New York & Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (2002). As 40-something narrator Sophy Chase begins a new relationship in New York, she learns that her almost ex-husband was found dead on a resort island in New England. Sophy must navigate her emotions, her grown stepdaughters, a lawyer and a former lover to figure out the mystery of her husband's death. A New York Times notable book, 258 pp. ISBN: 0-618-231617.

New York: Bantam, (1999). First edition - The author's first novel - "the murder of a teenage girl in tiny Flowering Dogwood, Maine, has gone unsolved for eighteen years when Detective Rachel Storrow decides to retrace the steps of her policeman father and try to solve the case."339 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery set in coastal Maine featuring English teacher Sarah Deane and internist Alex McKenzie - who are invited on a two week trip on a sailing yacht - a boat and a trip that seems to good to be true. Map and illustrations at the head of each chapter by Alec Creighton. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-312-042698.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in coastal Maine where English teacher Sarah Deane and internist Alex McKenzie are finally planning their wedding - but murder intervenes. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-312-104539.

New York: Norton, (1960.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A family chronicle set half in England and half in Chase's native state of Maine. SIGNED on the front endpaper with the words "with all good wishes." 288 pp.

London: Bantam, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Jack Reacher novel, the seventh in the series. Reacher, an ex-military cop, the ultimate loner and afraid of nothing, goes deep undecover in the home of a drug smuggler. SIGNED on the title page. The UK edition of this title preceded the US. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-593-046897.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Chute's third novel expands the saga of Egypt, Maine. Madison Smartt Bell called it "beyond comparisons .. a masterpiece." A very thick book - demonstrating in more ways than one - that Egypt is not so small. 695 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1592705.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. First edition - Chute's third novel expands the saga of the Beans of Egypt, Maine. Madison Smartt Bell called it "beyond comparisons .. a masterpiece." A very thick book - demonstrating in more ways than one - that Egypt is not so small.

New York: Harcourt Brace, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Chute's third novel expands the saga of Egypt, Maine. Madison Smartt Bell called it "beyond comparisons .. a masterpiece." A very thick book - demonstrating in more ways than one - that Egypt is not so small. 695 pp. ISBN: 0-15-1592705.

New York: Macmillan, (1951.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A children's story set in Maine in 1882: Eleven year old orphan, Emily longs to live in a cottage with flowers, and Ken is eager for adventures at sea; so they trade places for the summer. Illustrated by George and Doris Hauman. 154 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - His second novel, featuring former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker who has returned to his hometown in Maine after the vicious killing of his wife. The first novel was the winner of the Shamus Award for best first PI novel. SIGNED on title page. 441 pp. ISBN: 0-684-857146.

London: Hodder & Stoughton, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which combines mystery, violence, and the supernatural in a "raw and gripping thriller. . . Three hundred years ago, the settlers on the small Maine island of Sanctuary were betrayed to their enemies and slaughtered. Since then, the island has known peace. Until now. A gang of four men are descending on Sanctuary, intent on committing a brutal and relentless massacre. All that stands in their way are rookie police officer Sharon Macie and the strange, troubled officer Joe Dupree." SIGNED on the title page. 406 pp. Illustrated endpapers. ISBN: 0-340826177.

New York: Atria Books (Simon & Schuster), (2002.). SIGNED first edition - The third thriller featuring ex NYPD cop, private investigator Charlie "Bird" Parker. Set in Maine where Parker is now living in the house that had been his grandfather's, this involves the ties between a modern cult and the dissapearance of an entire religious community in remote Maine forty years earlier.SIGNED on the title page. An uncommon advance issue. 373 pp.

New York: Berkley, (2003.). First edition - Second novel by this Canadian author. Praise from Richard Russo and Elizabeth Hardwick who said 'an island village off the coast of Maine is the landscape for a love story as rocky as the coast itself... A sensitive novel, rich in scenic detail and in the turbulence of human longings.' Corey's first book won the W. H. Smith/Books in Canada First Novel award.

Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink, (2010.). First edition - Mystery set on the Maine coast, introducing hot shot real estate agent, Darby Farr. 328 pp. ISBN: 9780738719504.

New York: Pocket Books, (1998). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this former doctor - a medical thriller - the story of a doctor who has moved to a small resort town in Maine with her teenage son, hoping to find a place where she can build a new practice. SIGNED on the title page. 324 pp. ISBN: 0-671-01675x.

New York: Bantam, (1992) dj. Hardcover first edition - A Gregor Demarkian Holiday Mystery, set on a remote island off the Maine coast. Also features best-selling author Bennis Hannaford. 289 pp. ISBN: 0-553-099752.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The story of one great horned owl "Bubo" - rescued by the author when it was too young to fly and how it grew into an independent hunter - and how the author and the owl came to know one another over three summers spent in the Maine woods. But his book is more than just a chronicle of one birdL it is also a series of thoughts on the natural world and its importance to us. INSCRIBED on the half title page to noted collector Larry Owens and dated in 1995. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. References, index. x, 224 pp. ISBN: 0-69108470X.

New York: Scribner, (1998.). First edition - A ghost story and a moving love story, as writer Jeff Noonan finds himself unable to stop grieving even 4 years after the sudden death of his wife. Set in small town western Maine. Letter from publisher bound in. 529 pp.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Maine private investigator and jazz guitar player Lil Ritchie, set at the Montreal Jazz Festival. 211 pp. ISBN: 0-312-105487.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2012) dj. Hardcover first edition - Interesting debut mystery, winner of 2011 First Crime Novel Competition. Set in 1796, a traveling weaver Will Rees, finds that his 14 year old son has run away to a Shaker village; Rees arrives there just as a young woman in the community is murdered, and remains to solve the puzzle. "Kuhns's quiet, well-crafted debut. . .poignantly captures the Shaker ethos of the period." (Publishers Weekly) 322 pp. ISBN: 978-1250005533.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2013) dj. Hardcover first edition - Her second mystery (the first was the winner of 2011 First Crime Novel Competition) Set in the 1790s, and featuring a traveling weaver Will Rees as the one who solves the mystery behind the death of an old boyhood friend. 341 pp. ISBN: 978-1250033963.

New York: Avon, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book written under this name (previous books were published under the M. K. Lorens pseudonym.) A historical mystery , the story of Hannah Trevor, midwife in the small town of Rutherford Maine in 1786. Nominated for both the Edgar and Agatha awards. While we highly recommend this, if it had won the Edgar in its category (for best first novel), the controversy surrounding it would have been even greater. It is an increasingly common practice for established mid-list authors to publish a "first book" under a new identity - and the Edgar nomination for this brought to the forefront one of the dangers of this practice. ISBN: 0380-973510.

New York: Avon, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - The first book written under this name (previous books were published under the M. K. Lorens pseudonym.) A historical mystery , the story of Hannah Trevor, midwife in the small town of Rutherford Maine in 1786. Nominated for both the Edgar and Agatha awards. While we highly recommend this, if it had won the Edgar in its category (for best first novel), the controversy surrounding it would have been even greater. It is an increasingly common practice for established mid-list authors to publish a "first book" under a new identity - and the Edgar nomination for this brought to the forefront one of the dangers of this practice. ISBN: 0380-973510.

New York: Avon, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second book written under this name (previous books were published under the M. K. Lorens pseudonym.) A historical mystery , this continues the story of Hannah Trevor, midwife in the small town of Rutherford Maine in 1786. ISBN: 0380-973529.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." INSCRIBED on the title page "---- I'm glad you and Blanche are friends" and dated in 2001. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

New York: St Martin's, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." 232 pp. ISBN: 0-312-112483.

New York: Dutton, (1983.) dj. Hardcover - The second culinary mystery, set in a Maine fishing village and featuring food-loving, crime-solving Mrs Potter (whose recipes appear on the endpapers.) 267 pp. ISBN: 0-525-24185x.