TWILIGHT AT MAC'S PLACE
New York Tokyo Sweden Milan: The Mysterious Press, 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. SIGNED by the Author on the title page, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with silver lettering over gray boards, archival mylar-protected boldly lettered pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) with inset of a lighted store by Stan Watts, charcoal gray endpapers, 343 pages. Fine / Fine. Item #5797
ISBN: 9780892962143
Ross Thomas (1926 - 1995) was an American writer of crime fiction best known for his witty thrillers that expose the mechanisms of professional politics.
His debut novel, The Cold War Swap, introducing McCorkle and Padillo, was written in only six weeks and won a 1967 Edgar Award for Best First Novel. Briarpatch earned the 1985 Edgar for Best Novel. In 2002, Thomas was honored with the inaugural Gumshoe Lifetime Achievement Award.
This is a McCorkle and Padillo novel involved with the mysterious death of a former CIA-agent near the White House.
SIGNED & in "As New" Condition! No remainder marks.
Price: $40.00