New York: Crown, 1994. First edition - The story of Harriet Hemings, daughter of Jefferson & Sally Hemings, who is allowed to run away and pass for white.

New York: Delacorte, (2001.). First edition - A suspense thriller - Eight years after his wife disappeared and her body was found, Dr Beck receives a message saying there is evidence his wife is alive. 339 pp.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.). First edition - 'Baltimore's sexiest undertaker, Hitchcock Sewell, is once again cruising for trouble. A childhood friend has been charge with the murder of a local nightclub owner, but Hitch, in his heart, knows she didn't do it. Problem is, the friend has gone into hiding--and she's taken his ever-vivacious ex-wife, Julia, with her.' Winner of the Lefty Award for best humorous mystery.

New York: Hyperion, (2002.). First edition - 'Baltimore's sexiest undertaker, Hitchcock Sewell, is once again cruising for trouble. A childhood friend has been charge with the murder of a local nightclub owner, but Hitch, in his heart, knows she didn't do it. Problem is, the friend has gone into hiding--and she's taken his ever-vivacious ex-wife, Julia, with her.'

New York: Mysterious Press, (1997.). First edition - The third mystery featuring part-time professional wrestler, Eva Wylie, and the rough London streets she inhabits,with appearances from Cody's other series character, P.I. Anna Lee.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1994.). First edition - Mystery featuring part-time professional wrestler, Eva Wylie, and the rough London streets she inhabits,with appearances from Cody's other series character, P.I. Anna Lee. 246 pp. Publisher's letter laid in.

Boston: Little Brown, (2008.). First edition - A follow-up to 'The Lincoln Lawyer' this focuses on defense attorney Mickey Haller, but on this case he is working with (sort of, anyhow) Harry Bosch. Bound in page from Connelly explaining the genesis of this novel. SIGNED on the title page. Winner of the Anthony Award. 403 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2006.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. Los Angeles Police Detective Harry Bosch is back from retirement and working on old unsolved cases - A strong new title in this powerful award-winning series. Awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best mystery. 403 pp.

New York: Morrow, (2004.). SIGNED first edition - The 12th culinary mystery, featuring Aspen, Colorado caterer and amateur sleuth Goldy Schultz. SIGNED on the title page. Decorative borders on recipe pages. 308 pp. including 25 pp of recipes.

New York: Warner, (2002.). First edition - EXCERPT only: "A sneak reading preview of the first nine chapters." Paul Brenner is called out of early retirement to investigate the death of a young Army lieutenant in Vietnam 30 years, a death which now appears to be a murder. 140 pp.

New York: Warner - Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition, (2006.) dj. Hardcover - Suspense thriller revolving around the threat of nuclear terrorism, the fourth novel featuring John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective, and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, 913 pp. ISBN: 9780739476901.

New York: Warner, (2006.). First edition - Suspense thriller revolving around the threat of nuclear terrorism, featuring John Corey, former NYPD homicide detective, and his wife, FBI Agent Kate Mayfield, 519 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2007, c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - Jim, the boy in Earley's first novel, is now a teenager and in love for the first time; it is 1941, in a world on the eve of World War II, and even a small town in North Carolina is not the safe haven it once was. A wonderful coming of age story. SIGNED on the title page and dated October 2007, before publication. Selected by the NY Times as 2008 Notable Book 288 pp.

Boston: Little Brown, (2007, c 2008.). SIGNED first edition - Jim, the boy in Earley's first novel, is now a teenager and in love for the first time; it is 1941, in a world on the eve of World War II, and even a small town in North Carolina is not the safe haven it once was. A wonderful coming of age story. SIGNED on the title page. Selected by the NY Times as 2008 Notable Book. 288 pp.

New York: Delacorte, (1994.). First edition - The author's first book, a thriller involving former CIA agent Mike Culley, in prison for 14 months after being sold out by his superiors, who is offered his freedom if he can capture the man suspected of being behind a series of brutal murders on a quiet Virginia campus. 344 pp.

New York: Delacorte, 1995. First edition - The author's first novel, and basis for the popular movie of the same name featuring Robert Redford. With a planned 600,000 copy first printing, this advance issue is much less common than the trade edition.

New York: Random House, (1996.). First edition - Rather uncommon advance issue for the first US appearance of his second novel, and perhaps his best - a story of obsessive love, but more importantly, a harrowing account of the horrors of trench warfare during the first World War. 413 pp.

New York: Vintage Books, (1996.). First edition - Novel set at a rundown hotel in a small French village in the years between the wars, issued as a trade paperback original in the US. 246 pp.

New York: Morrow, (1993.). First edition - Author's second book, a noir novel set in the Los Angeles area, featuring Quinn, a disillusioned former investigative reporter. 283 pp.

New York: Ecco Press, (2003.). First edition - The author's first book, a collection of five novella-like stories, winner of PEN/Malamud Award. Each of the stories, set in Southest Asia and on the Indian Subcontinent, narrated by young women who find themselves, often as expatriates by accident, living and loving according to unfamiliar rules. Cover praise from Richard Ford who states "Every story in this remarkable collection reveals the emergence of a truly prodigious talent." 225 pp.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - SIGNED on the title page. The final book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord. ' Life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical, ever since Maggie and her bookbinder father Mo were drawn into this world, but now Mo is inking a dangerous deal with death itself. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Includes a letter from Funke inside the front cover. Illustrated with drawings at the head of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 663 pp. plus a list of names and places in the Inkworld trilogy.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - The final book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord. ' Life in the Inkworld has been more tragic than magical, ever since Maggie and her bookbinder father Mo were drawn into this world, but now Mo is inking a dangerous deal with death itself. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Includes a letter from Funke inside the front cover. SIGNED on the title page with her full name in green ink. Illustrated with drawings at the head of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 663 pp. plus a list of names and places in the Inkworld trilogy.

New York: Scholastic -The Chicken House, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in the innovative fantasy trilogy from the award-winning author of 'The Thief Lord' in the true first US printing with the original price of $19.95 on the dustjacket, and all of the other correct points. SIGNED on the title page by Funke. A tale of magic and adventure about a young girl living with her book-binder father (and with her 'bookworm' - book collecting - great aunt) who has the magical power to bring characters from books to life by reading them aloud. Translated from the German by Anthea Bell. Illustrated with drawings at the tail of each chapter. A lovely book in an unusual wide format. Cover illustration by Carol Lawson. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-439-531640.

New York: Pantheon, 1993. First edition - Novel featuring Crown Prosecutor Helen West. 208 pp.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1994. First edition - Chicano author's second novel, set in modern Mexico City and among the Aztec ruins - it is the story of a Chicano-Irish archeologist who travels to Mexico to investigate the human ritual sacrifice of the 16th century Aztecs. 363 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1992.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A DKA File novel - like Ed McBain, Gores uses an entire team of sleuths - the investigators of the Daniel Kearny Associates - in his gritty realistic novels. One review described the 'private-eye procedural as Gores' specialty, maybe his invention.' SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 338 pp. ISBN: 0-892962984.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1992.). SIGNED first edition - The 4th DKA File novel - like Ed McBain, Gores uses an entire team of sleuths - the investigators of the Daniel Kearny Associates - in his gritty realistic novels. One review described the 'private-eye procedural as Gores' specialty, maybe his invention.' SIGNED on the title page and with a long inscription on the half title page to the late Oklahoma collector Larry Owens in which Gores describes the progress on getting this produced as a movie. Dated in 1998. Nominated for the Edgar Award. 337 pp.