A Fine Line Hardback - 1989

New York: Tor, 1989. 1st. Hardback. Collectible - Near Fine/Near Fine. 5.75"x8.5"x1". 278 pages. 2nd Printing. Black boards with gilt letters on spine. Jacket art by Wes Lowe. Jacket design by Joe Curcio. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not price clipped, not ex-library, and no marks. "Jack Mann's plane circles New York and lands late. His clothes are dirty, his pockets empty, his body tired. He walks toward his Buick, a beaten man. Then as he reaches for his keys, a gun is pressed against his ear. It seems the perfecxt end to a miserable day. It isn't. The attacker winds up dead on the airport pavement, and ex-cop Mann is left holding the bag - a bag with a million dollars cash inside. Mann does the only sensible thing. He stashes the stiff and keeps the stash. That move opens the door to a whole slew of deadly problems. The cops are suddenly fast on his tail, and the Mob wouldn't mind seeing him face down in the river. The Irish Republican Army - which the money had been headed for - plans to gun down Britain's Prime Minister. The body count starts to grow, the bullets fly East Side and West, and tempers are as short as 10-second fuses. Mann ducks and dodges this hot action better than anyone this side of Sugar Ray Leonard, and a good time is had by all, especially readers of this novel." Goodreads **2.67.