San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. Hardcover first edition - The eighth book by this California screenwriter and novelist who deserved a wider audience - and who, like his close friend Richard Brautigan, took his own life. Set in a lovely small suburban town, the residents live in an uneasy truce with the 'weirdos' and 'crazies' who gather at the Depot, a coffee shop adjacent to the public square, until two young women are brutally murdered. 178 pp. ISBN: 0-865472211.