London: Gollancz, 1978. Hardcover first edition - Mystery featuring Sir John Appleby, set in Cornwall. "While strolling along a Cornish beach, Appleby narrowly escapes being struck by a body falling down a cliff. The body is that of Dr Sutch, an archivist, and he has fallen from the North Tower of Treskinnick Castle, home of Lord Ampersand." 192 pp. ISBN: 0-575025212.

New York: Crown / Shaye Areheart, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - Literary thriller set in 1930s Berlin - a world of espionage, betrayal, complex political entaglements - and a serial killer who is stalking prostitutes. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0307236937.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2010. First edition - An 'ambiguous tale of mounting suspense and gradually unfolding horror' as the relationship between a working class 16 year old girl and an elderly rich artist develops. 165 pp. ISBN: 9780151015160.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2010. SIGNED first edition - An 'ambiguous tale of mounting suspense and gradually unfolding horror' as the relationship between a working class 16 year old girl and an elderly rich artist develops. SIGNED on the title page. 165 pp. ISBN: 9780151015160.

New York: Delacorte, (1993) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Thriller set in Seattle involving runaway teens and illegal harvesting of organs, and featuring police psychologist Daphne Mathews and ex-cop Lou Boldt. SIGNED on the title page. 341 pp. Map endpapers . ISBN: 0-385301391.

New York: Viking, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this film producer and journalist - a story of "obsession, moral decay, voyeurism, and sexual collusion, set in a seedy and violent London." 204 pp. ISBN: 0-670849251.

New York: Viking, (1994) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this film producer and journalist - a story of "obsession, moral decay, voyeurism, and sexual collusion, set in a seedy and violent London." 204 pp. ISBN: 0-670849251.

New York: The Viking Press, (1965) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this antiquarian bookseller - a story of a pathological killer at large in a small Scottish community. 286 pp.

New York: Coward-McCann, (1969). Hardcover first edition - A novel of obsession which leads to the death of two teenage girls, whose bodies are unearthed near a remote and lonely house on the Scottish moor. Features Inspector McCaig. 236 pp.

New York: Walker, (1967.). Hardcover - The author's first crime novel, a thriller set in modern Turkey in the cities of Ankara and Istanbul. Large format, measuring 9 1/4 inches wide by 12 1/2 inches tall. 191 pp.

New York: Cosmopolitan, 1927. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel by this San Francisco born writer (for both Broadway and Hollywood, in addition to novels), who is perhaps best known for his novel 'Proud Flesh' which was made into a movie by King Vidal.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's highly praised first novel. In rural Ohio, three men (two of them brothers) stumble upon the wreckage of a plane containing millions of dollars in cash. It seems so easy to hide and keep the cash, but this simple plan gradually becomes a nightmare. Basis of the film starring Billy Bob Thornton. 335 pp. ISBN: 0-679-419853.

New York: Crooked Lane Books, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second in a series of cozy mysteries, with a bit of the paranormal, set in the real town of Lily Dale in upstate New York (not far from where the author grew up), a spiritualist community founded in 1879. SIGNED on the title page. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-1629537726.

New York: Walker, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first in a series of paranormal suspense novels for young adults, set in the real town of Lily Dale in upstate New York (not far from where the author grew up), a spiritualist community founded in 1879. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-8027-96540.

New York: Walker, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first in a series of paranormal suspense novels for young adults, set in the real town of Lily Dale in upstate New York (not far from where the author grew up), a spiritualist community founded in 1879. SIGNED on the title page. 228 pp plus author's note. ISBN: 0-8027-96540.

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2021). Hardcover first edition - A novel of speculative fiction, a requiem for the end of the world as endangered species disappear. 351 pp. ISBN: 978-0374173548.

New York: Razorbill - Penguin, (2007.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - First novel by this Northern California educator, musician and songwriter. SIGNED on the title page with the words "Choose kindness." From the dust jacket: Everything was leading up to this moment - the point at which the teasing, the cruelty, the pressure all became too much. And someone finally snapped. Now - six kids, from six different cliques - are trapped in the student store while a shooter terrorizes their school. ... This gripping thriller by C. G. Watson examines in heartrending detail how even the most casual cruelties can build, multiply and eventually tear people apart." 296 pp. ISBN: 1595141383.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award winning Australian author's second novel and the first to be published in the United States. Set in a hardscrabble, back country town in 1969, this begins with two half-brothers who get lost in the wild wooded countryside around the small town of Angel Rock. Only the eldest, 13-year-old Tom, finds his way home. A story of psychological suspense. Notable for its description of the Australian countryside in all its harshness and beauty. Highly recommended. 304 pp. ISBN: 0-375-415517.