San Francisco: Mercury House, (1991). First edition - A coming-of-age novel set in 1950s San Francisco's bohemian North Beach. The story of three generations of an Irish family - 11 year old Pearce, his father Joe, and Joe's father MJ. Haunted by his past with the IRA, MJ hides his crimes - and condemns his son for supporting the IRA, driving a wedge into the family. 273 pp.

New York: Norton, (1966) dj. SIGNED (by dedicatee) hardcover first edition - A warm hearted novel about a restaurant owner in San Francisco's North Beach, "who can't resist helping people--even when they don't know they're in trouble." Dedicated to real life restauranteur Rena Nicolai who has INSCRIBED the title page "To our dear friend --- Hope you will enjoy my book" with La Pantera, and the date of 2-26-66 underneath her signature. 255 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in this award-winning writer's North Beach series, a hard-boiled novel set in San Francisco and introducing Dante Mancuso who is leading a double life. He " works for The Company, a nebulous security organization operating just this side of the law. Dante wants out, but it's a hard life to leave behind-rich with its own seductions, its own dark attractions." SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 307 pp. ISBN: 0-312324677.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2006) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second book in this award-winning writer's North Beach series, a noir novel set in San Francisco featuring private investigator Dante Mancuso who has been hired to find the missing daughter of an old North Beach Italian family. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 264 pp. ISBN: 0-312324707.

Sag Harbor, NY: The Permanent Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel set in the old Italian neighborhood of North Beach in San Francisco - one which flashes back and forth between their childhood days in the 1950s and events thirty years later. Although this begins with the murder of Nick's brother, Joe, and his determination to get revenge, it is more about the secrets of the past than it is about the sins of the present. Finalist for the Edgar Award and the Hammett Prize. SIGNED on the title page. Blue endpapers. 168 pp. ISBN: 1-579620043.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A title in this award-winning writer's North Beach series, a noir novel set in San Francisco featuring private investigator Dante Mancuso. SIGNED on the title page. 264 pp. ISBN: 978-0312364540.