DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
(1956)
First impression of the 4th James Bond book, in which the spy must infiltrate a smuggling ring in the black market diamond trade.
Post-WWII
GAYWYCK
(1980)
First edition of the first conscientiously gay gothic romance: meditative, otherworldly, intimate, and allusive.
ESCAPADE
(1995)
Signed first edition of this comic historical mystery, in which Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini team up to solve a crime.
RADAR ALERT
(1968)
First US edition of this sci-fi novel of nefarious First Contact with alien outsiders who infect the mind of the first human to notice them.
UNDER THE BRIGHT LIGHTS
(1986)
First printing of the first book in acclaimed Woodrell's Bayou Trilogy of crime novels taking place in the fictional Southern neighborhood of Frogtown.
CUT TO: MURDER
(1995)
Signed first edition of the second installment in the Queenie Davilov mystery series, in which Q must find a missing screenwriter — and finish his script.
THE LOTTERY
1949
First printing of Jackson's spectacular first collection of short fiction.
THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
1959
First edition, review copy with publisher's slip, of the greatest haunted house novel of the twentieth century.
A SCANNER DARKLY
1977
First printing of Dick's late-period masterpiece of paranoia and personal disintegration.
Collection of Stephanie Plum Books
1994-2007
Signed first editions of the first 15 titles in Evanovich's popular series about a woman bounty hunter, from ONE FOR THE MONEY through LEAN MEAN THIRTEEN, and with the first two holiday novellas.
DEADLINE
(1981)
Signed first edition of this mystery novel that finds newspaperman and reluctant sleuth Dalton Walker comes face to face with conspiracy, corruption, and murder as he chases down the story of the death of an anonymous little girl.
BALTIMORE BLUES
(1997)
Signed first edition of the first Tess Monaghan book, in which the recently unemployed journalist and rower must take on some sleuthing jobs in Charm City to pay the bills.
KILLING FLOOR
(1997)
Signed first edition of Lee Child's "electrifying debut" (jacket), the first appearance of quick-thinking ex-military policeman.
THE CURE FOR REMEMBERING
(2007)
Signed first printing of this hospital murder mystery, the story of Dr. Nora Sternberg, who turns sleuth when she uncovers a pattern of deaths of retired doctors and nurses after routine surgeries.
THE LEFT HAND OF DARKNESS
(1969)
Signed first UK edition of the famous radical science fiction novel on gender and isolation by one of the most influential writers in the genre — an exceptionally beautiful copy.
TO LIVE & DIE IN DIXIE
(1993)
Inscribed first printing of this second Callahan Garrity mystery, in which the cleaning lady cum sleuth is hired to track down the diary of a Civil War-era prostitute with surprising connections to a murderous antiques dealer — given to a fellow woman crime writer Janet Dawson.
THE DROWNING MAN
(2006)
Signed first printing of this mystery of a stolen Arapaho petroglyph with similarities to an old case that ended with a manslaughter conviction, an outcome that priest and sleuth Father John is determined to get to the bottom of.
CARRETA DE LA MUERTE
(2001)
Signed first printing of this tale of murder in New Mexico, following a retired lawyer as she seeks to get to the bottom of a suspicious death during a fiesta.
MURDER ON NOB HILL
(2004)
Signed first printing of this Victorian mystery following Sarah Woolson's rise as a lawyer in 1880 San Francisco, and her first case: the murder of an abusive husband that is less simple than it appears.
CONCRETE DESERT
(2001)
Inscribed first printing of this Arizona murder mystery, in which ex-history professor David Mapstone picks up a temp job at the police department only to find some of the cases he's working on are not as cold as they seem.
GONNA TAKE A HOMICIDAL JOURNEY
(1998)
Signed first printing of this final book in the Lauren Laurono series, in which the detective's efforts to patch things up with her partner with a nice vacation are interrupted by a suspicious suicide.
THE MEASURABLE WORLD
(1995)
Inscribed first printing of this erotic mystery, in which a botanist must get to the bottom of her estranged husband's murder while navigating the romantic attentions of her best friends Ralph and Rita.
PRACTICE TO DECEIVE
(1992)
Signed first printing of the second Annie MacPherson mystery, in which the lawyer (and frequent sleuth) discovers her new position at a prestigious law firm is a great deal more dangerous than she expected when a secretary turns up dead.
BRIDESMAIDS REVISITED
(2000)
Signed first printing of this cozy mystery, in which Ellie Haskell must solve a 50-year-old murder mystery with the help of her dead grandmother's (psychic?) friends and a foul-mouthed parrot.
SNAPSHOT
(1993)
Inscribed first printing of the fifth Carlotta Carlyle mystery, in which the hardboiled, redheaded Boston PI must take on a hospital full of conspiracy and corruption to find answers for a grieving mother.
