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New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2012.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. The fourth Leonid McGill mystery, set in Manhattan. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp.

New York:: Riverhead Books,, 2012.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The fourth Leonid McGill mystery, set in Manhattan. SIGNED on the title page. 326 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, 1999.. SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (ARC written in marker on first page.). Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) The 6th in his highly praised Aaron Gunner mystery series; Gunner investigates the suicide of a gangsta rapper. SIGNED on the title page.

New York:: Putnam,, (1999.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to the pages.). First printing. The 6th in his highly praised Aaron Gunner mystery series; Gunner investigates the suicide of a gangsta rapper. SIGNED on the title page. 232 pp.

New York:: Norton,, 1998.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. SIGNED on the title page and dated 11/97, in the month of publication. Fine in a fine dustjacket (as new).. First printing. The first book featuring ex-con Socrates Fortlow in a series of interconnected stories. Basis on an HBO movie starring Laurence Fishburne.

New York:: Norton,, (1998). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dustjacket.. First printing. The first book featuring ex-con Socrates Fortlow in a series of interconnected stories. Basis on an HBO movie starring Laurence Fishburne. SIGNED.

New York:: Putnam,, (1995.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. The 2nd mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. Fast, funny and irreverent. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp.

New York:: Putnam,, (1995.). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. Book club edition. The 2nd mystery by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. Fast, funny and irreverent. SIGNED on the title page. 244 pp.

New York:: Dafina Books / Kensington,, (2003). SIGNED first edition -. Good overall in illustrated wrappers (lower corner bumped, some spotting to edges of textblock). First printing, a trade paperback original. "On the streets of LA, the most dangerous person can be a cop." California noir, set on the gang infested streets of Venice Beach and Los Angeles. SIGNED on title page. 291 pp.

Far Hills, NJ:: New Horizon Press,, 1985.. Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in a near fine dustjacket (corners slightly bumped.). First printing. A humorous suspense tale of politics and romance on the tropical island of Berhama by this highly praised African American novelist. A review copy with publisher's slip attached to front pastedown.

New York:: Harper Collins,, 1995.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket (remainder line). First edition. A highly praised and unusual debut novel by this black writer - a combination of real and unreal, suspense and horror. SIGNED on the title page. The only African American elected judge in Dade County, Florida begins receiving racist hate mail from a man she once prosecuted, and her husband begins battling unseen horrors that haunt his dreams. The NY Times Review described this as 'a finely honed work that always engages and frequently surprises.' Stoker Award finalist for best first novel. 274 pp.

New York:: Norton, , 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. Author's fourth novel, an Easy Rawlins mystery, set in Los Angeles in 1961 at the 'dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.' SIGNED on title page. 255 pp.

New York:: Norton, , 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket. (name stamped on rear endpaper). First printing. Author's fourth novel , set in Los Angeles in 1961 at the 'dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.' SIGNED by author.

New York:: Norton, , 1994.. SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. Author's fourth mystery novel, featuring Easy Rawlins and set in Los Angeles in 1961, the dawn of a hopeful era for the city's African American residents. SIGNED by author.

New York:: Norton, , 1994.. SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 2nd printing. Author's fourth novel , set in Los Angeles in 1961 at the 'dawn of a hopeful era for America's black citizens.' SIGNED by the author.

New York:: Pegasus Books, , (2009). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Anthology containing 15 stories ranging from 19th and early 20th century authors like Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher, Ann Petry and Chester Himes to modern authors including Gary Phillips, Robert Greer, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Walter Mosley, Paula Woods, Edward P. Jones and Gar Anthony Haywood. SIGNED by TWO authors at their stories: Paula Woods and Gary Phillips . Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. 349 pp.

New York:: Pegasus Books, , (2009). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. Anthology containing 15 stories ranging from 19th and early 20th century authors like Charles Chesnutt, Pauline Hopkins, Rudolph Fisher, Ann Petry and Chester Himes to modern authors including Gary Phillips, Robert Greer, Eleanor Taylor Bland, Walter Mosley, Paula Woods, Edward P. Jones and Gar Anthony Haywood. SIGNED by FOUR authors at their stories: Gar Anthony Haywood, Gary Phillips, Walter Mosley and Paula Woods . Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. 349 pp.

New York:: HarperPerennial,, (2010.). SIGNED -. Near fine.. 1st trade paperback printing. 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.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2009.). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Very near fine in a like dustjacket.. First printing. 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.

New York:: St Martin's,, (1994). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.. First printing. The second mystery featuring Blanche White - Ntosake Shange called her "a tribute to the wit and guile of an extraordinary/ordinary African American woman detective-by-default." 232 pp.