MURDER IN A MAYONNAISE JAR: A St. Louis Mystery **INSCRIBED COPY**

N.Y.: St Martins Press, 1993. 1st edition, September 1993, with complete number line beginning with 1. Fine in near fine dust jacket with a couple of closed tears, not price clipped, with protective mylar cover. INSCRIBED at title page " For --, Mayo enjoy the book" --Molly and then she has SIGNED her complete name as well. A young woman TV reporter and an anchorman going through mid-life crisis investigate the seemingly unrelated deaths of two glue-sniffing boys near a St. Louis park. Anchorman William Hecklepeck, met before in The Medium Is the Message , is less interested in the story about a boy who died from "solvent abuse" than in his planned trip down the Mississippi with the scion of a leading St. Louis family; nevertheless, he reluctantly agrees to help newcomer Jennifer Burgess with her investigation. The subsequent, similar death of a nine-year-old boy after he has been interviewed by Burgess sparks ratings lust in the station management. The possibility that the death-dealing substance comes from a manufacturing plant owned by one of the city's elite and his growing attraction to the young reporter finally reactivate Hecklepeck's journalistic instincts and lead him and Jennifer down a dangerous path. . Inscribed By the Author. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. Book.