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New York: Crown. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on publisher's . tipped-in page. Toned edges.. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. As dawn approaches in New York, a literary agent is turning the final pages of a mysterious, anonymous manuscript, racing through the explosive revelations about powerful people. But the question is: is this book worth killing for? ; 9.2 X 6.1 X 1.6 inches; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on blank . preliminary page.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. A doctor answers a call for help, only to enter a minefield of hatred when she crosses the boundaries in Acid Row, a crime-ridden housing project where alienated youths control the streets. ; 9.3 X 6.4 X 1.2 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on front . endpaper. Has been gently read.. 2018. First Edition. Hardcover. A groundbreaking domestic thriller as well as a novel of emotional justice and legal intrigue. ; 9.0 X 6.2 X 1.5 inches; 400 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Ballantine Books. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Foxing to edges.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Cotton Malone, retired from the high-risk world of elite operatives for the US State Department, receives an anonymous email: You have something I want. You're the only person who knows where to find it. Go get it. You have 72 hours. If I don't hear from you, you will be childless. ; 9.3 X 6.1 X 1.3 inches; 480 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt and Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Spine ends folded.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. A riveting tale of love, revenge, and murder set in postwar Venice. ; 9.5 X 6.2 X 1.3 inches; 416 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Henry Holt and Co.. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on front . endpaper, and signed again on title page. Light edge foxing; light rubbing . to jacket. Laid in is an Invitation card from the New Canaan Library . advertising the author as keynote speaker at the library's annual meeting, . September 1998.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Combining political savvy, sharp wit, and edgy suspense, this novel is a smart-mouthed, fast-paced tale of marriage, murder, and perfidy in the power centers of our nation. ; 9.2 X 5.9 X 1.3 inches; 368 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signned by both authors on the first . preliminary page. Has been gently read.. 2019. First Edition. Hardcover. Looking to earn some easy cash, Jessica Farris agrees to be a test subject in a psychological study about ethics and morality. But as the study moves from the exam room to the real world, the line between what is real and what is one of Dr. Shields’s experiments blurs. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches; 375 pages; Signed by All Authors .

New York: Mysterious Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Book appears unread but has somewhat hheavy foxing to top edge; jacket . with minor wear.. 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Almost too late, Detective Reardon sees the connection between the deaths of a multi-millionaire and a small-time restauranteur, and the fluctuations in the markets for crude oil, fine art, and precious metals. And now that he knows, just how long has he got to live? ; 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.1 inches; 240 pages; Signed by Author .

Santa FE: Sunstone Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on front . endpaper, and signed on title page. Jacket has light front flap creases.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. The inside story of the sex lives, the disasters, comic episodes, and the general mayhem of those who report the crime of a great city is faithfully recorded by one of the founding members of the New York Press Club. ; 9.25 x 6 x 0.75 inches; 160 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on front . endpaper. Prior owner stamp front pastedown under jacket flap, light soil . to boards.. 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Art philanthropist and millionaire Brian Ravener has made the purchase of the century - four original paintings by John James Audubon. However, a razor-tongued critic declares them to be forgeries and is thrown out of the gallery. When the critic's body is later found floating in Nantucket Sound, Ravener falls under suspicion and asks Jonathan Wilder to prove his innocence and uncover the truth behind the paintings. ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 258 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Scribner. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on title page. . Toned edges.. 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper is deeply involved in a complicated, high-profile homicide case. Defendant Brendan Quillian, a prominent young businessman, is charged with the brutal strangulation of his beautiful young wife, Amanda. His conviction is not a certainty: Quillian was conveniently out of town on the day of the killing, and he has hired a formidable defense attorney who seems one step ahead of Cooper as the trial opens. But with the help of detectives Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace, she is confident she can prove Quillian paid a hit man to commit the crime. ; 9.5 x 6.5 x 1.25 inches; 397 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Mysterious Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on the title . page. Has been gently read.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. When asked to investigate a small-town police department in Bellows Falls, homicide detective Joe Gunther becomes determined to separate myth from reality as he delves deep into a world of deceit, domestic violence, corrupt cops, drugs, and murder. ; 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 Inches; 240 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: William Morrow. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Signed by the author on half-title . page. Book with edge fade and light edge foxing. Jacket with some rubbing . to foil lettering and a bit age-toned.. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. The explosive story of a beautiful and ambitious woman who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac, and the handsome governor of a small southern state, who finds out why hell has no fury like a woman scorned. ; 8.1 X 5.8 X 1.2 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on front . endpaper. Bump bottom corner back board. Tiny tear spine edge front panel.. 2014. First Edition. Hardcover. Judy Carrier takes the lead in a case that's more personal than ever when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Judy's Aunt Barb, is found dead of an apparent heart attack. However, the circumstances of her death lead Judy to suspect foul play. ; 9.3 X 6.3 X 1.3 inches; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: St. Martin's Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Inscribed by the author on the title . page. Author's first book. Slight lean.. 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Begin to read, and you'll be swept up into lawyer Johnny Ocean's New York, where business as usual includes a battle between charismatic sisters-in-law over $170 million, and a justice system that weaves a tangled web around those who enter to find the truth. ; 8.3 X 5.7 X 1.2 inches; 352 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Minotaur Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Light edge soil.. 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Bored with her assignment working undercover to seek out fraud on Boston's Big Dig project, private detective Carlotta Carlyle moonlights by taking on the case of the missing Veronica James, an investigation that goes nowhere until the mysterious death of a construction worker uncovers links to a vast conspiracy that could threaten her own life. ; 9.13 X 6.38 X 1.10 inches; 288 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on title page. . Jacket with round indentations to front panel.. 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Bad news is brewing in the inner sanctum of the New York Globe, the city's long-standing newspaper of note. But trouble of a differnt kind begins when a powerful editor is found murdered in the newsroom. ; 9.4 X 6.3 X 1.4 inches; 368 pages; Signed by Author .

New York: Atria. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on special . tipped-in sheet. Soundtrack CD unopened. Prior owner's initials written . discretely on front board, covered by flap.. 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. A young prostitute disappears from one of New York's seamiest neighborhoods. Charles Parker discovers her disappearance is linked to a church of bones in Eastern Europe, to the slaughter at a French monastery, and to the myth of an object known as the Black Angel - an object considered by evil men to be beyond pricelss. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.5 inches; 496 pages; Signed by Author .

Abingdon: Cemetery Dance Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Signed by the author on limitation . page. One of 1500 copies, unnumbered.. 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Collection of short stories by David Morrell, many of them award winners, that delve into the weird, uncanny terrors that lurk just beneath the comforting surfaces of daily life. ; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.3 inches; 343 pages; Signed by Author .

London: Century. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket; Debut novel signed by the author on . title page. Jacket with minor edge wrinkling.. 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. For private investigator John March, the past is never dead and buried. Years after the personal tragedy and professional disaster that shattered his life, he's still running hard through the streets of Manhattan, from memories and grief and ghosts that won't rest easy. ; 9.2 X 5.7 X 1.3 inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author .