New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, {1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the near future -one in which a machine which is infallible in determining lies from truth has been perfected. But as its use spreads from determining the guilt of suspected criminals to other areas of society, the effects multiply in often unexpected ways. Appendix. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-345410564.

New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, {1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set in the near future -one in which a machine which is infallible in determining lies from truth has been perfected. But as its use spreads from determining the guilt of suspected criminals to other areas of society, the effects multiply in often unexpected ways. Appendix. 321 pp. ISBN: 0-345410564.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eleventh novel by this prize-winning Southern writer - described by Edward Hirsch as "her best yet - a coming-of-age novel about a sassy nineteen year old heroine who has spent her life pleasing others and being moved around Texas, shuttling between her eccentric parents." Winner of an American Academy of Arts and Literature Award. 209 pp. ISBN: 0-394-571754.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - Award-winning Southern author's 14th novel, which "opens at a reception for the loved ones of deceased heart donors where, for the first time, Nan and Douglas Mayhall come face to face with the aging preacher who is the recipient of their twenty-two year old daughter's heart. Their very different reactions to this disturbing encounter sets them off on separate paths." 191 pp. ISBN: 0-679446419.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991 dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel by this award-winning writer set in Waco, Texas - the story of a woman who leaves her constricting marriage to a Presbyterian minister and reconnects with her high school boyfriend as Waco itself becomes a "new world where superconducting supercolliders, threatening farmlands, have brought into the area a global mix of superscientists." 243 pp. ISBN: 0-394586522.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. dj. Hardcover first edition - Eleventh novel by this prize-winning Southern writer - described by Edward Hirsch as "her best yet - a coming-of-age novel about a sassy nineteen year old heroine who has spent her life pleasing others and being moved around Texas, shuttling between her eccentric parents." Winner of an American Academy of Arts and Literature Award209 pp. ISBN: 0-394-571754.

Thorndike, ME: Thorndike Press, 1988. Hardcover - Novel set in Texas by this popular Western fiction writer. ISBN: 0-89621-2017.

Seattle: Thomas & Mercer, (2017). SIGNED - Thriller featuring former Texas Ranger Arlo Baines. He didn't come to the tiny West Texas town of Piedra Springs to cause trouble. After his wife and children were murdered, Arlo just wants to be left alone, taking one bus trip to a small town after another, reading his books to forget. But when a woman attempting to flee a violent cult is found murdered and her two children are missing, he finds himself involved. SIGNED on the title page. 294 pp. ISBN: 978-1503941908.

[Johnson City, Tennessee:] Silver Dagger Mysteries, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel set featuring grad student Maggie McClendon set in a small town in Mississippi. SIGNED on the title page. 202 pp. ISBN: 1570722668.

Johnson City, Tennessee: Overmountain Press / Silver Dagger Mysteries, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel featuring Ernestine Carpenter, recently retired after teaching high school English for 40 years, and, as she admits, more than a bit nosy. She is also good at solving problems. SIGNED on the title page. 202 pp plus 2 pp publisher's ads. ISBN: 1570721823.

New York: Morrow (imprint of Harper Collins), (2016). SIGNED first edition - Novel nominated for the National Book Award. "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction." SIGNED on the title page. Note from the author. 211 pp. Advance copies of this book are uncommon, and especially so signed.

New York: St Martin's, (1987) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of the Strait family of East Texas as they gather for a funeral. In fact, Baby Todd isn't a baby at all but a sweet and oft-wed senior citizen of Atlantis, Texas. 343 pp. ISBN: 0-312005636.

New York: St Martin's Minotaur, (2014). First edition - An enjoyable and somewhat offbeat first novel "a debut featuring long-time criminal Julia Kalas, now in witness protection, who doesn't have much of a chance to adjust to the Lone Star State before murder strikes." 293 pp.

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - Thriller set in a small Texas town near the Louisiana border. "Defense attorney Micki Lane tackles the most challenging case of her career - the chilling murder of a young woman kidnaped before her husband's eyes on a crowded street. After a friend, a former forensic colleague, enlists her help with the investigation, she finds herself torn between her duty to a client and her need to know the truth." INSCRIBED on the title page. Promotional card laid in. 210 pp.

