FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING (Stated, Number Line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2). Hardcover with unclipped dust jacket. 8vo (6.5 x 9.5"). 394, (4) pp. Quarter bound in publisher's red cloth over gray boards, gilt (silver) lettering on spine. Red endpapers. This is a new, unopened copy. Both the volume and the dust jacket are in perfect, pristine condition, aside from a remainder mark on the bottom edge. AS NEW/AS NEW. Mike Gallagher heads up Homicide as acting head of Hollywood Division when five people are murdered on Rainbow D rive in Laurel Canyon and a helicopter shows up at the scene before anyone could possible have called it to come. The only reason Mike knows about the crime that early in the game is that he was keeping a lady warm in bed right across the street. Mike knows something foul is in the works when the police delay calling an ambulance even though someone who is still alive may need help. Further, the y tell him to keep away. But he can't ignore the chaos that's caused by a rash of new and gruesome murders, and he begins to think someone in his own group may be implicated. Not giving up propels him I nto a chase for the killers, while he in turn is being hunted. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall