New York: Putnam, 1994. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The first mystery in a new series by this African American writer featuring an unlikely couple - Joe and Dottie Loudermilk. Joe is a retired police detective and he and his wife have hit the road in their newly acquired Airstream, partly to get away from their five grown children, each of whom is, in a different way, a pain in the derriere. SIGNED on the title page. 192 pp. Dust jacket art by Paul Bacon,. ISBN: 0-399-139176.