New York: Doubleday, 1996. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A "domestic thriller" set in Seattle by the author who is best known for her mysteries written under the name "K.K. Beck." Faye Kellerman describes this as "Martha Stewart meets Freddie Krueger. . a wickedly funny yet poignant tale of dysfunctional suburbia." SIGNED on the title page. 278 pp. ISBN: 0-385-483465.

Baltimore: Bancroft Press, (2002) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first mystery introducing Aaron Tucker who "isn't a private investigator. An aspiring screenwriter, freelance reporter, stay-at-home dad, and expert on consumer electronics, he defies all traditional characteristics of a PI. . . . But he's funny, down-to-earth, lovable, and resourceful."In this book, he is hired to investigate the disappearance of a woman, and soon finds himself involved in a murder. SIGNED on the title page. 261 pp plus several pages of comments on the book. ISBN: 1890862185.

New York: Mira, (2016). SIGNED first edition - The author's third novel - "A tale of dark secrets, shocking lies and a dangerous obsession that will change one neighborhood forever. ..Liz McGinnis never imagined herself living in a luxurious gated community like The Palms. Ever since she and her family moved in, she's felt like an outsider amongst the Stepford-like wives and their obnoxiously spoiled children." SIGNED on the half title page. 369 pp plus a reading guide and an interview with the author. ISBN: 978-0778318378.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1999. Hardcover first edition - The author's third book and his first collection of short stories. One reviewer commented that they "step beyond being perfect examples of their form to become something fresh, compassionate, and witty. He has an astonishing handle on the way people talk, not just to each other, but to themselves." 258 pp. ISBN: 0-679436685.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1960. dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by the author of "Color Blind" written in the form of daily diary entries by a woman living in Westchester County, New York, named Helen Fitzgibbons. While written with humor, warmth and empathy, this also challenges readers to think about some of the hypocrisies of white, middle-class suburbia in the late 1950s when it comes to religion, racial issues and communism during the era of the McCarthy hearings. 216 pp. Dust jacket by Paul Bacon.

New York & London: Liveright, (2018) dj. Hardcover first edition - First book by this Canadian author to appear in the US. Winner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, these interconnected stories are set in a brand new subdivision in 1970s Toronto. "When a series of inexplicable suicides begin to haunt their community, no one is more fascinated by the terrible phenomenon than young June. The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she sits hawk-eyed at the center, bearing witness to the truth behind pulled curtains: the affairs, the racism, the hidden abuses." 212 pp. ISBN: 978-1631495526.