New York: Donald I. Fine, Inc., (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author' first novel, a mystery introducing Stanley Hastings, the unlikeliest private eye in New York City, who hires himself out as an investigator for an ambulance-chasing attorney. Winner of the 1988 Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel and nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, INSCRIBED on the title page. 288 pp. ISBN: 1-55611-026X.