New York: Doubleday, (1996) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning author's second novel (third book), the story of a young man who has "come to San Diego on his broken down Harley to put a hellraising and felonious adolescence behind him." Didn't work out quite as he planned.. . SIGNED on the title page. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-38547962X.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1973. dj. Hardcover first edition - The Gila Trail stretched from Texas to San Diego, and linked the newly acquired California territory to the rest of the country. Over this route came the Overland Mail, the gold-seekers of '49, cattle drives, wagon trains, Civil War armies, and eventually the Southern Pacific railroad. Illustrated with maps and vintage photos. Notes, bibliography, index. 232 pp. ISBN: 0-195017102.

New York: St Martin's, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Third mystery in the the award-winning Tom Hickey trilogy, set during World War II. n the 1940's in San Diego, California. SIGNED by the author. ISBN: 0-312-10930x.

New York: Putnam, (1995) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The fourth legal thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani who finds himself defending an old nemesis, a judge who has been arrested in a sting operation for soliciting prostitution. When the young officer who snared the judge is found murdered, he becomes the prime suspect. . SIGNED on the title page. 389 pp. ISBN: 0-399140433.

New York: Putnam, (1994) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third legal thriller featuring defense attorney Paul Madriani who finds himself caught up in a case involving his recently deceased wife's younger sister. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 462 pp. ISBN: 0-39913932X.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1991) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A biography of America's greatest noir writer" based on an in-depth analysis of his writings. Illustrated with photographs. Includes appendices with list his novels, other published writings and give a brief synopsis of his unpublished/unfinished work. Index. 340 pp. ISBN: 0-892963921.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Fifth mystery featuring child abuse investigator Bo Bradley, who works for the San Diego juvenile court system. SIGNED on the title page. 275 pp. Dust jacket by Wendell Minor. ISBN: 0-89296-6749.

New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Interesting and offbeat suspense novel - after being thrown from a hotel window, a young homicide detective working with the San Diego Police Department has since suffered from synesthesia - which means that he can see different colors when people are lying, or feeling strong emotions, a built-in primitive lie detector. SIGNED on title page and dated in the year of publication. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0562382.

New York: St Martin's, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel which explores the bonds between brothers; a young man returns to Southern California from serving in Afghanistan only to discover that a wildfire has destroyed his family's avocado ranch and that his brother has been drawn into a circle of violent misfits. A literary novel by this Edgar award winning author. SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 9781250052001.

New York: William H. Morrow, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page. A stand alone suspense novel which explores the line between right and wrong, and how close a man can come to crossing that line. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0854232.

New York: Hyperion, (2003.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel of family rivalries, vengeance and murder, set in San Diego. SIGNED on the title page. 360 pp. ISBN: 0-7868-68058.

New York: William H. Morrow, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page. A stand alone suspense novel which explores the line between right and wrong, and how close a man can come to crossing that line. 370 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0854232.

New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page. Interesting and offbeat suspense novel - after being thrown from a hotel window, a young homicide detective working with the San Diego Police Department has since suffered from synesthesia - which means that he can see different colors when people are lying, or feeling strong emotions, a built-in primitive lie detector. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0562382.

New York: Hyperion, (2006.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - SIGNED on title page. Interesting and offbeat suspense novel - after being thrown from a hotel window, a young homicide detective working with the San Diego Police Department has since suffered from synesthesia - which means that he can see different colors when people are lying, or feeling strong emotions, a built-in primitive lie detector. 323 pp. ISBN: 0-06-0562382.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2019. SIGNED first edition - The author's very highly praised first book, set mostly in San Diego in the 1950s. Among the comments praising it - "It is suffused with hazard and touched by grace, furnished with the longevity of a postwar classic and the immediacy of the present tense. It is, simply put, a masterpiece. (Anthony Marra) and "On Swift Horses is a marvel, a beautifully written novel that traces its raw, guarded characters from California to Las Vegas to Mexico with grace and inevitability. Shannon Pufahls mid-century West is dead-on right, as recognizable as a box of old photos and yet completely original in voice and scope." (Jess Walter). SIGNED on the title page. 306 pp.

New York: A. L. Burt, (c 1909). Hardcover - The sixth book in this series - Dorothy accompanies her aunt Betty on a train trip from Maryland to San Diego, and on the train meet the son of the railroad owner who is also going to San Diego, hoping to recover from consumption. Glossy frontispiece. 252 pp plus 8 pp publisher's ads.

New York: Carroll & Graf, (1995). dj. Hardcover first edition - Second thriller feauturing San Diego detective Tommy Donahoo, head of the elite Squad 5. When his partner is attempting to backmail a killer and is shot, the killer expects Donahoo to follow thru on the deal. 298 pp. ISBN: 0-786702559.

Houston, TX: Pinata Books / Arte Publico Press, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover - "Autobiographical stories about growing up as the son of Mexican immigrants in California" Each story is followed by an author's note, discussing the context of the story. Boldly INSCRIBED on the front endpaper. 202 pp. ISBN: 1-55885-1186.

New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. Wambaugh's book mark laid in. ISBN: 0-688-128017.

New York: Morrow, (1993.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Another humorous crime novel, set in San Diego, featuring an unlikely trio of investigators who set out to "make sense of twisted schemes and murderous intentions involving environmental crime and US Navy property." SIGNED on the title page. 348 pp. ISBN: 0-688-128017.

New York: Bantam, (1996.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Humorous crime novel focusing on the adventures and misadventures of two "water cops" who man a Harbor Patrol boat in San Diego's Mission Bay. SIGNED on the title page. 293 pp. ISBN: 0-553-103512.