Austin, TX: Eakin Press, (2003). SIGNED first edition - Thriller set in a small Texas town near the Louisiana border. "Defense attorney Micki Lane tackles the most challenging case of her career - the chilling murder of a young woman kidnaped before her husband's eyes on a crowded street. After a friend, a former forensic colleague, enlists her help with the investigation, she finds herself torn between her duty to a client and her need to know the truth." SIGNED on the title page. Promotional card laid in. 210 pp.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A suspense yarn in the "classic Texas style. It'll be a ride. Just leave the shooting to Hap and the driving to Leonard." SIGNED on the title page. 242 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-6203.

New York: Mysterious Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'twisted thriller' set in East Texas thriller; an incompetent and 'unlucky' armed robber hides from the polce in a travelling freak show. "Bill is a loser. . . his mother is dead and 'kind of freeze-dried' in her bedroom." SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-703X..

New York: Mysterious Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'twisted thriller' set in East Texas thriller; an incompetent and 'unlucky' armed robber hides from the polce in a travelling freak show. "Bill is a loser. . . his mother is dead and 'kind of freeze-dried' in her bedroom." SIGNED and dated in the year of publication on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-703X..

New York: Mysterious Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'twisted thriller' set in East Texas thriller; an incompetent and 'unlucky' armed robber hides from the polce in a travelling freak show. "Bill is a loser. . . his mother is dead and 'kind of freeze-dried' in her bedroom." SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-703X..

New York: Mysterious Press, (1999.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A 'twisted thriller' set in East Texas thriller; an incompetent and 'unlucky' armed robber hides from the polce in a travelling freak show. "Bill is a loser. . . his mother is dead and 'kind of freeze-dried' in her bedroom." SIGNED on the title page. 245 pp. ISBN: 0-89296-703X..

New York: Random House, (1996.) dj. Hardcover - A bus driver on the 'easy route' from Houston to Corpus Christi becomes obsessed with a female passenger travelling alone - a 'white widow.' 211 pp. ISBN: 0-679-452362.

New York: Public Affairs, (2000). A bus driver on the 'easy route' from Houston to Corpus Christi becomes obsessed with a female passenger travelling alone - a 'white widow.' 211 pp. ISBN: 189162041x.

Long Beach, CA: Pearl Editions, (2005). First edition - The first book publication of this verse monologue in the voice of a male narrator - Set in the 1940s in the world of the hard-working, hard-drinking, hard-loving men of the Texas oil fields, this tells the story of an American boy's coming-of-age. Illustrated with drawings by Bill Adler. 40 pp. ISBN: 1-888219297.

New York: Doubleday, (1990.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "A novel of psychosexual suspense." Features Carmen Palma, a homicide detective in Houston, Texas. SIGNED on the title page. 513 pp. ISBN: 0-385-24813x.

New York: Warner, (2001.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Suspense novel exploring the twin motifs of obsession and repulsion. SIGNED on the title page. 339 pp. ISBN: 0-446-527912.

New York: Doubleday, (1990.) dj. Hardcover first edition - "A novel of psychosexual suspense." Features Carmen Palma, a homicide detective in Houston, Texas. viii, 513 pp. ISBN: 0-385-24813x.

New York: Harper Collins, (2009.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of a young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, trying to put his past behind him and barely succeeding in staying above water. Nominated for the Edgar, short listed for the Orange award, this grips you from the first page. Boldly INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "To --- To your joy, Many blessings" 427 pp. ISBN: 978006173868.

New York: HarperPerennial, (2010.). SIGNED - The author's first novel, the story of a young black lawyer in Houston, Texas, in 1981, trying to put his past behind him and barely succeeding in staying above water. Nominated for the Edgar, short listed for the Orange award, this grips you from the first page. SIGNED on the title page. 427 pp. ISBN: 9780061735851.

New York: Scribner's, (1991.). First edition - A Dan Roman / Texas mystery. 245 pp.