New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighteenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing - this one set mostly on Cape Cod. Publisher and bookseller Otto Penzler in his review described Coyne as "one of those mystery heroes in whom decency is perhaps the paramount characteristic. . .
A steady intelligence is always present, and the reader increasingly appreciates the carefulness with which his creator regards the human condition: the relationships between men and women, parents and children, workers and their colleagues, the guilty and the innocent. Betrayal, above all, is something he seems to have made a special area of study." SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-31228442x.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - The last mystery completed by Tapply before his death in the series featuring Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing, Publisher and bookseller Otto Penzler described Coyne as "one of those mystery heroes in whom decency is perhaps the paramount characteristic. . .
A steady intelligence is always present, and the reader increasingly appreciates the carefulness with which his creator regards the human condition: the relationships between men and women, parents and children, workers and their colleagues, the guilty and the innocent. Betrayal, above all, is something he seems to have made a special area of study." 273 pp. ISBN: 978-0-312531270.

New York: Delacorte, (1991). SIGNED (on a bookplate) first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he goes to Montana in search of some golden leopards stolen during a brutal robbery from his invalid friend on Cape Cod. SIGNED by Tapply on a special bookplate affixed inside the front cover. 241 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007). First edition - The 23rd mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing, who finds his quiet life upset when he goes against the mob. 292 pp.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twentieth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. Brady has hired a former cop turned PI - who winds up dead in a staged automobile accident, and he is determined to find who is responible, SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-312303777.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The sixth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. ISBN: 0-684187922.

New York: Delacorte, (1989) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. SIGNED on the title page. 230 pp. Review copy with publisher's material and a photograph of Tapply laid in. ISBN: 0-385-297114.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne. SIGNED on the title page and dated in 1989. 213 pp. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. ISBN: 0-684187922.

New York: St Martin's, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The eighteenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 257 pp. ISBN: 0-312205635.

Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first book in a new series set in Maine, and introducing Stoney Calhoun, an unlikely hero - a man without a past. After a lightning strike obliterated his memory, he ended up as a fishing guide in Maine. "He's reeducating himself, he's in love, and life is good - until his friend and fellow fishing guide is murdered and Stoney suspects that he himself was the target." SIGNED on the title page. Finalist for the 2005 Ben Franklin Award. 292 pp. ISBN: 978-1592284351.

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, (1986.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth mystery featuring Boston attorney Brady Coyne. A drunken bum found frozen to death is considered routine for the police - until it turns out the "bum" is really a wealthy heir masquerading as a bum to gather material for a book - and he was brutally murdered. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 229 pp. ISBN: 0-684-186810.

New York: Delacorte, (1991). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The tenth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he goes to Montana in search of some golden leopards stolen during a brutal robbery from his invalid friend on Cape Cod. SIGNED on the title page. Review copy with publisher's material laid in. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-385-302339.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2007) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. When a friend and former client calls him from a hospital after being beaten on the street, Coyne finds himself more and more involved - even to the point of a making a kidnapping payoff. SIGNED on the title page. 292 pp. ISBN: 0-312358296.

New York: Otto Penzler / Macmillan, (1993). SIGNED hardcover first edition - The twelfth mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. In this novel he befriends a bait and tackle shop owner arrested for marijuana possession - which he was using to treat his symptoms from Agent Orange poisoning. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 273 pp. ISBN: 1-883402042.

New York: St Martin's, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The 14th mystery featuring Boston lawyer Brady Coyne, divorced, fortyish, with a wry sense of humor and a passion for fishing. SIGNED and dated on the title page. 208 pp. ISBN: 0-312145675.

New York: Norton, (1971) dj. Hardcover - An Asey Mayo mystery, set in a 'friendly' Cape Cod town, originally published in 1951. 244 pp. Dustjacket design by Robert Ritter. ISBN: 0-393086348.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2002.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in a small town in Arizona - in a thinly disguised Bisbee, Cochise County. The third novel featuring victim advocate Chloe Newcomb. Great atmosphere. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-280416.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2004.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery set in a small town in Arizona - in a thinly disguised Bisbee, Cochise County. Fourth novel featuring victim advocate Chloe Newcomb. 260 pp. ISBN: 0-312-333194.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2003). dj. Hardcover - Mystery novel featuring former FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation as a special investigator with the Navajo police force. Explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life. 333 pp. ISBN: 0-765-304783.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2008.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery novel featuring former FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation as a special investigator with the Navajo police force. Explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life. 351 pp. ISBN: 0-7653-17168.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2005.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Mystery novel featuring former FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation as a special investigator with the Navajo police force. Explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life.253 pp. ISBN: 0-765-311747.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The 2nd mystery novel featuring former FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation as a special investigator with the Navajo police force. Explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life. 380 pp. ISBN: 0-312-856512.

New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Mystery novel introducing FBI agent, Ella Clah, who has returned to the reservation when her father is ritually murdered, and her brother, a tribal medicine man is the prime suspect. This series explores the conflicts between the traditional and modernist ways of life among the Navajo. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Walk in beauty." 380 pp. ISBN: 0-312-856520.

New York: St Martin's, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first novel, a mystery set in Salt Lake City featuring lawyer, and former FBI agent, Adam Leer. Thurman is an administrative law judge who was born and raised in Salt Lake City and he knows well this city where business and religion sometimes come into conflict. ISBN: 0-312-011121.

New York: Putnam, (2010.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The fifth Monkeewrench novel, set in Minneapolis, by this mother and daughter writing team: Grace McBride and the oddball crew of her software company are trying to catch a serial killer who brags about his kills on the internet. 308 pp.

New York: HarperCollins, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The second mystery featuring cleaning lady and sometime sleuth Callahan Garrity
Set in Atlanta, GA. SIGNED on the title page. ISBN: 0-06-0179244.

New York: Arbor House, 1986. dj. Hardcover first edition - The 7th in this entertaining series of mysteries set in and around Washington DC by the former President's daughter. ISBN: 0-87795-7975.

New York: HarperCollins, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on title page. 230 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0175133.

New York: HarperCollins, 1995. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A Neil Hamel mystery, set in New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 241 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177063.

New York: HarperCollins, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fifth Neil Hamel mystery, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico. SIGNED on the title page. 259 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0177055.