New York: Pantheon, (2009). SIGNED first edition - The author's fourth novel set in New York, a city on edge after 9/11. "In shifting points of view Alexs, Ruths, and the little dogs man, woman, and one small tenacious beast try to make sense of the cacophony of rumors, opinions, and innuendos coming from news anchors, cable TV pundits, pollsters, bomb experts, hostages, witnesses, real estate agents, house hunters, bargain seekers, howling dogs, veterinarians, nurses, and cab drivers." SIGNED on the title page. 195 pp. ISBN: 978-0375425226.