New York: Walker, (1988) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, a mystery which pairs a high-school attendance monitor, a young widow, with a 14 year old boy with an active imagination and of "dubious veracity" in a search to Mexico for a killer. SIGNED on the title page with the inscription "Happy Birthday, You have a delightful charming daughter" (not personalized). 179 pp. ISBN: 0-802756972.