New York: Simon & Schuster, (1997) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's second novel, a return both to his Southern roots and to his journalist background, in this portrayal of a bored and cynical newsman who rejects an appeal for help from a woman he sees as weak, but when she is murdered days later by the husband she sought protection from, he embarks on an odyssey of redemption. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-684837269.