London: Picador, (2000) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Phillips first novel - a black comic noir thriller set in the world of sleazy Wichita strip clubs on Christmas Eve 1979. Nominated for the Edgar Best First Novel and for the Hammett award. SIGNED on the title page with a small drawing of a melting ice cube. Basis for the film of the same name. 202 pp. ISBN: 0-330481371.