten to dawn looking for news (accidents, murders, robberies, demonstrations. etc.) they can film and sell to the local stations or networks. SIGNED on the title page. 371 pp. ISBN: 0-399-142371.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first novel by this World Fantasy Award winning writer, a tale of horror and revenge, set in the world of rock music in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-312930658.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this World Fantasy Award winning writer, a tale of horror and revenge, set in the world of rock music in Los Angeles. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-312930658.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. SIGNED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: FORGE / Tom Doherty Associates, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, a gritty story of a LAPD Homicide detective who suspects that a series of murders are the work of a vicious and sadistic sexual predator. INSCRIBED on the title page. Cover praise from T. Jefferson Parker who calls it "A terrific police thriller. ItÕs fast-paced and convincingly told. The streets of L.A. have never been meaner or seamier. Schwartz is gifted with clear vision and a knowing heart and a way with words." Nominated for the 2010 Thriller Award for best first novel. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-22943.

New York: Mysterious Press, (2005). SIGNED first edition - Second mystery featuring management consultant and amateur sleuth Tucker Sinclair, set in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 290 pp.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-679-431977.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-679-431977.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994. SIGNED first edition - Highly acclaimed debut novel, a mystery featuring Ana Grey, a young, ambitious, tough minded FBI agent based in Los Angeles. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 291 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.

Sunriver, Oregon: Fallbrook Publishing Group, (1996). SIGNED first edition - Author's first novel. "Life is a plunge through the dark. Only a few have the courage to survive." The story opens in 1958 in a post-war Los Angeles torn by corruption and social upheaveal, when a school yard dare sends 8 year old Wade Parker and his younger brother on a late night adventure that will change their lives. INSCRIBED on the half title page and dated in 1997. ISBN: 0-965288803.

Los Angeles: Holloway House, (1998). SIGNED first edition - "A Los Angeles teacher is gunned down in his classroom and FBI agent Tony Russell, once a student at the same school, is sent undercover to find the gang member suspects. He is found out and stomped into the Crips, who give him a copy of the teacher's journal, naming the real killers; the very people responsible for the lack of books and supplies in the Los Angeles schools." SIGNED on the title page by the author, who was, at the time of writing this book, a teacher in a Los Angeles high school. . 268 pp. ISBN: 0-870678493.

New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised, funny and energetic first novel, about a young woman learning to waitress at a diner in Los Angeles. Cover praise from Ann Beattie, Carolyn See and others. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-689-12130x.

New York: Atheneum, 1991. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised, funny and energetic first novel, about a young woman learning to waitress at a diner in Los Angeles. Cover praise from Ann Beattie, Carolyn See and others. 247 pp. ISBN: 0-689-12130x.

New York: Morrow, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel of life in the gritty side of South Central Los Angeles - of gang wars, drug-peddling and sudden death, and also of the struggle for integrity and self-respect. The dust jacket includes comments from such diverse writers as Henry Gates, Jr. , Whitney Otto, Jess Mowry and Susan Straight, among others. SIGNED on the title page. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-688-04560x.

New York: Morrow, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Highly praised first novel of life in the gritty side of South Central Los Angeles - of gang wars, drug-peddling and sudden death, and also of the struggle for integrity and self-respect. The dust jacket includes comments from such diverse writers as Henry Gates, Jr. , Whitney Otto, Jess Mowry and Susan Straight, among others. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-688-04560x.

Boston: Little Brown, 2006. SIGNED first edition - A novel of the LAPD - those who deal with the underbelly of a "glamour city" - from drug dens to dirty street corners. SIGNED by author. Laid in is a bookmark with the LAPD shield and a list of Wambaugh's books. 338 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. SIGNED on the title page. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-316-02583.

Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - Gritty crime novel set in Los Angeles by this former LAPD detective sergeant. 343 pp.

Altadena, CA: Prospect Park Books, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, one which brings an old Jewish detective in LA, who doesn't believe in God, out of retirement to investigate the possible murder of a charismatic rabbi, who dropped dead over lunch at Canter's Deli. He hires ex-wrestler Omar Villasenor to provide some much-needed muscle, and they provide an entertaining tour of L.A. while they track down a killer with a surprising motive. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp plus a 1 pg glossary. ISBN: 978-1945551642.