LAGUNA HEAT: A Novel - Advance Reading Copy and First Edition, First Printing by Parker, T. Jefferson - 1985

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. The ARC is signed by T. Jefferson Parker on the half-title. The first edition is inscribed by Parker on the title page; it's also a review copy with promotional material from the publisher laid in. The author's first novel. A series of murders by fire plunges Laguna Beach's lone homicide detective, Tom Shephard, into the dark side of the California Riviera, a club of the town's wealthy first citizens, and reveals disturbing links to Shephard's own past. Octavo, two volumes. The ARC is bound in the original printed paper wrappers, with just a hint of edgewear. The first edition is a fine, unread copy in a fine dust jacket.