Boston: Little Brown, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another novel exploring the lives of the Hand family - this one focuses on Olivia, who returns to Oklahoma after her first year of college. SIGNED by Gilchrist on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-316-313270.

Boston: Little Brown, (1994.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Another novel exploring the lives of the Hand family - this one focuses on Olivia, who returns to Oklahoma after her first year of college. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-316-313270.

New York: Avon, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third book in her highly acclaimed Nanotech Cycle, examining the possible effects of bio-engineering and nano-technology. Speculative fiction set in a New Orleans of the future where another Marie Laveau, descendant of the famous voodoo practicioner, is murdered and reborn through nanotechnology. SIGNED on the title page. 430pp. Dust jacket art by Gregory Bridges. ISBN: 0-380-977117.

Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, (1980.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Charming story set in old New Orleans, with lots of local touches (streetcars, red beans and rice, gumbo, French Market and more.) Willowcat belongs to Miss Pott and lives in an old Victorian house and Beauregard is a yellow straycat - one day they decide to help their friend Fortunate Janus, the chimney sweep, by cleaning the chimney in Miss Pott's house for him, with disastrous results. Illustrated with whimsical graytone drawings by Bill Drath. Large format, unpaginated. ISBN: 0-93194807X.

New York: Bloomsbury, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's third book, set in New Orleans, and introducing Cree Black, a "parapsychologist with a haunted past" and a ghost-hunter. 438 pp. ISBN: 1582343411.

New York: Kensington, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A thriller, set in New Orleans, featuring detective Reuben "Diego" Montoya. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-75821393X.

New York: Kensington, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A thriller, set in New Orleans, featuring detective Reuben "Diego" Montoya. SIGNED on the title page. 421 pp. ISBN: 0-75821393X.

New York: Kensington - Zebra Books, (2010.). SIGNED - A thriller, set in New Orleans, featuring detective Rick Bentz. SIGNED on the title page. 504 pp. ISBN: 0-75821393X.

New York: Kensington, (2009.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A thriller, set in New Orleans, featuring detective Rick Bentz. 424 pp. ISBN: 0-75821393X.

New York: St Martin's, (1986). Hardcover first edition - 'A Novel of Suspense Featuring Private Investigator Nudger' set in the seedy underside of New Orleans. 175 pp. ISBN: 0-312682352.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (1999.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Caper thriller set in New Orleans, by the author of 'The Crying Heart Tattoo' (published under the name of David Martin) - Stephen Hunter described this as having a 'pitch of high comic singularity. It's an amazing and unputdownable novel.'. ISBN: 0-684-853485.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first novel, set in New Orleans, where Martin was raised. Dustjacket praise from Anne Tyler (who called Martin an 'impressive writer') and Walker Percy (who described this as a 'striking first novel, remarkable for its honesty.') SIGNED on the title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-374-261407.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this provocative and gifted writer, the story of an unusual love triangle set in what was then the near future and against the background of a New Orleans ravaged by a mysterious fatal disease. Dustjacket praise from Margaret Atwood, Diane Wakoski and Craig Nova (who calls this 'a haunting book, written with authority and with fearlessness.') among others. Promotional copy with 'network - not for resale' stamped on the bottom edge. The ending is prophetic: "The future holds a simple promise. We are well below sea level and inundation is inevitable. We are content, for now, to have our heads above the water." SIGNED on the title page. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-395-436133.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Her first novel, set in New Orleans. Dustjacket praise from Anne Tyler (who called Martin an 'impressive writer') and Walker Percy (who described this as a 'striking first novel, remarkable for its honesty.') SIGNED on the title page. 210 pp. ISBN: 0-374-261407.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third novel by this provocative and gifted writer, the story of an unusual love triangle set in what was then the near future and against the background of a New Orleans ravaged by a mysterious fatal disease. Dustjacket praise from Margaret Atwood, Diane Wakoski and Craig Nova (who calls this 'a haunting book, written with authority and with fearlessness.') among others. Promotional copy with 'network - not for resale' stamped on the bottom edge. The ending is prophetic: "The future holds a simple promise. We are well below sea level and inundation is inevitable. We are content, for now, to have our heads above the water." SIGNED on the title page. 204 pp. ISBN: 0-395-436133.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1979. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, set in New Orleans and deep in the Louisiana bayous. SIGNED on the title page. 180 pp. ISBN: 0-374-102643.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Sixth mystery in the award winning series featuring Welshman Abel Jones, set in 1863 in New Orleans during the Civil War, an occupied and impoverished, but still defiant, city. 309 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0513926.

New York: Atria Books, (2008.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - "A jazzman, a wharf worker, a prostitute, all murdered." Novel set in contemporary New Orleans featuring Marie Levant, great-great granddaughter of the voodoo queen Marie Laveau. Author's note. 293 pp. ISBN: 1-416537104.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel centered around the beautiful witch Merrick, a descendant of the gens de coleur libre, the New Orleans society of quadroons and octaroons steeped in the lore and traditions of voodoo. Frontispiece. Striking wraparound dust jacket art based on a detail of the painting 'The Snake Charmer' by Henri Rousseau. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-679-454489.

New York: Hyperion, (2000.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by the son of Anne Rice - a mystery set in New Orleans. SIGNED on title page. 274 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-66462.

New York: Hyperion, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second novel by the son of Anne Rice - a pyschological thriller and modern horror story set on an apparently safe college campus. SIGNED on title page. 406 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-66462.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1993.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second Lew Griffin novel, set in New Orleans. 161 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-9456.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first crime fiction novel, set in modern New Orleans, and introducing black private investigator Lew Griffin. Selected by the LA Times as one of the 10 best mystery novels of the year. 161 pp. ISBN: 0-88184-8107.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, (1994.) dj. Hardcover - First novel, set in the world of racing he knows so well, by this record-breaking jockey. Ghost written by Dick Lochte. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-449-905950.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 1999. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1938 New Orleans, this is the third novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 306 pp. Dust jacket art by David Bowers. ISBN: 1890208175.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1939 New Orleans, this is the fourth novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 251 pp. Dust jacket art by Alan Fore. ISBN: 1890208337.

Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Set in 1940 New Orleans, this is the fourth novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, a mixed blood Creole "living as a white man in a Jim Crow environment." SIGNED on the title page. . 226 pp. Dust jacket art by Alan Fore. ISBN: 1890208663.

New York: Kensington, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel featuring Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, who walks the shadowy line between worlds defined by skin color, whose Creole mother died when he was very young, and who never knew the white man who was his father. The first in the series was nominated for an Anthony Award. Set in 1938 New Orleans. SIGNED by the author on the title page and dated in New Orleans in January, 1998 (a month before the official publication date) 247 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-2507.

New York: Kensington, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, nominated for an Anthony Award. Set in 1936 New Orleans, this introduces Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, who walks the shadowy line between worlds defined by skin color, whose Creole mother died when he was very young, and who never knew the white man who was his father. 247 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-092x.

New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The third novel in the series featuring New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon ( the first won the Edgar in 1991 - the first Edgar for best novel won by a woman writer since 1956.). ISBN: 0-449-907422.