New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). The author's very well received, gritty first novel that chronicles 48 hours in the life of an EMS medic working the graveyard shift on the streets of Hell's Kitchen in New York. Basis of the Martin Scorsese film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 322 pp. ISBN: 0-375400400.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very well received, gritty first novel that chronicles 48 hours in the life of an EMS medic working the graveyard shift on the streets of Hell's Kitchen in New York. Basis of the Martin Scorsese film of the same name starring Nicholas Cage. 271 pp. ISBN: 0-375400400.

New York: Simon & Schuster - Atria, (2005.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller featuring former NYPD detective Charlie "Bird" Parker. A special edition SIGNED by the author on a preliminary page. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-7434-87869.

New York: Putnam, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel of murder and betrayal by this award-winning writer. Former Atanta cop Frank Clemens has quit the police force and set up as a private investigator in New York City. 302 pp. ISBN: 0-399-134093.

New York: Flatiron Books, (2019) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised third novel, a story of the resilience and resourceful of first generation immigrants, inspired by her mother's story. Cristina Garcia commented that it "holds an unflinching gaze on one young immigrant woman's life - its hardships, its hopes, and its richly depicted loves. Ana's story is filled with music and reverence for survival, and for joy. An essential read for our times." SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 978-1250205933.

New York & Boston: Little Brown, (1997). Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel - "Transit cop Jack Swann travels the New York subways day after day, catching the occasional fare-beater or mugger. One day, as he is tangling with a thief, a shot is fired and a boy lies dead.. . [this] single violent incident has changed his life and his outlook." Daly is a journalist in New York City, so he knows it well. 415 pp. ISBN: 0-316217093.

New York: Morrow, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on the title page. A behind-the-scenes memoir from the first female captain at one of New York Citys most prestigious restaurants. While there are no recipes included, there is lots of talk about food - and some very important dining tips: '.Please do not ask your waiter what else he or she does. Please do not steal your waiter's pen. Please do not say you're allergic when you don't like something. Please do not send something back after eating most of it.' A fun, provocative and always interesting book to read. 226 pp. ISBN: 9780061228148.

New York: Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.

New York: Warner, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Second hard-hitting mystery novel by this former NYC police lieutenant. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-446517747.

New York: Warner, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second hard-hitting mystery novel by this former NYC police lieutenant. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 0-446517747.

New York: Warner, 1994. dj. Hardcover - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.

New York: Warner, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book - described as capturing the pathos, violence and dark humor of being a homicide cop in New York City - by a 20 year veteran of the force. Cover praise from James Patterson who calls this book "an extremely authentic and suspenseful thriller that can also be heart-wrenching." SIGNED on the title page. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-446-517704.

New York: Scribner, (2007.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel about September 11, and the days and years after it. 246 pp. ISBN: 1416546022.

New York: Pocket Books, (1992). First edition - A novel set in the 1990s in New York City, but one which reaches into the past - "It was her father's dying wish that Samantha Elliot search for her grandmother, who'd disappeared from Louisville when she was a baby. So here she was in New York City...her parents dead, her divorce final, and she was all alone.... Michael Taggert was SamanthaÕs landlord who helps her unravel her grandmotherÕs past - and the dangerous truth about a fateful spring night in 1928 and a seductive jazz singer." 380 pp.

New York: Random House, (1985.) dj. Hardcover - New York in the 1930s as seen through the eyes of a child in the Bronx. 288 pp. ISBN: 0-394-525280.

New York: Random House, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in post Civil War New York - a city being transformed by new technology. 253 pp. ISBN: 0-394587545.

New York: Simon & Schuster, (2007) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first book, a "novel in stories," a sometimes funny, sometime bittersweet account of a modern woman. "At fifty, Grace Hanford has lived long enough to be a daughter, a stepdaughter, a girlfriend, a sister, a sister-in-law, a wife, a stepmother, and an orphan. She has fallen in and out of love - with troublesome men, with her glamorous mother, with her wild best friend, and with New York City - more times than she can count." 176 pp. ISBN: 978-1416532613.

New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The author's first book, a coming-of-age novel that follows Martin Kelso as he grows up in 1980s New York - from ages 11 to 17 - and discovers the magic of first experiences, as well as the brutal truth of hard-won life lessons. Colson Whitehead called it "a sumptuous evocation of those adolescent afternoons when every moment was equally fraught and full of possibility. A charming, marvelous debut." SIGNED by Fried on the title page and dated in 2018- that is, before publication. 259 pp.

Las Vegas: Amazon Encore, (2011). SIGNED first edition - Novel set in the years surrounding World War II, in the gritty Italian-American waterfront community in New York City known as Narrows Gate. Author David Liss commented that "Fusilli's take of the men who run the mob and those who can't escape its pull - including a familiar and iconic crooner - is, at its heart, a uniquely American tale of ambition and failure, of people who underplay their hands and those who overstep their bounds. . . A dazzling novel by a great writer at the height of his powers". SIGNED on the title page. 546 pp. ISBN: 1-612181376.

New York: Crown, (1992). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, one "full of comic turns and virtuoso storytelling - During a visit to New York's most prestigious museum, Eric Auden slips into a wing under renovation and impulsively pockets an ancient idol of the Goddess of Desire. As the city speculates about the bold thief's identity, Eric begins a new life under the goddess's spell. He moves to a West Village loft and reencounters a childhood friend, Timothy Rampling; they haunt the downstairs cafe, The Mystery Roast, and and there - capitalizing on both the tabloid publicity blitz and the goddess's mysterious power - start to sell replicas of the idol." (PW) SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp. ISBN: 0-517576562.

New York: Warner, (2004.). First edition - Since the actual publication of this book - a trade paperback original - was delayed until 2005, this advance issue preceded the book by several months. From the letter to booksellers on the back cover: 'Gilman has managed to pull off a memoir - a series of coming of age stories - that's original, poignant, often hilarious and that uniquely chronicles a generation '- includes a great episode with Mick Jagger! 354 pp

New York: Hyperion, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Book by the mayor of New York City at the time of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. SIGNED on the title page. Index. 407 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-68414.

New York: Macmillan, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - A young couple who recently moved to New York from Chicago hire a nanny to take care of their first child, only to discover that something evil lurks within her. Basis for the 1990 film "The Guardian." 229 pp. ISBN: 0-02-5454404.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. dj. Hardcover first edition - Southern author's third novel, set in New York city's gay art scene in the 1980s, just as AIDS is appearing. 337 pp plus a 16 pp typescript of a work by the protagonist, Hartley Mims. Dust jacket by Chip Kidd. ISBN: 0-394589149.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014). SIGNED first edition - The fifteenth book in this humorous series featuring Cora Felton, the "puzzle lady" and her niece Sherry Carter, set in New York CIty, Includes crossword puzzles by Will Shortz to help you solve the mystery. SIGNED on the title page. 258 pp.