Carlsbad, CA: Cinema Star Books, (1997). SIGNED - The first book in a new crime series which introduces Mike Redden, "fortyish, Vietnam Veteran, his father a prominent and respected judge, who has just been released from a California state prison. His sister, a movie actress, has been murdered. Mike vows revenge, but finds himself thrown into conflict with the LAPD detective who was responsible for sending him to prison. Mike is also on parole, but an attempt on his life draws him into a vortex of events characterized by Colombian drug smuggling, multiple murders, sex," and more. SIGNED on the title page. 235 pp. ISBN: 0-966216504.

New York: William H. Morrow, (2002). SIGNED hardcover first edition - His third thriller, set at an emergency room in Los Angeles, where a doctor must make the difficult ethical choice to care for a patient who was also a brutal assailant of the hospital staff. SIGNED on the title page. Publisher's material laid in. 388 pp.

New York: Kensington, 2003. SIGNED first edition - Advance issue of this crime novel set on the rough streets of Los Angeles, where the only defense is to be more ruthless than your opponents - to bang them before they get you. INSCRIBED on the title page by the author and dated in the year of publication.. Issued as a trade paperback original, no hardcover edition.

New York: St Martin's, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring Shane Scully novel, who has been charged with evidence tampering and is giving a choice to resign from the LAPD or face prosecution. Set in the Los Angeles area. SIGNED on the title page.. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-312-366280.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2008) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel featuring LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus. A cold case turns red hot when a second victim turns up 15 years later. SIGNED on the title page. 367 pp. ISBN: 978-0-061227332.

New York: St Martin's, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in the 'outer fringes of medical science' SIGNED on title page. 376 pp. ISBN: 0-312-304269.

New York: William H. Morrow, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's fourth novel and the third featuring LAPD homicide detective Peter Decker and his wife Rina Lazarus. 384 pp. ISBN: 0-688-086039.

New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), 2003. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A collection of 7 stories: six were published in reissued Washington Square Press editions of the Easy Rawlins mysteries, but this is the first appearance of the 7th story, 'Amber Gate.' SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-42520.

Boston: Little Brown, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery set in 1954 Los Angeles: when Paris Minton's finds himself beaten up, shot at and robbed, and his used bookstore burned to the ground, he has no choice but to turn to his friend and fellow World War II veteran, Fearless Jones. Mosley at his best.SIGNED on the title page. 312 pp. ISBN: 0-316-592382.

Boston: Little Brown, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in 1965 at the height of the Watts riots. SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-316-073032.

New York: Mysterious Press, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A stand-alone novel featuring two couples - one a husband and wife detective team, both ex-LAPD - the other a team of assassins for hire, who live in the San Fernando Valley. SIGNED on the title page. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0802124524.

Boston: Little Brown, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Los Angeles reporter Jack McEvoy. 419 pp plus a 14 pp advance except from the Harry Bosch novel 'Nine Dragons.'. ISBN: 9780316166300.

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.

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.

New York: Putnam, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A crime thriller featuring Joe Pike, Elvis Cole's partner, set in southern California. 308 pp. ISBN: 978-0399156137.

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.

Tucson: Dennis McMillan Publications, 2004. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Collects thirteen stories, including three appearing in this volume for the first time, from the world of Los Angeles private detective Ivan Monk. One of a small number of copies SIGNED by all those involved in the production at the Los Angeles book launch party: 12 signatures in all from Gary Phillips, publisher Dennis McMillan, artist and dj designer Michael Kellner, author Robert Ward who provided the introduction on the jazz cd, photographers Chistopher Voelker and Slobodan Dimitrov, producer Jeffery Weber plus five more. Illustrated with 18 pages of black and white photographs. This special edition also includes a 73 minute jazz music CD in a pocket on the rear pastedown. xi, 319 pp. ISBN: 0-93976749X.

New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, (1981). SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, two linked adventures set mainly in Los Angeles and featuring cases of Treasury Agent Charles Carr. Money Men was the basis for the 1993 film Boiling Point starring Wesley Snipes and Dennis Hopper. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper and dated in 1981. 295 pp. ISBN: 0-151698929.

New York: Walker, (1984) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book, introducing Japanese American Los Angeles Police Detective Sam Ohara and African American sergeant Ted Washington as they try to find out who would killed an ex-convict involved in drugs and prison gangs. Hamilton is the wife of author John Ball who is best known for 'In Heat Of The Night.' 163 pp. ISBN: 0-802755798.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery novel featuring Zen Moses as a wisecracking, resourceful pi. Zen is a tough strong woman who has lost a lung to cancer, but still smokes the occasional cigar and stays in shape by riding her mountain bike on the hills of the city she loves - Los Angeles. 280 pp. ISBN: 0-312206119.

New York: Ecco Press, (2020) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An engrossing novel by this award winning writer described as "a literary thriller of female empowerment and social change. In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as 'these women.' These women on the corner ... These women in the club ... These women who won't stop asking questions ... These women who got what they deserved ... " A story of five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish, connected by death. SIGNED on the half title page. 334 pp. Uncommon signed. ISBN: 978-0062656384.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - Edgy suspense novel set in Los Angeles, California, as a recently released ex-con tries to clear the name of his son, a cop gunned down the night before his release in a revenge shooting blamed on police corruption. SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - After being fired by the LAPD, Bosch is volunteering with the small San Fernando Police Department, working on clearing cold cases - and also starting up as a private investigator. In this novel, two threads converge - Bosch is hired by a dying reclusive billionaire to find out if he had a heir - and there is a serial rapist in San Fernando. SIGNED on the title page. 402 pp. Connelly's novels are the basis for the television series Bosch. ISBN: 978-0316225908.

New York: Ballantine, (2009) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Detective novel set in Los Angeles and featuring two brothers first introduced in "Bones" - Moses Reed and Aaron Fox, "sons of the same strong-willed mother, and their respective fathers were cops, partners, and friends. Their turbulent family history has set them at odds, despite their shared calling. Moses - part Boy Scout, part bulldog, man of few words - is a no-frills LAPD detective. Aaron, sharp dresser and smooth operator, is an ex-cop turned high-end private eye." SIGNED on the title page. 368 pp. ISBN: 978-0345495143.

New York: Avon, (1992). SIGNED first edition - Third mystery featuring lawyer Ben Green. SIGNED by author on the dedication page. 212 pp. ISBN: 0-380766132.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Los Angeles greeting card artist Wollie Shellie, who is dating 40 men in 60 days as research for a talk radio show. A very funny - and very highly praised - debut. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the Agatha and Anthony awards for best first novel. 325 pp.

New York: Doubleday, (2004.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery, introducing Los Angeles greeting card artist Wollie Shellie, who is dating 40 men in 60 days as research for a talk radio show. A very funny - and very highly praised - debut. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Winner of the Agatha and Anthony awards for best first novel. 326 pp. ISBN: 0-385-510187.

New York: Doubleday, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's third mystery, featuring Los Angeles greeting card artist Wollie Shellie, set in the world of TV soaps. SIGNED by the author on the title page. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-385-510187.

New York: The Viking Press, (1995.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - An interesting novel which contrasts the lives of two couples, and tells their stories from both viewpoints - one recently arrived illegal immigrants from Mexico, camping in the ravines of Topanga Canyon, struggling to find work and survive and expecting their first child; the other Los Angeles liberals living a prosperous and orderly life in a community in the Canyon which is being walled off to keep "Mexicans" out - NY Times Notable book of the year. SIGNED on the title page by the author. 355 pp. ISBN: 0-670-856045.