New York: McGraw-Hill, (1979) dj. Hardcover first edition - The first novel by this author who has also worked as a screenwriter -it begins with a fatal helicopter crash and then goes back to the story of "tension among the flaky international cinema set - with some convincing and careful attention paid to the craft of film-making.. . the filming, stalled in southern France, is moved to a tacky ski resort in Switzerland." 266 pp. ISBN: 0-070258902.